It’s always especially disheartening when gays turn on their own, so let’s put the organizers of Beach Bear Weekend on blast, shall we?
According to Craig Jungwirth’s LinkedIn profile, he’s enjoyed a fruitful career as an engineer specializing in theme park rides, but this week he’s on a personal rollercoaster, the sight of which is enough to give us nausea.
Several member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the fabulous band of drag queen nuns hell-bent on making the world around them a more colorful and accepting place, have accused Jungwirth of harassment.
Jungwirth is the director of Beach Bear Weekend, and by the looks of it, he’s downright pissed at the idea of a man in a dress at his event.
How about we take this to the next level?
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The Peacock Panache reports that the tensions kicked off when Jungwirth, from his now-deleted Facebook account, friended Sister Evelyn Tensions and invited her her to Beach Bear.
Inexplicably, Jungwirth soon after posted a message to Evelyn’s wall that said: “You are trespassed from BeachBear Weekend and FiremansBall.”
Evelyn, confused by what Jungwirth meant by being “tressespassed,” sent him a message asking for clarification, especially given the fact that she had no intention of attending in the first place.
That led to this bizarre exchange in which Jungwirth accuses Evelyn of being a “dangerous cyberstalker”:
The image may be a bit tough to read without zooming in, so here are some highlights:
Evelyn: So you friended me, specifically to tell me I’m NOT allowed there?
Craig: Stupid ass motherfucker. You’re trespassed in perpetuity.
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Craig: And now you have violated Florida cyberstalking laws. Reported to the flpd.
Evelyn: Lmao. You really are delusional. Peace man.
Craig: Youre a dangerous cyberstalker
The ugliness then moved to Twitter, where Jungwirth boasts of his “proclamation from the mayor” that “everybody loves Beach Bear Weekend,” and that “all sisters are trespassed” from the event.
He went on to Tweet: “wtf are you wearing makeup and a dress for? Man up fuck.”
A scroll through Beach Bear’s Facebook page shows lots of odd activity on March 2 — a lengthy barrage of status updates showing screenshots of the Beach Bear wall (how meta) from the same cellphone.
Mixed into the strangeness is this odd bit of vitriol, echoing the same aggressive tone (note: in one of the above photos we found of Jungwirth, he’s wearing an MIT t-shirt):
If you’re not educated at Harvard and MIT and of a certain c persuasion, you shall be charged a supplement over the list price to attend BeachBear Weekend and FiremansBall. Pound sand. You had the opportunity to apply and graduate – if you weren’t disciplined to pay the piper then, you’ll pay now. Stay in school, kids. Stay in school. Just look at that 7.9% acceptance rate and weep. BeachBearWeekend.com just went invitation only. Good luck getting one, son.
The Peacock Panache also uncovered previous reports of Jungwirth’s dangerous demeanor.
Earlier this year South Florida Gay News reported:
SFGN has learned that the newly appointed director of Beach Bear Weekend has a checkered legal past, which includes both civil and criminal issues.
First, SFGN has discovered that Craig Jungwirth, the new director had a permanent injunction and restraining order entered against him by a former employer, for conduct alleged to have been “threatening, erratic and violent,” according to court filings.
Additionally, Jungwirth, who was once arrested for stalking, is presently facing misdemeanor charges in Broward County Court for defrauding an innkeeper. He is fighting those charges vigorously, with counsel. The stalking charge has since been dropped, but court records also reveal that Jungwirth was evicted from his Wilton Manors apartment at 100 N.E. 23rd Street for non-payment of rent.
After being named to the Beach Bear posts, a number of local activists have been posting concerns that the new representative for “Bear Tourism” would be charged with defrauding an innkeeper. But the charges are still pending.
But that’s not all, folks. They added:
However, in researching the allegations, SFGN learned that separate from that incident, circuit courts from three different states (Florida, Ohio and Massachusetts) have entered restraining orders against Jungwirth for threatening behavior. They include representations that Jungwirth would “bankrupt” his ex-employers, and they would soon be facing “heart attacks.”
