If you’re currently on a comedown from Maspalomas Winter Pride, just think how the sand dunes feel.
It’s been reported that The Dunas de Maspalomas Special Nature Reserve – which are one of Gran Canaria’s most famous landmarks (and well-known for cruising) are at risk as one of the last remaining shifting dune systems in Europe.
The dunes are also home to several rare bird populations and three endemic plants species.
A new paper, “Sand, Sun, Sea and Sex with Strangers, the ‘five S’s. Characterizing ‘cruising’ activity and its environmental impacts on a protected coastal dunefield” is delving into the environmental issue.
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They studied the beach during May 2018 (the island’s busiest month of the year due to LGBTQ Pride celebrations) and they noted 298 “sex nests” over two square miles.
It states that the rippled dunes – which have legally been protected since 1972 – are apparently being trashed with used condoms, tissues, beer cans, and cigarette butts. I mean, we’re surprised to hear there were any condoms at all, but one of the authors Patrick Hesp tells The Conversation, that giant lizards are dying after eating them.
“Cruiser trampling” is ruining any vegetation and the dunes have also been used for urinating and defecation.
The more discreet a spot, the worse the sex nest.
The authors of the paper were quick to point out that there was “no intention to criticize some of the LGBTI community,” and that cruising in the dunes is “openly practiced”.
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Dunes are an overlooked part of the marine landscape, and while they attract tourists to the area, this is “a direct cause” of their degradation.
Hesp also added, “We’re not calling for an end to public sex — but we do want people to be aware of the damage it can do.”
So maybe save some sand in your crack and get felt up in the club like you do in your hometown?
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