# Bears (Gay culture)

{
  "id": "S2004007474",
  "title": "Bears (Gay culture)",
  "url": "/topics/S2004007474",
  "kind": "topic-directory",
  "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory",
  "provider": "lcsh",
  "revision": "8e64dd9820261979",
  "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289",
  "numeric_address": "14699960575153299970",
  "address_version": "morton4x16-v1",
  "coordinates": [
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  ],
  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
}

Here are entered works on gay men who refer to themselves as "bears" because they are heavier-set, hairy, older, and/or have mustaches or beards.

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004007474

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