Do you know if toplessness is legal where you are?

[matchrestore]

Minneapolis, Minnesota's park board voted earlier this week to remove language from its policies prohibiting exposing breasts below the top of the areola in its parks. Because toplessness is legal in Minnesota, and Minneapolis as well unless otherwise prohibited by a local law, toplessness is now legal in Minneapolis parks. #topfreedom #topless #freethenipple

Yes, it is legal

Yes, it is illegal

I don't actually know

[Anonymous]

Good for Minneapolis!! Sure, it is legal in UK, and I believe in NL, too. In fact, in UK there are no specific laws prohibiting nudity.

The Waveney District council, in UK, voted a few years ago to remove almost all restrictions on nudity on all its beaches. The only condition is that naturists should be discrete.

[Opinion Owner]

Of course, Waveney and Suffolk Coastal districts are now one, called East Suffolk DC. I do not know whether it now applies to ALL beaches on the coast or not. I must find out, as we have a beach only 50 metres away.

[matchrestore]

Where I am in North Dakota, nudity is legal unless it is nudity "with intent to arouse, appeal to, or gratify that person's lust, passions or sexual desires."

The problem is, its hard to convince some crusty old county sheriff that sitting out on the back lawn sunbathing nude is not done for any of those reasons, since they can't separate nudity from sexuality in their sheltered brain.

That being said, toplessness is allowed in the city I live in, and while the cops might tell you to move on or cover up, they won't arrest anyone for it (or at least that's what some of my friends have reported).

[matchrestore]

My hometown city code bans topless sunbathing in public places. According to local law, it is unlawful to appear “on any street, avenue, highway, road, park, sidewalk, bike path, beach, beach front or waterway located in the city, or appear in any public place, store or business in a state of nudity.” The code notes that it includes “female breasts.”

At least its not ambiguous I guess...

[Opinion Owner]

Similar in Waveney. Police were instructed to intervene only in cases of blatant exhibitionism. Luckily, we have British Naturism to guide us and speak for us!

[Opinion Owner]

Sounds like they have it all tied up! No getting through that little lot!

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you for MHG!

[purplepoppy]

I've suddenly got new respect for you Americans. No idea of the law here other than nudity is tolerated in one area and frowned upon in another.

[matchrestore]

I bet most people in Minneapolis reading about the rule change in the local newspaper had no clue toplessness was legal other than in parks!

[NorthwestRider]

There are two nude beaches by my house and a naked bike ride each year

[Cmoreins]

I live in Minneapolis and had no idea about anything of this. 😬

[On_cloud_wine]

I lost contact with a girl that invited to her nude pool party but she stripped right in front of me and told me that her parents taught her at a very young age to not be ashamed of her nudity.. Just curious.. since you know a lot about nudity, what country have you learned is most comfortable? What state allows it the most?

[matchrestore]

California and Florida have the most nude beaches, but they also have the most beaches... I'm not sure which country is the most friendly, a lot of European countries are more lax about nudity, Germany has FKK, etc.

[On_cloud_wine]

What’s fkk?

[matchrestore]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freik%C3%B6rperkultur

It's a very long-standing and widely accepted and practiced naturism in German culture. It loosely translates to the "free body movement"

[JackSmy]

It should never have been a LEGAL thing! A woman should be able to be topless, like any man can be! How is it not 'sexist' that she must cover, and he doesn't?
Just curious why so many are so afraid of women being able to just feel free? What is so 'offensive' about breasts, that there were laws, saying that HERS need to be covered, but not his? She should be able to choose, for HERSELF!!
Is this still something, unresolved, from the 1970's Equal Rights Movement?

[Apple1996]

I live on a military base so no I'm pretty sure it's illegal here.

[matchrestore]

What about off base around there?

[Apple1996]

Probably not. I know there was talk of a nude beach close to here but I've never looked into it

[Apple1996]

There are nudist parks and resorts. I had to google to find those tho lol

[matchrestore]

Now that you know where they are, there's no excuse not to go (once the pandemic is over, of course)

[ArrowheadSW]

Here in California, it is not legal.

I know two women who live in Minneapolis though. One might take advantage of the change in your law there. The other, probably not... LOL

[bannacookies]

I think this is a mistake, but you put yes it is legal twice. I'm assuming B is supposed to be it is not legal. So I voted B.

[matchrestore]

Second one says illegal

[bannacookies]

Ah, so it does. I can't read today. Lol

[ODC2112]

In Italy in 2000 the third criminal section of the Cassation (the third degree of judgment in the Italian judicial system), with the sentence n. 3557 of March 20, 2000, arrives at a distinction between topless and nudism, effectively making the former legal and putting an end to an almost thirty-year judicial battle. Of course it's only allowed in bathing areas, or solariums, you can't go around topless in the city centre.

[Dinklex3]

Last time I checked it was legal in NY. But that was years ago.

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

Public nudity is legal in the entire state of Oregon

[TraceyByrd]

Disgusting 😂🚿

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

@TraceyByrd When old people are involved, yes it can be

[TraceyByrd]

Doesn't matter age

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

@TraceyByrd Oh, well then that's just... prudish.

[TraceyByrd]

True facts anyways 💁💯

[BoobMan]

Hmmm. . . legal toplessness in Minneapolis, you say?

Must be part of the "Freeze the Nipples" campaign!

:P

[Prettygurl12]

Everything is legal in Minneapolis since they've effectively eliminated their police.

[matchrestore]

Unenforced doesn't mean legal

[NorthwestRider]

Being legal means more freedom!!!

I love freedom 😎

[DiversityHire]

State wide it is quite legal, but local ordinances may still exist.

It's been legal statewide for a long time lol.

[MissDawn7961]

why not just lay there naked? why just topless? why not just lay there topless like this - slut , hoe and prostitute - is doing? why not just be naked , get raped and complain about it? thanks

[najekim]

Here in New England, they'd throw you in jail if they could for being topless. Personally, we believe at should be legal everywhere. Go Topfreedom!

[jshm2]

Technically it violates public decency laws. Minneapolis will probably need to change it's policies back, when it gets taken into court.

[dovido]

Unfortunately, bc of religion and ignorance, it’s still a violent act to be doing.
hitting women is still acceptable in parts. But being topless can get u get beat up.
🤦🏽

[TacosRAwesome]

It's illegal to be topless off the beach for both men and women. To be honest I'm not sure if it's legal to be topless on the beach but I guess it's more lenient.

[BButterfly]

Oh what a great accomplishment that will bring light to the darkness! 🤔

[msc545]

Illegal in all of California except a few beaches where they ignore the law.

[joeldalton]

That wasn't much of a groundbreaking ruling, what are there three days it's warm enough to show your areolas, lol?

[matchrestore]

Minnesota summers can be quite warm.

[Yaaten]

Minneapolis here I come! :) That girl in the picture looks really nice. I'd love to scratch her back. I wonder what book she's reading.