GROWLR: The Gay Bear Social Network

Contents:

• BEAR NECSI: AN SIR’S LOOK AT AN ATYPIL GAY CULTURE AND MUNY
• SAVE GAY BARS
• EXPLAER: WHAT IS THE AL WH GAY MEN AND MONKEYPOX?
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
• IN POWERFUL REBE OF HATE, JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY G OUT AS GAY
• A LERATURE REVIEW OF HEALTH RISKS THE BEAR COMMUNY, A GAY SUBCULTURE
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

BEAR NECSI: AN SIR’S LOOK AT AN ATYPIL GAY CULTURE AND MUNY

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SAVE GAY BARS

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“It was really such ntrast to the stereotype of gay men, ” said Ron Surha, thor of “Bear on Bears” and another foundg member ― if one uld ll that ― of bear culture. ” San Francis wasn’t the only cy where gay men were explorg this new kd of masculy.

There was no work of gay men that he knew, so when he first h the scene, the only plac he knew to go were n-of-the-l gay dance bars, where he was hassled for his weight. ” As bears me to their own San Francis and Chigo the late ‘80s, the HIV/AIDS crisis further galvanized—and ravaged—the muny, jt as had the gay muny as a whole.

EXPLAER: WHAT IS THE AL WH GAY MEN AND MONKEYPOX?

And when the ter beme more wily available, dramatilly changed the spread of gay culture.

“There are plenty of bears who are actual blue-llar gay men as well as ral gay men, who see bears as a way of intifyg that is not middle class, i.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

His experience also illtrat the divi between generatns that mirrors the gay muny’s transformatns before and after the worst days of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

“We get a lot of people that don’t have any sort of gay anizatns or plac to go, ” Beck said.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

“Bears don’t f the normal look of what gay men are supposed to look like, ” Beck add. It is the missn of Carola Bear Lodge to provi opportuni for s members to socialize a safe hospable settg; to project a posive image and crease awarens of the bear subculture: and to ntribute to the betterment of the gay muny and society as a whole. We also feel that is important to prent a posive image to the gay muny and the muny at large.

The gay bear "scene" has moved om subculture to the gay mastream the past few years, and the Carolas this is no different, thanks part to large-sle events like Bear Hunt Weekend. At this pot, beard, hky guys domate much of Carolas gay party ns or excursns, om the mountas to the beach, bears flock om all over to go to the awome "bear ns.

Des om now, I’ll look back on my g out and my g of age this cy and I’ll be thankful for Gay Bars – where I have shared lghs and gossip wh iends, doled out dollar bills to drag performers and, on more than one ocsn, shed dnken tears after a strsful week. >>>> Wolf:: A lean, mascule gay man who is attracted to bears and volved the bear scene. But this is what gay men Europe and now around the world are facg wh monkeypox.

IN POWERFUL REBE OF HATE, JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY G OUT AS GAY

He also posted to his TikTok acunt to — importantly — share tails the hop of tg and raisg awarens the wake of placency and exhstn, post-Covid, cludg om which gay sex venue Wilton Manors possibly exposed him to the vis, and the fact that the “blisters” ed a symptom perhaps not anticipated or discsed the broar media: paful lns si his rectum. And there are more gay men g forward to discs the vis, gog public wh their monkeypox experienc. But what is the science around gay men as an at-risk group and a vis normally spread by wild animals Ai?

This is not a gay disease; has been circulatg Wt and Central Ai for many years. “What likely happened this se is that somebody who had monkeypox had a ln and showed up at a gay rave Europe, and spread to those that social and sexual work. “Monkeypox has found a foothold — not all gay men — but a certa subset of gay, bisexual and trans men who have been associated wh the parti.

A LERATURE REVIEW OF HEALTH RISKS THE BEAR COMMUNY, A GAY SUBCULTURE

"In March 1983, Larry Kramer published a piece the New York Native lled “1, 112 and Countg”—a ll to arms about a new vis circulatg among gay men the Uned Stat. Sce the first wily-reported gay male s emerged Europe, would seem that the ntent’s socialized medice should get the jump on the vis. Data om the French health admistratn showed that 97% of monkeypox s ncerned gay men, 75% of which had clared havg had relatns wh several men the weeks precedg their symptoms, the HAS said.

Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat. Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.

”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.