Editing Naturism (section)

== North America ==
=== Canada ===
{{see also|List of social nudity places in North America#Canada}}
[[File:Human standing nude on the third peak of Stawamus Chief (DSCF7840).jpg|thumb|Nudist hiker in British Columbia]]

In Canada, individuals around the country became interested in nudism, [[Nude swimming|skinny-dipping]], and physical culture in the early part of the 20th century. ''Sunbathing & Health'', a magazine targeted toward Canadian naturists and which occasionally carried local news, began publication after 1940. There were scattered groups of naturists in several cities during the 1930s and 1940s, and some of these groups attracted enough interest to form clubs on private land.{{sfn|Woycke|2003|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}} The most significant clubs were the Van Tan Club, formed in 1939, which is still operating in North Vancouver, BC,{{sfn|Woycke|2003|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}} and the Sun Air Club, in Ontario.

Canadians who served in the military during the Second World War met like-minded souls from across the country, and often visited clubs while in Europe. They were a ready pool of recruits for post-war organizers. A few years later, the wave of post-war immigration brought many Europeans with their own extensive experience, and they not only swelled the ranks of membership, but often formed their own clubs, helping to expand nudism from coast to coast.{{sfn|Woycke|2003|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}}

Most clubs eventually united in the Canadian Sunbathing Association, which affiliated with the American Sunbathing Association in 1954. Several disagreements between eastern and western members of the CSA resulted in its division into the Western Canadian Sunbathing Association (WCSA) and the Eastern Canadian Sunbathing Association (ECSA) in 1960. The ECSA endured much in-fighting over the next fifteen years, which led to its official demise in 1978. The WCSA changed its name to the American Association for Nude Recreation – Western Canadian Region, a region of the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR), which itself was formerly known as the ASA.{{sfn|Woycke|2003|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}}

In 1977 the {{lang|fr|[[La Fédération Québécoise de Naturisme|Fédération québécoise de naturisme]]}} (FQN) was founded in Quebec by Michel Vaïs, who had experienced European naturism at Montalivet. In 1985 the [[Federation of Canadian Naturists]] (FCN) was formed with the support of the FQN. In 1988 the FQN and FCN formed the [[FQN-FCN Union]] as the official Canadian representative in the International Naturist Federation.{{sfn|Woycke|2003|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}}

=== Cuba ===

Naturism was a major component of the [[Cuban anarchist]] movement, alongside [[anarchist communism]] and [[anarcho-syndicalism]], as an alternative health and lifestyle movement. Adrián del Valle in particular advocated for the emancipatory" function of naturism in a society.<ref>{{Cite book|title= Anarchism and countercultural politics in early twentieth-century Cuba|last= Shaffer|first= Kirwin R.|location= Gainesville|publisher= University Press of Florida|date= 2005|isbn= 0813027918|url= http://raforum.info/spip.php?article3061|access-date= 2011-05-06|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043620/http://raforum.info/spip.php?article3061|archive-date= 2016-03-05|url-status= dead}}</ref>

=== Mexico ===
[[File:WestEndZipoliteNudes.JPG|thumb|right|The far west end of Zipolite Beach, Oaxaca, Mexico]]
Federación Nudista de México{{Sfn|FNdM}} is a members organization with both individual and organization members. It promotes social nudity in Mexico, and it is recognized by the International Naturist Federation as the official national naturist organization in that country.

{{As of|2016}}, [[Playa Zipolite]] is Mexico's first and only legal public nude beach.{{Sfnm|1a1=FNdM|1y=2016 |2a1=Ditzian|2y=2017 |3a1=Storey|3y=2010}} A free beach and unofficially nudist for more than 50 years,{{Sfn|TomZap|2021}} this beach is reputed to be the best place for nudism in the country. The numerous nude sunbathers, and the long tradition, make it safe for nudism and naturism. Annually since 2016, on the first weekend of February, Zipolite has hosted Festival Nudista Zipolite{{Sfn|Clarín|2018}} that in 2019 attracted 7,000–8,000 visitors.{{Sfn|Imparcial|2019}}

=== United States ===
{{main|Naturism in the United States}}
{{see also|American Association for Nude Recreation|List of social nudity places in the United States}}<!-- Nude beach is important aspect of many naturists' lives. So if you wish to remove the below pic, please discuss on Talk page first. -->
[[File:FYN 09.jpg|thumb|right|Florida naturists]]

Kurt Barthel founded the [[American League for Physical Culture]] in 1929 and organized the first nudist event. In about 1930 they organized the [[American Gymnosophical Association]]. Barthel founded America's first official nudist camp, Sky Farm in New Jersey, in May, 1932.{{Sfn|Ellensberg|1932}} Around 1932, the AGA established the [[Rock Lodge Club]] as a nudist facility in Stockholm, New Jersey and [[Ilsley Boone]], a [[Dutch Reformed]] minister, formed the Christian naturism movement. Naturism began to expand nationwide.{{Sfnm|1a1=M.|1y=2020 |2a1=FCN|2y=2013 |3a1=Lupin|3y=2012 |4a1=NEF|4y=1966}} Nudism venues were alcohol-free until 1970.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 2010 |magazine=The Bulletin |publisher=AANR |page=6}}{{full citation needed|date=August 2024}}</ref>

The [[American Association for Nude Recreation]] (AANR) is the national naturist organization. [[Arnd Krüger]] compared nudists in Germany and the United States and came to the conclusion that in Germany the racial aspects ({{lang|de|Zuchtwahl}}) were important for the breakthrough (e.g. the Commanding General of the Army served as patron for nudists events), while in the U.S. nudism was far more commercial and had thus more difficulties.{{sfn|Krüger|1992|p=343}}

In 2008, Florida Young Naturists held its first Naked Bash, which has been repeated multiple times per year and has grown into one of the larger young naturist gatherings in the world.{{Sfn|Freyman|2013}}

In 2009, a campaign to promote nudism in the United States occurred with an effort by the AANR to record the largest simultaneous skinny dip at several U.S. clubs and beaches, which occurred on July 11 of that year.{{Sfn|Wreck Beach|2020}}

In 2010, an organization formed called [[Young Naturists America]], which was mostly focused on the younger generation, as well as social issues, such as [[body image]].{{Sfn|Fallon|2015}} Young Naturists and Nudists America closed in 2017.{{Sfn|NatCorn|2017}}