2023 NUDE RECREATION WEEK
July 10 – 17, 2023
Week’s end naked antics and nude frolics!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
The next post entry here is planned for Monday, July 17, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Nude Recreation Week: Recuperation!”
TODAY IS BARE PRACTITIONER’S DAY, 2023!
July 14, annually
A day for us to celebrate, honour and salute us for being ourselves!
We’ve just completed the entire month of June as GLBTQ+ Pride Month. We’re now observing Nude Recreation Week. Do we really need a Bare Practitioner’s Day to supplement the festivities? Is our ultimate goal an entire year of commemorations and/or occasions? A thoughtless retort to such a ridiculous suggestion is: Yes!
Is it necessary to question our every reason to enjoy being us? Are we all in danger of having such unfulfillment in our lives that we need to exploit opportunities to extol our characteristics that have created us in the uniqueness that we all enjoy? Unfortunately, in today’s world, the possibilities of our being denied give us little alternative.
A bare practitioner is a person who openly (without reservation or shame) accepts and acknowledges being same gender loving (bisexual or gay) and a naturist/nudist. Confident and proud, a bare practitioner endorses the community and culture shared by all, free from judgment and prejudice. Bare Practitioner’s Day is our day to celebrate, commemorate and dedicate to all of us being ourselves! We respect this for everyone and expect the same in return!
The majority of us bare practitioners (same gender loving naturists/nudists) openly acknowledge that our way of life – freedom from embarrassment, guilt, humiliation or shame for being same gender loving and body and clothes free advocates – is nothing that any of us need to conceal. It is what and who we basically are. It is our right to be ourselves. Throughout history, society has deemed us as being perverse. We have been ridiculed, punished, denied equality and even attacked and beaten because of who we are. Therefore, culturally we have all earned the right to be and celebrate ourselves!
For all of those persons who find discomfort in being bare around others, we all accept their level of comfort and their need for clothing. We may not understand – yet we concede their right to be different. For all of those persons who are unable to comprehend our affection and attraction for our same gender, it is our reality. We don’t share the same feelings but that’s fine. All of us have the right to be different!
What is of primary importance is that we tolerate and understand these variations in our levels of comfort and respect everyone’s right to be who they truly are. If an aspect of someone else’s life makes us uncomfortable, we can choose to avoid that person or that situation.
There are various ways of expressing ourselves and conveying our beliefs and ideals to others. The degrees that we select to expose ourselves vary from person to person. Each person has the right to determine their own level of comfort in sharing their nakedness and sexuality with others.
We may not approve the message but we must recognize the variety that others employ to demonstrate themselves. The public displays of affection have many followers all at odds with one another.
Happy Bare Practitioner’s day, 2023!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, Saturday, July 15, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Nude Recreation Week: Weekend!”
2023 NUDE RECREATION WEEK
July 10 – 17, 2023
Photography and Photographers!
Bare photographer? Bare images? Or both combined?
The increasing popularity of “selfies” (pictures of oneself) presents us with a relatively new form of photographic art that is gaining adherents daily. The cameras accompanying portable telephones have made this feature a common and widespread reality of a majority of our lives!
It is now an option for all of us to use whatever style or type of photography we prefer to capture an image of ourselves and our buttocks to engage in history!
GIVE YOUR BUTTOCKS THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE THEY DESERVE!
During USA GLBTQ+ History Month
October, 2023
Bottoms-Up! on October 31, 2023, will feature submitted post-entries from fellow bloggers and ReNude Pride followers!
Submissions accepted only in .jpeg, .png or .gif formats only!
Totally anonymous submissions with only country of origin revealed. Submit your entry, one photograph only to: renudepride@gmail.com
Submit by October 15, 2023! Currently accepting entries!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, July 15, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Nude Recreation Week: Week-End!”
2023 NUDE RECREATION WEEK!
July 10 – 17, 2023
Cooking/Food Preparation!
Humans are, for the most part, a very social species. We enjoy being with others with whom we identify. One of our social engagements is the sharing of meals/food. This custom is derived from the cooking and/or preparation of foods to offer/share with our guests. Cooking can be enjoyed alone (solo) or as a group activity. Whatever form of cooking/food preparation we engage in, the experience is, hopefully, satisfactory and fulfilling!
