Purple: Spirit Dayis officially observed on the third Thursday of October, annually. This posting entry is offered in anticipation of the official observance!
On the Progress Rainbow Pride flag, the colour of purple at the bottom of the original rainbow field of six stripes represents the ideal of spirit. The colour also denotes pride and is considered a calming colour. It also connects us to the spiritual realm. For a great many of us, this is symbolic of our reflective nature and signifies the soul of the GLBTQ+ quest for our equality and freedom. In the United Kingdom and throughout the Commonwealth, purple is a royal colour and often is representative of the Crown.
Purple: Spirit Day is an annual anti-bullying, anti-coercion date that is held during National Bullying Prevention Month. It is particularly focused combatting damaging or threatening behaviour based on a person’s perceived or real same gender loving status. The Stonewall Inn Riots (SIR) of 1969 and the National Coming Out Day observance that commenced on October 11, 1988, reduced the suicide rate among the GLBTQ+ community and culture but it was never completely eradicated as a cause, even with the millennial transition.
A significant increase in GLBTQ+-related suicides committed not only raised the awareness of this problem within our community and culture but also in the minds of the general public. Clearly, more attention and efforts were necessary.
The commemoration of Purple: Spirit Day began on October 20, 2010, at the advocacy and inspiration of one Canadian teenager on her FaceBook social media. It is an awareness day of recent development in response to a USA suicide that gained international attention. On September 22, 2010, eighteen year old student Tyler Clementi, of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River. On September 19, Tyler’s roommate, Dharen Ravi, had posted to his Twitter social media account a clip showing Tyler kissing another man and announced to all his followers that he is gay. All of this was done without the permission of Tyler or his encounter partner.
Purple: Spirit Day!
The resulting media explosion that followed the suicide led Brittany McMillan, a secondary school student in Canada to respond to her conscience and launch the Purple: Spirit Day campaign on her own. The concept was undertaken by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) who immediately assumed sponsorship after consulting with Brittany.
Promoted by GLAAD, participants wear the colour purple as a visible sign of awareness and support for GLBTQ+ young people and opposition to bullying (for whatever reason) in general. It is also a gesture in tribute to all GLBTQ+ victims of suicide.
Cartoon in support of GLBTQ+ Purple: Spirit Day!
The very first Purple: Spirit Day was held on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Later observances were on Thursday, October 20, 2011, and on Friday, October 20, 2012. After that time, GLAAD enacted the official date of the thirdThursday in October as the annual occasion.
For those persons restricted by requirements of uniform, a purple awareness ribbon may be worn to show agreement with the cause. If a pre-printed purple ribbon isn’t immediately available, a plain one suffices. Use a regular safety pin to attach the ribbon to your collar or shirt.
I remember the very first Purple: Spirit Day. Aaron, my spouse and I were simply living together at the time, and there wasn’t much notice given in advance of the first occasion. We decided to make purple ribbons to distribute on our jobsites promoting the cause and spent the night before staying up late to create the awareness tokens. We assorted 150 ribbons for each of our jobs. By mid-morning the next day, we exchanged emails and we had both given out of ribbons!
Supporting Purple: Spirit Day!
For bare practitioners the event may be signified by painting a purple ribbon on the left side of the chest. It is important to promote attention to this worthy cause!
For additional information on Purple: Spirit Day! please click onto the link below:
The title of this posting here on ReNude Pride and the accompanying “rainbow flag” images are at the insistence of my beloved spouse, Aaron Michael Peterson-Poladopoulos. His choice is based on his determination of the song “Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz” as being a unifying factor for the entire GLBTQ+ Bare History Month culture. To be honest, he all but ordered me to follow his selection! Out of my devotion to him, my need for a nutritious breakfast and my appreciation of all of his contributions to this site, I have complied with his instruction.
As a Deaf man, I do wonder about the song portion of his choice and in the interest of family harmony, I’ll surrender to his decision. After all, “mine is not to reason why, mine is but to do or he’ll make me die!” LOL! Naked hugs! 🙂
As for the pictures featuring the rainbow flag, I totally agree with my “better half.” As they all depict a bare practitioner man with the flag, they ensure compliance with the purpose of ReNude Pride: celebrating our same gender loving naturist/nudist heritage and community and our shared confidence and pride in being what and who we really are!
