bear / body image / friends and family / gay / gay bear / wellbeing

Arthur’s megabeard culled for charity


A little while ago, I wrote about my favourite beards.  You may recall one of them was Arthur, the afro-beard man pictured above. Needless to say, the beard is somewhat impressive.  If we were in an episode of Star Trek, the tricorders would be out and it’d be tested for sentience. However, he has decided … Continue reading »

bear / depression / discrimination / gay / gay bear / homophobia / mental illness / self-stigma / suicide / violence

Put your money where your outrage is


This Saturday, my mates at Urge Bar have very generously decided to donate the proceeds of their annual Slave Auction to the Mental Health Foundation, to be used for gay men’s mental health initiatives. Before you get all righteously shocked (or excited), there aren’t actual slaves for sale, and the word slave in this context … Continue reading »

alcohol / bear / discrimination / friends and family / gay / gay bear / homophobia / politics / violence

Dear Len – the rugby is on


Dear Len, Hope you enjoyed the Rugby World Cup opening on Friday night.  Things got a little hairy, what with the train system shitting itself, overcrowding, and people treating the inner city like their own personal rubbish dump. I’ve tried not to recall images of the former Iraqi Information Minister when I heard you’d said … Continue reading »