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What happens when we wander off the path?
Author and human rights lawyer Marcus McCann discussed consent, empathy, public health, municipal planning, and our relationship to strangers in his 2023 book Park Cruising.
Join him for a bus tour of some of Toronto’s cruising landmarks. We’ll discuss themes from the book and the larger topic, while enjoying nature.
RSVP on Eventbrite, then meet at The 519 to take Toronto’s legendary Circusbus around the city to learn about this important part of queer history and culture.
Finish the tour with a bus ride back to The 519, or stay and enjoy Cherry Beach. This tour is free and for community members aged 18 and over.
Thank you to our sponsors, local Church-Wellesley businesses Men’s Room Toronto, and Steamworks Toronto!
Park Cruising: What happens when we wander off the path by Marcus McCann
House of Anansi says, Park Cruising takes a long look at the men who cruise for sex in urban parks. Human rights lawyer Marcus McCann uses park cruising as a point of departure for discussions of consent, empathy, public health, municipal planning, and our relationship to strangers. Prompted by his work opposing a police sting in a suburban park, McCann’s ruminations go beyond targeted enforcement and police indifference to violence to examine cruising as a type of world-building.
The result is a series of insightful and poetic walks through history, law, literature, and popular representations of cruising in search of the social value of sex. What McCann ultimately reveals is a world of connection, care, and unexpected lessons about the value of pleasure.
