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Welcome . . .
Chewin' the Fat is a
publication from
The Complete Bear designed for the bear
community. It is published on the 2nd and 4th
Fridays of the month.
Chewin' the Fat will offer up
the best
of the bear lifestyle - casual, cool, or woofy.
Whatever it takes to complete the bear.
For the bear, his cub and
their den . . .
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BearParty Magazine
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BearParty Magazine is a convenient,
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events across the United States and around
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Each glossy, full-color issue
includes bear comics, bear galleries,
features on bear-friendly events,
celebrities, trends, products, and news.
If you don't find a copy in your local bear
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community site can download a copy of
each issue for free as soon as it comes out.
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Small Town Gay Bar
Recently, there have been many editorials of
the demise of the need for "a gay bar" in our
urban centers. Do we need to segregate
ourselves? Why not simply congregate
whenever, wherever with whomever we please?
This is a luxury our rural brethren don't
have. And "Small Town Gay Bar"
reminds of those we left behind as we
fled for gay Meccas like San Francisco and
NY. The film chronicles their struggles to
carve out a place where they can "be
themselves."
If you ever needed a reminder of why we fight
so hard for equal rights, a trip to Deep
South provides constant reminder of the
cruelty, ridicule, and even violence faced by
gay men and women who simply want to live a
honest and open life. And for many, the only
chance to do so is the local gay bar. Local
being a relative term as many travel far and
wide to find an outlet of acceptance in the
midst of the Bible Belt.
It is in these small towns that a true LGBT
community is created. It's not about bear
bars, it's not about lesbian bars - it's
about "the bar." The only game in town or
in the county or . . .
Drag queens mix with dykes who mix truckers
who mix with . . . and they get along,
because each understands what it's like to be
alone in a small town. They put their
differences aside to create a "safe" place, a
community, a family.
The film opens with the song "You Gotta Move"
played over images of a small town gay bar.
One has to wonder if this is the message for
those in the film. What we never get is why
they stay. Is it the rural lifestyle? Is it
a connection to their birthplace and family?
We just don't know.
Overall, Small Town Gay Bar provides a
slice of the community not often viewed. It
is a reminder of how far we've come and how
far we still have to go.
Bear & LGBT Film reviews
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