The traditional May Day occurs on the first day of May. However, many observances of this occasion happen on any day of the month, depending on the host/source. In the Northern Hemisphere, May Day is usually celebrated to remind ourselves that the Spring season has definitely arrived and by this time is blooming. A truly awesome time to be natural in nature and the sunlight!
The origins of the May Day festivities vary from cultural, national, regional and religious sources. Throughout the hemisphere, the progress of the Spring season is visible and physical with the rising outdoor temperatures commemorating the end of the barren environs suffered through the winter and the bright and colourful atmosphere that reminds us all that is finally here!
The Roman Catholic Church fostered the dedication of the month of May in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This tradition has many believing the renewal of faith with the natural rebirth of foliage during the arrival of Springtime!
An urban “Spring bouquet” of buttocks!
*WORLD NAKED GARDENING DAY!
Houseplant garden!
*World Naked Gardening Day, Saturday, 2 May 2026!
Observed throughout most of the world the first Saturday during the month of May, annually. This year, the date is 2 May 2026 and is the twenty-second anniversary for the observance!
Sun-Bathed Nakedness
by Walt Whitman
“Never before did I get so close to Nature; never before did she come so close to me…Nature was naked, and I was also…Sweet, sane still Nakedness in Nature! – ah if poor, sick, prurient humanity in cities might really know you once more! Is not nakedness indecent? No, not inherently. It is your thought, your sophistication, your fear, your respectability that is indecent. There come moods when these clothes of ours are not only too irksome to wear, but are themselves indecent.”
The very first observation of World Naked Gardening Day occurred on Saturday, 10 September 2005. The second followed, again on a Saturday, 9 September 2006. After the second event, it was decided to change the celebration to the month of May, annually, as that was determined to be the ideal time for gardening and growth. Canada and New Zealand have both adopted different dates for their events due to climate diversity.
For additional information, visit the website for the occasion:
My spouse, Aaron, and I host a brunch for this activity at our condominium in Arlington, Virginia, USA. We enclose privacy on our balcony by hanging sheets and invite friends over (a small gathering) to bring a potted plant that needs to be replanted due to growth. We then proceed with the repotting outside and socializing inside. Of course, we’re all bare practitioners so our clothing does not hinder our performance of our task-of-the-day!
While we’re performing our gardening duties, Aaron is busy in the kitchen preparing a delicious meal to replenish our energy level! His culinary skills surpass our gardening skills combined!
Our food and fun efforts to preserve our nakedness heritage and nature!
Naked hugs! Happy World Naked Gardening Day!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Old Faithful!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, May 4, 2026, and the proposed topic is: “The Glory of Spring!”
During the Great War – World War I (1914-1918) – the Ottoman Turkish Empire instigated the very first ethnic genocide (killing, massacre, slaughter) of the twentieth century directed against the Armenian minority living within the belligerent Ottoman Empire.
At the time, the Ottomans were allied with the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany) against the British, French, Belgian forces and the Russian Empire.
Turkey’s affiliation with the Central Powers led to a political coup that transferred the authority of the government from the Sultan to the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), a substitute for civilian authority.
Flag of Armenia
On 24 April 1915, the CUP ordered the deportation and expulsion of the Armenian residents of the capital city, Constantinople. Soon, the order was extended throughout all the Ottoman Empire and extended to also include execution. Massive crowds, often entire villages, were forced to march into the Syrian Desert, without food and water. They were raped, robbed, starved and brutally beaten.
The deportations and deaths became massive, prevalent and real. The overthrow of the monarchy and the division of lands formerly occupied by the CUP allowed atrocities against the Armenians and others until almost midway through the 1920s. By that time, an estimated 2 million Armenians had been exterminated. The emerging Turkish country had reduced the Armenian population from 2.5 million to under 400,000.
Genocide Memorial
Tsitsernakaberd: The Armenian Genocide Memorial
The Genocide Memorial was built in 1967 on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd, just outside the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia. The Genocide Memorial Museum Institute was added later and officially opened in 1995.
Every year on 24 April, the complex hosts the National Remembrance Day Ceremony where hundreds of thousands of people line for hours to place floral tributes and to offer prayers for the victims.
