Over time, male homosexuality and effeminacy have become indelibly associated, sometimes even synonymous. In Faeries, Bears, and Leathermen, Peter Hennen conten

From Drag Queens to Leathermen examines gendered language in six gay male subcultures: drag queens, radical faeries, bears, circuit boys, barebackers, and leath

To be fat in a thin-obsessed gay culture can be difficult. Despite affectionate in-group monikers for big gay men–chubs, bears, cubs–the anti-fat stigma tha

Two Columnists; One Book. Bears In The Raw is an unflinching look at gay life in the 1990s and early 2000s, written from two differing perspectives: - The AIDS

An innovative exploration of postwar representations of effeminate men and boys.