Protests - Part 44

 Love Parade, San Francisco, 2017

On May 20, 2017, a group in San Francisco called Body Freedom Lovers held a Nude Summer of Love Parade.  Above, some of the group member gather before the parade.

Here's a closeup of a tattoo on the guy on the right.  You devil!

The Body Freedom Lovers group was protesting the ban on public nudity that had been passed in San Francisco in 2013.  Before that, public nudity was perfectly legal.

The tattoos on one of the protesters included Bugs Bunny, but he also got tattooed on his dick and balls.  That had to hurt!

Two more of the group members.

I call this guy the Cat in the Hat.

Are we ready to march?

The march was not just a protest; it was billed as the "Summer of Love Parade" because it celebrated the 50th anniversary of the flowering of the hippie movement in San Francisco in 1967 called the Summer of Love.

The police did not interfere.  Although public nudity was generally banned, there was an exception for events that got a permit, and this parade had a permit.

We end with a second parade a month later, on June 25.  The Body Freedom Lovers group paraded with the same protest signs as part of the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, above.  Again, the parade had a permit, so police did not interfere.