Lately, it seems we cannot go a day here in the Castro without hearing some sort of drama with the nudists unfold. The latest story comes from a September 21st video that was posted to YouTube of an interview with nudist George Davis (who
famously ran for Mayor of San Francisco in 2007).
Mr. Davis was explaining in the interview that it was
National Park(ing) Day, the day where people all over the world are encouraged to reclaim public space by taking over a metered parking spot. Davis selected a place right in front of the Castro Theatre, and dubbed it "The Garden of Eden" (for more reasons than the fake tree, ehemm). He starts to discuss San Francisco nudity laws, the urban nudest movement (which, according to him, has only been around for about 7 years in San Francisco) and what it was like to go out nude in public for the first time when Castro Theatre manager Keith Arnold came out (2:24). Arnold told them that they needed a permit to film outside the theater while banging his clipboard on the camera and blocking the lens for much of the rest of the video.
Even after retreating, Arnold comes back for seconds and reveals that his issue ended up being more than just about getting a permit when he frustratingly answers the camera man's question regarding tolerance and says, "I'm tolerant of kids not being exposed to cocks in their face."
The interviewer, Reel Gay News, has filed a criminal complaint with the SFPD against the theater manager, according to the description of the video on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypVjqgJrpJo
