Category: nudity

Bare*Ability!

Same gender bromance!

Bare Practitioner: same gender loving and embracing nakedness as both community and culture. An enthusiastic advocate of the right to love and of body and clothes freedom.

Body and clothes freedom!

Naked is defined as without clothing on the body. Without addition, concealment, disguise or embellishment. Nude.

Nude is defined as without clothing or naked. The condition of being unclothed.

Introduction:

Mutual body and clothes freedom!

Bare! Body! Clothes free! Naked! Natural! Naturist! Nude! Nudity! Nudist! All of these terms/words refer to the fact that we are uncovered (without clothing)! We are completely visible without even a single thread concealing any part of our natural body. Identical to the state of our birth. Not a single one of us were born wearing anything! Hallelujah!

Yours truly at a local park in Arlington, Virginia, USA!

My name is Roger Peterson-Poladopoulos. As many of you already know, I am the co-author and the creator of this site: ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! I am a same gender loving (SGL) man – gay – Deaf and of direct Greek heritage (both of my parents were born in the Kingdom of Greece).

Aaron, my spouse!

This is Aaron M. Peterson-Poladopoulos, my spouse. He is also the co-author and photographer of this site. Obviously, he is also SGL and is of African-Canadian descent. Aaron’s family is of the Yoruba ethnic tribe from the city of Ibadan, located in western Nigeria. Both Canada and Nigeria are Commonwealth entities. We have been legally married since 2015, a year after marriage equality was officially adopted here in the USA, our country of residence.

The both of us are confidently and proudly bare practitioners (SGL and naturist/nudist). We wear clothes when necessary but both of us prefer being without any garment whatsoever! As enthusiastic bare practitioner advocates, we are equally responsible for the theme of today’s post entry here.

Honest and simple advice!

We sincerely encourage all of you here today to join with us in nakedness and pride whenever possible!

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Bare Practitioners:

Bare practitioners!

As an integral component grouping of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ community and culture, bare practitioners often encounter awkward and discomforting situations not only because of our SGL status, but also due to our textile (clothing) – or our lack thereof. We are neither forcing nor intimidating anyone into our body and clothes freedom world, instead we are celebrating the enablement to just be ourselves: SGL and nakedness!

Progress Pride Flag body painted on himself!

Our man in the above photograph is very confident and proud of his bare practitioner identity. He has our SGL Progress Pride rainbow flag body painted on his nakedness while he’s participating in the London, UK, World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR)! His smile demonstrates his comfort and joy in being honest and open about his body freedom and his sexuality! Both Aaron and I salute his brotherhood, reality and sincerity! Take care and stay bare, our friend!

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Our Confidence Is Evident:

Bare under the bridge!

Our man in this series of pictures here is not only proud of his sexuality, he’s also assured and bold in sharing publicly his bare practitioner affiliation!

Submerged bare practitioner pride!

He combines his SGL nature and his body and clothes freedom preference and skinny dips (swims naked) without a care in the world!

His rainbow pride colours raised high!

He confidently flaunts both his bare body and his sexuality while posing and promoting his message: “I am my own man without guilt and/or shame!”

Bottoms-up! near the underwater bottom!

A philosophy that many of us who are bare practitioners endorse and proclaim wholeheartedly!

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Confidence and Pride!

Compatibility!

Being a bare practitioner isn’t an obligation to publicly reveal one’s personal character and identity. Each person determines their own comfort level in presenting themselves to others. The majority of us, bare practitioners or otherwise, are more amenable to others who we perceive as most like us and similar to ourselves. This is a human instinct that most of us believe, feel, nurture and share among ourselves.

Our bare practitioner affinity and appreciation aren’t based on or defined solely by our willingness to allow others to interpret or judge our nakedness and/or our sexuality. Our being what and who we are is determined completely by our private discretion, personal emotional capacity, and self-acceptance. If we need to confide in another, it is our choice, and we need to engage in the dialogue when we are comfortable. Otherwise, we await on our respective decision to proceed.

For everyone!

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Poetic Justice:

An important message inked on his genital area!

Reign is the stage name of our bare practitioner brother welcoming us here. Just above his pubic hairline, he has “unashamed” tattooed on his skin. His meaning is obviously visible for all. There is no embarrassment, guilt or shame associated with either his nakedness and/or his sexuality!

He prefers nakedness over clothing and has no issue in publicly endorsing both body and clothes freedom and his exclusive same gender loving sexuality. Reign is a very honest and open man who lives his life being himself and “unashamed!”

My Naked Life

by Roger Poladopoulos

I am naked and I am me.

I am the man the man I want to be.

When I am naked, I am nude,

Living life with a positive attitude.

I am naked and I am me.

I am the man I want to be.

When I am nude, I am also proud,

Whether alone or among a crowd.

I am naked and I am me.

I am the man I want to be.

When I am nude, I am living free,

I know that clothes are not for me.

I am naked and I am me.

I am the man I want to be.

When I am nude, I clear my mind,

Gone are the clothes that hide and bind.

I am naked and I am me.

I am the man I want to be.

The End. Composed on 5 July, 2011 at a clothes free beach.

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Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, June 9, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Swinging It All: Bat and Buttocks!”

Bottoms-Up! May, 2025!

Weekend cuddle!

The scheduled publishing of this series is adjusted this month due to the USA’s Memorial Day holiday and the commencement of Pride Month, 2025, on Sunday, 1 June. I need a little time to prepare and compose! It is my treat to myself in order to have as many minutes to enjoy my summer holiday from my classroom!

The header posting is a recognition of the reality that not all of our bare practitioner brethren reside in the Nothern Hemisphere where the outside world is conducive to natural nakedness at this time! Our brethren living in the Southern Hemisphere have a season to complete before their air temperatures moderate.

“United” bottoms-up!

“Bottoms-Up!” and buttock-to-buttock couple pose suggestively on a boat at sea in order to encourage body and clothes freedom!

A local pool “bottoms-up!” pose while floating!

Typical Saturday morning relaxation from a very busy week at work. We can glimpse his “tanline” pattern on his exposed buttocks! He has the entire season ahead to erase this evidence!

An internal pose to offer viewers!

His muscular thighs lead our eyes onto his intended reason to share his freshly revealed anatomical “bottom!”

A bare practitioner trio celebrating the weekend!

The sand, surf and warm sun provide a welcome environment for those of us who are tired of a winter of inclement weather inside four boring walls!

An interracial teenage couple embrace their respective buttocks!

Exploring together in nature, naturally! Posing and embracing their treasured “bottoms!”

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Sunday, June 1, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “P*R*I*D*E!”

USA: Memorial Day!

USA: Memorial Day Holiday!

A day originally conceived as a time to remember and offer tribute to all persons who sacrificed their lives while fighting to defend this country.

A worthy salute to those who were inspired by patriotism. Unfortunately, the season of the year is more conducive to “fun-in-the-sun” rather than the spirit it initially encouraged.

Patriotic!

Originally known in the USA as Decoration Day, the holiday was created and first observed in the USA on May 30, 1868. It was to honour all the soldiers who had died in the USA Civil War which ended in 1865. By 1890, all the states in the US were commemoration the occasion which was annual.

The world wars during the twentieth century turned it into a day of remembrance for all who had died defending the country. In 1968, an act of congress changed the date of the occasion to the last Monday in May, annually. In 1971, the name was altered by legislation to Memorial Day.

The tradition, now largely ignored, was for flags to fly at half-mast to honour all the deceased. Later, the tradition was altered to fly flags at half-mast until noon then raise them to full-mast. That custom is no longer expected or featured.

Unofficially, Memorial Day marks the beginning of the summer holiday season.

Have a safe and happy Memorial Day!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “M vs. A!” Also, be advised that the “Bottoms-Up! May, 2025!” posting this month will publish on Friday, May 30, 2025.

Swing Batter!

An exhibition swinging!

First of all, I need to apologize for this delayed posting. It is later than I normally post my Friday entry here. The post I originally intended to publish is on my desktop at home and I’m not anywhere near there at this particular moment.

The Spring/Summer season here in the USA is the time for the baseball sport which is enjoyed by countless people. The object of the game is to hit the ball with a bat, run to the bases and then win the game. However, the bat used is not one of human anatomy. The bat was originally constructed of wood and then later aluminum.

This brief post entry here on ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! is a substitute for my intended publication. The two men above are obviously not swinging their erect and excited penises in honour of the baseball sport. They’re merely having fun!

It is a fun weekend here in USA. The Memorial Day holiday is Monday, thus a three-day weekend, the unofficial beginning of the Summer season. A majority of the outdoor pool facilities open for the duration of the summer and aquatics are of course the prominent activity, along with barbecues (outside cooking), picnics and of course, the baseball competitions, both amateur and professional.

