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	[[Category:Naturist groups]]		[[Category:Naturist groups]]
	[[Category:Swimming]]		[[Category:Swimming]]

Ross Burgess at 19:31, 9 March 2016

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	</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".		</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".

	At one time the group was known as '''Gymnos 88''', reflecting the fact that it had been re-founded in 1988. In the late 1990s it claimed over 500 members, and around 50 were turning up for the weekly swimming sessions.<ref>~~<cite>~~[[Gay London, 1997~~\|''Gay London~~'', ~~1997]])~~ page 119</ref>		At one time the group was known as '''Gymnos 88''', reflecting the fact that it had been re-founded in 1988. In the late 1990s it claimed over 500 members, and around 50 were turning up for the weekly swimming sessions.<ref>''[[Gay London, 1997]]'', page 119.</ref>

	Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010: the public swimming pools that had previously been used were no longer available for various reasons, and there was a shortage of people to run the social side.		Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010: the public swimming pools that had previously been used were no longer available for various reasons, and there was a shortage of people to run the social side.

Ross Burgess at 19:28, 9 March 2016

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	==External links==		==External links==
	http://web.archive.org/web/20100223210430/http://gymnos.org/Official website (preserved as a record of what Gymnos was about).		http://web.archive.org/web/20100223210430/http://gymnos.org/ Official website (preserved as a record of what Gymnos was about).

	==References==		==References==

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	==External links==		==External links==
	Official website (preserved as a record of what Gymnos was about)~~: http://gymnos~~.~~org/~~		http://web.archive.org/web/20100223210430/http://gymnos.org/Official website (preserved as a record of what Gymnos was about).

	==References==		==References==

Ross Burgess at 18:53, 12 May 2013

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	'''Gymnos''' was a naturist group for men. Most but not necessarily all of its members were gay. It offered regular gay naturist parties in members' homes, and naturist swimming sessions at several public swimming pools around London.<ref><cite>[[Out of the Shadows]]</cite> edited by Tony Walton. Item on "Naturist Groups"by [[Ross Burgess]] in Chapter 13, "Miscellany".		[[File:Gymnos.gif\|thumb\|Gymnos logo from 2002]]'''Gymnos''' was a naturist group for men. Most but not necessarily all of its members were gay. It offered regular gay naturist parties in members' homes, and naturist swimming sessions at several public swimming pools around London.<ref><cite>[[Out of the Shadows]]</cite> edited by Tony Walton. Item on "Naturist Groups"by [[Ross Burgess]] in Chapter 13, "Miscellany".
	</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".		</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".

Ross Burgess at 14:00, 9 May 2013

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	'''Gymnos''' was a naturist group for men. Most but not necessarily all of its members were gay. It offered regular naturist parties in members' homes, and naturist swimming sessions at several public swimming pools around London.<ref><cite>[[Out of the Shadows]]</cite> edited by Tony Walton. Item on "Naturist Groups"by [[Ross Burgess]] in Chapter 13, "Miscellany".		'''Gymnos''' was a naturist group for men. Most but not necessarily all of its members were gay. It offered regular gay naturist parties in members' homes, and naturist swimming sessions at several public swimming pools around London.<ref><cite>[[Out of the Shadows]]</cite> edited by Tony Walton. Item on "Naturist Groups"by [[Ross Burgess]] in Chapter 13, "Miscellany".
	</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".		</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".

	At one time the group was known as '''Gymnos 88''', reflecting the fact that it had been re-founded in 1988. In the late 1990s it claimed over 500 members, and around 50 were turning up for the weekly swimming sessions.<ref><cite>[[Gay London]]~~</cite> (1997~~) p 119.</ref>		At one time the group was known as '''Gymnos 88''', reflecting the fact that it had been re-founded in 1988. In the late 1990s it claimed over 500 members, and around 50 were turning up for the weekly swimming sessions.<ref><cite>[[Gay London, 1997\|''Gay London'', 1997]]) page 119</ref>

	Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010: the public swimming pools that had previously been used were no longer available for various reasons, and there was a shortage of people to run the social side.		Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010: the public swimming pools that had previously been used were no longer available for various reasons, and there was a shortage of people to run the social side.

Ross Burgess at 16:24, 15 February 2012

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	</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".		</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".

	At one time the group was known as '''Gymnos 88''', reflecting the fact that it had been re-founded in 1988. In the late 1990s it claimed over 500 members, and around 50 were turning up for the weekly swimming sessions.		At one time the group was known as '''Gymnos 88''', reflecting the fact that it had been re-founded in 1988. In the late 1990s it claimed over 500 members, and around 50 were turning up for the weekly swimming sessions.<ref><cite>[[Gay London]]</cite> (1997) p 119.</ref>

	Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010: the public swimming pools that had previously been used were no longer available for various reasons, and there was a shortage of people to run the social side.		Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010: the public swimming pools that had previously been used were no longer available for various reasons, and there was a shortage of people to run the social side.

Ross Burgess at 16:23, 15 February 2012

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	At one time the group was known as '''Gymnos 88''', reflecting the fact that it had been re-founded in 1988. In the late 1990s it claimed over 500 members, and around 50 were turning up for the weekly swimming sessions.		At one time the group was known as '''Gymnos 88''', reflecting the fact that it had been re-founded in 1988. In the late 1990s it claimed over 500 members, and around 50 were turning up for the weekly swimming sessions.

	Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010.		Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010: the public swimming pools that had previously been used were no longer available for various reasons, and there was a shortage of people to run the social side.

	==External links==		==External links==

Ross Burgess at 16:19, 15 February 2012

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	'''Gymnos''' was a naturist group for men. Most but not necessarily all of its members were gay. It offered regular naturist parties in members' homes, and naturist swimming sessions at several public swimming pools around London.<ref><cite>[[Out of the Shadows]]</cite> edited by Tony Walton. Item on "Naturist Groups"by [[Ross Burgess]] in Chapter 13, "Miscellany".		'''Gymnos''' was a naturist group for men. Most but not necessarily all of its members were gay. It offered regular naturist parties in members' homes, and naturist swimming sessions at several public swimming pools around London.<ref><cite>[[Out of the Shadows]]</cite> edited by Tony Walton. Item on "Naturist Groups"by [[Ross Burgess]] in Chapter 13, "Miscellany".
	</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".		</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".

			At one time the group was known as '''Gymnos 88''', reflecting the fact that it had been re-founded in 1988. In the late 1990s it claimed over 500 members, and around 50 were turning up for the weekly swimming sessions.

	Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010.		Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010.

Ross Burgess at 20:33, 30 October 2011

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	'''Gymnos''' was a naturist group for men. Most but not necessarily all of its members were gay. It offered regular naturist parties in members' homes, and naturist swimming sessions at several public swimming pools around London.<ref><cite>[[Out of the Shadows]]</cite> edited by Tony Walton. Item on "Naturist Groups"by [[Ross Burgess]] in Chapter 13, "Miscellany".		'''Gymnos''' was a naturist group for men. Most but not necessarily all of its members were gay. It offered regular naturist parties in members' homes, and naturist swimming sessions at several public swimming pools around London.<ref><cite>[[Out of the Shadows]]</cite> edited by Tony Walton. Item on "Naturist Groups"by [[Ross Burgess]] in Chapter 13, "Miscellany".
	</ref>		</ref> The name is taken from the Greek word γυμνός meaning "naked".

	Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010.		Gymnos closed down on 31 March 2010.