Some time soon, we’ll break this out into more specific sub-sections, and/or more organization. For now, we’re capturing some links.
Also see our: Bibliography page.
- Our website: www.bearhistory.org
- Wikipedia: Bear (gay culture) page
- BHPI Facebook page (group is private, for now: ask to join!)
- Our Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/bearhistoryproject/
- Our merchandise store! https://www.cafepress.com/shop/BHPI/products?designId=136116998
- Our YouTube channel! (No content yet…) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1PrD9ZoyjIWlaMsc55hLMA
- Cornell gay archives: Les built. Includes approximately 75 boxes of materials: correspondence, bear run/conference materials, reviews, and so on.
- LA&M. The Leather Archives & Museum. https://leatherarchives.org/
- GLBT Historical Society, HQed in SF, CA. Great resource for queer/ gay artifacts and history. glbthistory.org .
- Bear World Magazine
- Current article, about the BHP!
- 2024 Award recipients, including Bear World Magazine Icon Award Honoree, our own Les! (Starts at 1:09.10) https://bearworldmag.com/bear-world-magazine-awards-2024-winners-revealed/
- Rehoboth Beach Bears
- 2025: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1157993566037078&set=a.624357002734073
- Rainbow Quest game: (“Towards a Better World for Everyone”) Brian Kaufman. Website: https://rainbowquest.org/ , Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RainbowQuestgame/
- Rainbow Quest game night, 15 February 2022: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=467120928235207
- “Bear events not to miss in 2022” https://www.gaytravel4u.com/bear-events-not-to-miss?fbclid=IwAR0UFDlv61v7QhmPnEZhvePadsxU6z_3fsZH66KLNGt9W0yq7d0WCQWgHic
- Chiron Rising Archives (adult content magazine covers, NSFW) https://chironrisingarchive.home.blog/
- “Chiron Rising started as the Swan magazine in the 1980s and was a magazine for the gay mature community.
- Gay Bear: Taimi wiki. “Great crash course in bears.” https://taimi.com/wiki/gay-bear-what-is-it-what-does-it-mean
- Gay & Lesbian Review: Article by Jeff Mann: “Bear Culture 101.” https://glreview.org/article/bear-culture-101-no-prerequisite/
- Known LGBTQ Archives in the US, as of September 2023 (courtesy GLBT Historical Society, last edited May 2023, PDF)
- You can compare it as the playboy among gay mature men magazines contained profiles and photographies of older men and their admirers, also novels, fictions, artwork and articles about gay life.
- BearPad.ART : Patrick and Jordan
- www.BearPad.ART
- TikTok : @bearpadart . ( https://www.tiktok.com/@bearpadart )
- https://www.instagram.com/bearpadart/
- Twitter: @bearpadart ( https://x.com/bearpadart )
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bearpadshop
- Benjamin Koll
- BHPI Interview: Ben Koll
Les and Phil did a spirited interview with Ben, for our Stories and Podcasts pages. For now, here are some essential links to his online content: - https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tVP1zc0TM5NyypIKU42YPTiTUrNy0rMzcxTyM7PyQEAlhIKJw&q=benjamin+koll&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS945US945&oq=benjamin+koll&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBEC4YgAQyCggAEAAY4wIYgAQyBwgBEC4YgAQyBwgCEC4YgAQyDQgDEC4YrwEYxwEYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyCQgFEC4YChiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDINCAgQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAkQABiGAxiABBiKBdIBCTg1NTlqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
- https://www.benjaminkoll.com/
- https://www.benjaminkoll.com/benjamin-koll-his-biography-and-team.html
- https://www.instagram.com/benjaminkollmusic/?hl=en
- https://www.instagram.com/p/C82uQRFSeHB/?hl=en
- https://music.apple.com/us/album/8-days-in-a-bears-life/1699457981
- https://bearworldmag.com/benjamin-koll-releases-two-sexy-videos-for-his-new-single-osito/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdF2ppn9S1zoMUtuHHd0VlA - Songs
- Osito
- New song for new album: sex with your best friend
- Living on my own (bullying)
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benjaminkollofficial
- https://open.spotify.com/artist/48SSplnFdA3EFWUHAdjSkl
- BHPI Interview: Ben Koll
- Bear Your Soul, 2023: https://leskwright.com/2023/09/07/bear-your-soul-celebrates-ten-years/
Today it is a historical witness of the gay young/old/mature community from the pre internet era until the beginning of the digital century in the early 2000s.”
- “I am (Not) a Gay Bear” article by M.J. Murphy, Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies, U of Ill. Springfield. 17 Feb 20198 https://emjaymurphee.medium.com/i-am-not-a-bear-3854127b481c
- Gay camp ground in NE Pennsylvania that does bear events. https://oneidaresort.com
- The Lavender Effect “Join the Movement Advancing the Future of LGBTQ+ Heritage & Culture”, curated by BHPI’s own Andy Sacher.
- (PRIDE Festival traveling exhibit 2023: https://thelavendereffect.org/pride2023/ )
- Bears In Excess “Bears in Excess is an event that started in April of 2012. The main purpose of the event is so bears, cubs, daddies, chubs, and their admirers who live in the Greater Toronto Area or the many visitors to our lovely city, can go to have some fun in a spa-like setting.”, Toronto: https://bearsinexcess.com/
- BHPI member, Diniz Sanchez, Mr. Lisbon Bear Pride 2023, article from July 2023: https://bearworldmag.com/meet-diniz-sanchez-mr-lisbon-bear-pride-2023/?fbclid=IwAR2KdDTd1SWM7hk1u7QI_wrwSrN7wiC2usha9EK9VgrxBb5osdRCfzs1Rpk
Adjacent / brother / sister / sibling organizations communities:
- Bear Week Provincetown (P’Town) see: https://ptown.org/calendars/bears/ www.ptownbears.events or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ptownbears .
- [RFD] Radical Fairies, Radical Fairies Digest http://rfdmag.org/
- Bears Bulletin Board PDX (private group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/1415110525416141/ from BHPI member Joshua Lewis
- Santa Bear & Friends: (private group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/1534385836883060/ from BHPI member Joshua Lewis.
- “Bring on Bears and Asians (BOBA)” : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1633916313698386/
- Bear Your Soul “Bear Your Soul is a movement of men that grew out of events at Easton Mountain“
- Rehoboth Beach Bears
- Body Electric