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World Bear Day – Monday 23rd March 2026

Luka Musicki

We (at Bear World Magazine) love our human bears very much. We have celebrated their milestones like achieving a sash, to featuring artist of any kind, to navigating our bears in world unknown in our Bear World Guides, to having promotional competitions, to helping them with their charity work like Mister HCB 2025.

Monday 23rd March 2025 will be World Bear Day. This is the day to celebrate all animal bears. And even though there is no single, globally recognised “International Gay Bear Day” or “World Gay Bear Day”, we would love to celebrate the sexy human bears that have been featured on the Bear World Magazine. We have published over 2,000 articles on human bears, so we cannot feature every single one of them. Sorry.

Without further ado, please enjoy this human bear hotties aligned with their animal kingdom counterparts. Even though there is no ginger bears in the animal kingdom, we wanted to be inclusive within ‘Sun Bear’. Just for reference, I determined the bears based on various factors like their beard colour, and their fur colour. However, if the human bears feel like they would like to be under a different animal bear, we will adjust.

Polar Bears:

Pictures above (Left to Right): Tim Parish (AUS), BJ (Canada and Barbados), and Tommy (USA).

>BWM Link to Tim Parish (Australia): https://bearworldmag.com/meet-the-versatile-vintage-bear-tim-parish/

>BWM Link to BJ (Canada and Barbados): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-bj/

>BWM Link to Tommy (USA): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-tommy/

Brown Bears:

Picture Above (Left to Right): Toni (Spain), Brandon (USA), and Tapio (Estonia).

>BWM Link to Toni (Spain): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-toni/

>BWM Link to Brandon (USA): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-brandon-3/

>BWM Link to Tapio (Estonia): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-tapio-vares/

Black Bears:

Picture Above (Left to Right): Bobby Best (USA), Isaiah (United Kingdom), and Joseph Williams (USA)

>BWM Link to Bobby Best (USA): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-bobby-best/

>BWM Link to Isaiah (United Kingdom): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-isaiah/

>BWM Link to Joseph Williams (USA): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-weekjoseph-willilams/

Ginger Bears/Sun Bears:

Picture Above (Left to Right): Mikey (Perth, Australia), Jonathan (USA), Raymond (Melbourne, Australia).

>BWM Link to Mikey (Perth, Australia): https://bearworldmag.com/we-meet-bears-perth-mr-bear-2025-mikey-tate/

>BWM Link to Jonathan (USA): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-jonathan/

>Raymond (Melbourne, Australia): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-raymond/

Panda Bears:

Picture Above (Left to Right): Carlos (USA), Noah (Thailand), and Kawika (Hawaii).

>BWM Link to Carlos (USA): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-carlos-jiga/

>BWM Link to Noah (Thailand): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-noah/

>BWM Link to Kawika (Hawaii): https://bearworldmag.com/instabear-of-the-week-kawika/

Interview Page:

Do you want to see more bears that we had an in-depth interview with?

Check out this link: https://bearworldmag.com/category/interviews

Bears of the Week Page:

Do you want to see the bears that are making their influence on social media like Instagram?

Check out this link: https://bearworldmag.com/category/bears/bearoftheweek

Do you want to be featured in either an interview or bears of the week pages?

If you want to be featured on Bear World Magazine, as either an Instabear of the Week or have an interview, please email us at: bearworldmag@grayjonesmedia.com, with what you would like to do. We will advise you if we require anything further for the feature. In the meantime, please celebrate World Bear Day uniquely!

Alternatively, if you would like to be the next InstaBear of the Week, make sure to follow us on Instagram @bearworldmag, and fill out the application form HERE. We would like to feature you in the future!

I would like to dedicate this article and thanks to the wonderful Richard Jones for allowing me to do this!

Luka Musicki

Luka is the Deputy Editor for Australian content for Bear World Magazine, part of Gray Jones Media. Luka is producing interviews with Australian and international bears, producing Australian city guides and interesting fun articles. His vision is to create a vibrant and supportive platform that celebrates the diverse spectrum of human bodies and experiences. His mission is to foster a community where individuals feel empowered to embrace their authentic selves, share their stories, and recognise the bear beauty in vulnerability and feeling great pride in themselves. Luka is also a resident writer for Konnect with Data (an Australian Data company).