Ceremonial offerings
Personal Connection:
My maternal grandfather was one-half Armenian, his mother was born in the Ottoman Empire. He remembered the Turkish soldiers congregating the Armenian people inside their village church and setting the entire structure on fire. He and several of his friends were absent from school on that day and ran off when they witnessed the soldiers assaulting the village.
A Turkish family helped them escape to safety.
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, April 27, 2026, and the proposed topic is: “Bare-Volution!”
Ah! Spring is in the air! At least, that is the prediction and promise of the old adage offering the situation of the renewal (renudeal) of… bromance! Go ahead, roll your eyes, shake your head and frown! Yet right in front of your eyes, there’s an innocent young couple doing just that! Bromance!
Spring has recently become reality and already these two are commencing…together! We can’t judge them! First and foremost, we’re not qualified to pass judgment! Secondly, they didn’t invent the ancient proverb! They’re only responding to the wisdom! After all, Spring is (indeed) “in the air -and all around us!”
In the header .gif image above, no one is at fault! Neither of them can be blamed! They are essentially doing what a couple actually do during the Springtime naturally – while natural (bare)! One is fondling the buttocks of the other. And the other is allowing his buttocks to be fondled!
In this second .gif image, they are merely walking together, exploring where they are…companionship together! Continuing to be naturally together while both are remaining natural (bare). Have either of them done anything wrong? No! Has one abused or hurt the other? No! Spring remains in the air and is following them everywhere! They are inseparable!
Where are they going? Do we know what’s going to happen once they arrive there? They are both already casual and comfortable in their nakedness. What will they explore next? Will their decision impact us? Are any of these concerns our business?
Spring is in the air! It is all around us everywhere! Our only obligation is to take care and stay bare!
Spring is in the air, and with it comes the budding season! Budding is the sprouting, then growth and appearance of the buds of flowers as they adorn the now exploding foliage on plants. A visible guarantee and proof that: Yes! Spring is in the air!
The budding season also denotes that the emerging bromance of our featured innocent couple is full of hope for their future together. However, should the potential bromance not develop and prosper then hopefully, at least, a “buddy” (friendship) will appear, grow and survive!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Old Man:
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, April 17, 2026, and the proposed topic is: “Maschalagnia III Marvels!”
Splashman:
Those two deserve happiness and prosperity while naked and if they are wearing clothes!
Our Bad:
Best of wishes to the both of them! They’ve earned that right!
Francois:
This guy wearing clothes keeps staring at me. I should send him over to the new couple in love!
Strippers:
If they can last through a winter together, then they are really in love!
This is our birthday month! Now, before anyone gets too amazed, Aaron and I were born the same month but on different days and in different years! Alex, my identical twin brother and I share the same birthday, but Aaron and I have separate occasions!
The bare celebrity featured here today is XL, as much of a talented maestro in the kitchen as he is in the bedroom – or any other room in a house! His culinary skills are as awesome and creative as he is – both in front of a camera lens and in real life!
Treat preparation!
Contemplating how much of the ingredients he needs to add in order to serve each guest. XL is meticulous about planning and ensuring every person invited has enough to satisfy themselves, especially the birthday celebrants!
Taste test!
A taste test of his batter to assure himself that he’s forgotten nothing. The taste test is one of the many advantages of being the chef! XL knows his duties and responsibilities so he carefully monitors every step in the preparation process!
XL: the chef deserves a full sample!
The sampling of the finished product is a benefit of being a chef! XL is serious in his efforts to guarantee perfection in every delivery he makes. He’s confident that he can create wonders that will please any man who encounters the treats that he offers!
Awaiting our arrival!
Knowing that our birthday treats are waiting, Aaron takes his own time to arrive! He knows how careful XL is in preparing birthday surprises!
Ensuring each serving is perfection!
Our celebrity chef is very artistic and creative in all the fanciful dishes that he prepares! Each meal is a distinctive endeavour that requires his repeated attention!
Proud chef, proud bare practitioner, proud actor: XL!
Confidence and pride are synonymous with our chef: XL!
Happy birthday to my spouse, Aaron!
Happy birthday to my identical twin, Alex!
Happy birthday to everyone born throughout the years!
Naked hugs to all!
Roger Peterson-Poladopoulos/Guys Without Boxers!
Old Man:
Happy birthday to you from all of your runners!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, April 10, 2026, and the proposed topic is: “Great and Holy Easter!”