Everyone please have a safe and successful holiday weekend!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, May 26, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “USA: Memorial Day!”

X-Factor!

Sand, sun, surf and importantly: no clothes!

Prologue:

X = exposure

Y = sunscreen

Therefore:

X + Y = protection!

X – Y = danger!

Simply: the choice is yours. Please read and act responsibly.

A sunny beach stroll!

Introduction:

Hopefully, the title of today’s post entry here on ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! has caught your attention and curiosity as to the content. If not, the equation covered in the Prologue was intended to eliminate all and any doubt. The purpose and theme are to remind us of the importance of sunscreen in our health needs and especially our skincare.

This hopefully serves as a serious reminder to all of us of the need to incorporate protection strategies into our nakedness. We are all born body and clothes free. That fact allows us an option in determining how we pursue our lives. The intent of this X-Factor component is to reinforce our healthy, honest and informed choices.

This photo-essay offering concludes with an accessible link to my most recent posting on this topic. If anyone needs detailed information on the concerns of sunscreen, please use the linkage featured prior to the signature below.

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Sunscreen!

For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, our season of “natural bare living” is in the process of happening now! As our Springtime unfolds, our opportunities for natural revelation increase daily. The need for clothing diminishes at an accelerated rate and the freedom to express our bare practitioner inclinations expands considerably! The necessity for the aid and protection of sunscreen grows beyond imagination.

For persons living in the Southern Hemisphere, even though the season of intense solar exposure is months away, sunscreen protection is always warranted for any sun exposure, regardless of sunray intensity. A secondary purpose of this post entry is to refresh everyone’s memory: sunscreen is essential for our health and well-being all year long, no matter where we live!

Application!

Each sunscreen is available commercially in a variety of containers, formats and styles. It is a topical product specifically designed to protect skin from the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. UV rays from the sun can cause premature skin aging, sunburn and skin cancer – including melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer. Wearing sunscreen daily is essential in reducing these harmful effects.

The goal of any sunscreen product is to shield the skin from sun exposure and a broad-spectrum formula that helps block UVA and UVB sunrays is basic for all skin types, ethnicities and races.

Reapply as per instructions!

The length of time for the purpose of sunscreen is recommended for each product. Everyone is encouraged to follow the commercial instructions as closely as possible and to individually decide the effectiveness. Variations are based on personal needs and the products overall rating. Not every product is identical. It is highly encouraged to all persons that when purchasing a new type of sunscreen product to apply a little to a small area of the body to test the product and individual reaction to it.

When applying the sunscreen, numerous bare practitioners – Aaron and myself included – recommend a “dual application” process. This involves rubbing the product into the skin and awaiting time for the product to be absorbed and then repeating the process. This reduces the chance of any area of skin being accidentally uncovered and unprotected.

Sunscreen application!

If at all possible, having an acquaintance, family member or a friend helping to spread the protection is advised. Their assistance helps to cover areas difficult to reach if applying alone and also guarantees thorough coverage of the entire body with protection. This cooperation also encourages us to share experiences and problems with others that we otherwise would not be able to exchange.

The growing market of sunscreen products offer many different varieties. This interaction gives us an opportunity to gain experience, knowledge and a sampling of products that we might not have accessibility to or reason to try.

Sunscreen is for everyone!

Despite extensive outreach efforts, there is still a significant number of persons who are of the erroneous mindset that Black people (persons of African descent) do not need to use sunscreen. This misconception is based on the false belief that their melanin-infused skin completely eliminates the need for sunscreen for protection. Yes, darker skin does protect from some UV sunrays, but all persons, regardless of their skin tones, need the protection of sunscreen.

Darker skin tones indeed have a greater genetic protection than fairer skin tones, however, humans have no natural blockage of all ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. Everyone has a natural deficiency.

For a more detailed information offering on sunscreen, please visit the post entry linked below:

SOS

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, May 23, 2025, and the planned topic is: “Swing Batter!”

Bare Play!

Encouragement to enjoy!

There’s no better way to have fun than to cast off the burdensome clothing and engage in refreshing and rejuvenating nakedness!

Lose your inhibitions and play!

The conducive weather, the sun, the water, the companionship! What else is necessary for amusement, fun, humour and laughter? Our nakedness offers us a chance to have it all together for variety and pleasure! Add a good book, food and/or fun and games to make recreation complete!

Oh, that’s right! I forgot one of the essential elements of fun, joy and pleasure. Our being completely and totally bare! Freedom from all and any clothing whatsoever!

