Bear Tracks: Bear Culture
In the broadest sense, culture encompasses social behavior, institutions, and cultural norms (what is considered acceptable behavior). Cultural universals are
Read MoreIn the broadest sense, culture encompasses social behavior, institutions, and cultural norms (what is considered acceptable behavior). Cultural universals are
Read MoreIn this installment of Bear Tracks Les K Wright tells us about Tim Barela, the beloved cartoon artist and creator
Read MoreLes K Wright shares his personal experience as an attendee/ exhibitor at Rehoboth Bear Bear Weekend which took place from
Read MoreLaunched in 1979, in the earliest days of the internet, Usenet was the first nongovernmental platform-agnostic computer communication network. Several
Read MoreWhen Eric Rofes submitted his essay “Academics as Bears: Thoughts on Middle-Class Eroticization of Workingmen’s Bodies” to The Bear Book
Read MoreIn this edition of Bear Tracks Les K Wright analyzes the many different definitions of what a community is and
Read MoreOn summer break in August 1976 my partner Dennis and I went to visit friends of his in Boston. I
Read MoreIn 2004 Querverlag, a gay book publishing company in Berlin, published Der Bärenkult: Das Tier im Mann (The Bear Cult:
Read More“By its very nature,” Mark Thompson wrote in his 1991 landmark anthology, Leatherfolk,“S/M is a topic infused with ambiguity and
Read MoreIf you’ve even been to London you have no doubt heard of the legendary XXL. It was the largest bear
Read MoreAs I write today I am basking in the limelight of being the cover bear du jour. I thank Bear
Read MoreFrom the start gay bears have embraced and manifested a paradoxical masculinity. We have both embraced and celebrated a “natural”
Read MoreThis column is intended to serve as an introduction to the emergence of bear spirituality, and not a promotion of
Read MoreIn Western cultures beards and body hair have long been regarded as a mark of masculine virility. In Japanese culture,
Read MoreTrans pioneer Lou Sullivan was arguably the first transman to publicly identify as gay. He and I worked together long-distance
Read MoreHistorically, gay men have stigmatized other gay men for being ugly, being old, having a small cock, or being fat.
Read MoreGay liberation and, later, queer nationalism, took as its radical starting point our agency as gay men and lesbians to
Read MoreThere is an interesting strategy for inclusion in American mass media today, summed up in the catch phrase, “If you
Read MoreLes K Wright delves into the history and development of the bear flag. Of himself, Craig has said, “I’m not
Read MoreAlthough extinct for centuries in Europe, the bear is deeply engrained in every European culture. It has a long pedigree
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