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"Washington Dems Silent on Nude Pride Cyclists Exposing Genitalia to Crowd Including Kids, Families." Fox News, 26 June 2023, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-dems-silent-on-nude-pride-cyclists-exposing-genitalia-to-crowd-including-kids-families.
KIRO 7 News Staff. While those charges were eventually withdrawn, it’s clear some things are tolerated and others are not.
But some members of the gay community have told The Toronto Sun that nudity and sexual simulations on floats have nothing to do with advancing the rights of the LGBTQ+ community.
Signs on the bikes included the words, "Challenge Body Shame," "Build Self Esteem," and "Pride for EVERY Body." Families and children were visible in the video, too, as the reporting said.
In late June 2023, we received mail from readers who asked about a story involving Seattle Pride's annual parade. "In Seattle, Naked Men Riding around on Bikes in Front of Children." Twitter, 27 June 2022, https://twitter.com/Lerpc75/status/1541532960905650176.
@MrAndyNgo.
Beautiful as we are, all shapes and sizes, shades and statures."
Additional photographs and videos published in 2014, 2020, and 2022, all appeared to show previous Body Pride Ride gatherings in Seattle, each captured in the month of June.
The Second Video
Hours after the first video appeared online, a second video was posted by the same source on Twitter that showed naked men, and again possibly some women, too, who appeared to be washing themselves in International Fountain.
The group also offers free memberships to children ages 14 to 18, with youth in that age group welcome without being accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Pride Toronto did not respond to True North’s request for comment.
The Criminal Code of Canada states that “everyone who, without lawful excuse, is nude in a public place is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.”
The Toronto Police Service told True North that arresting people for public nudity would not be in the “best interest” of officers or the community.
“At large events such as the Pride Parade, which attracts as many as a million people, our number one priority is public safety and ensuring a peaceful event,” a Toronto police spokesperson told True North in an email.
"Attendees and Marchers on the Streets of Downtown Seattle for The..." Getty Images, 29 June 2014, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/attendees-and-marchers-on-the-streets-of-downtown-seattle-news-photo/451489718.
"Register for the 2023 Seattle Pride Parade!" Seattle Pride, https://seattlepride.org/news/register-for-the-2023-seattle-pride-parade.
Richardson, Valerie.
"Pride in Seattle!" Instagram, 25 June 2023, https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct8UVEHLTMA/.
@BodyPrideRide. As of the afternoon of the next day, we had not yet received any responses to our messages.
Additionally, on June 29, we reached out to the Body Pride Ride group by email but did not receive a response by press time.
Some families can also be seen having a picnic near the naked people.
Fox 11 News reported that the Seattle Police Department responded to reports of naked adults present in the Pride events, but they stated there hadn't been any official complaints or arrests.
In a statement to Snopes, the Seattle police said that their role on the day of the parade was to ensure "safety and security" rather than regulate the festivities.
"The ordinance in question is Ordinance 124301, which added to the Seattle Municipal Code a provision around indecent exposure, which predicates enforcement of the misdemeanor on a requirement that the exposure be both 'open and obscene' and while 'knowing that such conduct is likely to cause reasonable affront or alarm,'" the Seattle police said.
Seattle police added that apprehending the naked adults is "better left to parade organizers and the permit process."
Several Democratic politicians were seen attending the Seattle Pride event.
On Twitter, Washington Rep.
Pramila Jayapal posted pictures of herself at the parade, along with her supporters.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell also marched in the event. It seems a small minority of Pride participants involved in these actions are above the rules that would apply to anybody else in any other public setting. He tweeted that it "was great to feel the love, energy, and sunshine" as he took part in the parade with the city employees.
"Our diversity makes us stronger, which is why we must send a clear message to our LGBTQIA+ community today and every day: we see you, we support you, and you belong here," Harrell said, according to Fox News.
Seattle Pride said on its website that the parade has been organized yearly since 1974, although the city didn't officially recognize the first parade.
The Seattle Pride festivities have attracted an estimated 300,000 members of the LGBTQIA+, friends, and allies in the past few years.