Worldwide Roar formerly the Warwick Rowers started in 2009 with a naked calendar featuring male rowers from one university boat club.  It all came about from a chance encounter between a straight athlete and an LGBT photographer. The photographer spoke about how many men felt like him – excluded from sports on the grounds of their sexuality or because there seemed to be no place for them within sport’s deeply masculine culture.

That conversation led to a group of mainly straight athletes committed to getting naked for a calendar with a specific message for LGBT+ men: we want to celebrate your sexuality and prove that you are welcome on our team! For ten years, the project grew in popularity. With the support and encouragement of leading celebrities, politicians, and activists, including Sir Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry, Kylie Minogue and many more, WR went on to become one of the leading voices in the “straight ally” movement

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