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Originally Posted by C Dick
Thank you Klondike. In terms of Toronto Pride, I think it is virtually the biggest, Toronto is one of the gayest cities in the world, second perhaps only to San Francisco. We always get more than a million people at the parade. I don't see much French influence, but Toronto is a lot more European than American cities, people are more liberal in many ways. And nudity is virtually legal here in all situations, and it is specifically legal at Pride, nudity is fully legal if it is part of an organized event.
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I agree with C Dick. Canadian society on the whole tends to be more liberal or "European" when it comes to things like nudity and/or sexuality. Especially if you live in a big city. In a lot of ways, it's a non-issue. Sexuality on the whole isn't as contentious a subject in Canada as it is in a lot of other countries.
That's part of why T.O.'s Pride events are always so much fun in my opinion. People don't seem to be afraid to express themselves if they want to. The reactions you most often see when a naked person of either gender walks by are smiles and huge cheers from the crowd. Dirty looks are non-existant. That kind of acceptance just encourages people to let loose and have fun if they so choose. I'd say that 90% of the nudity that happens each year at T.O.'s pride parades are from spectators in the streets, not by anyone marching in the parades (and I'd say most of my own photos from this year prove that, ha). And with hundreds of thousands of pepole turning out each year, that's a lot of public nudity!