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Background:
It is generally recognized by all concerned that the modern civil rights struggle for the majority of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer+ people began with the Stonewall Inn riots following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn gay bar in New York City on June 28, 1969. This action, in the militancy of the political times, led to the growth and protests that encouraged our forebears to begin advocating for our freedoms and our long-denied human rights.
Given the number of groups and causes proliferating in the 1960s, our previously closeted (secretive) community emerged from anonymous and silent to militant and radical, even vocal. Various groups and individuals came together with the intent of organizing a body to become instrumental in determining the guidance and leadership of our growing struggle for equality.
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Our Story:
As a population with almost no formal structure aside from local municipal concerns, the initial building of a communal harmony and unity was disorganized and haphazard. Communication was infrequent and often by chance. The commitment and dedication of the early and emerging prominent individuals in the equality movement varied from city to city and fortunately enough of the “first few” proved resourceful in building a dynamic leadership that allowed our cause to develop and grow.
Despite the chaotic and confusing inception, it soon became apparent to many of the early GLBTQ+ advocates to the benefits of and the vital need for a visual emblem or a logo for identification and/or recognition purposes. It was agreed that a colourful graphic banner or flag would better serve this function as opposed to just writing the name on a placard.
A variety of concepts, designs and suggestions were made and presented to the ever-changing leadership individuals and/or organizing committees. The most popular and long-lasting ideas are featured below along with a description and/or justification for each submission.
Our time is here!
The Rainbow flag!
The year, 1969, was at the end of a decade that had witnessed massive social unrest. The African-American protests for civil rights, the birth of the feminist and women’s rights movements, the demonstrations for ending the Vietnam war, the equal pay for primarily Latino immigrant farm workers were underway during this time. The elimination of the military “draft” (enforced military service) and unequal financial compensation were also targets. The “homosexuals” (at the time, a derogatory and offensive identification of the now GLBTQ+ persons) was the most recent social group to clamour for equality and recognition.
The Pink Triangle:
The downward-pointing pink triangle was prominently used by National Socialists (Nazis) in Hitler’s regime as a badge of shame and labeling of “homosexuals.” It was sewn onto the shirts of homosexual men in concentration camps to identify and dehumanize them in the eyes of the authorities and other prisoners. Other concentration camp inmates routinely lashed out against all prisoners wearing a pink triangle.
Homosexuality was made illegal in Germany under Paragraph 175 of the unification constitution in 1871, but the law was rarely enforced. It remained so until it was repealed in 1969. When the Nazi Party assumed control of Germany in 1933, they made it enforcement a priority in their goal of promoting the Aryan people as superior to all others in order to racially and culturally “purify” Germany. The Nazis arrested thousands of GLBTQ+ individuals and sent them to concentration camps. the overwhelming majority of them homosexual men. They were all seen as degenerate.
The rise of the gay, lesbian and bisexual pride movement led to the reclaiming of the pink triangle as a positive symbol of self-identity and of triumph over tragedy. In 1994, the German government formally apologized to all persons for the abuse committed against same gender loving persons throughout the country’s history, especially by the Nazis.
The pink triangle remains a strong symbol of GLBTQ+ progress towards equality and represents the journey forward worldwide. It is a tribute to all of those persecuted under bigotry and hatred. The flag is recognized globally.
The Lambda Flag:
As a symbol of same gender loving freedom from centuries of discrimination, oppression and torture, the Greek letter lambda was first designated in December, 1969, as a symbol of distinction by the graphic artist and Gay Activists Alliance founding member, Tom Doerr. He chose it because in chemistry it is a sign for “catalyst” as for the complete exchange of energy.
Others argue that the lambda denotes the synergy of the growing same gender loving movement. The idea that the whole is greater than the sum of all of its parts. Still others claim the lambda is representative of lesbian.
In December, 1974, the lambda was officially adopted by the International Gay Rights Congress at their meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, by a unanimous vote. As a representation of gay and lesbian civil rights, lambda became internationally accepted, popular and recognized.
By far, both the pink triangle and the lambda remain dominant and prominent within the GLBTQ+ community and culture today. Historically, they are the two “firsts” in our community and culture.
The criticism of the lambda emerged later as some felt it was symbolic for males only.
