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*[[Otter|'''Otters''']], leaner bears. |
*[[Otter|'''Otters''']], leaner bears. |
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* '''Leather bears''', bears who may be more involved in leather and BDSM cultures than the average bear. |
* '''Leather bears''', bears who may be more involved in leather and BDSM cultures than the average bear. |
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* '''[[Ursula|Ursulas]]''', historically '''lesbears''',<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bears_on_Bears/oWQ1Qe3g5hkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 "Lesbears and Transbears: Dykes and FTMs as Bears" in ''Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions (Revised Edition)'', Ron Jackson Suresha, Lethe Press.]</ref> who are [[sapphic]] [[Female|women]] or [[Fiaspec|women-aligned]] |
* '''[[Ursula|Ursulas]]''', historically '''lesbears''',<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bears_on_Bears/oWQ1Qe3g5hkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 "Lesbears and Transbears: Dykes and FTMs as Bears" in ''Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions (Revised Edition)'', Ron Jackson Suresha, Lethe Press.]</ref> who are [[sapphic]] [[Female|women]] or [[Fiaspec|women-aligned]] individuals who are generally hairier and heavy-set.<ref>[https://xtramagazine.com/love-sex/beary-feminine-45486 Article “Beary feminine: Lesbians are claiming an identity gay men monopolize” on ursulas by Tanya Gulliver for ''Xtra''.]</ref> |
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* '''[[Femme Bear|Femme bears]]''', queer femme |
* '''[[Femme Bear|Femme bears]]''', queer femme individuals with the typical characteristics of a bear.<ref>[https://archermagazine.com.au/2018/06/woman-bear-community/ Article “A woman in the bear community” on being a queer femme and a bear by Iz Connell for ''Archer''.]</ref> |
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*'''Trans bears''', [[achillean]] [[transmasculine]] |
*'''Trans bears''', [[achillean]] [[transmasculine]] individuals who are hairier and heavy.<ref>"Lesbears and Transbears," ''Bears on Bears'', Suresha.</ref> |
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Some communities use more specific terminology to encompass men who may not be able to fit the general physical stereotype of a 'bear' and to make clear their inclusion in the community, such as "polar bear" for older men. However, the use of racialized terms for non-white bears, such as "panda bear" for East-Asian men, has come under scrutiny amongst bears.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bears_on_Bears/oWQ1Qe3g5hkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 "Ethnic Bears and Bears of Color" in ''Bears on Bears'', Suresha.]</ref><ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0891243204269408?casa_token=u6fB4eWMY1sAAAAA:uYHpIgsX49gnpz1umUrwKBL429z211qqkCCYDDOovAXJUavMOXmIcT2fPjNgHOJUWV4MBSDzoIc Scholarly article "Bear Bodies, Bear Masculinity: Recuperation, Resistance, or Retreat?" by Peter Hennen for ''Gender and Society''.]</ref> Some heavy-set hairy men attracted to men may not identify with the term bear or else refer to themselves as “post bears” or “ex-bears.”<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bears_on_Bears/oWQ1Qe3g5hkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 "A Space beyond Beardom: Postbears and Ex-Bears," ''Bears on Bears'', Suresha.]</ref> |
Some communities use more specific terminology to encompass men who may not be able to fit the general physical stereotype of a 'bear' and to make clear their inclusion in the community, such as "polar bear" for older men. However, the use of racialized terms for non-white bears, such as "panda bear" for East-Asian men, has come under scrutiny amongst bears.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bears_on_Bears/oWQ1Qe3g5hkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 "Ethnic Bears and Bears of Color" in ''Bears on Bears'', Suresha.]</ref><ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0891243204269408?casa_token=u6fB4eWMY1sAAAAA:uYHpIgsX49gnpz1umUrwKBL429z211qqkCCYDDOovAXJUavMOXmIcT2fPjNgHOJUWV4MBSDzoIc Scholarly article "Bear Bodies, Bear Masculinity: Recuperation, Resistance, or Retreat?" by Peter Hennen for ''Gender and Society''.]</ref> Some heavy-set hairy men attracted to men may not identify with the term bear or else refer to themselves as “post bears” or “ex-bears.”<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bears_on_Bears/oWQ1Qe3g5hkC?hl=en&gbpv=1 "A Space beyond Beardom: Postbears and Ex-Bears," ''Bears on Bears'', Suresha.]</ref> |
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