   The "Lower Mainland", for our purposes, is the city of Vancouver and the surrounding district, from the Georgia Strait, in the Salish Sea, as far east as Mission, BC, and Lake Errock, BC.
   For more about each event, see the listing for the sponsoring group in the sections below. Some events require reservations, memberships, advance permission, etc.
   The index of group abbreviations is the blue section, above.
   All events are nude-friendly, bare as you dare, or topfree, etc., except:

www.queerfilmfestival.ca www.queerfilmfestival.ca/viewshowtime.php?stid=428 *

Look Nude Film Festival International of Vancouver (LNFF)
A Royal Canadian Bare Farce!

   Get in on the "ground floor"! We need organisers to plan our first festival.
   The festival name has a triple meaning: encouraging you to live less vicariously by
   (1) looking at nude people.
   (2) while actually nude yourself (optional).
   (3) The phrase "look nude" also slyly hints at looking as if you are nude when you are not.
   We'll have a discussion after each work screened.
   We could show film, videos, DVDs, television shows, etc.; mainstream and alternative; comedy, drama, and documentaries; new and old; long and short. However, we will not show erotic or violent material.
   Please e-write to
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

Nanaimo nudes (Nn)

   Various activities forseen. Nude gardening by invitation only.
   Group now forming. Reach c/o editor:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

Nude-friendly female club   (Nffc)

   No events are known for females only, or for females and their young children. If you want some such events, NFIR will help you get started. Contact editor:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

Young adult faction (Yaf)

   A new faction is now forming within the nude-friendly movement in BC. They will work on recruitment. Help organise it!   Maybe they'll use social media, such as
www.nudistclubhouse.com .
   You young adults had better get on the ball and do it!
   If you are 18 to 39 years old, please sign up c/o your editor:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

Wreck Beach: see WBPS, the first entry in Section 10, below.

10.   NUDE BEACHES and
       HOT SPRINGS

   First Nations traditionally expect or respect social nudity in many circumstances. Please respect them and their territories: almost all of so-called British Columbia.
   About 95% of ocean, river, and lake coasts in "BC" are nude-friendly. That's because when you and your friends get there—no one else is there! That often happens, even at hot springs.
   Ocean tides:
www.waterlevels.gc.ca/cgi-bin/tide-shc.cgi .

Wreck Beach Preservation Society (WBPS)

   Affiliated with the Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN) (both in Section 14, below).
   Wreck Beach is one of the most popular and well-known nude beaches in the world. It is at Ulksen (or Ulksun) in Coast Salish, which the invaders call Point Grey. The whole 8-km coast within Pacific Spirit Regional Park (around the University of British Columbia or UBC) is defended by the WBPS.
   A second Jane's Walk will be announced. Explore the flora, fauna, geology, and rich ethnographic and cultural history of a selected stretch of 7.8-km long Wreck Beach. Judy Williams is the chair of the Wreck Beach Preservation Society. As this will be along a sand and cobble beach and the weather might be wet, wear suitable footwear and dress accordingly. Birders might wish to bring their binoculars, and proper beach etiquette should be observed, especially with regard to photography. Not wheelchair accessible. Registrants will be notified of starting location. Jane's Walk is held simultaneously in cities across Canada and other countries around the world. Inspired by Jane Jacobs and her belief that in order to know your city "you have to get out and walk."
http://jw10wreckbeachwalkonthewildside1.eventbrite.com/

   The invaders' park authority has designated greater Wreck Beach "clothing optional" from Acadia Beach (see below) west and south to and beyond Trail 7. That designation includes Towers Beach (contrary to Chris Gudgeon's otherwise-good book, The Naked Truth).
   Lawsuit in 2004 against UBC: "UBC, Nudists Duel in the Sand" by Tyler Hopson: foes of planned towers above Wreck Beach fear the cliffs eroding; June 7, 2004.
http://thetyee.ca/News/2004/06/07/UBC_Nudists_Duel_in_the_Sand/
   Buses: Take any bus that goes to the UBC Bus Loop, as below. Bus 99 is quite fast.
—West on 4th Avenude: 4, 44, 84, 258.
—West on Broadway and 10th Avenude: 9, 17, 99, N17.
—West on King Edward and 25th Avenude, etc: 25.
—West on 41st Avenude: 41, 43, 480.
—West on 49th Avenude: 49.
   Then, from the UBC Bus Loop, either walk to Marine Drive or take the C20 bus to Marine Drive, which continue until ~9:20 pm or later—leaving just south of the top of Trail 6 at ~20-minute intervals.
   Bus to Acadia Beach: The buses along 4th Avenude (above) and that little C20 bus are the ones which go a bit closer to this part of the beach. Ask the driver if they can let you off at Chancellor Boulevard and Wesbrook. Then walk northwest on Wesbrook to Marine Drive, then east on Marine. If the C20 won't stop there, ask for Marine Drive and Chancellor Boulevard, then walk east on Marine.
   Map:
www.wreckbeach.org/images/wblocal.gif .

   Your help is needed for the WBPS. Attend meetings, government hearings, fun fund-raisers, etc.
   Get on the WBPS e-announcement list
judyw [insert a with a circle round it] wreckbeach [dot] org
or check frequently:
www.wreckbeach.org .

   WBPS, Box 602, Delta, BC, Canada   V4K 4J7.
   Telephone 604-856-9598, 604-273-6950.
www.wreckbeach.org .
judyw [insert a with a circle round it] wreckbeach [dot] org .

   An auxiliary of WBPS is the Wreck Beach Swim Club, which offers indoor swims: see Section 6.4, above.
   See also the book Wreck Beach in New Star Books, Section 11, below. The book is not endorsed by the WBPS.

Acadia Beach (AB)

   This beach is a section of greater Wreck Beach (see above), between Towers Beach (nude) and Spanish Banks West Beach (textile). All of those are north-east of Ulksen (Point Grey). AB is good for people less physically able, because the trail is very short and gentle. The beach itself is soft sand with some logs and rocks.
   Directions to Acadia Beach: Starting from the top of Trail 6 (the main trail to Wreck Beach), go north on Marine Dr. (the main road around UBC) to the big intersection of Chancellor Blvd. and Marine Dr. Turn left. Continue north, then curving east on NW Marine Dr., which goes downhill. As the road curves right, almost to sea level, there's a small dirt parking lot on the left. It adjoins the beach.
   Directions from beaches to the east (Jericho Beach, Kitsilano, etc.): go west on West 4th Avenue, which turns into NW Marine Dr., winding past popular clothed beaches. After you pass Spanish Banks West Beach, you'll see many trees on the right, before the uphill stretch of Marine Dr. On the right there is a small parking lot adjoining the beach.

Metro Vancouver (MV) (formerly GVRD)

   This government body meets monthly with the WBPS (the above listing):
—Usually third Thursday of the month, starting at 6 or 7 pm (sometimes 8 pm in summer):   Metro Vancouver (MV) monthly meetings with WBPS, 4915 West 16th Avenue (in a trailer in Pacific Spirit Park), Vancouver; for dates, etc., see calendar at top.*
   Meetings moved temporarily, until further notice (?), to
            Airport Square building,
            1200 West 73rd Avenue (at Hudson Street), Vancouver.
      That is near the north foot of the Granville Street Bridge (which connects Vancouver and Richmond), facing west (toward Arthur Laing Bridge). Heavy traffic in area.

Nude Beach Boat-Pool (NBB)

   A free service in BC (especially Wreck Beach) to connect:
      1. Those of you who have watercraft with which you can take one or more people to and/or from a nude beach.
      2. Those of you who have difficulty hiking to or from your desired part of a nude beach.

   Such trips could be one-way or both ways. It could be free, for barter, etc.—whatever you arrange.
   Vessels could be sail boats, row boats, canoes, power boats, etc.
   Please always use flotation-vests, even when naked otherwise! And sail sober!
   Arrange trips as far ahead as possible, please. No guarantees of a match or of satisfaction.
   E-write to
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

Crescent Rock Beach (CRB)

   Used nude since ~1957 (and earlier) unofficially. In south-west Surrey around Kwomais Point.
   6.5 km long: south from Crescent Beach (in south-west Surrey), then east to White Rock.
   For nudity, use any shore out of sight of trains and of passers-by on paths above the beach.
   3 main naturist areas:
   1. Most-used part: from Crescent Beach, walk south 10 min.; or from west end of 24th Ave., descend "101 Steps", then south 200 m (just south of the giant Crescent Rock Boulder) and around the next point (another 200 m — until sand ends and shore is seen from tracks).
   2. From Ocean Park area of Surrey, go west on 15A Avenue to its end. Descend "1001 Steps". Walk north 500 m to railway marker "126 mile" (=203 km); many raised beds built above high tide.
   3. From White Rock, go south on 140th Street = Nichol Road. Respect parking rules. Continue to end, Terry Road, then left (east) 1 block to stairs. Descend to beach, then 1 km right (west) to railway marker "124 Mile" (=200 km) on tracks, just inside Surrey. Use next 1.6 km of beach.
   Buses: Routes 351, 352, C50, and C51.
   See Surrey's United Naturists (SUN) in Section 9. Non-landed groups, above.