The Rainbow Flag:
The original Rainbow flag!
What many of us herald as the first official flag of our community and culture was first publicly raised on June 25, 1978, in San Francisco, California, USA, at the city’s United Nations Plaza in honour of the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade. The original flag consisted of eight coloured stripes and was designed by Gilbert Baker and handstitched and dyed with the help of friends and volunteers Lynn Sugarblum, James McNamara, Glenne McElhinney, Joe Duran and Paul Langbutz. The eight stripes were later reduced to six with the pink (denoting “sex”) and turquoise (for “art and magic”) eliminated as the colours were not available in flag fabrics.
The colour scheme!
The graphic above shows the revised eight-stripe flag reduced to six stripes and what the coloured stripes each represented.
Baker conceived the flag would “empower his tribe” and at the same time reflect a “rainbow of humanity” motif to represent the movement’s diversity.
Current: The Progress Rainbow Flag!
Moving forward in progress!
The Progress Pride Rainbow flag was developed by non-binary artist and designer Daniel Quasar in 2018. Based on and incorporating Gilbert Baker’s 1978 Rainbow flag, Quasar’s redesign celebrates the diversity of the global GLBTQ+ community and culture and encourages a more accepting and inclusive general society. The redesign has invested the representation of discriminated minority identities covered by the GLBTQ+ umbrella.
Quasar’s creation placing black and brown stripes (symbolizing peoples of colour) and light blue, pink and white stripes (representing transgender and non-binary persons) in the shape of an arrow-head all pointing to the left of the Progress Pride Rainbow flag’s in the image of “forward progress.” In Daniel Quasar’s own words: “…the pointed arrow to show forward movement and illustrates that the progress towards inclusivity still needs to be made.”
The black stripe has a double meaning attached to it as it is also intended for “those living with HIV/AIDS and the stigma and prejudice surrounding them as well as all those who have been lost to the disease.”
The Progress Pride Rainbow flag was an immediate success. On the evening of June 6, 2018, Quasar posted the design on social media. He woke up the next day to find that it had gone viral.
Progress Pride Rainbow blowing in the wind!
We continue our way into the future by remembering our past. We are all together as we move forward!
Naked hugs!
Roger Peterson-Poladopoulos and Aaron Michael Peterson-Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, October 16, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Purple: Spirit Day!”
National Coming Out of Closet, October 11, annually!
NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY: OCTOBER 11
Preliminary notation:
National Coming Out Day is actually on Wednesday of this week. It is my Monday offering here on ReNudePride so that everyone can be prepared to “hail” to the big day when it arrives! Come out based on your sexuality! Come out because you’re proud to be bare! Come out everywhere!Enjoy a day of just “being you!”
During the expanding global HIV/AIDS pandemic, openly gay artist Keith Haring created the below graphic to salute the initial National Coming Out Day commemoration on October 11, 1988. The event was created in order to encourage all GLBTQ+ people to “come out of the closet of their secrecy and shame” and to take pride in who they are! The date selected for the first National Coming Out Day was the first anniversary of the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights.
The HIV/AIDS crisis was unfortunately “outing” an alarming number of gay men only after they had succumbed (died) from the ravages of the disease. The initial public display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt happened in conjunction with the 1987 March. The purpose of the National Coming Out Day was to enable the SGL community to boldly self-identify itself notoriously and numerically! It also was in the tradition of several celebrities publicly “coming out” in honour of the 1987 March on Washington.
Basic truth!
A very simple truth that regrettably centuries of oppression and torture could not be easily acknowledged by many. National Coming Out Day sought to end the marginalization and ostracism felt by many due to their sexuality. The encouragement of persons to willingly identify themselves without embarrassment and shame forced many to see that bisexuals, gays and lesbians included family and friends. One of the goals of National Coming Out Day is to prove to the mainstream population that the GLBTQ+ population is as diverse as ever and also includes persons they never thought as “being that way” (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer+)!
A man-2-man embrace!
This forced many persons who had remained passive and silent while the same gender loving community and culture were being harassed, marginalized and ridiculed to finally face the reality that some members of their family and some of their friends were honestly members of the very community that was being condemned. This sudden “truth” forced multitudes to examine their consciences and confront their prejudices. The result initiated a gradual transition in society’s thinking and views on the GLBTQ+ people.
