Male athletes from around the world have posed nude for a calendar to promote ‘healthier masculinity’. For a decade the Warwick Rowers calendar spread the name of English university rowing team around the LGBT+ world.
It was a collaboration between a gay photographer and – mostly – straight rowers. The idea was to show solidarity with gay, bi and trans men who often feel excluded from sport.
Now it’s rebranded as Worldwide Roar and is open to any athlete from any sport around the world who identifies as male. Moreover it has a new theme too – to offer ‘a fresh look at men’.
And while on face value, it still celebrates one type of male body, those behind it say it has a deeper purpose too. Indeed, the Worldwide Roar (WR) project is now