Prior Lake Club (PL)

   Prior Lake has a long-established nude section. It is west of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, and north-east of Thetis Lake in Thetis Lake Park.
   We need a contact for them. In the meantime, ask Arbutus Park Club in Section 9, Non-landed groups, above.
   Map:
www.crd.bc.ca/parks/documents/thetis_lake_web_map.pdf .

Little Tribune Bay (LTB)

   Long-time, small, unofficial, nude beach on the coast of Hornby Island (off the east central coast of Vancouver Island).
   Contact needed. Please e-write to:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

Third Beach Topfree (3BT)

   Some women have made the north end of Third Beach into another popular topfree area for everyone, as of 2009. (Not nude.) That is in western Stanley Park in north-central Vancouver, BC.
   Theoretically, all public places are topfree in Canada, although that is practiced seldom by females.   See legality, below, in Section 11, TERA.
   Contact c/o Burning Man Vancouver (below, in Section 13):
bmvan [insert a with a circle round it] yahoogroups [dot] com .

North-West Hot Springs (NWHS)

   Nude-friendly hot springs in BC and in the USA's Pacific North-West.
www.nwhotsprings.net/british_columbia.htm for the ones in BC.

Clothing Optional BC (COBC)

   (Basically, clothing optional means the same as nude optional.)
http://members.shaw.ca/co-bc .

11.
FREEDOM AMONG TEXTILES
(and miscellaneous groups)

   The teasing nick-name "textiles" means people who wear textile (or other attire) socially to hide their genitals, breasts, bums, etc.
   So this section "freedom among textiles" includes possibilities for being nude or topfree non-commercially and non-offencively among clothed people, including when not expected.

   The first 8 below relate to topfreedom.

Topfree Equality Rights Association (TERA) /
Association du droit égal aux seins nus

   Your equal right to remove your top in public and bare your chest, regardless of your sex, is legally established in BC, Ontario, and Manitoba (denied in Saskatchewan). That is a return to First Nations custom—and a great boon to breastfeeding. Places includes beaches, parks, pools, sidewalks, your own property, and some private businesses and premises open to the public. Wherever one sex can bare their chests in public sight, so can the other. See equal rights section of the Canadian Constitution. (Web site?)
   (Such rights are established also in parts of the USA: California coast; New York state; Hawaii; Maine; Ohio; Texas; Washington, DC; etc. Europe and Australia are generally much more advanced.)
   Even if the authorities illegally harass you, if you're calm and respectful, they'll generally give you just a warning so that you can avoid arrest, fines, etc. Then you either cover up or wait while they check with their supervisors and illegally detain you.
   In BC, cite the court case Maple Ridge vs. Meyer, 2000 June 8
www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb%2Dtxt/sc/00/09/s00%2D0902.htm
2000 BCSC 902, Docket # A 972072, Registry Vancouver. The case document is also at:
www.tera.ca/legal.html#Meyer .
   For problems with Vancouver city parks staff at beaches, parks, pools, community centres, etc., cordially remind them of the letter that all staff got from the parks department. That letter (approximately 2000 June) instructed their staff to comply with that court ruling.
   We have a report of occasional topfree at Kitsilano Beach.
   Breastfeeding while hiding most of your breasts is even less likely to draw illegal and immoral harassment (from the authorities and others). If you are bolder, though, you'll enhance your rights and increase your mother-child love by letting your child see more and feel more of you, which also lets your child learn your pride.
   Mail: TERA, Box 81128 FGPO, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada L9G 4X1.
   Telephone 905-304-4836 (Ontario).
www.tera.ca
topfree [insert a with a circle round it] tera [dot] ca
topfree [insert a with a circle round it] topfree [dot] ca .
   For more topfree, see also the following, in this section, below:
—Topfree swims.
—Dykes on Bikes.
—CFOX Radio.
—Vancouver Folk Music Festival.
—Take Back the Night.
and
—Third Beach Topfree in Section 10, above.

Topfree swims (Ts)

   Theoretically, all public swims are topfree in Canada, although that is practiced seldom by females. That legal precedent was set in BC in 2000 June 8 (see TERA, in this section, adjacent entry, above).
   To attend one at which you will be assured to be topfree with at least one other female besides yourself, or to organise such, you may ask c/o your editor:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .
   See also BMV (below) for a new topfree beach.

Dykes on Bikes (DB)

   A group of lesbian motorbikers. Some ride topfree.
—TENTATIVE 2011 July or August. DB lead the Dyke March.
—TENTATIVE 2011 July or August. DB lead the Pride Parade (VPS, this section, above).
   (Would they welcome cyclists also?)
   See also TERA, in this section, above.
http://bykedykes.vancouverleather.com . (seems not working)

Take Back the Night (TBN)

   Night march of feminists who insist that women should be free to be out at night without fear. Occasionally some of the marchers are topfree. In the Vancouver, BC, area. To be announced. Past marches have been in the autumn. Men are invited to stand at the sidelines in solidarity.   Presented by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter.
www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/events/index.html#tbtn .

Vancouver Folk Music Festival (VFMF)

    Large, progressive, annual event. Music and booths are both inside the fenced area (paid admission) and outside, in an area with no admission charge, to the northwest. Usually some women are topfree, inside and out. See TERA, at the top of this section.
www.thefestival.bc.ca .
—TENTATIVE 2011 mid-July. NFIR topfree booth (promoting topfreedom and nudity, and book sales) outside north-west fence of the VFMF Festival at the beach (free—no ticket required if you stay outside the festival fence). Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC. A pro-nude (possibly topfree) booth might be inside the fence, too (ticket required).
Contact:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

CFOX 99.3 FM Radio

   Commercial radio station CFOX 99.3 FM started their Annual Topless Train-ride of Fun in 2007. I guess they haven't heard that the liberated term is now "topfree".
   Their second one, 2008 March 14, was busted by the Vancouver Police. See news story below in Section 15, News.
   They have not responded to NFIRC requests for information about 2009 or later events. If you have heard them announce it on their radio programme, please tell us.
   They invite everyone to ride topfree with them. Promoted on the station's Jeff O'Neil programme, weekdays 6-10 am. One picture in photo section about 90% of the way down the page:
www.cfox.com/shows/oneil.cfm?rem=9132&jor=9132&var=morn
   They say "Prizes for the loveliest and most creative people!" That and other things on Jeff's Web pages indicate that maybe they need us nudists and topfrees to teach them a bit more liberation, so they can be less sleazy. However, let's hope for the best. See TERA entry, above.
   Cost to attend is only the usual 3-zone transit fare or pass.
www.cfox.com .

Vancouver Pride Society (VPS)

   Celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transvestite, questioning, etc. people (LGBTTQ). Annual July or August parade (might be the biggest parade of any kind in BC). To walk nude in this public parade, men can contact P-CAN (Section 9, above). In the 2010 parade, a man in another contiguent was nude.
   Also, some women are topfree in the parade, including many of the Dykes on Bikes (listing below), who lead the parade on motorcycles.
   Many other events, too, in addition to the parade, mostly in the week before the parade.
www.vancouverpride.ca/event-details.cfm?pageid=30&id=154 .
—TENTATIVE 2011 July or August. Pride Parade (LGBTTQ); Dykes on Bikes lead parade, some topfree (this section, below), other occasional topfree throughout, including spectators, TENTATIVELY, P-CAN men march nude in it (others can join them) (Section 9, above); Robson & Thurlow, to Sunset Beach, West End, Vancouver, BC.