Additionally, at least four former colleagues from his job in Massachusetts have filed individual petitions for restraining orders against Jungwirth, expressing fear for their personal safety.
There’s no way Jungwirth represents the opinions of everyone involved at Beach Bear Weekend. By the looks of it we imagine there could be others involved who are perhaps reluctant to speak out for fear of being his next target.
But publicly harassing members of the community with such amplified grotesqueness cannot stand.
Time to dump him, Beach Bear!
Wonder Fogg
OMG!
Gio Ortiz
I guess even gays dislike what they do not know or understand and try so hard to fit into a role that society dictate them to be. Me bear you Jane. ð???ð???ð???
AtticusBennett
the Bear scene(s) can be as exclusionary and single-minded in their chosen aesthetic as any all-white circuit boy scenes can be.
there are bear dudes who are laid back and fun, and there are terribly insecure bear dudes for whom their “Bear-ness” is nothing more than a slavish affectation; an insecure reaction to their own insecurities about “not being real men”, and essentially donning MAN DAG in order to feel like “real manly men”
know what gay men take issue with gender-nonconformity, drag, makeup and dresses? insecure ones who still desperately want people to believe that they’re Real Men. breaking news – real men aren’t insecure like that. that’s the domain of the broken boy who never found himself.
redcarpet30
I’d rather go to BearWeek/Lazybear Weekend/TBRU/IBC in Palmsprings anyway.
redcarpet30
@AtticusBennett: Yeah those guys exist. In my experience they are the exception and not the rule, but they are there ruining it for everyone none the less.
Paul Green
Funny…. With his degree from MIT he still doesn’t seem to have a grasp on the English language (nor his sanity). What exactly does it mean to be “permanently trespassed” from an event??? LOL! More meth anybody?
trell
This is relly dumb….from BOTH sides.
Jungwirth’s attitude sucks, no question about that, but the SOPI rep Evelyn, is provoking him in those replies.
I don’t know about the US laws regarding harassment, but here in the UK, if you have unwanted contact on at least 2 seperate occasions, and you reply back with messages other than to say “I do not want you to contact me anymore. I will call the police” (or words to that effect), you can’t later point and shout “Harassment!”….especially if your replies to said comments are encouraging an abusive reply.
DCguy
Sounds like the guy is very unstable. Additionally, if he is that terrified of a guy in a dress my guess is that he is a demure little princess at heart who just wants a man to take care of her, and a pretty self hating one at that.
I have a feeling that Sister Evelyn is way more man than he could handle.
Paco
What?
Brett Warsaw
Sounds to me he is detracting from a great bear event and a great tourist event for Fort Lauderdale. Time to dump him before more damage is done. My partner is a sister and I’m a little bear. Guess there will be 2 less showing up. Too bad. It was fun and welcoming in the past.
Justin Weeks
That’s horrible when gays turn on gays get over the stigma we don’t all have to be bears if we want to be fem we can it does not matter if you don’t like it don’t do it
Curtis Stucker
We can’t divide the community and ask the world for acceptance. We celebrate diversity for show, when in true there’s segregation. He has brought shame to our fight for equality.
someonefromny
Bear or dress, either way it’s drag/costume.
someonefromny
But I don’t see drag queens bringing men dressed as men into their events so more power to this guy keeping men in dresses out. To each his own.
Brian Kelly-Ried
Ugh why hate on the sisters? Like there are no nelly bears? Puhlease
Invert
Jeez, practically contact high from Jungwirth’s meth ramblings.
Somewhat reminiscent of the ramblings we often see on queerty. I’m sure many of us have noticed.
Jose Oscar Alvarado Jr.
Why can’t we get along???
Sean Ylinen
Honestly, I feel like it isn’t a real party unless the Sisters show up. So glad we have a local chapter now. They are doing awesome work in the community.
