Stavros Louca didn’t let the fact that he weighs 420-pounds stop him from competing in the 2014 Mr. Gay UK competition. The 34-year-old proudly entered the contest — and won, albeit temporarily — earlier this year.
Though he was eventually stripped of the title due to what competition organizers called a “technicality,” Louca’s story is still an inspiring one. Here is a dude who refused to let society’s definition of beauty prevent him from going up on stage and owning his sexiness in front of a roomful of people, and when things didn’t work out, he wasn’t afraid to share his story with the world. It’s hard not to admire a guy like that.
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I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
Ok! I’ll take number one (because I love blue eyes), number two (because I looove red heads), numbers four, six, and nine (all because of the blue eyes again), and number fourteen (who I hope has blue eyes) please!
Ha! Take that Saint Law! I’ve heard of Nazi homophobes trying to shame men out of being gay, but trying to shame me out of loving white men? You are disgusting!
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
O_O This won’t end well
*backs out of door*
Tackle
The White man in Black face routine is sooo old. No one can really believe that the above fool is really Black???
NoCagada
Imagine that! Pictures of male humans in QUEERTY that actually look like MEN!
Bromancer7
@NoCagada: Since when is being obese the definition of what a real man looks like???
GLF
Nothing like a steady diet of statins and beta-blockers to really make a MAN. Apparently even diabetes is a fetish these days. Merry Christmas.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Oooh it’s started! Let me perch.
unclemike
@GLF: @Bromancer7: Here, have a kale chip.
Roan
@Tackle:
uh, what?
@Bromancer7: @GLF:
If you want to look at pics of skinny twinks and otters feel free to check out the Underwear Party post.
@unclemike:
Word.
ingyaom
Homosexuality is natural; obesity isn’t. Eat more good food, less bad, and get some exercise. Be healthy. That’s sexy.
Tackle
The 3rd guy down is beautiful…@Roan: There are several posters who know’s WHOM and what I’m referring to. Maybe they want to explane to you…
adventuretime
Didn’t queerty just do pretty much this same exact post not too long ago? And it was basically clickbait because it stirred up arguments, the exact kind that are happening again?
Shame on you, Queerty. And shame on tacky comments. It’s obviously very possible to not be twinkish or have a six pack and still be totally healthy. Arguments over this are silly.
tardis
@ingyaom: It’s a little more complicated that that. Pretty much, anything in this life can be an addiction. I’ve been playing my x-box way too much. Even missed work. My pal is somewhat of a sex addict. My sibling is career obsessed in an unhealthy way. With fat people, you can see their addiction on them, and it’s easy to say crap like that.
Everyone has some type of addiction.
Saint Law
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: There’s nothing wrong with you loving other white men, you crazy cracker.
Saint Law
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: If you can find one that is.
jwtraveler
Proving that good things can come in big packages too.
DarkZephyr
@Bromancer7: Everyone has their definition of what a “real man” looks like. Clearly this doesn’t match yours but it does for others. Is this a particular problem for you for some reason?
@GLF: I don’t think the article says that any of these guys has diabetes. Nor is having a “type” the same as having a “fetish”. You are being kind of douchey.
@ingyaom: not everyone has the same notion of “sexy” as you. There are some guys who are gay who can’t get turned on by anything other than a guy with meat on his bones. That is just how they are and that IS natural. And to be honest, obesity is natural as well. Its certainly not synthetic. Whether or not its healthy is unrelated to the fact that its natural. If you eat a certain amount of certain things, you will get extra weight. Definitely a part of the natural order of things.
DarkZephyr
@adventuretime: I don’t think we can honestly blame Queerty for the arguments it stirred up. I think we can blame vapid, self righteous, shallow a$$ hats for that. Nobody is saying that you HAVE to find the above men sexy, but why do those who do not find them sexy feel the need to make their lack of interest so very clear to the world? Nobody cares that they don’t find these guys hot.
orfunnyhaha
Queerty is the equivalent of TigerBeat or 16 magazine. Not a huge surprise that pictures of non-twinks get a reaction like this.
jaybird85
As a “husky gay” or whatever the hell they call it now, I find these articles fascinating- I accept the fact that being gay and big means general ostracism and virtual non existence as far as anything romantic and/or intimate is concerned with the majority of other gay men. Unless of course you happen to be attracted to other overweight men and manage to find one of the same mindset (good luck) but when it comes down to it, anything other than “best friend teddy bear is just highly unlikely. It sucks, but gay men in general aren’t going to suddenly become these substance driven beings fully capable of seeing anything beyond that less than club kid physique simply because some e mag posted a few candid photos of half naked fat guys. Make peace with that. I have.
jockjack5
If I want to see burly bears I’ll go to a biker-bar.
(Humming my favorite nursery song… Twinkle twinkle little star…)
These guys are overweight and, I’m sure, on the verge of a heart-attack.
Bromancer7
@Roan: Or maybe just be a NORMAL weight. Not a skinny club kid, not an obese pig, not a ‘roid filled gym addict, just regular guys who are height/weight proportional.
gsmgreg
Indeed they do! Nothing sexier than a belly!