World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR)

   Bare as you dare on a bicycle. You need not be completely naked to join this event. Police might arrest you for nudity, but haven't yet in BC (since 2002). Minors attending would be risky.
   Nevertheless, topfree is perfectly legal in the ride in BC: see TERA above at the top of this section.
   Daring nude and near-nude cyclists tour city together. They get away with it in many cities. Also they use other human-powered vehicles and skates (getting behind could be a problem).
   Register for ride:
http://nakedwiki.org/index.php?title=Vancouver
www.worldnakedbikeride.org (includes other cities).
   Telephone 604-537-2044 or 215-9395,
http://nakedwiki.org/index.php?title=Vancouver
   To help organize, e-mail Jessica Rabbit:
touchmeirock [insert a with a circle round it] gmail [dot] com .

   The documentary movie about WNBR is called Indecent Exposure to Cars: The Story of the World Naked Bike Ride; rated PG, DVD 15 $. For a review, see archives, below, Section 18.
www.worldnakedbikeride.org/movie/movie.htm
   The first Vancouver naked ride was 2002 January 17. The first WNBR was 2004 June 10 in Vancouver.

Critical Mass (CM)

   Usually a clothed group. They have fun, political, group bicycle rides in Vancouver. Many of the same people as WNBR, above.   Ocassionally they have had a nude, near-nude, or undergarment theme, etc. for their ride.   It will be listed in this calendar when we hear that they will.
   They say that they don't believe in leaders. Route is spontaneous.
   Last Friday of every month, 5:30 p.m., Vancouver Artgallery, 850 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC.
www.velolove.bc.ca .
vancouver [insert a with a circle round it] velolove [dot] bc [dot] ca .

Kokoro Dance (KD)

   This professional dance troupe often performs artistic dance on stage while nude or near nude.
   Besides that, they also perform an annual nude dance at Wreck Beach. That is usually in July or August during a very low tide on a week-end, rain or shine. Contact them to be one of the performing dancers. (The class costs money.)
   In 2008, they started performing also at Mystic Beach, (outside Jordan River), near Sooke, south Vancouver Island, BC.
   Fusing butoh choreography with the beach; nude dancers (white make-up) explore the sand and water.
   Watch them by donation. No unauthorised photography, please.
—TENTATIVE 2011 July or August. Kokoro Dance's Wreck Beach Butoh; foot of trail 4, below Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver, BC. Annual, fusing butoh choreography with the majestic landscape of Wreck Beach; nude dancers (white make-up) exploring the sand and water. By donation, rain or shine. No photography.
   Telephone 604-662-7441.
www.kokoro.ca .
www.dancevictoria.com/community/index.htm .

New Star Books (NSB), publisher of the book, Wreck Beach

   NSB published Carellin Brooks' book, Wreck Beach, an illustrated guide to Vancouver's world-famous nude beach (Transmontanus series 16). Published 2007 August. It includes history, how-to, watch-for, interviews, and future. Now 19 $ new in most bookstores and at some nude-friendly events and sites. In many public libraries. Banned on BC Ferries by Jim Pattison's distribution company.
   See about book reviews, including by your NFIRC editor, in Section 15, News, below.
   Telephone 604-738-9429.
http://newstarbooks.com/event.asp .
   For more about the beach, see "Wreck Beach Preservation Society" in Section 10, first sub-section, above. The WBPS neither publishes nor endorses the book.

Vegan Voices (V V)

   Some nude and near-nude protests.
www.VeganVoices.org .

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA)

   Some nude and near-nude protests.
www.peta.org .

Other urgent, necessary body freedoms
(besides nudity and topfree)

   Back to Nurture (BN) parenting, Vancouver:
www.alternatives.com/backtonurture/ .
   La Leche League (LLL), mother-to-mother breastfeeding information and support by volunteers.
Telephones Vancouver 604-520-4623, Victoria 250-727-4384;
www.lllc.ca .
   National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) against male and female genital mutilation,
info [insert a with a circle round it] nocirc [dot] org ,
www.nocirc.org .
   International Coalition for Genital Integrity (ICGI), against male and female mutilation,
www.icgi.org .
   Secular Organization for Sobriety (SOS), non-religious,
www.secularsobriety.org .
   Rational Recovery (RR) from psycho-active drugs (including alcohol); non-religious,
www.rational.org .
   Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Vancouver meetings (atheists welcome),
www.vancouveraa.ca/directory.pdf .
   Narcotics Anonymous (NA) (atheists welcome),
www.na.org .

12.   POLITICAL PARTIES

          With nude-friendly policies, though not all of their events allow nudity.

The Nude Garden Party (NGP)

   www.members.shaw.ca/vngp .
nudegardenparty [insert a with a circle round it] shaw [dot] ca .

The Green Party (GP)

   www.greenparty.ca
   www.greenparty.bc.ca .

The Work Less Party (WLP)

   Telephone 604-537-2044.
www.WorkLessParty.org .
coordinator [insert a with a circle round it] worklessparty [dot] org .

The Sex Party of BC (SP)

   This group promotes the rights of everyone to be nude voluntarily, in agreement with the nudist movement. However, their main goals also include: free and open sexuality; and more and better sex.
   In partial contrast, the mainstream nudist movement is mostly neutral about, or opposed to, open sexuality, at least at their own events and sites. (See also above, Section 5.3.a.)
   Therefore, there is an overlap between the 2 different movements.
www.thesexparty.ca .
info [insert a with a circle round it] thesexparty [dot] ca .

Other parties

   The Libertarian Party includes many who argue on libertarian principles in favour of open nudity. We have requested from the BC Libertarian Party their official policy (2010 March).

   You may ask also for an article in our archives about streaking in another political party.

13.   E-GROUPS

Vancouver Nudists (VN)

   Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouver_nudists .

Naked Iconoclasts Fighting The Yoke (NIFTY)

   Their main listing is in Section 6.5 (last group), above.
   Their Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nifty_vancouver .

Canadian Naturist Group (CNG)

Yahoo group:
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/canadian_naturist_group .

Burning Man Vancouver (BMV) and
Burn BC (BBC)

   A group of locals who attend or promote Burning Man, an annual radical art and nude-optional festival in Nevada, USA. (See also below, Section 14, sub-section "Outside of BC", #4.)
—2010 August 30-September 6. Burning Man Festival, Nevada.
   See also news article, below, in Section 15. (near the end of the section).
   They have e-groups.
bmvan [insert a with a circle round it] yahoogroups [dot] com
www.burningman.com .

Third Beach Topfree (3BT)

   Some local women "Burners" (see above) have made the north end of Third Beach in Stanley Park into another popular topfree place.
   (Theoretically, all public places are topfree in Canada, although that is practiced seldom by females.   See legality, see above, in Section 11, TERA.)

Nudist Clubhouse (NC)

   Recommended by the AANR (Section 14, below).
   Like FaceBook for nudists, they say. World-wide.
www.nudistclubhouse.com .
   (That is not to be confused with FVNC's clubhouse, an actual building, mentioned in Section 9, above.)

OTHERS

For other Web services you might use, see Section 17, below:
the article, "Proposals . . ." and within that article, Sub-section C.10.

Wreck Beach Memories (WBM)

   This e-group disbanded early~ 2009.

14.   AFFILIATIONS    and
           GROUPS OUTSIDE B.C.

   Membership in one group in an affiliation usually lets you visit the other groups in the same affiliation. It sometimes lets you visit groups in other affiliations.
   They all have national and/or international headquarters outside BC.

Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN)

   Their 3 landed clubs in BC are Van Tan N. Club (Section 7, above), Sol Santé (Section 8, above), and Sunny Trails Club (Section 8, above).
   Their 3 non-landed clubs in BC are Cariboo Nudist Society (Section 9, above), Okanagan Shuswap Nudist Society (Section 9, above), and the Wreck Beach Preservation Society (Section 10, above).
   F.C.N., P.O. Box 186, Station D, Etobicoke, ON, Canada   M9A 4X2.
   Telephone 416-410-NUDE (=6833); toll-free in Canada and USA 888-512-NUDE (=6833).
www.fcn.ca .
information [insert a with a circle round it] fcn [dot] ca .

The Naturist Society (NS)

   A large group promoting mostly beach and public-wilderness sites and activities. Mostly in North America. (Also abbreviated "TNS".)
   Mail: The Naturist Society, P.O. Box 132
               Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA   54903.
   Telephone 920-426-5009; fax: 920-426-5184.
www.naturistsociety.com .
naturist [insert a with a circle round it] naturistsociety [dot] com .

American Association for Nude Recreation   (AANR)

   Hundreds of member resorts and clubs in Canada, the USA, and a few other places. For the 7 in BC, see the next group below (AANR-WC).
   Telephone toll-free 800-TRY-NUDE (=800-879-6833).
   Telephone 407-933-2064; fax 407-933-7577.
   AANR, 1703 North Main St. Suite E; Kissimmee, FL, USA 34744.
   For free periodic e-news, ask:
try-nude [insert a with a circle round it] aanr [dot] com .
www.aanr.com .

