Bear History Project International

Preserving our Bear History

Bear History Project International

Mission Statement

To Capture, Define, and Preserve the history of the Bear Sub-Culture for present and future generations.

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Capture

Capture the history of the bear movement, so it’s not lost as community members leave us.

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Define

Make sure the definition of the Bear Community matches the diversity of its members — specifically: including: non-North-American, non-Anglo-Saxon (English-speaking) members of beardom.

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Event Planning

Both adding to knowledge of the early days, and highlight new effort to follow the arc from circa 2000 to today—continuities and ruptures, diversifying and splintering.

Facebook Group

Our main activity takes place in our Facebook group, currently. There are two basic membership questions when you ask to join. I’ll follow up with a Facebook message if you don’t answer the questions. (Some people, especially on a mobile device, aren’t asked the questions: (1) Why do you want to join, and (2) do you agree to our basic rules of etiquette.)

Join the Discussion

Les Wright founded the original Bear History Project in 1995. Les collected documentation of the emergent bear culture of the 1980s and early 1990s. The original materials have been permanently archived in the Human Sexuality Collection at Cornell University. (Future holdings will be at the Leather Archives & Museum.)

Les Wright

Founder, Gay Historian

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Interview with us

We’re collecting interviews with Bears, to turn into Stories and Podcasts once we get to a critical mass. See our Interviews page.

Interview Release

Latest Articles

  • Visit our Wiki

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    Phil James

    While we build our website here, please visit our “old” home, the Wiki we’ve had for a year or two: https://bhp.mywikis.wiki/wiki/Main_Page

  • Contact us

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    Phil James

    Best current place to contact the Board: on our Facebook page, if you’re a member: Some of the Board members have contact information in their profiles. We also have: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bearhistoryproject/ Wiki — https://bhp.mywikis.wiki/wiki/Main_Page For our Interviews, see the forms for release. Look at the Links page.