Bromancer7
@DarkZephyr: because being obese doesn’t make them “actually look like MEN!” It just makes you look like a fat man. Unless of course you by “MEN!” one means the type typically found at Wal-Mart and all-you-can-eat buffets.
I actually look like a MAN without being obese, a skinny twink, or a musclehead. Imagine that.
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
@Tackle: More like: No one can believe that you’re not Saint Law. Who ever heard of such a ridiculous gripe to be so afraid of?
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
@Saint Law: Busted! I wonder if that hurt the way you just had to use the word cracker you fake, obviously scared lily white, Nazi, white supremacist, delusional as fuck, honkey motherfucker! Ha ha ha!
And thanks for giving me permission to use your own derogatory racial epithets. I’m sure all of the other white men here on this site are so grateful to you for that! Ha ha ha! Stupid bitch motherfucker! Eat that!
And you seriously must be Tackle at this point you scared, coward-bitch, sexless motherfucker. Stalk much? You gave yourself away the way you always say that everyone who hates you must all be the same person then. No, you would just be insanely unpopular bitch! And that’s called projection, and you just told on yourself with that! Like anyone’s ever heard of being against black men loving white men. Nice try. You’re either a homophobic, anti-gay, Nazi motherfucker, or you’re some seriously fucked up, self loathing, down-low mo who’s jealous as Hell of my extreme coolboy swag! And I’m even HIV-fucking-positive to boot! Check me out homo! Ha ha ha!
Ho ho hoooo!!!
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
@Saint Law: Jealous much?
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
@Tackle: “The 3rd guy down is beautiful…”
The “3rd guy down” is Asian you dumb bitch!
DarkZephyr
@Bromancer7: I have no idea what you look like, I will have to take your word for it. At any rate, thanks for sharing your opinion with me, though it seems a bit hostile. You aren’t a very nice guy, are you?
dm10003
This is all so new and fresh not.
Many if not half of these pictures have been in my porn stash for like 4 or 5 years.
Cubearl
There all hot and real men!
Bromancer7
@DarkZephyr: Not hostile, more like exasperated. And I’m actually a very nice guy once you get to know me.
NashoBear
It might help your case if you didn’t choose examples that are Photoshop Frankensteins. The very first image is a fairly obvious cobbling together of one guy’s head on another guy’s body. Come on; nobody’s head is that small in relation to the rest of their body (well, except for Republicans).
Also, reposting images from Tumblr which have been cropped to remove the photographer’s watermark–as is the case with at least one of these photos–only perpetuates the misappropriation of artists’ work. Shame on you.
maritimer_cub
These men are hot and sexy, and to the haters saying they need to eat better and lose weight, it’s hard. My husband, who’s diabetic works hard to eat right and stay healthy, he went from 310 to 260 lbs.
Tackle
@I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: Asian or not, he’ s still beautiful. And you’re the dumb fuck. You feel right into my trap. Thanks for proving my point,
Jason. Bruce. Micheal @I’m Black, and HIV-Positive.: . Same figure ot speech, writing style, grammer syntax and childish definsive tantrum.
Dude you too limited: word wise and style, and you lack the writing creativity to try and pull off multible post names.Your same dull generic defensive style is a big give away.
And you sure in hell cannot pass yourself off as someone Black. And you have been trying to pull this same stunt off for the past six yrs. And you always get busted. You’re both laughable and pitiful…
trapezebear
LOL. Extra weight as a statistical RISK FACTOR for health problems, not necessarily an actual immediate health problem in every single case, still too much for people? We know someone’s heart health and blood work numbers just by looking at the size of their belly. ‘Cause we’re all doctors on the internet. Also beyond several commenters: average-weight people with terrible blood work due to genetic factors or poor choices that haven’t become visible yet; people in the gym every day and 100 pounds lighter than they used to be even with 50 pounds still to go; people with big bellies who can ride the AIDS Life Cycle every year in California (540+ miles in 7 days … they must not be very fit); similarity between “ew, being attracted to heaviness” and “ew, being attracted to your own sex” arguments (ew, I don’t like something, erryone needs to know how disgusted I am, but I’m not being a turd, no, no, I have God/medicine/pouting on my side!”); tendency for shame/negative reinforcement tactics to work on only a minority of behaviors people could change, as opposed to higher success rate of encouragement and support. Awwww, do the commenters making these arguments need a hug? Clue phone moment: there are a lot of heavy folks getting fit these days, including at least one of the guys pictured, whose gym routines I happen to have seen. But have fun pretending you know better just because you saw a belly and had to clutch yer pearls in shock.
666 Bear
“Obesity” meaning not being a walking skeleton, is as natural as it gets. To say otherwise is as stupid as when they say homosexuality is unnatural. In fact, it’s an evolutionary adaptation to certain climates. Ask an anthropologist before you claim science is on your side. Except you don’t care about science or fact. You just want to be a dick and pretend you’re justified in being one.
Everyone on this page is sexy. That’s the point of the page. All you’re doing, folks, is proving you’re a master at missing the point. Of life. Itself. Everyone on this page is beautiful, I meant, except for the haters. You might as well be Republican.