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Dear Mike,
Welcome . . .
Chewin' the Fat is a publication from
The Complete Bear designed for the bear
community. It is published on the 2nd and 4th
Tuesdays 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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AFTER HAIRRISON
by Buzzed Beef
Greetings Bears!! I thought I would spend a little time
talking about Hairrison this week. For those of you
who were not able to attend, you missed an incredible
party. The street fair on Sunday was AMAZING!!! The
weather was perfect, the men were hot, and the music
was premium. It was, by far and away, the best
Hairrison Street Fair I have seen.
It was the crowd, and the diversity of the crowd that
really moved me. Of course, anytime there is a street
fair in San Francisco, there is going to be a wide
sampling of people and body types. But there was
something about the crowd this year that really caught
my attention. I was there as an attendee and
partygoer, yes, but I also took some time to observe
the flow of people. There were, of course, lots of
bears, but there was also a large number of (please
pardon the labels) twinks, jocks, muscleboys, and
musclemen.
It was heartening and uplifting to see bears and jocks
mingling like they were old friends. Some people will
dismiss this as gay men just enjoying any chance to
be drinking shirtless in the streets. I'm going to take
the more positive spin on it. There has always been a
gulf between the bears and the non-bears, but that
gulf seemed narrower on Sunday. I felt a sense of
community that I hadn't felt in a long time and it was a
refreshing experience. It was a sea of flesh, both furry
and smooth, and everyone seemed to be moving
together with the music.
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One of our brothers, Mark Bingham, was tragically
taken from us Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, during the
terrorist attack on our nation. He was one of the 38
passengers on hijacked United Airlines flight 93 that
crashed outside of Pittsburgh. Mark was 31 years old.