Rocco Vader
Drag Queens…can’t live with them…can’t live without them…
Joey Boyd
I hope he gets struck by lightning on his little day adventure.
jr111585
@AtticusBennett: And that is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth! Insecure little men who look and behave like this particular piece of shit, are CLEARLY compensating for something… They are lacking.
And honestly there is nothing worse than a homosexual male telling another homosexual male to ‘MAN UP!’ And it’s basically almost always the most insecure gay guys that feel the need to say shit like that. It’s funny that they don’t even realize how pathetic they look and sound when they say such things. For that moment it might make them feel good and like a ‘real tough guy,’ but in reality everyone else is laughing at them, and rightfully so. Just because you are a gay man that has big muscles and a hairy body does NOT make you any less gay than any other homosexual. In their little minds, they are superior and every other homo is bottom of the barrell. So quit trying to compensate for SOMETHING by bringing down your fellow brothers who don’t look like you or try hard to act like you do. Because I’m sure it’s an act for most of these guys– they try SOO hard to be seen as ‘manly’ and ‘tough,’ which in their minds makes them the ‘better’ kind of homosexual, but behind closed doors A LOT of them are bigger little bitches than the ‘twinks’ or draq queens that they attack.
Basically what it all boils down to is these guys are very insecure, and they are CLEARLY lacking something in their lives and they are compensating for it by looking and behaving the way that they do. Nasty little bitches. ???
jr111585
@DCguy: EXACTLY!
David Wickham
Someone forgot to take his meds
Glücklich
MIT’s for pussies. Bitch wanna talk tough? Stanford be rollin’ it gangsta, punk-ass.
Glücklich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAlNrtcPCLw
robho3
I think beach bear weekend needs a new director. And maybe Carl needs some new meds.
Glücklich
@robho3:
Fewer meds might be smarter.
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/colette-at-home/n11258
SisterLawna
This is all just terribly unfortunate. I hope Craig receives the help he needs, as well as compassion. I certainly hope his actions don’t detract from a fabulous beach weekend for anyone planning to attend. #SaveTheBears
ChuckF
It’s a shame a community founded on love and brotherhood has come to this.
jayj150
Wait, this can’t be right. Queerty has been telling us for years that bears are an affable, inclusive, diversity loving bunch that would never discriminate against fellow gays. We all know it’s only twinks who are vapid, shallow and exclusionary. Yeah right.
joeyty
What’s a “nun” ?
joeyty
Anyway, some “bears” are really effeminate. Like Dom DeLuis fussing about the stove, hands all aflutter. (Picture Joe Jervis).
Phil Earley
I called the girl at the ritz who does events and she’s like … Uhhh beachbearwuuut? ð???
Dude is stealing money, plan and simple. And then tweaking on FB. Police are aware of his plot.
http://m.imgur.com/7djd3BP?r
GC1985
@jayj150: To me this just shows that myth isn’t true. Bears don’t like anyone feminine. One time I mistakenly went to Micky’s in Weho when they had a bear event. Very unpleasant.
I dont care for stinky sweaty men anyways.
This guy told him to man up… I would tell that guy to go take a bath… Perhaps nore than once a week and go hit a gym.
GC1985
@jr111585: The most feminine and out gay guys are always stronger than the conformist closet cases! I have said this for a long time and have been criticized. Putting yourself out in the open takes guts.
Peter George Rogers
Weird…I mean Werd
Daniel-Reader
1) Bears run the range from masc to femme. Be who you are. 2) The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence do and have done wonderful work around the globe. So good on them, don’t put up with disrespect.
Invert
@GC1985: totally agree- takes a real man to be feminine.
I like mince much better than beef.
Marky
“You will be ‘trespassed’ and get heart attacks!!! …PERPETUALLY!!!”
ROFL; dude’s fucked.