Proud proclamation!
The original concept of the National Coming Out Day was for the same gender loving communities to openly acknowledge their sexuality. The personal evolved into being the political. The emphasis is on the basic form of activism as openly being same gender loving to colleagues, family and friends. Here on this site, ReNude Pride, we go an additional step and include our bare practitioner affiliation!
Felipe Ferreira and Rhyheim Shabazz kiss!
There is absolutely no reason for any of us to feel any guilt, humiliation or shame in being what and who we are. No matter who we love and no matter whether we are dressed in clothing or proudly bare, we are entitled to be ourselves! As long as we aren’t hurting anyone else, what difference does it make? All of us have the very human right to be ourselves every day of our lives without any fear or penalty for different!
Bare practitioners come out, too!
Sibling pride in being bare!
A bare practitioner is calm, content and relaxed when either publicly (socially) or privately appearing in their native “natural” state. There is no anxious or nervous concern over appearance or the opinions of others. We accept all of our physical differences and limitations as making each one of us as unique and then we move forward in our lives. The priority is our quest to be the very best what and who we are not only for ourselves but also for all others around us!
Have a great and openly proud National Coming Out Day!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, October 13, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “The Rainbow Emerges!”
The majority of the photographs featured in this particular gallery were made during the era of segregation (a legal separation of the races) here in the USA. Not only are the subjects to be admired because of their violation of the segregation statutes, but the photographers and producers as well. Especially in the southern states, disregard for segregation laws contained severe fines and penalties. Worse consequences existed for African-American offenders.
Strength!
Judging from the hairstyles on the subjects in the above two pictures, the timing of the photography is from the early to mid-1960’s. Although the courts were by then overturning segregation laws, the practice remained prevalent.
Celebrate ourselves, our community and our culture!
Let’s all enjoy ourselves while observing our windows of opportunity viewing our past!
An interracial kiss!
Especially bold and courageous were the photographs that represented any type of physical attraction between persons of two distinctly different races. Judging from the hairstyles of the two men in the above image, the probable timeline was the late 1960s. As this was more or less around the time of the Stonewall Inn Riots (SIR), it was well before the ideals of same gender love entered into the agenda for public acceptance and tolerance. Therefore, the two men featured here are equally commended for their audacity and courage as Illinois was the only state in the USA that had decriminalized “homosexuality” while it was still ostracized by the general society!
J.C. Carter (right) and his lover!
The African-American community was often hostile to images depicting two of their own comfortable with sharing not only their nakedness but also any suggestive sexual attraction. Openly gay actor J.C. Carter (above, right) posed above with his lover. The year was 1971, shortly after the SIR. This was prior to “J.C.” starting to completely shaving all of his body and head hair.
Socially nude!
Judging from the hairstyles in the above picture, these men posed for this shot in the mid-to-late 1950s. This capture was made in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and the segregation (separation) of the races was still prevalent.
Boating “skinny-dippers!”
The above photo was dated from 1976 and aside from the buttocks of the man second from the right wasn’t anatomically suggestive.
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, October 9, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “National Coming Out Day!”
Before anyone here today gets the wrong idea, this post entry does not involve or relate to any sort of bowel elimination. I hope that brief and simple explanation prevents any misunderstanding and/or confusion. Now that the official end of the summertime is now past us, today’s topic addresses the resumption by many of their personal exercise activities.
Special notation: Today’s post entry also includes these images of this man confidently exposing his commendable growth of hirsute axilla (hairy armpits)! For those here who are completely unaware, one of my very favourite aspects of male anatomy!
Active in his fitness routine!
Many of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere know the summer season affords us all too many opportunities for athletic indulgence, organized and/or spontaneous free-play and other varieties of active pleasure that are usually unavailable throughout the remainder of the year. The longer periods of actual daylight also provide the impetus for social and physical expression. The result of these factors give to many an “excuse” (reason) to abbreviate and/or abandon their daily exercise/fitness routine.
Confident of his physique development!
Now that regionally, our summer season is now complete, those who decided to take exception to their established fitness routine are now resuming their activity. For those who procrastinated initiating any type of exercise, another summer of not having a body that reflects development and maintenance, has inspired them to implement a practice to insure no repetition of their obvious embarrassment.
