Come As You Are: An Invitation to Taipei Pride 2026

Come As You Are — Taipei Pride, October 31, 2026

I want to invite you to something.

On October 31, 2026, Taipei holds its Pride. Same city, same streets, same stubborn joy as every year — and I'd love for you to be somewhere in that crowd.

Here's why a naturist cares about a Pride march.

Most days you'll find me happiest with no clothes on, somewhere quiet and green. That's my normal. But the reason I show up to Pride isn't complicated: it's the same reason I take my clothes off at a beach or a resort. I'm tired of pretending my body is a problem that needs managing.

Body freedom and queer freedom get treated as separate conversations. They aren't, really. Both start from the same sentence — this is my body, and I don't owe anyone an apology for it. Pride has always been about visibility, about walking down a street without being told you should be invisible. Naturism, at its best, is that same sentence with fewer clothes on.

So yes, I'll be there. Clothed, obviously. Taipei Pride is a public street event, and I follow the rules of whatever street I'm standing on. Naturism was never about pushing my body onto anyone else. It's about not being ashamed of it. Those two things are not the same, and the distance between them is where respect lives.

If it's your first Pride

Go with someone, or go alone and let the crowd carry you. October in Taipei is warm, so bring water and wear something you can stand in for hours. Wear sunscreen even if it looks cloudy — I learned that one the slow way. The crowd gets dense, so pick a meeting point with your friends before you lose each other, and give yourself permission to step out of the noise for twenty minutes when you need to. There's no correct way to do Pride. Standing at the edge and watching counts.

A few things I keep in mind

Ask before you photograph anyone. No one at Pride owes you a picture, a pose, or a conversation, and if someone says no, that's the whole answer. Keep an eye on the people around you. Say something if someone looks unwell or unsafe.

The same etiquette I follow at a naturist club travels pretty well to a public event: consent first, kindness always, and never assume.

And if you see me

I'll be the one in the crowd, probably grinning at nothing. Say hi. I don't bite, and I'd genuinely like to meet some of you in person instead of only through a screen.

Pride and naturism have both taught me the same lesson from two directions: the body you were given is not a scandal. It's just yours. Bring it out on October 31, in whatever way feels safe and honest for you.

Thank you for being here with me on this naked journey.

If you're planning to be at Taipei Pride on October 31, tell me in the comments — I'd be glad to walk a stretch of it with you and put some faces to the names I see here.