American Association for Nude Recreation—
Western Canadian Region   (AANR-WC)
(formerly Western Canadian Association for Nude Recreation - WCANR; re-named 2008 August)

   This is one of the regional subdivisions of the AANR (the entry above). The AANR-WC includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
   They have 7 clubs in BC (followed by section numbers in parentheses to read more about them, above, on this page):
   Their 3    landed clubs in BC are VT (6. & 8.), SS (8.), and   STC (8.).
   Their 4 non-landed clubs in BC are FVNC (9.), OSNS (7. & 9.),
CNS (7. & 9.), and APC (7. & 9.).
   Mail: AANR-WC, PO Box 1113, Station M,
              Calgary, Alberta, Canada   T2P 2K9.
www.wcanr.ca/bc_clubs.htm .

International Naturist Federation   (INF) /
La Fédération Naturiste Internationale   (FNI)

   The biggest naturist and nudist affiliation, by far. It is world-wide.
   INF Office, St. Hubertusstraat 5, BE-2600 Antwerp, Belgium, Europe.
   Telephone 32 3 230 05 72; fax 32 3 281 26 07.
naturism [insert a with a circle round it] inf-fni [dot] org .
www.inf-fni.org .

Outside of BC   (4 individual groups)

   1. Helios Edmonton Club; Edmonton, Alberta; indoor swims: www.freewebs.com/heliosnudistassociation/winterswims.htm .
   2. Sunny Chinnoks Club; Calgary, Alberta; indoor swims:
www.sunnychinooks.com/3.html .
   3. SLUGS (Sun Lovers Under Gray Skies) a non-landed club.
P.O. Box 185, Seattle, WA, USA   98111.
Telephone 206-344-NUDE (=6833).
slugs [insert a with a circle round it] slimetrail [dot] org
info    [insert a with a circle round it] slimetrail [dot] org
                               (the above is for automated basic info)
www.slimetrail.org
www.slimetrail.org/Calendar/Activity_Calendar.html
www.cityofseattle.net/parks/aquatics/ballardp.htm
http://pattisonswest.net
talkgood [insert a with a circle round it] me [dot] com
   4. Burning Man Festival, near Gerlach, Nevada, USA; north of Reno on aboriginal reservation; late August and/or early September, annually. A radical participatory art and nude-optional festival in the desert.
—2010 August or September. Burning Man Festival.
   See news about a group going there from BC in Section 15, below next, near the end.
   See "Burning Man Vancouver" Yahoo group in Section 13, above.
www.burningman.com .
bmvan [insert a with a circle round it] yahoogroups [dot] com .

15. NEWS and LETTERS
             (In order of newest to oldest)

Celebration of the 40th anniversary of
the Nude-In at Wreck Beach
2010 August 22, Sunday, 2-9 pm.
         (one day before the actual anniversary)
Followed by general discussion.
Near the foot of Trail 6, Wreck Beach (Ulksen Beach),
in so-called Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, BC.

by "Mr. Natural" (Korky Day), organiser of the original Nude-In.

   Come and re-live those days of youthful rebellion, naturalness, innovation, elation, solidarity, freedom, intelligence, change, hope, love, and peace. Go nude unless you're too cowardly, repressed, or rude. Bring sunscreen. Please respect everyone's right to refuse photography.
   When I was 22 years old, in 1970, I was frustrated that the Vancouver area had no nude beach of which I was aware. So I announced a Nude-In (inspired by civil rights "sit-ins", etc.) for 1970 August 23, Sunday, in the radical newspaper of which I was one of the collective owners, the Georgia Straight.
   Then people told me that there was already a local nude beach that was not very well-known: Wreck Beach. Some were fearful that I would spoil it, their secret skinny-dipping spot, with publicity and hordes of attenders. Others welcomed nudists coming out of the closet.   Arrests ensued. Court cases. Victory. No one charged with nudity in the following 40 years.
   Let us acknowledge our debt and gratitude to the First Nations, including the Musqueam, who of course have sovereignty over Wreck Beach. The greedy, criminal, invader governments (Canada and the provinces) continue, generation after generation, to refuse to negotiate aboriginal land claims in good faith.
   Point Grey is "Ulksen" in Musqueam, I've read. The First Nations had no swimsuits or, as far as I can tell, little or no false modesty. They lived largely nude, weather permitting. Then those hang-ups were imposed on the indigeni nations by the European invaders, including their missionaries.
   At this event I hope to provoke a good discussion of the successes, failures, and future of Wreck Beach. Will successive generations of humans defend or neglect what we hippies, nudists, and allies tried to create? Will the moneyed and prudish interests finally get their road on the beach all around the peninsula?
   Please contact me ahead of the celebration with offers of participation, questions, suggestions, etc.:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .
   --published here 2010 August 11.

New movie Babies now in theatres

French title Bébé(s)
Review by Korky Day.

   A documentary movie by French men about 4 babies from 4 countries is not considered fit for all audiences in the USA. I saw it 2010 May 11 in a small theatre holding maybe 50 women and 3 men (I'm in the second category). We saw scenes in Mongolia, Japan, Namibia, and the USA continually inter-spliced.
   The USA authorities gave it a PG classification: "parental guidance". Are they trying to protect tender eyes from the sight of one baby slapping another? Gosh, no, they are paranoid about the sight of breastfeeding! They lie through their teeth and call it "cultural and maternal nudity throughout". Seeing only breasts is not "nudity"!  We were shown no vaginas, merely a couple of baby penises.
   Furthermore, the numbskull authorities don't understand that all nudity is "cultural". The sight of naughty bits was occasional, not "throughout", and mostly in Namibia. Nobody over the age of one appeared to be a real nudist.
   What this commercial release seemed to be attempting was to entertain us while opening our minds to other cultures' ways of upbringing. A modest goal, and it succeeded.
   A more helpful, more urgent goal would have been to present real evidence about the health and sustainability of various child-raising practices. Instead, we who are already well-informed will notice the superiority of old traditions like breastfeeding, while the naive will judge the 2 bottle-fed babies in the 2 modern countries to be doing fine and maybe even being better raised than the 2 exclusively-breastfed babies.
   All in all, though, Babies is much better than America's Funniest Home Videos. Men, risk the boredom of a movie without car chases or sex. See it with a woman about whom you care.

France; 79 minutes.
Official Web site:
www.focusfeatures.com/focusfeatures/film/babies/    and
www.focusfeatures.com/article/babies___meet_the_parents
See also:
www.imdb.com/title/tt1020938/
-- 2010 May 12, revised 2010 August 10.

Place needed on Hornby Island for week-end

Letter from Arbutus Park Club (Section 9, above):

   Arbutus Park Club is looking for someone on Hornby Island who may allow us to use their property for a weekend of camping. We would prefer to stay on someone's property who enjoys the same interests as our Club, which is to have an enjoyable nude day at the beach. It appears the campgrounds on Hornby have a set rule about a minimum 2-night stay, which some of our group just wouldn't be able to do.
   Some of our group would be able to take the Friday off work to come up and get things set-up and organized and the rest would be joining us on Saturday for a one night stay.
   Anyone who would be willing to accommodate our group I'd be happy to hear from you. You can e-mail me at this address so that I can get in touch with you, and hopefully, make arrangements for a fun up-coming summer event.

Thank you for your consideration,
Rosi
arbutusparkswim [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] ca
    —Added here 2010 January 15.

Vote in DemoChoice's polls on body exposure

   The great e-poll service DemoChoice lets the public rank their choices in numerical order of preference. Few other public polls do so, unfortunately.
   As anyone can, your editor recently posted 2 questions there. You can vote on those 2 and see the results so far. (I have other polls there that you can answer, too.)
   When voting, you are not required to rank ALL the choices.
   Here is how to vote on the 2 relating to nudity:

www.demochoice.org/dcballot.php?norot=on&poll=menexposur
"What of men you want to see in public"

www.demochoice.org/dcballot.php?norot=on&poll=womexposur
"What of women you want to see in public"

   The answers that you can rank (as to what you want to see) are the same for each of those 2 polls. They are:
1. Nothing exposed: all covered.
2. Just eyes.
3. Just face.
4. Face and lower head.
5. Whole head.
6. Face, lower head, and hands.
7. Whole head and hands.
8. Eyes, hands, and feet.
9. Eyes, midriff, hands, and feet.
10. Face, hands, and feet.
11. Face, lower head, hands, and feet.
12. Whole head, hands, and feet.
13. Face, lower head, hands, feet, arms, and calves.
14. Whole head, hands, feet, arms, and calves.
15. Face, lower head, hands, feet, arms, calves, and lower thighs.
16. Whole head, hands, feet, arms, calves, and lower thighs.
17. Whole head, limbs, back, and shoulders.
18. Whole head, limbs, back, shoulders, and belly.
19. Whole head, limbs, back, shoulders, belly, and buttocks.
20. Whole head, limbs, and upper torso, except nipples.
21. Whole head, limbs, buttocks, and upper torso, except nipples.
22. Whole head, limbs, and upper torso.
23. Whole head, limbs, buttocks, and upper torso.
24. Everything exposed except nipples.
25. Everything exposed.
26. Whatever they want to show.
27. Uncertain.
28. No preference.
29. Other.

