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We have reached another Pride Month, a time of year for reflection, introspection, and solidarity. It’s a time of year I tend to mark by writing a piece about LGBTQ experiences with nakedness and within the nudist community, for better or for worse but always with hope for the future and appreciation of where we have been. Last week on Twitter, I shared a few of my previous posts on these topics to kick off Pride Month, accompanied by some thoughts on this particularly tumultuous year for the LGBTQ community in the United States. I will include an expanded list of further readings at the bottom of this article for anyone interested.
What is weighing on me this year is a very different feeling than I’ve experienced in previous years. One year during Pride, in 2015, the year the Supreme Court struck down same-sex marriage bans across the country, I felt a sort of relieved joy, the kind you feel when you finally exhale after a period so long and tense …
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