Treadmill exercise!
So, those of us who diligently, faithfully and regularly followed our own fitness routine throughout the entire summer season are now challenged with our own adjustment! Just as we became comfortable with a less stressful crowd at our exercise facility, we are now faced with yet another obstacle. The return of the “regulars” plus all those determined to avoid the repeating of their seasonal discomfort of not being completely fit and toned when another summer appears!
Legwork!
The return to the daily routine doesn’t really cause that much inconvenience. After all, most of the returnees are already familiar with the equipment and have their own scheduling. It’s the arrival of those who have to adapt to the establishment regulations, procedures, etc., and to figure out the best possible way to operate the equipment that present us with our greatest dilemma. Unsure of exactly the most beneficial essentials, they frequently question even the most polite regular for the basic guidelines on how to operate each station. Not only does this distract others from performing their procedure, it also often creates problems with the individual pieces of utilization at each station.
Instances too numerous to mention happen when one or more fitness trainers are at one station instructing “newbies” on how to properly work the exercise equipment. The backlog at the particular area sometimes becomes endless!
Routine!
At times, I wonder why do we even bother with the season of summer? The ends don’t always justify the means! Oh well, time to head out to my local gym!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, October 6, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Yesteryear Gallery!”
In the USA, October, annually, is featured as GLBTQ+ History Month. During this time, outstanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer+ persons, both current and past, are honoured for their achievements and contributions to their communities and culture’s history as well as to services rendered to history and to society in general. The image above offers the facial representation of some of this year’s winners.
Artistic interpretation!
The USA observance was founded in 1994 a Missouri secondary (high school) history teacher named Rodney Wilson. His original intent was to provide role models, build community, instill pride and to provide a civil rights statement of the achievements and efforts of the entire GLBTQ+ community and culture. Prior to the Stonewall Inn Riots of June 28, 1969, there was little, if any, information about the accomplishments and struggles suffered by the previously-known “homosexual” community in the USA and elsewhere in the world. Before the Stonewall uprising, it was the custom for the members of this community to remain closeted (anonymous, secretive).
“There was no gay pride before Stonewall. Only gay fear and gay isolation and gay distrust and gay self-hatred.” ~ Edmund White ~ USA gay novelist, historian
Gay rioting outside the Stonewall Inn, New York City, June, 1969!
For many, the Stonewall Inn riots marked the beginning of the movement for same gender loving (GLBTQ+) civil rights in the USA. However, in retrospect, it is now recognized as the catalyst (inspiration) that encouraged the community and culture – long abused, discriminated against and ostracized – to adapt a more activist approach in the journey towards equality and freedom.
Because of the existence of GLBTQ+ History Month, there are now forums, historical foundations and societies and institutions themselves dedicated to examining and exploring the topic and others within the community and outside. This is one of the many benefits not only of the Stonewall Riots but also of the observance of our community and cultural history.
The Stonewall Inn Historic Site!
The very first commemoration of GLBTQ+ History Month was endorsed by the Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Gay Lesbian Students Educators Network (GLSEN), the Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Education Association (NEA), and other national organizations.
Equality Forum is a national GLBTQ+ civil rights organization with an educational focus. It coordinates GLBTQ+ History Month, produces documentary films, sponsors high impact social initiatives and sponsors an annual GLBTQ+ civil rights conference. It also maintains the GLBTQ+ history month website which is linked below.
Below are listed the 2023 honourees. The number of the individual is the date they are honoured. Click the link above for additional information.
