Toronto may have a reputation for being the city that rest of Canada “loves to hate,” but there’s a reason why she’s listed in my Sexiest Cities list.
The country’s largest and most ever-expanding city, Toronto is fast paced, ambitious and business minded. As an American who frequently visits, I can’t help but notice how clean and calm the it is compared to many U.S. cities. The Canadian stereotype of politeness is no myth, and the locals seem almost shy or standoffish compared to bluntly direct New Yorkers or excessively personal Californians. After they get to know you, though, Torontonians are extremely friendly and love to kid around.
Once known as Canada’s prudish elder aunt, Toronto sulked under severely restrictive liquor laws and moral legislation. For example, the only way you could buy booze for home was from a government run shop that required more information than most Americans provide when buying a gun prior to purchase. Things have loosened up in recent years, and Toronto is more relaxed than many American cities, particularly about sex. Toronto may not be as sensual and debauched as Montreal, but they sure know how to organize great parties and there are plenty of places to visit for kinky fun.
The country’s largest and most ever-expanding city, Toronto is fast paced, ambitious and business minded. As an American who frequently visits, I can’t help but notice how clean and calm the it is compared to many U.S. cities. The Canadian stereotype of politeness is no myth, and the locals seem almost shy or standoffish compared to bluntly direct New Yorkers or excessively personal Californians. After they get to know you, though, Torontonians are extremely friendly and love to kid around.
Once known as Canada’s prudish elder aunt, Toronto sulked under severely restrictive liquor laws and moral legislation. For example, the only way you could buy booze for home was from a government run shop that required more information than most Americans provide when buying a gun prior to purchase. Things have loosened up in recent years, and Toronto is more relaxed than many American cities, particularly about sex. Toronto may not be as sensual and debauched as Montreal, but they sure know how to organize great parties and there are plenty of places to visit for kinky fun.
A very lovely article about our very lovely town. Thank you for posting this. While I am admittedly, 100% GUILTY of saying and writing publicly that Toronto - and Canada in General - should showcase "homegrown" talent before inviting our American cousins (to show us a thing or twelve), I must say of anyone who visits our deliciously sinful burg, Midori is by FAR the most frequent, the most respected and without a doubt the most welcome "foreigner" to grace our Maple Leaf shores. Artists, organizers and facilitators like Sir Alex Dark, Craiger, Lotuslily, Lord Morpheous, SpeedyRopeGuy, Dark Angel, Lady J and Sex Geek wouldn't be quite so popular in our own back yard, admittedly, if Midori hadn't paved the way for them.
We have some attractive events here, now: Not just the Northbound Leather Annual "Leather Ball", as you called it, but the highly-successful Torture Garden Weekends, the incredibly well-received TEASE outdoor experience and the Church Street Fetish Fair every summer are all, truly, world-class events. I daresay Toronto is becoming the destination of choice for a good portion of Fetish and SM affectionists ...
We'll collectively look forward to seeing you in the True North, Strong and Free Thinking very soon we trust, dear Lady ...
(Note: You may want to think about removing 'Renegade' from your article, though: it's now closed amid some rather nasty happenstances, afraid to say!)
@Kardynyl SynysTyr
Yes, the TG weekends! Totally agreed. I'm so happy that's been a success. I'm glad to have been involved a bit in that getting going...
And Church St Fetish Fair - how did I manage to leave that out! I've had some really fun times at that.
I didn't know that Renegades had closed. I was just in Toronto this summer and it seemed to be a cool thing... Sadly alt sex spaces do often come and go.
There's a lot more sexy stuff going on with Toronto, but I'm instructed to keep the article's word-count under a certain amount - so I don't feel like I did Toronto justice.
So I hope all the locals and regular visitors add their favorite sexy Toronto information in this comments section!
Greetings Midori:
I have taken several of your seminars over the years at ACT, Come As you Are,and with Lord Morpheus. Learned alot and enjoyed all of them. It seems all the notes and diagrams I took come in handy even years later!
Informative observations and I wished to add about BootBlacking. MLT (Mr.LeathermanToronto) sponsors the dual MLT Competition for Mr. Leatherman Toronto and BootBlack Toronto each November.
BootBlack's shine Boots, shoe's and other leather garments upon request. The donations are usualy given to a charity of choice, such as ACT (AIDS Committee of Toronto) or some other Community HIV/AIDS service organization.
At Northbound's annual Leather Fashion show and event 2 BootBlacks are there and provide 100%
or money raised to the ACT BDSM Fund or other charity. I have been a BootBlack there for the last several years and it is always a delight to give a fellow Kinkster their first shine. Also in July there is the Church Street Fetish Fair with several blocks of Church Street closed to vehicle traffic and devoted to stage performances, seminars, booths for information and commercial sales. And of course at the ACT Tent we have BDSM seminars and a BootBlack. OK I will give you a prejudicial answer: it is I who provides the BootBlacking :o)
ACT has produced a glossy BDSM phamphlet with lots of eye candy which is given away for free, besides the free lube and condom pacts.
Oh I use the initials of my real first name and a shortened sandman to come up with the initials of BDSM.
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