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Instinct Magazine Features 'Pen is Central'

Hot news! The September-October issue of Instinct magazine has a short feature about gay naturist gatherings and male public nudity. They asked us -- Jim's Pen is Central page -- to put together a chart of the largest such events. It turned out so big that they didn't have space to publish it!

So here it is (see below). This chart will appear on Instinct Magazine's own website soon.

Dates	Event	Located near	Website info	Attendance	Notes
Annual Gay Nude Gatherings and Events
May 5-7, 2000	Peel-Off in Palm Springs*	Palm Springs, California	www.phdtop.com/peeloff/	75	All-nude square dance weekend for gay men at a comfortable resort
May 26-29, 2000	East Coast Gay Naturist Gathering	Aberdeen, Maryland	members.aol.com/pangphila/index.htm	250	Intense schedule, but wonderful
May 26-29, 2000	Moon Over Maryland*	Aberdeen, Maryland	www.phdtop.com/peeloff/moonmary.html	Held in conjunction with gathering above.
June 14-18, 2000 (tentative)	Midwest Men's Naturist Gathering	Tonganoxie, Kansas	members.aol.com/mmngsite/	150	Cozy, friendly, and popular
June 25, 2000	Gay Pride march	Toronto, Canada	gypsy.rose.utoronto.ca/tnt/	20	Only city where gay naked group marches completely nude
July 9-16, 2000	IMEN Gathering	Aberdeen, Maryland	www.imengonude.com/	300	Coordinated by the person who "grew" GNI from 100 to 700 attendees; almost as intense
August 18-27, 2000	GNI Gathering	Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania	www.gaynaturists.org/	800	Biggest, most intense -- astonishing
August 25-27, 2000 (tentative)	Peel-Off in the Sierras*	Sacramento, California	www.phdtop.com/peeloff/	75	All-nude square dance weekend for gay men at a rustic campground
September 11-17, 2000	CMEN Gay Male Nudist Gathering	Malibu, California	www.phdtop.com/cmen/	200-250	Energetic and intimate
September 22-24, 2000 (tentative)	ANDES Southwest Gathering	Phoenix, Arizona	www.aznudedudes.org/	75	Small but friendly and very relaxed
Recurring events
Last Sunday of every month	Nude dance at The Barn	Toronto, Canada	gypsy.rose.utoronto.ca/tnt/ and www.interlog.com/~tcan/	100-200 (300 at Pride)	Toronto is the world capital of gay male nudism, with more events and more outspoken nudists than any other city.
Various weekly and monthly events	Nude nights at bars, municipal pool, bathhouses, etc.	Toronto, Canada		15-50
Most gay square dance weekend dance fests ("fly-ins")	Naked dance* ("Moonshine tip")	Various cities, North America	www.iagsdc.org/ and www.phdtop.com/dancing/moonshine.html	20 - 25% of attendees	These co-ed nude dances last 30 to 60 minutes.
Annual gay square dance convention		July 1-4, 2000, Baltimore		About 200
* To enjoy any gay square dance event listed here, you should have taken weekly lessons from your local group for at least 5 months to reach "Mainstream" level.
Non-gay public events with substantial male nudity
August 30 - September 6, 1999	Burning Man festival	Black Rock Desert, Nevada (Gerlach)	www.burningman.com/	Thousands participate; number of nudes unpredictable	Everyone is part of the show, and many women and men go naked here and there
September 16-20, 1999	Testicle Festival	Clinton, Montana	www.testyfesty.com/	Hundreds participate; number of nudes unpredictable	Much female and some male nudity at fried-bull-testicle festival
April 14, 2000	Naked Mile run (student streak)	Ann Arbor, Michigan (U of M)	www.phdtop.com/run99/	Hundreds and hundreds run nude	Jocks, students, hangers-on -- mostly male, some female -- run naked through town and campus
May 21, 2000	Bay to Breakers race	San Francisco, California	www.phdtop.com/b2b/	70-100 nude	Many men, a few women run or walk nude 7.6 miles in the world's largest foot race

Dates have been checked, but are subject to change.