Kangol
Does MIT = Meth-head in training?
Because Jungwirth sounds like barely (bearly?) has his screwed on straight. That big ole girl is wigged out!
Evelyn Tensions
@trell: I assure you i was not acting as s representative of the Order of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. In fact, the interaction occurred on my secular (non-sister profile) and it wasn’t until after I posted screenshots of this weird interaction that my fellow Sisters and community members sprang into action.
As for the harassment, I never felt harassed and don’t claim I was even now. He was the one claiming I was a stalker and all that after HE called me, unsolicited, five times….. FIVE times! He then foisted his phone number on me.
I am glad that I posted the screenshots because it has given my community an opportunity to learn more about Mr. Jungworth.
In the 36 hours since i posted the pics of our convo, it has been confirmed that he has a long history of fraud, abuse and stalking. Yes, that’s right, he has himself been charged with stalking.
It has also been learned that none of the sponsors continue their support, none of the hotels being sold as “host” venues have even heard of the event, and the city did not make a proclamation of support.
Mr. Jungwirth has attempted to perpetuate an exclusionary, divisive culture of intolerance and as a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, I took vows to fight that.
I stand by my vows, I stand behind the work of the Sisters worldwide and I stand behind my community, untied in our mission to stop out negativity, division, and exclusion. We are one commUNITY!
joeyty
@Evelyn Tensions: “We are one commUNITY!” I guess you don’t read the posts on Queerty much.
martinbakman
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Isaac P
I attended both MIT and Harvard, and I had hoped that this mentally disturbed individual did not really attend my alma mater, but unfortunately, I have to confirm that he did–class of ’88 in mechanical engineering. He in no way represents all of the great LGBT people that I met while at MIT, nor do I think his judgmental and exclusionary attitude represents that of MIT alumni. He may have learned the technical aspects of his field, but he clearly hasn’t learned what it means to be human.
Ben Stimpson
How can one hate the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence?? They’re awesome!
Linda Dublin
The beach bear Facebook page looks like it had been removed or at least the link.in querty’s article to it us not working.
heavylifter
A salient example of the drug epidemic ravaging the gay subculture.
Is anyone really shocked at the behaviour?
Glücklich
@Ben Stimpson:
Really! I keep coming back to this post because it is beyond me that anyone aside from religious zealots could harbor such feelings about the Sisters. Luckily the comments indicate the event has fallen apart and its head will be run out of town.
Were I to be a Sister, I’d be Sister Barb Bitchurate.
Dev.C
It sounds like he should be throwing a party from the nut house instead.
Kevin Murray
Interesting!
GC1985
@joeyty: You aren’t one to talk. You always defend bigots.
DCguy
@someonefromny: You stated: But I don’t see drag queens bringing men dressed as men into their events so more power to this guy keeping men in dresses out. To each his own.
That is completely untrue, if you have ever seen drag queens out with their boyfriends, or watched a RuPauls Drag Race when their husbands or boyfriends were in the audience, their partners are almost never drag queens. So not sure where you’re getting your information.
Kerfuffle
Hey, Folks, It’s Craig. What’s the kerfuffle all about? One way to find out – come to Beach Bear Weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA from Thursday, May 5th through Monday, May 9th, 2016. Additional information available at http://www.BeachBearWeekend.com including our Mayor’s and Commissioners’ Proclamation. Don’t hate. Participate! See you in Fort Lauderdale in May! Besitos (N.B.: As your safety and the safety of our fellow citizens is paramount and comparable to the requirements to remove hats, glasses, and any other concealments of your face when entering our most sensitive businesses, our beach and your safety thereon is our primary concern. Man up and show your face without concealment. Or not. America! Thanks in advance for your compliance and the trademark violations and ad hominem attacks are hilarious. I suppose you may not realize that the bears in Las Vegas had banned Sisters years ago according to Facebook poster. Pot. Kettle. Black. 🙂 )
Ben C. Byard
Sp this guy is an asshole then?