Marin Alsop – trailblazing conductor
Chasen Buttigieg – GLBTQ+ activist
Madeline Davis – GLBTQ+ activist and historian
Elana Dykewomon – author and activist
Tessa Ganserer – transgender German politician
Roxane Gay – author
Lesley Gore – composer and singer
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy – transgender activist
Brittney Griner – WNBA superstar
Maura Healey – Governor of Massachusetts
Jazmine Hughes – editor and writer
Eddie Izzard – British actor and comedian
Michael R. Jackson – Pulitzer award playwright
Leslie Jordan – actor and comedian
Tina Kotek – Governor of Oregon
Marijane Meeker – pulp fiction pioneer
Scott Minerd – Wall Street innovator
Ryan Murphy – writer, director, producer
Carl Nassib – first out active NFL player
Stu Rasmussen – first out transgender mayor
Allen Schindler, Jr. – slain naval officer
Charles Silverstein – psychologist, activist
Andrew Solomon – writer
Michael Stipe – rock performer
Kara Swisher – tech journalist
Andre Leon Talley – fashion journalist
Doris Taylor – medical scientist
Evelyn Thomas – military activist
Mpho Tutu Van Furth – South African Anglican priest
Samira Wiley – actor
Penny Wong – Australian foreign minister
As is our standard here on ReNude Pride, we combine the best of both of our bare practitioner exceptional qualities and celebrate all of October as GLBTQ+ Bare History Month. This observance will feature both our same gender loving heritage as well as our bare pride and heritage. Ours is a culture and life that needs to be honoured and saluted in many ways throughout not only the month but all year long!
Please take time and explore interesting facets of our historical community and culture! Happy GLBTQ+ Bare History Month to all!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, October 2, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Return to Regularity!”
September is one of the most confusing months of the calendar for me. It has pleasurable weather but it also marks the end of the summer season here in the Northern Hemisphere. The seasonal change itself isn’t all that bad – autumn can be enjoyable – it is what follows afterwards that causes me grief! I always have a difficult time with winter!
Sandy bottoms-up!
So as we bid a fond farewell to the Summer of 2023 (Northern Hemisphere), we salute our bare practitioners in the Southern Hemisphere who begin the welcome their season of naked freedom and prosperity!
Landscaping bottoms-up!
No matter where we live, almost all of us have the distinct advantage of being able to naturally enjoy the pleasures of an outdoor bottoms-up! showcase as our seasons transition from one to another, at least during the beginnings of this time of the year!
Bottoms-Up! lookout!
Plus, there’s always the opportunity to view the outside world from the comfort and luxury of our own familiar surroundings before we parade our buttocks out in full public view!
Bottoms-up! with pride!
Of course, throughout the entire year, our cause and purpose is always clear: Bottoms-up! with confidence and pride!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post here is planned for tomorrow, Sunday, October 1, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “October: GLBTQ+ Bare Pride Month!”
It may be the next to the very last day of Summer, 2023, for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, but as we all know, the seasons may officially change but that doesn’t guarantee the weather to follow suit. The heat and humidity remain factors in our daily lives for days – perhaps weeks to come! This advanced in the season, many have endured all they can withstand of the summer temperatures! Their need for relief is immediate!
Serious cooling: ice on the knee!
The lower tolerance level for the weather extremes force many to seek comfort and solace in ways that the majority of us disdain. Some resort to the basic formula of ice and water to relieve themselves of the effects of heat and high humidity. That may quench the thirst but may not solve the temperature dilemma! However, as we all know, not all of us respond well to the same remedy. Sometimes, creativity is necessary to accomplish the desired goal. Different solutions apply differently to some better than others.
Lounging in the home away from the direct temperatures outside provides some with relief but then the challenge becomes what to do while being comfortable. One possible answer is to pose for pictures while relaxing. The results can be both creative and inspiring as well as a resource for the contents of a new photograph album! Air conditioning does have benefits!
For some of us, posing inside with air conditioning may eliminate the heat and humidity factor but may introduce a “too cooling” situation. Our bodies may be too conditioned to the higher outside weather and chill too easily inside. This causes one physical discomfort to replace another which may be just as uncomfortable and unpleasant! Again, what suffices for one person may not be applicable for another!
Of course, there are among us some individuals who just calmly manage to make themselves happy and relaxed no matter what the situation entails. Two cans of a cold soda and wandering from room to room inside may be all they need to survive another day of heat and humidity. Whatever works best for them is their only concern. The popular adage is the solution they recall: Whatever works best works for me!
According to my spouse, Aaron, this predicament reminds us of yet another familiar adage from tradition: You can’t teach an old dog new tricks!
Do we all bark now or later?
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, Saturday, September 23, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Autumnal Equinox!”
There are some surprises in life that always make me pause, question and wonder! The major reason for the inability to comprehend this phenomenon is that the scenario/situation – often repeated – never becomes one of acceptance and/or indifference. It truly baffles and befuddles me! It makes me question my own personal sense of awareness and, of course, my own sanity.