My spouseAaron and I appeal to all for us to come together and to stand tall and united for everyone in order to return decency, equality, fairness, honesty, integrity, legitimacy and genuine concern to the corrupt, degraded, dishonest and deceitful USA government. Midterm elections to the Congress are scheduled for this upcoming November.
Pleasestart planning now to cast your vote in November. The time is needed to enact change and return compassion and dignity to the USA.
Let us all work together to rid ourselves of all the bigots, criminals, and felons from government! We need to restore hope in the hearts, minds and souls of us all!
Together we need to make a difference!
Thank you!
Stand tall and proud!
Before we dissolve ourselves and unravel completely, we need to pause for a moment and look where we are now. A nation, a people: divided and adrift. There is no longer a national example to inspire, to motivate and to persevere in guiding us all to resolve and to share.
The healing and the recovery need to happen and action needs to be soon! In exercising our duty to vote, we can try to make it start in November!
Naked hugs!
Aaron Michael Peterson-Poladopoulos
Roger Peterson-Poladopoulos
ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, March 16, 2026, and the proposed topic is: “True Justice!”
Splashman:
Begin confirming your voting validity now in order to be free to enjoy the entire summer!
Our Bad:
Ensure that you’re all ready to vote and carefully monitor all the candidates in your area.
Francois:
Others witnessing your commitment and involvement may be inspired to do the same!
Strippers:
Working together, we can discard the criminals and dishonest ones like they are as unwanted as clothes!
SGL, as repeatedly referenced here, is the anacronym for same gender love (bisexual or gay). SNL represents the popular USA television series: Saturday Night Live, a show that forcefully, hilariously and magnanimously ridicules and rebuffed the sorry state of affairs of American culture: actions, attitudes, beliefs, concepts, prejudices and values. Race Cooper confidently, defiantly and proudly does the same here for ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Race Cooper: Our Man:
Race Cooper (left) kissing co-star, Shay Michaels!
Prelude:
“Canadian-to-his-core (soul)!” is an ideal description of loyalist Race Cooper, now retired SGL and nakedness adult film industry role model and star. Race Cooper is his professional (stage) name, his birth and legal name is Joseph Ross Anderson. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 5 December 1973. He received his introduction into the US gay adult film industry as a casting director at the studio office and worked diligently for a number of years. Then, in 2009, at the tender age of 36 years old, he performed his first role in front of the camera and graciously offered his buttocks to the world!
While pursuing his growing popularity while acting, he simultaneously became an advocate for film actors regarding studio executives, management and film investors concerning gross racial and ethnic disparities in practices, roles, pay scale and other matters. In his time working at the studio, he observed discrimination and marginalization against Blacks, Hispanics and surprising, fellow gay employees!
The purpose of reminding everyone of the dire need of review of the discriminatory protocols some of our same gender loving (SGL) and nakedness cohorts in the adult film industry allow, through the observations of “industry insider” Race Cooper (one of our own community and culture) is that before we point fingers outward, we all need to look inward and ensure that we are on the platform of equality, freedom and justice. Our need for respect and understanding enables us to search for accountability and truth everywhere – even among ourselves!
We need the insight of our fellow bare practitioner, bare celebrity Race Cooper, to lead us from the darkness and into the light!
“Racismand discrimination take many forms and our focus and thoughts on racism, sexuality and nudity need to change.” ~ Joseph Ross Anderson (Race Cooper) The Pink News SGL News Service, London, UK, 10 June 2020
Race Cooper, interviewing for The Pink News, London, UK 10 June 2020
Footnote:Race could not appear fully nude for his interview. Instead, he conducted the session shirtless, as close to nakedness as possible!
The examination and exploration of the topic of “race” extends beyond the limited concepts of of just Black people and White people. It includes all of us, no matter our skin tone, ethnicity, or racial heritage. “Race,” unfortunately, is also aligned with community, culture, politics, religion and value systems.
Regrettably, racism (racial bigotry and/or hatred) is a “learned” (taught) behaviour passed from one generation to the next – often without any basis of proof or scientific fact. Unchallenged, it is frequently misunderstood as the “norm” (normal) – the regular routine standard.
My spouse, Aaron, and I both offer this posting in the hope of overcoming our need to be reminded of the importance of fact and reality in our lives.
