Flipping through the latest issue of QX magazine we spotted XXL's very own Mark Ames in a feature called 'Gay Scene Icons'. Our bear ears perked-up. It is an article listing all the gay scene icons. David McGillivray listed Mark as his vote for Gay Scene Icon. Here is what it had to say....

'"Although big, hairy men had their own small clubs, Mark Ames did the most to make a fringe group part of the gay mainstream with the superclub XXL opened in 2000. Ames' annual Bear Pride is now a major event. Without Ames it's unlikely we'd see bears dancing a can-can on Britain's Got Talent"

You can read the full article here.