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Ursulas

Grrreat article on
lesbears/ursulas/grizzbians/lesbruins/beargrrls,
a topic I would have enjoyed covering more in depth had there been a Bears on Bears 2:
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Beary feminine
Lesbians claim an identity gay men monopolize
by Tanya Gulliver 
Xtra! May 30 2002

For someone who has known, loved, and fucked lesbian bears finding evidence of them in Toronto was a surprisingly difficult challenge. Perhaps the delay in the end of winter means they are all still hibernating.

Gay male bears are well-documented. But some men I know were surprised to hear about the existence of lesbian bears — or ursulas, as I like to call them.

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Published by Ron Suresha

Ron Jackson Suresha is an editor, anthologist, and writer. He is considered an authority on emergent queer masculinities, in particular the subcultures of gay and bi male Bears and of male bisexuality. For Ron's service to the bear community, he was named "Bear of the Year" 2008. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suresha attended the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 1976-8), where he studied creative writing, and Vista College (Berkeley, Cal., 1989-92), where he studied American Sign Language. For more than two decades, he has worked as a freelance proofreader for trade book publishers such as Shambhala Publications. He was married in October 2004 to Rocco Russo. He is also a licensed Justice of the Peace in Connecticut, an ordained minister, ULC, and a member of the New London Green Party. Nonfiction works include Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions; Bi Men: Coming Out (coeditor, with Pete Chvany); Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey (editor). His latest book is The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, published by Lethe Press.