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In late Junewe received mail from readers who asked about a story involving Seattle Pride's annual parade. According to the story, Fox requested comment from the politicians' offices but did not receive responses. A June 25 tweet from the BodyPrideRide account appeared to indicate that the group of people in the two videos was the same.

Darya Farivar, D-Seattle. The main question from our readers appeared to be if it was true that viral videos showed some naked men had participated both in and nearby the all-ages parade that had occurred on June 25, with families and children in attendance.

Two videos referenced by the Times provided confirmation that at least a dozen naked men, and possibly some nude women, too, had participated in the festivities in front of families and children, both during and nearby the Seattle Pride Parade, including riding bicycles along the parade route, as well as washing themselves off in the water at International Fountain.

The Fox article featured several tweets that showed at least three Democratic politicians had attended the parade in celebration of Pride, including U. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. This story will be updated if we receive any replies in the coming days. Also, at least one child was seen riding alongside the men.

On June 28, we also contacted by email the offices of all three politicians as well as the organizers of Seattle Pride, in order to request comment about this subject, as well as the reporting it had received on blogs and gay websites. The parade has historically drawn as many asonlookers, according to a report from In this story, we'll lay out all of the facts, including information about the two videos, reporting from Fox News parade the attendance of Democratic politicians, and a statement from the Seattle Police Department.

Those two posts showed some of the same people who were visible in the foreground and background of the video, indicating that the video was indeed captured in Seattle in Later, we found a post on seattlebikeblog. Two videos authentically showed that some naked men participated in the June Seattle Pride Parade and also bathed in International Fountain, in both instances with families and children present.

Demonstrate your body pride! Beautiful as we are, all shapes and sizes, prides and statures. Nudity at Toronto Pride Parade | Thursday June 29, | Hal Roberts | Bridge City News Bridge City News K subscribers Subscribe. Families and children were also visible in this video, as the Times' reporting mentioned.

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. On June 26, Fox News reported about the two videos with the headline, "Washington Dems nude on nude Pride cyclists exposing genitalia to crowd including kids, families.

Additionally, on June 29, we reached out to the Body Pride Ride group by email but did not receive a response by press time. For example, one reader asked us, "Is this real? Early in our research, in order to confirm that the video did not come from a previous year or another city, we searched and found two helpful Instagram posts.

Additional photographs and videos published in, andall appeared to show previous Body Pride Ride gatherings in Seattle, each captured in the month of June.

Naked cyclists allegedly at the annual LGBTQ+ parade has sparked a debate online, with some saying it does not represent Pride. About this rating. As of the afternoon of the next day, we had not yet received any responses to our messages.

The first video showed around a dozen naked men who were riding bicycles and waving before moving along, all while following the Seattle Pride Parade route. The page described the event as follows: "BPR welcomes the diversity of the rainbow from every cycling tribe to be a Bare-What-You-Dare cyclist!