This is also a man who, in , became the first professional athlete from a major team sport (he retired from the NFL in ) to announce publicly that he was gay — an act of candor that turned the most masculine of sports on its head, shattering its definitions of courage and toughness.
Within the Gay Bear men's community there's a certain subset who Dare To Bare all that hair - and more when it comes to swimwear, athletic apparel and under-garment choices. Recenty, a fashion and cultural phenomenon of the Speedo Bear has emerged.
David recently participated in the magazine’s “Real Bodies” campaign, where he posed for pictures and discussed his struggle with accepting his huskier body type.
Bears (also called ursines) are almost always gay or bisexual men, although increasingly transgender men (transmen) and those who shun labels for gender and sexuality are also included within Bear communities.