End of DemoChoice poll article. —Added 2010 January 1~.

Movie review
Dust and Illusions (A History of Burning Man)
Directed by Olivier Bonin.
Movie review by Korky Day,
2009 July 13, revised December 29.

   Dust and Illusions is intriguing, well-done, thought-provoking, and illuminating (pardon the pun!). However, I still am not sure if I ever want to attend the festival. I like art, but having so much of it over-sized seems a waste. Burning is a waste and harms nature. Fireworks are symbolic of war and horror. Perhaps all that fits with the male megalomaniacal destructive themes and nature of the event, even though some of the art is shown being made by women.
   We learn in the movie that Burning Man has always been male-dominated. The movie was also very male-dominated (director, narrator, most interviewees, etc.).
   I would have liked to see scenes of walking around in the daytime and seeing what art and activities people brought that were not huge, not burning, and not subsidized by ticket sales. I've heard that such things there are quite amazing.
   Also, I'm attracted to Burning Man's camping, community spirit, near total lack of selling (not mentioned in the movie), potential for liberation, fun, and nudity. I'm repelled by the widespread use of what I call "drope" (alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, pharmaceuticals, grass, and other drugs).
   A veteran female attender told me that at the event there's a lot of sex with people whose ability to consent is impaired by drope, including the date-rape drug. That was mentioned only obliquely in the movie.
   The movie mentioned "deadly accidents" at the event, but left it unclear how many deaths.
   It seems the sympathetic director's intent was to help "Burners" improve their event. Dust and Illusions is a fine attempt at that. I hope it succeeds.
   See http://dustandillusions.com

End of movie review. —Added 2009 Aug. 1~.

5 new nude groups need organisers

   Five proposed new nude-friendly and topfree groups in "BC" are now recruiting organisers. (The group names below are interim names.)
   1. Young adult faction (Yaf), age 18-39. (Section 9, above.)
   2. Nanaimo nudists (Nn) for central Vancouver Island. (Section 9, above.)
   3. Nude-friendly female club (Nffc). Females and their small offspring. (Section 9, above.)
   4. Topfree swims (Ts). Outings at non-nude public pool sessions and non-nude beaches, etc. (Section 11, above.)
   5. Look Nude Film Festival International of Vancouver (LNFF). (Section 9, above.)
   Sign up now! E-write to those groups c/o
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .
   Do you want to help to start some group different from those, or in some other part of "BC"? Tell us!

News added for 2008 August:

2 new groups "launched"!

   Here are 2 new exciting efforts in the nude-friendly community in the Lower Mainland of "BC":
   Nude Beach Boat-Pool (NBB), which matches people with watercraft going to Wreck Beach (or other nude beaches) with people who can't use the trails. See the listing in Section 10, above.
   Look Nude Film Festival International of Vancouver (LNFF), an annual festival of movies and shorts (pardon the expression). They are all about genuine social nudity—movies to be looked at by a nude audience, preferably. Volunteer to plan and to present this! See the listing above in Section 9.

Letter from the Mother of Topfree in BC

2008 March 19
To the editor,
   About five years ago Evangeline [Godron] and I went topfree (on public transit) from Maple Ridge to White Rock and back. We could have walked to White Rock faster. I have photos of Evangeline being harrassed at the Surrey SkyTrain station (by the RCMP) she never did put her top on and neither did I.
   I tried to take photos of the RCMP officers and they hid their faces. I told the RCMP officers they hid their faces in shame. Thank goodness for freedom of speech!
   Every time Evangeline and I changed our mode of public transportation the police boarded whatever we were riding and demanded we leave. We said one word: no. We would wrap our legs areound the chair we were sitting on and I showed the police my case documents, and section 15 (equality) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and they backed off. In fact, I carried extra copies of my case and I would offer my case to the police.
   Tell women that since men go topfree in public, including public transit, then so can women. Women can go topfree on public property any time they want. If no one believes me I will go topfree on the bus and on SkyTrain.
      —from Linda Meyer, A.A.B.A.P.B.D., Independent Scholar.

New vegetarian restaurant socials after NIFTY swims

Written after the successful event (2008 June; revised 2010 8 10)

   We were happy to get 4 nudists brave enough to try a vegetarian restaurant, unlike the previous attempts! Who knew a carrot was so scary?! For more about it, see:

Written after the (pardon the expression:) "dud" event (2008 February)

   Vancouver-area nudes haven't tried a meatless restaurant as a group for a few years. (It then was the Naam Restaurant on 4th Avenue, just east of sp? MacDonald St.)
   Therefore, your editor invited you to come to one (clothed), starting after the 2008 February NIFTY swim. All of you chickened out (pardon the expression!) Come on, naked people, one vegetarian meal isn't going to ruin your life! Some of you definitely need to be healthier, so why don't you try again?
   The restaurant is near Templeton Pool and is called Deserts, the Falafel Oasis (named after the desert land of North Africa, not "desserts" with 3 "S"s). 905 Commercial Drive, about 5 blocks west of the pool. It's semi-cafeteria style, so you won't have to wait long. Brown rice dishes, smoothies, tabbouleh salad, etc. Some is mildly spicy. Pay only for the food you order, if any. Low prices, too. Chef's special dinner is only 6 $. They have a nice deck outside. Restaurant telephones 604-251-4171, 568-0776. For dates, see calendar at top.

Costs, rides, or other problems?

   If you or your associates are not attending many of these events, why not? The event organisers or we might be able to help:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

Nude-friendly goes cyber

   To remain successful, nude-friendly groups, activities, and sites often e-announce. Give them your e-address, we suggest.

Lend nude-friendly movies, recordings, literature, etc.

   We might like to have more showings. For instance, please lend to NFIR these AANR movies: # 302 (13 US$) and # 540 (15 US$): members' prices. Another, "Welcome to Our World" (~12 min.) is 10 $, non-members' price.
www.aanr.com . Please contact NFIR Calendar publisher below in Section 20.

16. NUDE-FRIENDLY HUMOUR

   This section has been removed. For information about it, please contact the editor:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

17. NUDE-FRIENDLY ARTICLES

   For other articles by your editor about nudity, click on the link on the upper left corner of this page called Part 3: Nude-peace.

Most popular answer about crying child on Yahoo Questions is crazy
They failed even to mention breastfeeding or topfree

   On any Yahoo question, the answer voted the most popular might be all wrong. Not only the general public, but even the mainstream "experts" are often wrong.
   The problem of a child crying is treated as a discipline problem in the answer in the link below. No, a crying child is not a bad child who is trying to spoil your normal life, as they implied. The child is usually crying to be breastfed, which they need, or for some other non-malicious reason. A naturally raised child might need to breastfeed several times an hour, not just several times a day, as most Western experts stupidly say.
   To freely breastfeed is why almost all your female ancestors were topfree—so the children could have a few sucks any time. That's natural and healthy. If you don't like that, don't be a parent. Any less breastfeeding will damage your child's physical and emotional health. And will damage the mother's physical and emotional health.

   Reference:
http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgAM0T41n0dWSq1MwHjeIDfpFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20070410065005AAcfmYY
   —Korky Day, 2010 January 5, revised April 28.

Added 2009 October (revised 2010 2 16):

Legality of topfree and nudity

   Below is our answer to a reader's enquiry regarding Canadian law.
   This is not legal advice. Confirm with a lawyer.

