Queer Clicks: November 13 | Is Weight the Reason Why the Bear Community is So Split Up?, Ian McKellen is Looking For His ‘Inner Pussy’ Ahead of Cats Role, & Other News

PHOTO: Ann-Marie Calilhanna; Star Observer

Is Weight the Reason Why the Bear Community is So Split Up?

“The increasing number of bears in the community has also developed a sort of “line in the sand” when it comes to the dare I say issue of weight in our community. This line and subsequent division are aspects that are very visible in the bear communities of many cities, an issue that is hard to turn a blind eye to.” Instinct Magazine

Ian McKellen is Looking For His ‘Inner Pussy’ Ahead of Cats Role

“What does a legendary, trained actor like Sir Ian McKellen do to prepare any given role? It’s all about research and immersion, as he discussed on a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show.

After Norton mentioned McKellen’s upcoming work on the film Cats, where he’ll star alongside Judi Dench and Idris Elba among others, the Lord of the Rings actor slipped into the musical intro for his character, Gus the Theatre Cat.” Out

Toys for Big Boys at ‘Play With Me’

“The basis for the exhibition is a particularly unique art project by Italian artist Diego Tolomelli. Tolomelli’s concept is a version of each traditional playing card in which the entire LGBTQ community is represented in a stained-glass window treatment. For three years he worked on 19 different glass windows.” Advocate

Eli Bernard By Joem C. Bayawa

“Eli Bernard is in his Senior Year of Nursing School and I would bet that he would be no doubt the sexiest Nurse alive when he finish school and earn his license!“ – Photographer Joem C. Bayawa on working with model Eli Bernard. via DNA Magazine