Are bears the animal gay

Bears are a fairly common and well-documented subset of the gay male community, but add “lesbian” to the front of that term, and many people would start scratching their heads.

In the present day, nonbinary bears, trans bears, and lesbian bears are all wrapped in the tight “bear hug” that makes up the umbrella term. To learn more about the rich history behind the gay bear subculture alive and well today, read on.

The International Bear Brotherhood Flag, the bear community's pride flag, created by Craig Byrnes in [1] A bear is a person who identifies with bear culture, an LGBTQ subculture. Bears are typically gay or bisexual men with a large build and body hair; many are overweight, but some are muscular. [2] In LGBTQ slang, the term bear is also used as a neutral descriptor for a large and hairy.

Somewhere along the LGBTQ+ timeline, we started labelling ourselves by animal (as if the one label was not enough). Maybe it is a cheeky nod to our sex drives, maybe it’s just a bit of playful self-identification but either way, the “gay zoo” is full of characters. There are otters, bears, silver foxes and twinks, the later not necessarily an animal, however I’m sure their friends beg.