Glücklich
Ho boy….prepare for Super Shitstorm Sandy Duncan.
Ogre Magi
Wow, what a rotten bear
They should call him Winnie The Shit!
tsmithknox
@AtticusBennett: You’ve hit the nail on the head. Some men learn empathy from the insecurities of childhood. Some me learn to bully.
LincolnSquareOtter
From what I can tell from some of these posts, the comments made are just as bad as the comments made by the subject of this article. Frankly, I have never seen an united LBGT community much less an united gay men community and I believe that I never will. We spend far too much time bitching about others versus coming together and solving issues and mutual discrimination. Please keep your shaming, hate and vitriol to yourselves unless you want it directed back you.
Before any of you start in on me, I’ve been bullied, been a twink, been(gasp)fem, done leather, been a boy, HIV positive and now happily secure as an daddy otter (yes, I’m masculine, natural smelling and go to the gym). With that said, I have gotten criticized and shamed, belittled and I can easily take offense to many comments above.
HOWEVER, it has taught me to be patient, understanding of others, be much more respectful of those who are not like me and best yet, I DON’T EXPECT YOUR APPROVAL NOR DO YOU NEED MINE.
May you all find peace in your lives….
Matthew T Langan
Someone’s doing drugs !!!
Richard Hernandez
Wow, I met them in Vegas and those nuns were amazing
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yup:D
joeyty
@LincolnSquareOtter: Other factors seem to take precedence as to who homosexual men will feel united with more than the created “identities” like twink and bear. There’s race, ethnicity, religion, lack of religion, nationality, political affiliation, social background, financial position. At least that’s what I’ve noticed in general. (With some exceptions, of course..) Some gay idealists have hoped our shared sexuality would break through all those differences, but..
GC1985
@joeyty: Again you aren’t one to talk. You defend bigots and gay bashers. If a criminal was sent to prison for attacking gay men you would find a way to defend him. Go take your morally repugnant self to a different site where people would listen to your rubbish.
joeyty
@GC1985: I’m going to be your dominatrix and you will honor.
GC1985
@joeyty: You will be nothing as you’re nothing. You’re not worthy of even one cent.
joeyty
@GC1985: You’re trying to provoke me into getting more fetishy with you.
Chris
He seems like one very insecure bear. Live and let live, and laugh with them there sisters. They are hilarious.
surreal33
I do not blame him!!!! I tired of the FORCED FEMINIZATION of gay men!!! Not every gathering of gay men is excuse to put on a dress and transform into a bitchy queen.
If you want to be a fem bot there unlimited number of parties and events which are dedicated to just that, this particular bear is not one of those events. Not all gay men want/need to bitchy and feminine.
ISpeakOnlyTruth
The KARMA on this new BeachBear regime is going to be one they’ll never forget.
Threats, harassment, lies about sponsors, fraudulent from the word GO…….
If they think their legal troubles were bad before, he better get his toothbrush waiting because Missy Karma is going to see they’re behind bars………and it will happen.
And to further prove their dirty dealings, they’ll hit and run, block a person from responding or change screen names………..you know, the typical shady crap an “Alleged” thief does.
#ByeFelisha #StripedJumpsuitsBearSize
ISpeakOnlyTruth
@surreal33: Forced Feminization? Oh, yes, put a gym bunny bear on YouTube imitating drag queen and that’s acceptable. Typical hypocritical beardung
BeachBear is going down like queens on fire
asby
Sounds like someone who has been up for 3 days on a binge of some sorts
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love the post
Autumn Vines
Some of the bears’ biggest supporters are the sisters…
GC1985
@joeyty: You’re getting boring.
@surreal33: Nobody is being forced into “feminization”. Please go to the gym and get rid of the beer belly. It’s not good for your health.
AtticusBennett
dear Craig, you’re far too old to still be worrying what Daddy Will Think.