Julius Vaughn, Author at Bear World Magazine

Every June, as rainbow flags start appearing, glitter somehow finds its way onto every available surface, and social media timelines…

A Bear in the Castro: Great Kisses, Bad Timing

Since moving to San Francisco at the top of the year, and as a single man at that, I thought…

A Love Letter to the San Francisco Frontrunners A few years ago, I weighed 424 pounds. I didn’t really see…

I Could Have Been a Ricardo So, my name? Julius. Yes. That’s right. Funny thing is, I was born the…

After the year I turned 21, now more than thirty years ago, I took two trips that felt monumental to…

When I was in my late twenties, I owned a shotgun-style house in a historic Tampa neighborhood called Seminole Heights….

A Wide-Eyed First Trip to the French Quarter The first time I went to New Orleans, specifically the French Quarter,…

The year was 1992 and I was turning 21. My oldest brother, who’s also gay, was working as the video…