The Buenos Aires Bears' Club (Spanish: Club de Osos de Buenos Aires) is a social club for self-identified bears in the Buenos Aires municipal area. In 2008, the club was temporarily shut down by Buenos Aires police, ostensibly for noise issues. In January 2011, the club's owners, led by Gabriel Sanchez, asked the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism to look into the matter regarding the club being set ablaze by homophobic raiders.