Alternative Bear Code
a.k.a. Joshua's Bear Code, JBC
Author: Joshua Cohen
Date: 1995-02-22
Tags: #lgbtq
Inspirations: Bear Code
- Untitled version
Found on:
- alt.sex.bears (newsgroup)
Alternative Bear Code is a proposed evolution of the NBCS that fixes some of its perceived shortcomings:
Several people have said the some of the elements of the NBCS are shallow or pejorative, the e and q factors being excellent examples. Others have said it is not detailed enough and there should be new factors for smoking, hair, and the like. And some extremely warped individual (I think it was me) even thought it should be redefined as a barcode format and tattooed onto our foreheads and that we should all carry scanners and PDA’s for easy computer-aided analysis.
Maybe the idea of the NBCS is O.K., but the criteria are not quite right. Below is what I call the A, B, Cs of “beardom,” and if you think it all came about spontaneously, you’d be wrong.
It is notable for having a full complement of 26 groups, one for each letter of the alphabet, including Yiddish-named categories Mench [sic] and Yenta.