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Contents:
- THE GAY BEAR COMMUNY: WHICH STEREOTYPE ARE YOU?
- THE HISTORY OF THE GAY BEAR COMMUNY AND THEIR FASHN CHOIC
THE GAY BEAR COMMUNY: WHICH STEREOTYPE ARE YOU?
Inially lnched 2010. A relnchg social muny that enabl gay bears to see thgs that matter to the bear muny. Meet, chat, and teract wh other bears om around the world on our social work. * the gay bear community *
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THE HISTORY OF THE GAY BEAR COMMUNY AND THEIR FASHN CHOIC
* the gay bear community *
A “bear” is a hairy, beard, brawny-to-bulky gay man, ually displayg aspects of tradnal masculy. Their work mak clear that the bear muny began to alce San Francis the late 1980’s, fluenced by gay biker clubs and created by men who did not f or did not appreciate the prevailg gay athetic that valorized slenr, smooth-bodied youths.
Whether latchg onto gay archetyp (e.g., <em>Gypsy</em> IS the <em>Hamlet</em> of the Amerin mil, pnp party tonight, Diel, etc.) or self-nscly avoidg them (e.g., I-don't-get-Liza-Mi... * the gay bear community *
The proto-bears did not relate to the well-groomed urban gay liftyle; they found nventnal masculy many quali worth prervg.
Gay social groups lled bear clubs anized ci like Los Angel, Hoton, and New York, some servg whole stat or regns like Connecticut’s bear club, the Northeast Ursamen, that began 18 years ago. Sponsored by the clubs, weekend gathergs lled “bear ns” began, first gay-iendly spots like the Rsian River, Provcetown, and San Francis, and later plac where you might never expect such gathergs to occur, such as Roanoke, Virgia, where the lol club, Virgia Mounta Bears, has twice hosted an annual weekend event lled Mounta Bear Madns. At the same time that I was absorbg the manly woodland fluenc, I was also explorg gay bars and g to terms wh my queer inty.