No sun shone here!
As we transition the passing of one season into another – especially the summer to the autumn – I am amazed when at one of the first social events of autumn and the (thankfully) lingering weather conditions of the former. We’re all carefree, happy to be reunited, and socializing – resplendent in our communal nakedness – when discrepancies appear. Some of our esteemed cohorts, well-known for their body and clothes freedom enthusiasm, suddenly enter the scene: indecently!
The naked truth!
Have they collectively forgotten all of our efforts on behalf of our bare practitioner community and culture? Are they all suffering from dementia? This disregard for the rest of us is totally unacceptable and inexplicable! Their indecency doesn’t involve them attending this socially nude function wearing clothing. It is much worse!
Thong induced tan-line!
They have a well-defined tan-line! They must have been textile (clothed) for a good part of the summer! I am indeed shocked! Have they no sense of what is right and what is wrong?
Author’s notation: I am also motionless! As a Deaf man, my communication tool is manual (sign language). My hands are unable to respond to this vision!
What happened here? What caused this calamity? How did they they enter into this blatant disregard for the sanctity of our nudity? Their body is physical proof (criminal evidence) that they flagrantly abandoned their rightfully earned positions as advocates and defenders of our inalienable right to be body and clothes free whenever it is possible! How dare they shun their duty of our right to be bare!
Tan-line and proud?
They publicly have turned their backs on our sense of what is an innate human right to be our natural selves! They insult both our community and our culture and then boldly dishonour us by this display of their gross indecency of wearing a disguise of their naked selves! Where the hell is their feeling of pride?
Tan-lined buttocks!
It appears as though they are actually comfortably confident and proud of their tan-lines! The audacity! Have they no sensation of disgrace and shame? What the hell happened?
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, September 18, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Finale For Summer, 2023!”
Before I begin composing today’s entry, let me remind everyone that the stripper-soon-to-be-skinny-dipper (above) not only has an inviting and enticing grin but he also has his hairy armpit growth intact. As I’ve published here previously, one of my favourite aspects of a man’s anatomy: underarm fur! I honestly am grateful for our man today keeping his intact and natural!
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Before the seasonal transition from summer into autumn arrives, there’s still time for a free frolic into a bare aquatic adventure! While the weather cooperates, rid yourself of those cumbersome threads of body concealment and enjoy the liberation of being all-natural in the freedom of the outdoors! In other words, let’s skinny-dip (swim naked) as often as possible before the seasons and the outdoor temperatures change!
Carefully!
Rid yourself of the garments of shame and be yourself! Your true and real self! Additionally, when stripping for an audience, it offers one the chance to produce for the benefit not only of our community but also our entire bare practitioner culture! So grin with pride and get off the gear and enjoy the freedom of skin and sun! As we all know, these days of leisure and luxury won’t be here with us forever! Time to make every moment count in order to have a sufficient supply of memories to last us until next summer!
Totally stripped?
We need to enjoy these wonderful days while we can. Colder weather and precipitation will be upon us all-too-soon! Let’s take advantage of every opportunity for fun, sun and outdoor social nudity while nature and the weather are both compatible! Stripping down to our “basics” – skin – permits us the total freedom of the aquatics and our body, with nothing else in-between! In order to skinny-dip that’s all that we need! The fun begins once everything is
Time to skinny-dip (swim naked)!
Following the disrobing/stripping, the only thing left to complete the task is entry into the body of water. Our man here is at a private residence, either that of a friend or his own. He evidently is tired of making a splashing entrance and for today he merely “drops” into the pool! Not much effort was exerted and he has sufficient energy to skinny-dip for the remainder of the afternoon! Perfect as at this time there are not that many afternoons remaining in this summer season!
BTW: our buddy disappeared. He should be really enjoying his skinny-dip!
Stripping out of clothes is basically liberating!
Of course, once our man’s buddies get a sight of the fun times he’s having, it soon becomes a fevered “let’s all strip and skinny-dip” event. Soon, the fun frenzy fills the pool! Given the brief time remaining for summer, who can blame them for their enthusiasm?
Skinny-dip fever!
Plan now to skinny-dip as often as possible before it becomes too cold!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, September 15, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Revelation!”
ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! 