Pup play and pup gatherings in Toronto

Toronto is the country’s second hub and its first in English. The scene is more scattered than Montréal’s: fewer permanent venues, more organisations renting a room for the night. Rope groups and queer collectives are especially active.

Pup play is animal roleplay. You take on a dog-like headspace, you play, you chase, you end up in a pile on a mat. For a lot of people there is nothing sexual about it, and a gathering looks closer to a dog park than to a night out. They are called moshes.