North American Nudist Pioneers

This episode of Naked Age explores the parallel paths of two nudist pioneers whose stories take place over seventy years apart. First we look at Ray Connett, an influential figure of early Canadian nudism who helped establish that country’s first national nudist organization. Then we meet Gerardo Cisneros, a Mexican nudism advocate whose hard work and clever initiative has helped bring a budding Mexican nudist movement into full bloom. 

(Episode originally published July 13, 2022)

Gerardo Cisneros• Twitter https://twitter.com/gcs_nudista

The Nudist Federation of Mexico• Official website https://www.fednudmex.org• Twitter https://twitter.com/FedNudistaMx• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/fednudmex

The Zipolite Nudist Festival • Twitter https://twitter.com/FZipolite• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/festivalzipolit

Research made possible by• American Nudist Research Library - http://ANRL.org• Western Nudist Research Library - http://WNRL.org

This episode of Naked Age was supported in part by an AANR Education Foundation Sponsorship Grant. The AANR Education Foundation is a charitable partner of the American Association for Nude Recreation, providing grants and scholarships to organizations and individuals that support the Foundations goals and objectives, which are to educate the public about the values and benefits of nude recreation, and to ensure an understanding of nudism and its rightful status as a social and recreational practice. Learn more about AANR-EF’s mission and make a donation at http://aanr-ef.com

Credits

ClipsThis Nude World, Crown Pictures/Monogram Pictures Corp., USA, 1933. 62 min. Excerpt: 00:01:46-00:01:55.

Ray Connett on Phil Donahue, 1994; YouTube. Uploaded by Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB6dUj1popQ

Stéphane Dechênes, from the New Nudist Podcast “Ep22: Stéphane & Evan, Plus Will Forrest on His Nudist Pirate Novel ‘Skinners’” (Jun. 2022) - Courtesy of Scott Cline

Ray Connett Early Canadian Nudist History (1983) - Courtesy of American Nudist Research Library

Gerardo Cisneros personal interview, May 5 2022.  

MusicMy Talking Drum of Quercy by Jean Toba, Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/jean-toba/a-land-where-the-poets-dream/my-talking-drum-of-quercy/

After You by Ketsa, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/equinox-rising/after-you/

Let’s Do This Tonight by Lobo Loco, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/afterwork/lets-do-this-tonight-id-1651/

Blue Mountains by Lobo Loco, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/afterwork/blue-mountains-id-1669/

Searching for Wilderness by Lobo Loco, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/sky-watch/searching-for-wilderness-id-1693/

Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco, Creativ