Bears Segment on In The Life

Little segment about the "Bear" community. Subculture of the gay community.

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[azdrcub]

The bear movement is dead and kind of a cliche'.

People want to be individuals now and I think the horrible behavior exemplified by bear/cub whatevers is equal to the horrible bahavior of other gay sub groups. This is a tired fetish if you want to even call it that.

[dhbearguy]

The bear movement is not dead. Lazy Bear, Bear Week, IBR, TBRU are all examples of the bear community thriving.

[leftyla]

This video is obviously VERY old since they are still refering to the bear movement as 'all inclusive'. Not the case anymore. The bear community has become the monster it was trying to avoid.

[plastikmanfan]

I find the bear community to be WAY too cliquey. Just as muchso as the twinks and jocks. I'm not a bear and I found the bear events to be about who you know and how shiny your leather is. Sad, really.

[carabinieri210]

WTF even the GAY community is segmented!!!!

[RImusclebear]

@badmonkeyjuju1 We all need labels! That is your personal life problem you will have to get over. The "bear movement" in no way, has hurt gay people or the gay movement in general. You sir, miss, bitch are talking out of your AZZ! Give me one example where the bear movement has hurt anybody. Illustrate your answers or the community will think you are ignorant or an evangelical Christian, same thing!!

[RImusclebear]

@leftshoulderhair Polar bears are great in bed!!!!! As one who has loved a polar bear or nine!

[RImusclebear]

@Ursusatlanta Please, the bear movement like everything else, is evolving and ever changing! Calling the bear movement dead is like agreeing that Sarah Palin will be the next President. I can't believe you feel that way unless you don't have any type of education or are just plain sociologically unaware!

[RImusclebear]

@kekurike Like anything else, some do some don't. I love bears but I have a few otter friends as well. Prefer to have sex with a man with a hairy chest. Just MY fetish!

[RImusclebear]

@BrandonSBCA All I can say is the bear movement is what it is! there are plenty of groups who will accept hairless wonders but for me I want a man with mature male characteristics! For example, a hairy chest! I still can't figure out where smooth guys shoot their cum shots?

[RImusclebear]

@buddydon1971 No, that is untrue. The bear movement is very much alive and well. It has become more exclusive and not all encompassing as it once was. Now it seems at a minimum you need a hairy chest to be accepted with a beard preferably. I am a stereotypical bear and took my young, smooth friend to a bear run. Many guys hit on me but ignored my friend. He felt bad but ended up with me at the end of the night so there you go.

[slobberty]

Well I think there is a propensity for groups of people to become clique like. Though I do feel as a Transman I have found more acceptance from the Bear community that from the typical mainstream twink scene. Mainly because we FtM's are cute, and are aware of our inner self.

I think some of it has to do with the BDSM/Leather culture which overlaps more frequently in the Bear scene than it does in the Twink scene. So for me I see BDSM people being more open to gender variations.

[buddydon1971]

The bear movement died in 2000,just like every other gay group they became bitchy,full of attitude and it all became about the way you looked.

[ditter80]

I loved this vid!