Race Cooper, The Pink News
Introduction:
Joseph R. Anderson (Race Cooper) didn’t begin his film career until 2009 at the tender age of 36 years! An age when most openly bisexual or gay porn film actors are ready to retire from performing live! His acting career spanned a total of five years. He retired from the industry in 2014.
In the same year that he started live acting, after years in the studio’s casting office, Race started publicly blogging on blogger.com, promoting his acting career and sharing information about fellow porn stars and their preferences. He swiftly acquired notoriety as “a-man-who-tells-it-all!” He also began to encourage and endorse the expansion of the “alpha” (top-man) and the “beta” (bottom-man) SGL identities to include “versatility” (both traditional SGL sexual positions)!
Race Cooper: “the-man-who-tells-it-all!”
Vital Statistics:
Height: 6′ (183 cm)
Weight: 180 lbs. (82 kg)
Hair: head – shaved; body – armpit, pubic
Penis: 8″ (20 cm) circumcised
Sexuality: gay
Sexual position: versatile (preference: beta (bottom-man)
Clothing status: bare (naked,nude)
Porn Career: Mid-level management (casting); live (2009-2014)
Race Cooper: publicity pose (frontal)
“I’m an African-Canadian. Growing up in Toronto, I got to see how lots of White Americans reacted to Black people, from Canada or the USA. Working in gay pornography, I personally saw how Black men were treated by White men with no difference between gay or straight.” ~ Race Cooper ~ The Pink News 10 June 2020
Race, based on his own experience, views racism as “a daily constant in the USA.” He acknowledges that he – at first – was paid considerably less than his Caucasian colleagues and regularly and repeatedly had his work ethic and intelligence questioned. He honestly believes that he was only hired initially in order for the studios to appear “less racist.”
“Homophobia and racism in the USA is the reasoning for discrimination and prejudice. It is part of the legacy of institutionalized slavery. In Canada, race is just a difference. You shave your pubic hair, I let mine grow naturally. We’re both gay men,we’re justdifferent in some ways.” ~ Race Cooper ~ The Pink News 10 June 2020
Canada had slavery in the 1600s only. It was never a permanent social institution like in the USA. As a slave, you were bought, you worked a couple of years, earned your freedom and then you moved on. Like an indentured servant. Enslavement was never a source of distrust, mistreatment and hatred. You worked, earned freedom and then became a neighbour – equal -not inferiour or subserviant.
Race Cooper: another movie pose!
“As a Black gay man, I know and have witnessed bias, hatred and prejudice because of nakedness, race and sexual orientation. It is unfair and unjust. It is wrong. As a performer in the porn industry, I’ve never experienced criticism for being publicly or for being socially naked. But I do know of fellow nudists who are judged because of their nudity. Clothes freedom is part of who we are. Just like race and sexuality, we don’t have a choice.” ~ Race Cooper ~ The Pink News 10 June 2020
Race was interviewed by The Pink News, a SGL news service in London, England, United Kingdom on 10 June 2020 for his views on racial inequality in the bisexual or gay film profession in light of the killing of the late George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement. He also wants the porn industry to openly admit that many White men – straight – have been cast into roles catering to SGL African-American audiences instead of actual Black gay men.
As a path forward, he’d like to see studios hire “diversity mentors” to help with casting and hopefully these mentors could advance the careers of porn actorsof colour. He also advocates the ending of “gay-for-pay” and an immediate end to the shunning of HIV+ porn actors.
All of us welcome and embrace Race in full nakedness as a man of our community and culture! His attitude that true equality is a basic human right for us all is one we can all agree!
Our man who reveals all: Race Cooper!
Thank you, Race, for your honesty and integrity!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, February 20, 2026, and the proposed topic is: “Bare + Black = Queer!”
It is now what is known to many as the “season of the passion!” The week in the month of February of each year that includes the designated day of the kiss: St. Valentine’s Day! Not officially observed as a public holiday in any country, it is a day recognized by multitudes as a day of bromance (same gender romance) and love!
A day for us to celebrate being together and to enjoy the camaraderie of sharing ourselves with one another and without any fear, guilt or shame!
Not only was the same gender affection and bromance deemed offensive and criminal, the fact of physical interaction between two persons of different races was actually illegal in a total of seventeen (17) states and the District of Columbia.