Topfree
   Topfree means bare-chested males and females. Canada's constitution quarantees sexual equality. Such equality has been proven in the courts of BC and Ontario for chests. Elsewhere you might have to be the first to prove likewise in court. If you are suckling a child you have even further legal and moral reason to uncover your chest.
   Equality means that on all public property, if one sex is allowed to be topfree, the other sex is, too. That includes public beaches, streets, parks, and pools. That also includes private property, if the owner allows it, even if visible from public property.
   If you are topfree in a place where neither sex is allowed to be topfree, they can make you comply or leave. Even there, however, bare-chestedness is not in itself a criminal offence.
   Unfortunately, many police and people in the public don't know the constitution, so they might hassle you. Fortunately, they won't get a conviction, unless the court precedents are disregarded or unless you are in Saskatchewan. The precedents will probably hold in today's political climate. The authorities will back down when their superior officer clues them in, or else if you back down. For more, see TERA, above, in Section 12.
   For other provinces, the same might be the case, but will have to be proven in a test case in court. Volunteer defendants and lawyers?

Nudity
   Public nudity is a more complex issue than topfree. Unlike topfree, nudity is a criminal offence: the Nudity Act in the federal criminal code. That applies everywhere that others can see you, including your neighbour peeking over your fence to see you lying down sunbathing.
   However, the act requires all prosecutions to be approved by the provincial attorney-general. He is highly unlikely to prosecute at Wreck Beach because Metro Vancouver (the regional district) has declared it to be "clothing-optional". But legally he still could, but he would not get a lasting conviction.
   For Vancouver's annual Pride Parade, he hasn't prosecuted those nude in the parade, and is unlikely to do so, because the people who would be offended don't like gays and so wouldn't watch the parade, anyway.
   For the World Naked Bike Ride, the nudes go by so fast, on-lookers hardly have time to be offended. Besides, their genitals are not easy to see when they are cycling. Also, they seem so harmless and exuberant. Also, there is legal ambiguity about whether you are nude if you have shoes on. But you are at a much higher risk of a criminal charge and conviction if you try it without many nudes with you! Also, bringing a minor is risky.

Added for 2009 February:

Clothing generally is offencive; nudity creates solidarity

by Korky Day

   Many people cry that nudity is offencive (British spelling). Does it occur to them that merely being clothed might be offencive?
   I am not referring to the case of clothing with something offencive on it, like a Nazi swastika or a Confederate flag. Neither do I mean that the clothing is ugly or dirty. I mean just the fact that someone is clothed when it's warm enough to be naked and some place where the "textile" (clothed person) isn't going to be busted, and they have no other good excuse. Yes, then their being clothed does offend me! I'll explain.
   Actually, I think everyone has a similar feeling of offence that I do, but it might be subconscious or the feeling might be obscured by other strong feelings.
   I think that it is just a natural, animal feeling that when someone unnecessarily hides all or part of themself from you, you feel that they don't trust you and/or don't like you. Like if someone wears sunglasses, especially when out of the sun. That can be disconcerting in the same way.
   When people are dressed all alike voluntarily, that can help them create a feeling of solidarity that they have something in common, like a volleyball team. Even more so if they are all naked, because they are saying, in addition to their bodies being equally nude, that they have nothing to hide from each other, that they trust each other, that they like (or at least accept) each other.
   However, people dressed differently are alienating themselves from each other. Someone in a prison guard uniform is saying that he or she is superior to someone in a prisoner's uniform. Someone in a suit and tie or in a fancy formal gown is saying usually that he or she is economically or socially superior to others, or trying to be. Even ordinary clothing sends messages of some sort or another. And it's generally alienating unless it's a shirt saying "I'd rather be nude!"
   People remain clothed at a nude beach for reasons I put in 3 categories:
   1. Fear of being attacked, bothered, or ridiculed. (Mostly women and youth in this category.)
   2. Desire to be in a superior position, like watching a commercial strip show while clothed, or like being more armed than an opponent or an underling. (Mostly men in this category.)
   3. Fear of being embarrassed or ashamed. (All types of people.)

   Part of maturing as a person is, I think, admitting and overcoming such fears, if you've ever had them. I'm not a nude optionist. I'm a nudist. I think it's not just a frivolous option to be nude, but actually better for you and for society if you are. I encourage everyone to go nude (weather and laws permitting) not just "if they feel like it", but to grow as people so they know why they feel like it or not.
   Going nude in front of others is not just for fun, but to extend good feelings toward others, to try to overcome the usual alienation.
   It's up to all of us to create social scenes where everyone feels safe enough to go nude.
   Nevertheless, yes, you will see me at nude optional events and sites. I go to enjoy being nude, to reward others who are nude, and to encourage the textiles to free themselves of their fears. I don't mean that I harass textiles, but I often will befriend them so that I can, when the mood is right, encourage them toward freedom.
   It's up to all of us to try to make everyone confortable enough to be nude. That's why we don't comment on their attractiveness or make premature suggestive comments, etc.
   In the old days, many nudist resorts and clubs had thinly disguised beauty contests, often called king, queen, prince, and princess contests. The nudist movement has now mostly dispensed with them because such events imply that some people are less accepted and less valued. Even the textile world has fewer beauty contests out of similarly expanded consciousness, including feminism.
   When laws prevent you from being nude, I think showing more skin will cause a natural animal reaction in others of less alienation than being more fully dressed.
   Down with clothing!

Added for 2008 December:

Where to recruit nudists

   Our movement needs your help to grow.
Invite people who you'd like to be nudists,
including people you'd like to date.
Tell them about this calendar:
www.korky.ca      www.korky.ca/nfirc.html .
   Below are some local, mostly
non-nudist places to find prospects.
E-mail your suggestions to add to this list!
1. Dances, such as
     a. Just Dance.
         www.justdance.ca
     b. Vancouver Country Dances.
         www.vcn.bc.ca/vcountry
2. At nude beaches, befriend people, those nude or not.
        There you can also find many who don't know yet about
        nudist events elsewhere.
3. In neighbourhoods around nude swims,
      pass out fliers to homes or on corners.
4. Sing-along parties. (c/o your editor.)
5. Nightclubs. (Want to suggest any particular ones?)
6. Critical Mass bike rides, as in Section 11, above.
7. Festivals, parades, marches, etc., as in Section 11, above.
8. Tourist hang-outs, hostels, hotels, etc. Talk to them, pass out fliers, or post fliers.
9. Progressive and radical demonstrations and other events.
10. Any other organisations, events, and places you like.
11. The annual Fool's Day Parade in Vancouver, on or near April 1.
12. Relatively tolerant places of worship, such as the Unitarian Church.
                         —2008 November - 2010 July 3.

Emotional bind over women's bindings

   What if you saw a woman sitting calmly and quietly on a park bench wearing handcuffs, leg chains, a blind fold, and a gag. How would you feel?
   I'd feel horrified, afraid, sympathetic, and sorry for her. I'd want to free her, or at least call the police. If I did anything to help her, though, I'd be afraid of retribution from whomever bound her.
   Well, that's just how I feel when I see a woman or girl wearing a hajib (Middle East headscarf). I'd feel the same if I ever saw a woman wearing a prescribed veil or burqa. Those are not quite as binding as the hypothetical situation I described, and the female might think that she is wearing the hajib purely out of her own volition, but I still believe the pressures on her are horrific and intolerable, so that she basically is restricted like a slave.
   Now the same is true for all of us in the West who are forced to dress at all. We could be nude if we wouldn't be harassed.
   Nevertheless, the extreme of the hajib still tugs more at my heartstrings. At least I can imagine that a person in Western dress might be a nudist in their free time. It's hard to imagine that for the hajib-wearer.           — © 2008 November 21 to 2010 July 3, Korky Day.

Women's tough questions

   Men, nudism can help you with some answers in delicate situations.
   For instance, she might asks you, "Does this outfit make me look fat?"
   You can reply, "To value a person primarily for her looks or clothing is hurtful, oppressive, and sexist. Since I love you, I want you to be happy. So for whatever you want, I'll be supportive. If it would please you, I'd prefer you take the outfit off."
   Also, she might ask about another woman, "Do you think she is prettier than I?"
   You could explain, "Our patriarchal society tries to make you insecure so that you obey men, serve them, and help them get power. I want all women to be competent and confident. Let's make this a world where women wield at least half the political and financial power. Prettiness is an opinion, not a fact. I avoid thinking of people in competition for attractiveness."
   "If I die, will you let your next woman wear my old clothes?"
   "I wish we could live without clothes. But they are your clothes, so I shall do your will."
      — © 2008 November, Korky Day.

Free tooth floss

   You can use hair for dental floss. I've used my own head hair. Take a few strands, maybe a dozen or so. Preferably they're long enough that you can leave them rooted.
   — © 2008 November, Korky Day.