Whatever is fun is game!

Unlimited access to leisure (without the baggage of covering and/or garments) is one of the many benefits of being a bare practitioner! It is not limited to just the seasons of Spring and Summer, but those two seasons do afford us the best time and the most time to enjoy and experience life as we prefer it!

Clothes free in nature!

One of the most popular and most frequently engaged bare activities/events is swimming naked/nude. Actually, swimsuits only came into popular fashion during the mid-Victorian era, not even 200years ago. Up until that period, humanity and water were almost always clothes free. If anything, modesty concerns were addressed primarily through gender segregation.

“Skinny-dipping” is a colloquial word in use for swimming naked. The “skinny” is in reference to the skin – no swimsuit, just skin – and the “dipping” refers to a jump or immersion into a body of water. The term is widely used throughout the southern USA.

Discarding their underwear (briefs)!

Of course, we all understand that while aquatics may be fun, they are not a primary choice of leisure living for everyone, no matter their clothing preference. As bare practitioners, we are experienced in that aspect of our community and culture. As the adage informs us: variety is what entices life!

There are unlimited undertakings that are enjoyed while naked/nude. The scope isn’t restricted based on our status as clothes free. Practically every activity that is available while wearing clothes is also available without wearing them.

Games and competitions!

Activities such as games and competitions are played for enjoyment and fun. There are numerous commercial games that are both suitable for involvement either inside and/or outside the home. Above, the game of “twister” is very popular with both bare practitioner and with the textile (clothes wearing) communities. When engaged outside, the players get plenty of attention from not only the competitors but the general public as well.

Football/soccer!

Athletics and sports, whether individually played or as a team, are very engaging as either a participant or as a spectator. In some of the larger metropolitan areas, there are even leagues for amateur teams to compete. Teams that welcome persons and their nakedness exist and are popular among enthusiasts – although some do have very restrictive spectator policies.

Basketball!

There are sports that encourage a very competitive spirit among players and then there are those that are geared towards individual involvement and allow the players to schedule their own times of play according to their schedules.

Tennis!

Games, sports, skinny-dipping: activities that consume energy! Where will we garner all this required energy? From our bare practitioner chefs, of course! There are some of us who are quite skilled with creating delicious and nutritious feasts while entirely naked, my spouse, Aaron, being one of them! To be honest, his meals taste best when he cooks them wearing less!

Grilling the meal!

No matter if the meal preparation is outside in nature or inside in the kitchen, Aaron and our talented cooks waste no time in offering to all the “fruits of their labours!” Their gifts are truly appreciated and enjoyed by all who partake!

Passive bare endeavours!

Not every bare activity requires effort and energy. There are some pastimes that allow the individual to relax and not expend efforts. Reading, writing, art (drawing, painting) and related undertakings are enjoyed by many no matter the season of the year. Board games and card games also are appreciated by nude persons.

Life is indeed short! Enjoy the time available and play naked whenever possible!

Vintage sunscreen promotional image.

The above graphic was popular during the 1950s decade promoting a particular brand of sunscreen. It conveys the message of a young child playing with her pet dog. Her canine accomplice, pulling off this friends swimsuit, is endorsing playing naked!

Contemporary rendition of vintage classic!

Above are to men who are replicating the original commercial although they are by no means playing naked!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, May 16, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Bare Rhythm!”

Canada and USA: Mother’s Day!

A floral appreciation!

In both Canada and the USA, Sunday, 11 May is the observance of the day to pay tribute to our mothers and/or the women who provided us care, guidance and love!

This gracious salute is commemorated on the second Sunday in May, annually!

With child!

Thank you for all that you do (or have done)!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, May 12, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Bare Play!”

Mayhem!

Mayhem: A state of disorder or riotous confusion. Havoc or uncertainty.

That is absolutely a description of the theme of this month – unfortunately, today is only the fifth day of a thirty-one-day May! What will happen next? This month is usually one that is relatively predictable and set. It is the ending of the Spring semester at university and allows me the commencement of my “all-too-brief” Summer holiday!

Notation: The above situation was presented by a colleague of mine to her class. With her permission, I “borrowed” the theme and developed the post entry here today.

What is happening?

Is 2025 destined to be a totally unfortunate and completely unlucky year? The reason I question this is that the final days of our academic year are nothing except chaos and confusion—beyond any sane expectation! The official ending of this semester doesn’t occur until 15 May, so the madness isn’t even over yet!

