The chubby community is a subset of the gay community, which is often divided into subcommunities for the purpose of establishing common interests with peers. Thus, Chubbies are gay men who are generally big and heavy. They have huge bellies and love men with big bellies. Some may be hairy as in the bear community but that is not a requirement.

Chubby men sometimes disassociate themselves from the gay community at large, having their own bars and social events where they can socialize with other members of the bear community. They have pageants (much like beauty pagents but generally hyper-sexual) where titles are given to winners. (Example: "Mr. Chubby International" and "Mr. Chaser International")

The chubby community was created by men who didn't feel that they fit into mainstream gay culture, believing it to place unnecessary emphasis on gay men who fit a particular bodily norm (thin, hairless and young). In turn, some, both in and out of the chubby community, criticize it as tending to exclude people who do not fit into their own standards of what a "real man" is.

Terminology

Some terminology relating to the chubby community includes:

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