Talking to the Bears at 'Bear Week' in Provincetown: VIDEO
It's 'Bear Week' in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and CapeCast, the daily webcast of the Cape Cod Times, heads to Provincetown to find out, among other things, what Bear Soup (above) is like, and interview what Grizzlies and Cubs they can find.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
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Um, waiter, there's a hair in my soup...
Posted by: bravo | Jul 14, 2011 10:06:39 PM
I think a bear hug would be nice!
Posted by: brenda | Jul 14, 2011 10:18:31 PM
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Posted by: Mryello | Jul 14, 2011 10:47:58 PM
Bears!!!
HOT AND YUMMY!!!!!
Posted by: Carl | Jul 14, 2011 10:51:58 PM
Bears! Mmmmmm...tasty
Posted by: MrJ | Jul 14, 2011 11:17:36 PM
gross
Posted by: Real | Jul 14, 2011 11:38:55 PM
Don't worry REAL, you weren't invited.
Posted by: David R. | Jul 15, 2011 12:22:40 AM
All my friends went (and have been going for years)! I'm so jealous. Next year for sure!
And don't worry, REAL, they probably all think you're gross too.
Posted by: luminum | Jul 15, 2011 3:19:34 AM
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Posted by: Von Lmo | Jul 15, 2011 4:32:47 AM
While bears are supposed to be accepting of all types, there is a clear and distinct stigma against those who are hairless. Just attend any bear event as a hairless man, and you will suddenly realize just how invisible and unworthy you truly are.
Posted by: OMNOMNOM | Jul 15, 2011 4:41:30 AM
Oh my, I can hardly BEAR it. Oh ho ho.
Posted by: Xtab | Jul 15, 2011 4:50:09 AM
Kidding. I love bears.
Posted by: Xtab | Jul 15, 2011 4:50:30 AM
Sadly, I found OMNOMNOM's comments to be true.
Posted by: Alan Arthur Chiras | Jul 15, 2011 5:42:04 AM
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Posted by: james | Jul 15, 2011 6:48:33 AM
I'd hate to have to clean the hair out that pool. At least it's not as bad as the dead body that laid undiscovered for 2 days in a crowded public pool in New Bedford.
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Posted by: Unsecured Business Loans | Jul 15, 2011 7:20:45 AM
Agree with Omnomnom, bears are ok alone or small groups but non-hairy guys are ignored at bear runs, including bear week. The Musclebears are the most guilty for being dismissive.
Posted by: gayvolfan | Jul 15, 2011 7:57:31 AM
What is this gay obsession with putting everyone into a category?...twink, bear, gym bunny...yadda yadda yadda...I suppose it speaks to the juvenile underbelly of so-called "gay culture"....And by the way, most of these guys need to lose some serious weight, bear or no bear, belly fat leads to heart attacks and strokes = death. Why would anyone want to abuse their body this way? Is food really that addictive?
Posted by: pedro | Jul 15, 2011 8:01:24 AM
"Agree with Omnomnom, bears are ok alone or small groups but non-hairy guys are ignored at bear runs, including bear week. The Musclebears are the most guilty for being dismissive."
You could say that about any subculture. Try being the only bear at a twink bar, or the only white guy at latino night or a chubby guy at a circuit party and see how 'visible' you feel.
Posted by: Clif3012 | Jul 15, 2011 8:16:35 AM
WOOF!!!
Posted by: kodiak | Jul 15, 2011 9:10:03 AM
I'm not a bear, and I'm at Bear Week right now, having arrived at the end of July 4th week and the difference could not be more stark in terms of attitude as compared to last week. You won't find a group of guys or a scene more welcoming to "outsiders" or non-conforming types than the bears.
However, I think it can be a very rude awakening for some guys to show up at a bear event and not have other guys falling all over them.
So is the problem how you were treated, or is it the difference between how you were treated and how you think you should have been treated?
Posted by: Chris | Jul 15, 2011 9:12:33 AM
Hey REAL.... there's nothing more disgusting to me than a guy who shaves his body like a woman. If I wanted that, I'd be with a woman. My partner used to shave his legs when I first met him and it made me gag; but when I told him "No hair, no lovin' - I'm not getting frisky with someone who feels smooth like a girl", he let his hair grow back and he is finally comfortable being proud of being exactly what God made him to be.
Posted by: BellamyCay | Jul 15, 2011 9:57:17 AM
the words "bear soup" makes my stomach churn
Posted by: storm | Jul 15, 2011 10:12:38 AM
Well as many know it take all kinds to make the world go round... I've been in two serious relationships. With a nice bear now... There's just something I enjoy about the extra body hair.... Of course, I grew up with Six Million Dollar man. :-)
Posted by: DJB | Jul 15, 2011 12:30:14 PM
To each their own. I'm one of those hairy guys...some love it, some don't, some don't care. Mostly people love it.
If we want others to not judge us because we are er ah "homosexuals," then let's be more chartiable to our brethren, however, hirsute they are.
Posted by: asm | Jul 15, 2011 4:52:20 PM