Normally, the ending of the scholastic year brings no “last minute” changes in our routine. As faculty, our final month is fairly routine: grades due and plans due. This year, the last month contained one surprise after another and all with the due date of 15 May – no exceptions.

This year, there was an outstanding exception to every expectation of normal and routine. And not just in my school, but throughout the entire university. It was as if the administration was giving awards to which school, department or division could render the most disruption possible!

The school where I’m a professor implemented a review of curricula and evaluations during the month of September 2024. Fine. Not a problem. The goal, as explained to all of us, was to revise, update, and modify the offerings within a three-year period. There were no complaints from any of us as the process was most definitely long overdue. That was the last the subject was addressed with us.

Then, the end of March, 2025, it was announced that the entire revision of our school was due by the end of the academic year! The middle of May of our current year! What happened to our timely and coordinated efforts? Why the rush?

Totally clueless!

Needless to add, pure pandemonium followed. That, in turn, was then followed by anger, more anger, frustration, then anger (again) to be followed by fury! Those were the reactions on the “good” days!

Flexing and fists!

That issue was slowly resolved by the end of the month of April. No one is actually certain as to how all hell came into being, simply that the original resolution deadline of September 2027, implementation was returned. The threat of fist fighting on the faculty level was diminished!

We’re continuing to wait for a more detailed explanation as to what precisely caused the serious mismanagement of the change process. Someone blatantly miscalculated their professional position and the professional reaction to their error.

Celebrating a return to normalcy!

In the meantime, the “rank and file” of the university – us, the educators – have resumed our anticipation of a summer of freedom and fun, maybe not in that order!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, May 9, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Canada and USA: Mother’s Day, 2025!”

WNGD!

Indoor plant garden!

WORLD NAKED GARDENING DAY!

Saturday, 3 May, 2025

This is observed annually on the very first Saturday of the month of May. It was first celebrated in 2005 on 10 September and the following year on 9 September, 2006. After the second event, it was decided to change the date to the month of May. The first Saturday of the month was determined to be the best time for gardening.

Since the beginning, it has always been identified as World Naked Gardening Day – a simple and self-explanatory title. Now, it has evolved to International World Naked Gardening Day. Redundant? Yes! Necessary? No!

Aaron, my spouse, and I have hosted a WNGD “planting” for indoor houseplants in our condominium since we began living together. We didn’t hold them during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and resumed in 2023. Initially, we invited acquaintances and friends, and our small condo unit would be quite congested. Since the coronavirus concerns, we now only ask a few other bare practitioner couples to join us. Aaron serves as chef, and I take responsibility for cleaning afterwards.

Indoor gardening!

World Naked Gardening Day maintains a website and the link is:

world naked gardening day

Visit the site for additional information on World Naked Gardening Day. When I was composing this post entry, the site the last update as being 2017. The webpage does contain links to other naked gardening applications.

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The Evolution of a Bare Gardener!

Based on the poem: “Seasonal Interchange” by Michael Aitkin, World Naked Gardening Day webpage.

In Winter, when the trees are bare,

We mortals don our winter wear.

In Spring, when trees begin to dress,

We mortals then start wearing less,

Until, for some, with Summer’s heat

The role reversal is complete.

Happy World Naked Gardening Day!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, May 5, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Mayhem!”

Bottoms-Up! April, 2025!

Phoenix Fellington, our spokes-model!

The month of April is always the very first full (complete) month of the Spring season! A perfect time for our very own Phoenix Fellington, official spokes-model for ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! to not only remove his boxers but to put his buttocks on full display on a picnic table centered in an open park! Thank you, Phoenix!

April: permanent tan-line?

Our man here isn’t concerned with showing us his bottoms-up! pose with his facial expression as an added bonus. He does present a concern: why a tan-line so early in the season?

A dry towel!

Bottoms-up! after a shower is a time to pose and share your bottom region while drying off the remnants of the hygiene process!

A selfie view!

The urge hits so follow your gut and take the shot! You may be glad that you did! Some of our best images are unplanned and based on a sudden idea!

By the shore!

Although warmer weather isn’t widely available everywhere – yet – our man above is taking advantage of a partially cloudy day and baring himself along the shoreline!

A selfie pose!

He knows that he’s ready for the bottomless season to begin as he gathers evidence to prove it!

An extended weekend morning cuddling!

In bed together without a care in their world!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, May 2, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “WNGD!”