Vancouver Swingers Club

Vancouver swingers club reflects national legal thaw

TORONTO — A 2005 Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for swingers clubs appears to be bringing out Canada’s more adventurous side.

Those who prefer life closer to the edge of the conjugal bed say the high court’s re-interpretation last December of the definition of indecency has fuelled growth in private clubs that feature group sex, partner swapping, voyeurism and exhibitionism, a trend reflected in last week’s opening of Club Eden in Vancouver.

“I think there’s a great opportunity to provide a safe environment where couples can really enhance their sex life,” said Linda Fox, who operates Club Eden with partner Jason Walters.

The high court effectively legalized such clubs when it rules that consenting adults who engage in sexual activity behind closed doors while like-minded people look on are not committing indecent acts.

Five months later, their operators say more aggressive advertising and marketing efforts in the wake of the ruling have attracted significantly more people to their events.

Club Eden is a so-called “on-premises” club, which means private and shared rooms are available for members. Other clubs typically meet in hotel rooms or private homes.

The Supreme Court decision allowed Club Eden and others like it to stop being so discreet about what’s been going on behind their closed doors — and to try to open people’s minds at the same time, Fox said.

“There’s a lot of perceptions about [the swinging community]. One of the things we’re trying hard to do is to eliminate the negative perspective that does surround it and really bring forward the positive.”

At the Taboo trade show in Vancouver this past January, Fox said she and her husband heard just one negative comment from the more than 30,000 people who made their way on to the convention floor.

Members of Club Eden are educated and respectful of others, she said. Guests are required to follow strict rules about conduct and privacy. No drugs are allowed; even smoking is restricted to the back deck.

Most clubs typically charge an annual fee of their members, but no money ever changes hands for sex. The bulk of the X-rated action takes place in “play rooms” which can host small or large groups of people.

At the largest swingers club of its kind in the city of Toronto, the play rooms apparently aren’t big enough: Wicked Club’s membership list has grown so long it will be moving to a significantly larger location by the end of the summer.

Reive Doig, an organizer with a Vancouver company that promotes events dedicated to the swing lifestyle, said attitudes about sex and sexuality are changing partly because of a proliferation of sex-friendly information and positive media coverage. “People are starting to realize that these are parts of normal human sexuality,” said Doig, whose company, BIO Event Productions, hosted the annual Conference of Kink. “The media is no longer always portraying us as serial killers and freaks.”

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