Comments on: Daigle: Bears! http://www.365gay.com/blog/daigle-bears/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Arthur W. Graves http://www.365gay.com/blog/daigle-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-87446 Arthur W. Graves Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:58:23 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=10329#comment-87446 Personaly I do Bear Cave Cleaning myself to earn extar money Personaly I do Bear Cave Cleaning myself to earn extar money

]]> By: Facebook User http://www.365gay.com/blog/daigle-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-75700 Facebook User Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:09 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=10329#comment-75700 I really appreciated this article. I'm a college student taking a class on LGBT issues, and the concept of how intersectionality applied to the gay community was something I'd been struggling with. I think what I read here has helped clear up the issue for me, and further highlighted the depth of diversity within the community – I'd never really heard of the bear community before this semester, for instance. I, too, feel like the mainstream gay community's image is very specific – it seems as much as straight people have created an image of what a LGBT person should be like, the LGBTs themselves have an idealized anti-bogeyman in mind when talking about their community. I can't imagine how difficult that'd be, to have to see yourself through both those prisms of expectations; it'd make me want to cling to the labels I do fit in to all the more. I really appreciated this article. I’m a college student taking a class on LGBT issues, and the concept of how intersectionality applied to the gay community was something I’d been struggling with. I think what I read here has helped clear up the issue for me, and further highlighted the depth of diversity within the community – I’d never really heard of the bear community before this semester, for instance. I, too, feel like the mainstream gay community’s image is very specific – it seems as much as straight people have created an image of what a LGBT person should be like, the LGBTs themselves have an idealized anti-bogeyman in mind when talking about their community. I can’t imagine how difficult that’d be, to have to see yourself through both those prisms of expectations; it’d make me want to cling to the labels I do fit in to all the more.

]]> By: Joey in CT http://www.365gay.com/blog/daigle-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-75151 Joey in CT Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:03:20 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=10329#comment-75151 The Bears are becoming bigger and more mainstream because they tend to be friendlier. For real. In Provincetown Bear week, for example...the shop, restaurant, and inn owners ALWAYS look forward to Bear week because the Bears are friendly, accepting, non-rude, non-obnoxious, and good tippers and damn can those boys eat. I have heard from several of those townies that Bear week is their most favorite weeks of the entire season because of that. That speaks volumes, when a few thousand Bears decend on Ptown and everyone who lives there looks forward to that year after year. Plus, being a Cub...how could I not love them Bears. They really are the friendliest bunch Ive come across in the Gay world. Obviously there are exceptions on all sides of the "prism", but for the majority...the Bears take the cake...and sometimes literally :-) XO to all those Bears & Cubs. You're in my top favs! The Bears are becoming bigger and more mainstream because they tend to be friendlier. For real. In Provincetown Bear week, for example…the shop, restaurant, and inn owners ALWAYS look forward to Bear week because the Bears are friendly, accepting, non-rude, non-obnoxious, and good tippers and damn can those boys eat. I have heard from several of those townies that Bear week is their most favorite weeks of the entire season because of that. That speaks volumes, when a few thousand Bears decend on Ptown and everyone who lives there looks forward to that year after year.
Plus, being a Cub…how could I not love them Bears. They really are the friendliest bunch Ive come across in the Gay world. Obviously there are exceptions on all sides of the “prism”, but for the majority…the Bears take the cake…and sometimes literally :-)

XO to all those Bears & Cubs. You’re in my top favs!

]]> By: Andrew Dorsett http://www.365gay.com/blog/daigle-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-74987 Andrew Dorsett Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:36:48 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=10329#comment-74987 Nice article. I think our experiences have been pretty similar. Bear type guys are typically the ones I am attracted to but personally I have never felt a part of any "community" within the gay world. It's not that I have been rejected or have rejected them it is just I never had the need. I grew up in a accepting area where my family and friends where nothing but supportive. I have always been myself and, like you, when people find out I'm gay they seem to evaluate the current idea of what being gay is. I haven't been out in the gay world too long (7 years) but does it seem like the bear community is becoming bigger and more mainstream? Nice article. I think our experiences have been pretty similar. Bear type guys are typically the ones I am attracted to but personally I have never felt a part of any “community” within the gay world. It’s not that I have been rejected or have rejected them it is just I never had the need. I grew up in a accepting area where my family and friends where nothing but supportive. I have always been myself and, like you, when people find out I’m gay they seem to evaluate the current idea of what being gay is. I haven’t been out in the gay world too long (7 years) but does it seem like the bear community is becoming bigger and more mainstream?

]]> By: teachermahn http://www.365gay.com/blog/daigle-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-74969 teachermahn Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:18:15 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=10329#comment-74969 Excellent blog! I don't fit in with any of the "gay" stereotypes. I am too thin and hairless to be a bear, and too heavy and old to be a twink. So, what am I? A teacher, a friend, a bowler, and, at times, a bitch! But hey, I am a man that likes men of all shapes, sizes, and ethnicities. Sometimes the gay community is harder on itself, then society. Relax people and accept each other for our differences! Excellent blog! I don’t fit in with any of the “gay” stereotypes. I am too thin and hairless to be a bear, and too heavy and old to be a twink. So, what am I? A teacher, a friend, a bowler, and, at times, a bitch! But hey, I am a man that likes men of all shapes, sizes, and ethnicities. Sometimes the gay community is harder on itself, then society. Relax people and accept each other for our differences!

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