page_title: Timeline of social nudity
section_title: 2000–present
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of social nudity / 2000–present
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Paar beim World Naked Bike Ride in Toronto 2013. Sie tragen dunkle Sonnenbrillen und sind ansonsten völlig unbekleidet English: Naked couple at the World Naked Bike Ride 2013
context_page_description: This timeline records the degree of acceptance given to the naked human body by diverse human cultures throughout history. It records the way primitive nakedness has been challenged and the wearing of clothing enforced. It also catalogs events that have in their turn challenged the wearing of clothes to allow nudity within the public gaze.
context_section_description: 2001-07-01: The Freedom to be Yourself protest in London, England on July 1, 2001
  2002: First nude rugby match in Dunedin, New Zealand. The match becomes a tradition held each year until 2014, beyond which it becomes sporadic.
  2003: National Nude Day (New Zealand). Marc Ellis, a presenter on the New Zealand TV show SportsCafe, declares "National Nude Day", challenging viewers to streak in front of then Prime Minister Helen Clark. National Nude Day becomes an annual (although not regularly scheduled) event on the show, inviting viewer photography and videos of everyday activities being performed nude. Several Dunedin student pubs run offer specials for nude patrons on the day. Later rebranded "World Nude Day" or "International Nude Day", the event outlives the end of SportsCafe in 2005 by at least four years.
  2003-12-06: The Durango Herald of Colorado reports that fifteen "mostly naked bike riders marked the 26th birthday of a friend with a streak through downtown Durango".
  2004-06-12: World Naked Bike Ride (1st year)
  2005-02: Photographer Henning von Berg documents a group of naked women in Downtown Sydney, Australia. He takes photos in front of major touristic highlights, including the Commonwealth Bank, Hyde Park, Queen Victoria's statue, the National Treasure Bank, a leading TV broadcast studio, the iconic Opera House, and the Harbour Bridge.
  2005-07-01: The first naked crossing of the European Alps.
  2008 FEMEN is a political protest group in Ukraine, started by Hanna Hutsol.
  2009-07-11: AANR coordinates a skinny dipping event at 3:00PM throughout North America.  The event is recorded by The Guinness Book of World Records as "largest number of people simultaneously skinny-dipping".
  2012-11-20: San Francisco bans and criminalizes public nudity without a police-issued parade permit. However, female toplessness is still allowed throughout the city. See Social nudity in San Francisco.
caption: World Naked Bike Ride participants in Toronto, 2013
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