Physil, Behavral, and Psychologil Tras of Gay Men Intifyg as Bears - PMC

Contents:

• PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE
• PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS
• HOW TO MEET GAY GUYS A SMALL TOWN
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• MOSW GAY BARS
• PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE

PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE

We were ntacted today by the founr of the soon to lnch social work for gay men It lead to take a look around the gay male onle social workg space and wre the followg overview of some of the current market lears.

PHYSIL, BEHAVRAL, AND PSYCHOLOGIL TRAS OF GAY MEN INTIFYG AS BEARS

From the proudly profsnal to the happily hedonistic, there may be somethg on this list for everyone – or at least everyone who’s a gay man.

As you n see by the followg short profil, the s targetg a mographic wh two tras mon (gay men) are all very different. Jt as there’s a wi diversy of gay men the world, there may well be ample room for a variety of gay male social workg s – prumg they are able to build sufficient cril mass for moizatn and fancial viabily. I won’t pretend to speak for gay men and I’m sure there are some s I’m missg, but the appear to be the most talked about gay male social workg s onle.

Jake lls self the world’s largt gay profsnal muny. “Fally, gay personals that treat you like a person, ” the se says.

HOW TO MEET GAY GUYS A SMALL TOWN

BigJock has a long way to go before n pete wh the heavyweights above, but anythg is possible and there are clearly niche approach unrway throughout the gay male social workg market. "Chos Car" is a Palm Sprgs Gay Men's Chos program providg outreach iativ throughout the Coachella Valley. "So jt pick up a uple ems of school suppli and drop them off our box, and we'll be there to greet you and tell everyone about the Palm Sprgs Gay Men's Chos, and what we have g up.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

Published fal eded form as:PMCID: PMC5442596NIHMSID: NIHMS860386AbstractThe Bear muny exists as a subculture reactn to the larger gay muny. It rejects the normative ialized male bety revered by mastream gay men.

While qualative data document such self-intifiers as mascule-actg gay men who weigh more and have more body hair, there has to date been no quantative analysis of this group’s characteristics. In rponse, we nducted two large-sle studi of gay men intifyg as Bears (n = 469) to survey their self-reported physil, behavral, and psychologil tras.

MOSW GAY BARS

Our studi dited that Bears were more likely to be hairier, heavier, and shorter than mastream gay men. Bears were more likely than mastream gay men to enact diverse sexual behavrs (e. Keywords: Bears, Gay Culture, Gay and Bisexual Men, Self-teem, Masculy, ObyINTRODUCTIONThe gay muny is ultimately a heterogeneo one wh many subgroups and subcultur—one of the monali among them beg the sire to have same-sex enunters.

One such subculture is prised of gay and bisexual men who intify as Bears. They nsir “real” masculy to clu havg fort wh other men’s bodi and chew the more normative gay male body-mol (i.

Bee there is a arth of general rearch regardg this muny, and no studi to date that e quantative methods, we cid to explore this muny quantatively—g an Inter-nvenience sample, followed by a purposive suggted, the Bear culture exhibs and valu a greater sense of domant (but not necsarily domeerg) “thentic masculy” parison to other subcultur wh the gay muny (e. Though ostensible siari and overlappg tras exist between Bears and other gay male subcultur (e. In rponse and ntrast wh Leathermen, Bears mata their mascule inty whout adoptg negative hypermascule tennci to acmodate all partners, spe their size or body is some theoretil support for why the Bear inty spltered om the gay male mastream culture.

PALM SPRGS GAY MEN’S CHOS HOSTS SCHOOL SUPPLI DRIVE

” Bears may do somethg siar by alterg the meang of their heavier, shorter, and hairier physiqu, relative to mastream gays. That is, to ntradict “superordate” gay male subcultur (e. G., twks, partyboys, A-listers) that are anthetil to, and even antagonistic towards Bears, men who are hairier and heavier exist and adopt an inty to afont the stereotypil “alpha” gay male.

Popular culture, the media, and Wtern hetero- and homosexual expectatns have normalized the ial male body as one that is lean, mcular, and v-shaped (wh broad shoulrs, a narrow waist, and a flat but well-fed stomach) (Olivardia, Pope, Borowiecki, & Cohane, 2000). G., poor self-image/self-teem) velop both heterosexual and homosexual men exhibg ls sirable physil tras (Beren, Hayn, Wilfley, & Grilo, 1996; Morrison, Morrison, & Sager, 2004; Pepl et al., 2009; Weer, 2009; Yelland & Tiggemann, 2003). However, where mastream gay men report wantg partners wh those prevly stated, admired or revered characteristics (Moskowz, Rieger, & Seal, 2009), Bears may not (Manley et al., 2007).

Whereas mastream gay men often do not engage sired or preferred sexual behavrs bee of fears of rejectn or judgment (Kamski, Chapman, Hayn, & Own, 2004), those the more acceptg Bear muny reject the fears due to their beg ultimately “feme” nature (Hennen, 2005). G., uratn, fistg, voyrism, exhibnism) (Grov, Parsons, & Bimbi, 2010) to the active existence of the Bear muny and regnn of this subculture by the larger gay/bisexual male culture, more rearch is need to explore the gree to which the prevly mentned physil, behavral, and psychologil differenc actually exist.