Our meal time together can be alone, as a couple or as a large gathering. During the course of nude recreation week, a variety of different types of food sharing options are available to be enjoyed. The opportunities are unlimited! Food service and sharing can take many forms based on the theme or type of occasion.
A number of people strive for a variety of experiences to ensure that all of their guests are happy about the offering. A casual outdoor picnic is only one example of this type of sharing.
The consuming of the foods that we cook and prepare are as central to our socialization with one another as the meal itself. Having food to partake is important as the servings we create. A completely “natural” cookout (barbecue) is fun with acquaintances, family and friends!
Partaking of meals with friends, especially during the comfort of the season, is enjoyed by many and the pleasure of being bare is always welcome!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, Friday, July 14, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Nude Recreation Week: Day 5!” An additional posting for the same day is “2023 Bare Practitioner’s Day!”
2023 NUDE RECREATION WEEK
July 10 – 17, 2023
The are no mandatory regulations that require all of us to adhere to an established routine in observing 2023 Nude Recreation Week. I’m just offering suggestions for different ways that we may attempt in order to have a pleasure and varied experience for each and every day. A set routine is often boring and lackluster.
Personal physical development is one option available. Another is personal mental development that can be exercised by playing certain games or engaging in certain puzzles such as crossword or sudoku or word-search. The choice is entirely your own!
An individual or group can be as creative and imaginative as needed to achieve desired results. There is no specific guideline that guarantees success. The goal is to engage and have fun while doing so. After all, it is: Nude Recreation Week!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, July 12, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Nude Recreation Week: Day 3!”
2023 NUDE RECREATION WEEK
July 10 – 17, 2023
Nude Recreation Week is annually sponsored by the The Naturist Society. This year marks the 45th year of Nude Recreation Week.
Background:
On August 7, 1976, National Nude Beach Day was first observed by the Free the Free (Clothes Free) Beach Committee. This Free the Free Beach Committee was the forerunner of The Naturist Society which was officially established in 1980. Initially it was formed to encourage the formation of clothing optional and clothes free public beaches. The observance soon expanded to include all aspects of recreation, both communal and individual.
The first step in complying with the theme of Nude Recreation Week is to remove all clothing. So, in order to prepare to celebrate in style, let’s strip!
Happiness = freedom!
Freedom = no clothes!
No clothes = finally bare!
Finally bare = without a care!
Without a care = liberation!
Nude Recreation Week equals fun for everyone so get busy, get comfortable and enjoy the time without a care in the world and without a thread on your body!
Enjoy board games? Twister is a popular game that is amusing and confusing, especially when everyone is naked and looking for adventure! It is very popular with bare practitioners and is the source of many entanglements! One of the major advantages is that it is easy to be viewed by a large audience!
More traditional board games also are favourites of us all. These are not quite as challenging or as imaginative as the twister game but may be enjoyed by all!
Creativity among players is encouraged in order to modify games and make them more appealing! Most board and/or card games are able to be modified to include any numbers of players.
Have a great Nude Recreation Week, 2023!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, July 11, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Nude Recreation Week, Day 2!”
What is essential for a skinny-dip? Obviously, a body of water: man-made (pool; indoor or outdoor) or natural (lake, ocean or river), it makes no difference. The designation of today, July 8, 2023, as the International Skinny-Dip Day by no means makes this date the only day of the entire year that persons may swim naked. Everyone is allowed to swim swim-suit free any day they desire and anywhere they want – illegally or legally. This communication encourages all of those individuals who’ve never before taken the plunge clothes free to do so today in the company of others who enjoy the activity and the experience – especially those of us who are ardent bare practitioners! Try it, you just might like it!
Most skinny-dippers (nude swimmers) start off wearing a swim-suit. Once comfortable with that challenge – often with the companionship of those more bold and daring – they feel inclined to strip-off their cumbersome clothing and join in the fun of swimming covered in nothing else besides their own skin and a layer of sunscreen. Body freedom and social nudity make an excellent reason to lose this archaic inhibition and false sense of modesty!
