MPR profiles Minneapolis Movie Bears

The big guys at Minneapolis Movie Bears get a write at Minnesota Public Radio. It's a great social group and they've done some good charity work.

MPR quotes a man with the same name as me... It's not me though:

"You know some people will say it has to be a stocky hairy man with a beard. And other people say it's a way of thinking, a way of being." - Andrew Berke (I'm Andy Birkey).

I am a gay man and I have attended some of the Bears' events, but it's unlikely I'd ever be confused as a bear. I think Otter might be the appropriate gay animal designation for me, if I was to identify with a gay animal designation which I do not.