Added for 2008 October:

Are your pants too tight?

   In the colder climates, we nudists often have to wear clothes for warmth. Many of you foolishly believe that if you can still breathe, your trousers and underpants are loose enough. How do you think your muscles are going to flex and stay fit if your clothing is always doing their work for them? Tight pants are the new corsets and girdles of our age, causing muscle flabbiness and many other diseases and accidents.
   When you undress, look at your skin. Do you see line dents where the elastic bands were? Do you see marks in other places that garments were constricting you? If you are white- or brown-skinned, those dents are usually redish. Those should be your warning signals. They are not healthy. Give that clothing to someone thinner!
   Clothes should be loose enough that you can lift them up without stretching and slide them around all over your skin. Ask me to show you when you see me clothed.
   Go without underpants, especially "briefs". Even in the rare cases when they are not too tight, they restrict air flow and breed yeast and other infections.
   People like to laugh at famous entertainers who recently got publicity for being seen in public without underpants, but actually the celebrities have the right idea. If someone gets a glimpse up a skirt, well, at least no one is injured!
       — © 2008 September - 2010 July 3, Korky Day.

Adages, answers, aphorisms, figures of speech, idioms, mottoes, oaths, pearls of wisdom, proverbs, quotations, quotes, sayings, signs, slogans, toasts, zingers, etc.

This section and some others which were here have been removed.
For information about them, please contact the editor:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

Afraid of being pigeon-holed?

   I'm getting a little tired of people who practice social nudity but claim not to be nudists or naturists. They're like women who are all in favour of equal rights but claim not to be feminists.
   People who consider themselves nude optionists (or, to put it backwards, clothing optionists or optionalists) are also nudists if they practice social or public nudity voluntarily.
   Those who wear clothes at nude sites and events are known scientifically as gawkers, party-poopers, and pervs.
      — © 2008 June - 2010 July 3, Korky Day.

Exceptions to nudity in nudism

   We nudists are reasonable! Even strict nudist rules are sometimes bent. That lenience is part of the old nudist tradition, which continues today.
   For examples: warm clothes when the place is cold; nappies for babies and other incontinent people; shorts for menstruating women (though many nudist women choose other options); clothes when welcoming people at the entrance to a nudist site; aprons for fry cooks; sun hats; footwear; or, rarely, for unnaturally fearful children. Also clothes to counter-act or prevent sunburn, illness, injury, etc. Since your face and shoulders usually are most at risk of sunburn, you needn't cover your entire body just to shade those parts. However, sunscreen lotion is very popular among nudists.
   If you are pained by playing volleyball without a brassiere, you might be allowed to wear a top to play the game, even at a "nude-only" venue. We're not sadists, after all!
   Just ask an event organiser if you want an exception in order to wear something. They will be kind and polite, even if they disallow the exemption. Some event organisers might be more reasonable than others, so please forgive human fallibility.
   Organisers of nude-only events are unlikely to accept as reasons for adults to cover themselves: religious objections, newness to the nude freedom movement, shyness, fear of being seen naked, fear of others taking offence, fear of mistreatment because of being nude, fear of arousal, etc.
   That last situation has good solutions, for which just ask the nudist veterans and officials.
   If any of those bother you, please discuss it with the organizers.
   At nude-optional events, on the other hand, you may wear clothes without having to justify them. However, I hope you can instead join us in the liberation of nudity as much as possible.
   Please see also the article "Are you proud of tolerating nudes while you are not nude?", above, in Section 5.4.5.
         — © 2009 March 18 to 2010 July 3, Korky Day.

Writing needed

   This article moved to
"Section 19. Possible Upcoming Articles, Ideas for . . . ", below.

Proposals to promote nudism, nude-optionism, topfreedom, etc.

by Korky Day (continually revised, like much of this Web publication)

   Without enough effort by us, society could sink further back into genital shame and fear. The social nudity movement needs your help. Please feel welcome to report your efforts to NFIR Calendar.

A. Procedures.

       1. Stop scheduling events to conflict with nude-friendly events. Pressure the groups which do that.
       2. Continue to encourage your group's members to attend events of other nude-friendly groups.
       3. Discount admission for indigenes, students, disabled people, low income, and members of La Leche League and NOCIRC. (NIFTY already does for students, disabled people, and low income.)
       4. One admission card for all 4 clubs sponsoring swims. (Idea of Paul of Skinnydippers.)
       5. More quickly admit attenders to events. For instance, at the swims, collect people's money well before the change rooms are open to us.
       6. Rewards for bringing newcomers. (See B.7.)
       7. NIFTY brings in quite a lot of donations by asking for a yearly donation to be a member, possibly more income than if we charged a set price of 3 $. People can then feel good about how generous they were. That's better than just thinking that since they had to pay, they did—or better than just calculating whether they'd save more money by getting a membership and a lower rate of admission. (So they're put into a generous mood instead of a scrimping mood.) Also, people who cannot so easily afford 3 $ will be more likely to attend and give less—instead of staying away and paying nothing.
       8. Discount for first-timers and/or young adults.

B. Publicity in public.

       1. More tabling for nude groups at non-nude events.
       2. Fliers to neighbourhoods around pools.
       3. Pass out more fliers on street corners, etc.
       4. Discreet posters at each pool all the time.
       5. Posters at hostels.
       6. Badges and message clothing, such as "Nudist in disguise", "I'd rather be nude", "Nude-peace", "Nude-friendly".
       7. To recruiters, maybe pay a commission for each newcomer who attends a swim. Maybe 10 $. That reward could be from the host group or from a separate fund. Anyone could start such a fund. (See A.6.)

C. Publicity in the media.

       1. More free announcements in newspapers, radio, telly, etc.
       2. More free announcements on the Internet, especially Eventful and Craigslist.
       3. Each group encourages its members to subscribe to NFIR Calendar. Ask every attender to their events to tell you their e-address. If they write it themselves, it will very likely be illegible.)
       4. Each group posts a link to NFIR Calendar in its Web publication.
(FVNC has done something similar.)
       5. Innovative news creation.
           a. Publicity stunts.
           b. Demonstrations.
           c. Public speeches, debates, and discussions.
           d. Lawsuits.
           e. More news releases because they generate free publicity,
                         mostly favourable.
       6. Buy newspaper ads.
       7. Notices in the government recreation brochures.
       8. Call in to radio and television talk shows.
       9. Write in to Internet discussions.
       10. Organise with Web services, possibly Pledgebank, Facebook, Meetup, Eventful, MySpace, FlashMob, DemoChoice, etc. (See others in Section 13, above.)

D. Practice.

       1. Encourage and support writers who are on our side, such as Carellin Brooks (author of the new book Wreck Beach), even if their writing isn't perfect. See story above, in Section 15, News.
       2. Expose more skin in public. When required to wear a swimsuit, boldly wear a skimpy one, though not with a teasing attitude.
       3. Streak. (Warning: you could get a criminal record.)
       4. Legally, females now can be topfree anywhere males can be (in British Columbia, Manitoba, Omtario, etc.). If you don't exercise that right, you might lose it. That includes all public pool sessions. Also parks (when they are open) and sidewalks.
       5. Everywhere, not just at nudist places, refrain from scorning how people dress or don't dress, unless they were pressured into covering up. Seldom mention a person's appearance. Comment constructively or not at all. Even to say how good someone looks might suggest that a person's worth depends largely on their looks, which are largely the luck of their genetics. Instead, encourage an atmosphere of acceptance so that people don't worry so much about what they can't change. When you encourage nutrition, health, and fitness, do so to help make everyone happier in all ways, not just looking good.
       6. Go nude at home, especially when others are there, such as guests. (To avoid criminal charges, be careful that you are not visible to people who are off your property.) Go nude at others' homes if they don't object.
       7. Skinnydip in groups at isolated places.
       8. Don't consume alcohol, cannabis, nicotine, or other psycho-active drugs (drope) while nude or before disrobing. Be naturally high instead. If you are unsatisfied to be nude while totally sober, then perhaps you need to re-examine your entire life and attitudes. You might be harming the cause of nudity. Caffeine and sweets are drope, too. Cut them out, along with sick food, such as white flour, white rice, fried food, artificial sweeteners, etc.
       9. Social nudity and breastfeeding should help you with your sex hang-ups and eating disorders. Improve yourself.
       10. Don't sexually mutilate yourself or your male or female children ("circumcision"). Fully breastfeed them.

