The Toronto and District School Board will debate a motion that raises concerns about children being exposed to public nudity at Toronto’s Pride parade. The motion authored by three trustees – Sam Sotiropoulos, Irene Atkinson and John Hastings – encourages the city to enforce a public nudity ban at the annual parade to make it an age appropriate event for students and their families. The issue is sure to be a touchy one but is still widely discussed in many cities here and in the U.S. In 2012 San Francisco lawmakers narrowly approved a proposal to ban public nakedness, rejecting arguments that the measure would eat away at a reputation for tolerance enjoyed by a city known for flouting convention and flaunting its counter-culture image. The measure was supported by some LGBT residents on the grounds of simple respectability. Others were concerned that non-LGBT parties were employing nudity for business purposes.