We’re all born naked. Why not shed the vestiges of deceit and disguise and swim bare without a care in the world? What is there to suffer? Guilt? Shame? Those puritanical “learned behaviours” are hardly worthy of a second thought. Remember, every single one of us had to be taught how to put on clothes. Enjoy it! We’re skinny-dippers, not fashion models!
Uncertain of your aquatic ability or skills? Relax and have fun! Keep to your level of comfort and proceed accordingly. There’s always someone around who is a better swimmer or who doesn’t swim at all. Be yourself and forget trying to impress others. We’re all in our own skin and we’re all free of designer labels! Those reality facts alone afford us enough reason to joyously skinny-dip all summer long!
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Safety Suggestions:
Sunscreen:
My spouse, Aaron and I have one essential household policy: if it occurs outside in either direct or indirect sunlight. always sunscreen! Apply it regularly and wear it with pride! All over all the time! When we’re out in public, we intentionally cover one another and then rub it in! He does me then I do him – or vice-versa! There is no shame in visually reminding others to do the same! Hopefully, if it appears erotic and bromantic, others will do likewise!
Safety in numbers:
It is always best not to swim alone. The water presents too much of a challenge to risk yourself! Especially in natural water that isn’t completely transparent. None of us are guaranteed of what we may or may not encounter there. The only time swimming alone is allowed is inside a man-made indoor or outdoor pool where visibility is total (however, even that isn’t encouraged).
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, July 10, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Nude Recreation Week!”
The date of July 4, is regarded as the time that the USA declared freedom from being a collection of British colonies into an independent country. However, freedom wasn’t attained by a majority of persons living here as certain restrictions applied. To vote, males only. The enslavement of African-Americans was practiced. The indigenous peoples, Native-Americans, were deprived of respect and rights.
Independence wasn’t obtained on this date. It was a dream yet to materialize.
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Saturday, July 8, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “International Skinny-Dip Day!”
GLBTQ+ Bare Pride Month, 2023 – June, 2023, officially ends today. The gentleman above is evidently exhausted after such a momentous occasion! He’s even located a rainbow bench to collapse onto!
Now that Summer, 2023, is officially here, the opportunity for us all to view scenes of bottoms-up! similar to the above is indeed plentiful!
Here’s to hoping he remembered to apply the sunscreen protection for himself and his buttocks!
GLBTQ+ Bare Pride Month may be over but we can celebrate ourselves every month of the year!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, Saturday, July 1, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Canada Day!”
With almost forty years into the global HIV/AIDS crisis, we still are having to survive the reality that we remain without a cure or a vaccine for HIV/AIDS. This disparity exists while we face even more unusual and unknown infections that offer similar if not more deadly consequences.
We do have an accurate and inexpensive test to determine if we are HIV infected. This knowledge is important because if affords all of us the time to adjust our routines, adopt practices to enhance our lives, engage in protocols to reduce complications and to effectively manage our lives. Yet almost a third of persons living with HIV remain unaware of their health status.
Their lack of knowledge puts many of us at risk for contracting the virus.
Once again, it is important for us to remind everyone of today’s significance. Yes, we are all living through these days of coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic. However, we all need to remember that we are also living during the days of HIV/AIDS. Our health is an issue we need to address!
HIV: Basic Facts
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
AIDS is the result of an HIV infection.
Only a physician can diagnose AIDS.
AIDS is not transmitted (spread) by casual contact.
There is currently no cure or vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS. However, since the early 1980’s, we have made remarkable progress in the treatment of our HIV-infected populations. Despite this, as a nation, the USA continues to decline in the service provided to persons living with HIV.
Testing provides us with the knowledge to seek treatment and to take the process that allows us to manage our lives.
Take the test.
Know your HIV status.
Control your life.
Encourage others to do the same.
Openly same gender loving film actor, Kory Mitchell, was among one of the first gay porn stars to test HIV+. Upon learning of his status, he immediately became an advocate for information, knowledge and for testing to all others in his industry and also within the general bisexual and gay communities. He serves as an example for all of us to take the “next step forward!” We salute your commitment, Kory Mitchell! Thank you for all your efforts in HIV prevention education and in testing!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is scheduled for tomorrow, June 28, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Pride: SIR!”
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