E. Initiatives.

       1. Show nude-friendly films (non-porn), maybe before or after swims. (NIFTY has shown movies after swims, but without much nudity.)
       2. Annual meeting with 1 or 2 representatives of each group. Discuss common problems and how to advance the whole movement.
       3. Expand the nude-friendly zone at Ulksen eastward from Acadia Beach (part of greater Wreck Beach) to West Spanish Banks Beach.

Nude song list

This article has been removed. For information about it, please contact the editor:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

18. ABOUT OUR ARCHIVES

   You may request previous issues (or parts of them). The following articles, and others, in our archives are still pertinent:
    1. "Top 10 best excuses for skipping a nude-friendly event" and "Top 35 worst excuses for skipping a nude-friendly event". Humorous. 2007 October.
    2. "Event Scheduling. 10 reasons not to plan an event for the same time as a nude-friendly event." Serious. 2007 September.
    3. Vancouverites re-invent nudity and the Olympics. Movie reviews of Indecent Exposure to Cars: The Story of the World Naked Bike Ride, and Five Ring Circus (the no-longer-nude Olympics, next in Vancouver and Whistler, BC, in 2010). 2007 March.
   While not about nudity, you also might like my article (related to the above article about the Olympics):
   "Ekcheiria! Return peace to the Olympics by 2010!" It is not in the NFIR Calendar archives, but on another page at this same Web site: click on "Part 4 Philocracy" in the upper left corner of your screen; or   www.korky.ca/philocracy.html , article # 7 therein.

19. POSSIBLE UPCOMING
ARTICLES

   Would you like to contribute to the following articles or to suggest other articles? In each, the emphasis is on social nudity and/or topfreedom (rather than on eroticism). We do not publish illustrations.
   If you want to write or research such articles, please contact the NFIRC editor:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

   • Articles as in "Ideas for . . .", below.
   • Speeches, debates, and discussions about nudity and nude sites.
   • Nude movies.
   • Nude television.
   • Nude books.
   • Nude periodicals.
   • Nude art and commentary.
   • Nude Web publications.
   • Famous nudists, nude-optionists, skinnydippers, topfrees, etc.
   • Travel reports, including hot springs, especially in BC.
   • More nude humour, songs, news, and reviews.

Ideas for NFIRC articles, Web publications, books, movies, etc.

   This is to writers, artists, photographers, composers, scientists, publishers, researchers, students, etc.
   Below are ideas for books, articles, art, songs, opinion polls, research, science, games, Web publications (etc.) about nude freedom. We might publish some of them here (without illustration).
   Some of those already might have been created. If you know of any, please inform us:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .
   You might have fun researching them on the Internet, etc.

   Animal Genitals, Teats, and Bums (photos).
   Booby Traps: Breast Fetishes of Under-breastfed Teens and Adults.
   Breastfeeding, Nudism, and Topfreedom.
   Christ Clothed With the Sun.
   Clothes Kill: How, Why—and Who Really Benefits.
   The Desire to Look Good.
   Famous Nudists. (short biographies and why they go nude)
   Funny Nude Art.
   Funny Nude Cartoons.
   Funny Nude Photos.
   Funny Nude Stories and Jokes.
   Gawking at Nudes? Why Not Join In?
   Great Writing About Nudism: Pro and Con.
   He Strips, She Strips: Sex Differences in Nudism.
   Judy Emily Williams biography.
   Naked Disease, Injury, and Healing.
   Naked Extremes. (world and regional records).
   New Nudist Lyrics for Popular Tunes. (hold a contest!?)
   Nude Art Contest Winners.
   Nude Bibliography.
   Nude for Every Sport, Game, and Pastime.
   Nude Indigenes. (aboriginal people.)
   Nude Matriarchal Utopias: Beyond Virgins, Whores, Housewives, and Nuns.
   Nude-peace: How Nudism Helps Prevent and Stop War.
   Nude Photography: Trick, Altered, and Collage.
   Nude Protest.
   Nude Song Book and Discography (see song list "Proposals to promote . . .", below, in this section).
   Nude Wicca.
   Nudes Looking Good or Not: Bias, Preference, Roles, Judgement, Emotion, and Acceptance.
   Nudified Art: Reproductions altered to look nude (paintings, fabric art, sculpture, dolls, cartoons, animated characters, team mascots, etc.)
   Nudism and Politics.
   Nudism and Religion.
   Nudism and the Law.
   Nudism for families.
   Nudism for People Less Able.
   Nudism for the Blind.
   Nudism in the Home.
   Nudism Through the World's Eyes.
   Nudism Pro and Con. (half and half).
   Nudism Vs. Porn and Strippers.
   Nudist art and photo calendars with dates of upcoming nudist events and important anniversaries; genuine social nudism.
   Nudist Celebrity Photos. (not posed for erotic purposes).
   Nudist and Anti-Nudist Celebrity Writing. (half and half).
   Nudist Diversity in Photos.
   Nudist Dreams.
   Nudist Fantasy Paradises: Words, Art, and Photos.
   Nudist Feminism.
   Nudist Groups for the Faithful and Formerly Faithful. (Is there a list of such groups?)
   Nudist or Not: People's Choices. (statistics, psychology, etc.)
   Nudist Poetry. (Appeal to people who don't usually like poetry.)
   Nudist Science Fiction.
   Nudist Short Stories.
   Nudist Trivia.
   Nudists Look at Clothing: Dress Codes, Uniforms, Dressing Alike, Dressing Differently, Clothing Customs and Fads, Topfreedom, and Related Protests (philosophy, psychology, sociology).
   Nudists' True Experiences.
   Nudity and Crime (how nudity might help or hurt).
   Nudity and Body Health.
   Nudity and Eating Disorders.
   Nudity and Sanity.
   Nudity and Self-Esteem.
   Nudity Problems in Dating and Courting.
   Nudity Problems in Families.
   Nudity Problems in Marriage.
   Nudity Problems in Organisations.
   Nudity: See or Be Seen?
   Nudity, Sexism, and Patriarchy (Bare, Bikini, or Burqa!?).
   Nudity, Sport, and Recreation.
   The Oddest-Looking Nudes (picture book or article).
   Religious Nudists.
   Shrinking Bikinis and Growing Jams (and other men's "shorts").
   Streaking.
   Topfreedom: Breasts are for children to suck.
   A Treasury of Filthy Religious Art Masterpieces.
   Wreck Beach Calendar: nudist art and photos with dates of upcoming events and important anniversaries.
   Wreck Beach Nudist Photos. (See Wreck Beach Memories, above.)

20. CONCLUSION

Criteria for inclusion of events

   This NFIR Calendar includes upcoming nude-friendly events, plus events which encourage topfree, in "British Columbia, Canada".
   Although nude sex is usually good, it is not the subject of this e-publication.
   To save you time and annoyance, we delete past events.
   * Events for pro-nude activists to attend clothed are in this fuchsia colour and with an asterisk (*). Such events are related to the cause, such as restaurant fund-raisers and government meetings.
   Some events are not listed herein if they are announced only to a group's members, such as at private resorts. For many of those, please see Section 8.
   Please get on the e-lists of any of the groups for further information. Also check their Web publications often, such as
www.wreckbeach.org     and
http://club.skinnydipper.ca/other_events.php .

Spoilers

   For a book, play, movie, performance, etc., we do not reveal the ending or spoil a surprise, etc.

E-precautions

   When e-writing to us the first time from an e-address, so that we can tell that your message isn't "spam" junk mail, please include "NFIR" in your "Subject" line and maybe some other words you wouldn't see in spam.
   When we send it to you, we send from "Korky Day editor" and state the discreet "NFIR Calendar BC" in the "Subject" line.
   Our messages to you, too, might be rejected or categorized as spam or bulk. Reduce the chance of that by putting this e-address into your e-mail "address book" or "contacts" list:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com .

Submissions

   Please submit new and revised information, comments, and questions as soon as possible. Please warn us about failed, wrong, tentative, and uncertain events and information. Please send to editor, below.

Subscriptions

   Volunteers produce NFIR Calendar and e-mail a link to it monthly. Archives available (see Section 18, above). To comment, enquire, e-subscribe for free, or cancel your subscription, etc.:

Publisher

   Nude-Friendly Information and Referral (formerly Nudist Information and Referral). Non-profit. Publisher-editor-writer Korky Day:
korkyday [insert a with a circle round it] yahoo [dot] com
www.korky.ca/join.html .
www.korky.ca/nfirc.html .

   Alternative spellings for search engines, etc.:
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