Prior to SIR, it was considered illegal for two individuals of the same gender to show affection for one another in public. Holding hands was grounds for arrest. Kissing was viewed as degrading, immoral and worse!
Fondling and/or any intimacy with a person of the same gender was seen as indecent and obscene in 49 of the 50 states. Illinois was the “progressive” (permissive) state!
In private clubs and private homes, same gender love was a perversion and those engaging in the activity were publicly ridiculed as known perverts!
The sky offers a natural background for a couple showing their passion as the above men are doing. Such a scene would be considered as pornographic until the Stonewall Inn Riots and the explosion of our movement for the determination and freedom of our right to be same gender loving (SGL)!
As we make plans and preparations to celebrate the St. Valentine’s Day this year, we need to recall the efforts of those who came before us and helped to create the way for our freedom to be ourselves!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, February 13, 2026, and the proposed topic is: “Bare Celebrity Role Models #6: Identity!”
It may not be always accepted and fully appreciated as an absolute truth, but the fact is that the common bond of our mutual nakedness – body and clothes freedom – indeed helps create and encourage friendship! Our relationship – Jay and I -is living proof that reality. We have been the epitome of this philosophy since we first met on Saturday, 3 January, 2009!
In the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, this day was the first “nude happy hour” of the new year. It was also the month of then President-Elect Barack Obama’s initial inauguration; the air was full of excitement and a welcome of change and hope following eight long years of repetition and stagnation under the retreating political administration. All of this accompanied by a balmy day with the outside temperatures into the 70s F: almost unknown for the month of January!
Now, my recollection of everything that happened on the actual date and circumstances related to our beginning our friendship could last forever as we observe this annually. For those who are curious about our meeting and then one week later encountering one another – again – and the both of us failing to recognize one another because we were textile (wearing clothes) that second time, check the two links offered here: Bare Friendships Part 1and Bare Friendships Part 2 .
Our initial meeting at the SGL social nakedness gathering, there exists a pictorial reminder/souvenir of one of the topics we discussed that day: penis fascination among gay men! Jay had this image sent to him by a friend and then showed it to me. I was intrigued and asked him to forward it to me and he did! I’ve saved it ever since and for a couple of years, it was our “signature” that we shared with one other over emails and/or texting.
Jay and Roger’s first communication “signature!”
The remarkable aspect of this early .gif image is that it is a reminder of simplyhow “normal” bare practitioner close friendships (BPF) can become! We could very well have been mistaken for “wearing clothes!”
Footnote #1: Later that summer – 2009 – when Jay and I took a day trip to a popular “nudist resort” in southern Virginia, we were limited to a day only stay. Virginia, the capital state of the former Confederacy wasn’t as progressive towards interracial friendships despite the fact that President Obama had won here that previous November!
Our “signature” picture had inspired us to attempt to be playful on that day!
Our having two prominent common denominators in our developing relationship (friendship) – being SGL and nakedness enthusiasts – are clearly potent indications of the myths that frequently happen throughout our shared community and culture. Often the assumption was made that we were “lovers” who just “fell” into friendship after our bromantic “coupling” ended.
Nevermind the fact that we have not ever shared any physical intimacy together! We’ve always remained strictly platonic and have enjoyed numerous times of fun and laughter doing so, especially when free without the heavy burden of garments!
The circumstances and the individuals involved determine the evolution path of every relationship, whether platonic or intensely erotic and passionate. There are those “authority” figures who seek to decree and/or mandate how all interactions should happen; yet, we all know that decision is conveniently, easily and often discarded, dismissed and/or ignored repeatedly time and time again!
Phoenix Fellington and friend!
In summary, no specific by-law or rule governs all friendships/bromantic SGL relationships. Guidelines and/or strong recommendations certainly exist, we all know that, but the ultimate decision rests with the persons affected – regardless of their gender/sexual affiliation and whether or not they are wearing clothes!
Footnote #2: I’m flying off to spend some time with Jay and his partner. Raheem. As 3 January this year also happens on a Saturday this year, time to be with Jay and reminisce and recollect on our friendship (very best friendship) anniversary! Perhaps we’ll have time to recapture our imitation of the elephant (penis twirl) again! Raheem can operate the camera!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Wednesday, January 7, 2026, and the proposed topic is: “#9!”
ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! 