"I wonder if I can see Nantucket from here."
Posted on 12/09/2022 3:06:22 PM PST by algore
NANTUCKET — For anyone who enjoys the free ebb and flow of ocean air and currents over their bare skin, the coast is now clear for people of all genders to legally go topless on Nantucket beaches.
Seven months after Nantucket voters approved a bylaw amendment specifically to allow all people — including women — freely to eschew torso coverings while spending time on the island's beaches, Attorney General Maura Healey has given the change her seal of approval. Her endorsement was required before the so-called "Gender Equity on Beaches" amendment could become Nantucket law.
Nantucket is the first town in Massachusetts specifically to address this issue in its bylaws, giving beach goers a blanket green light to go topless on all of its beaches if they choose.
On other beaches in the Cape and islands region, there are sections where nude sunbathing is informally accepted.
There are also beaches where it is specifically stated in the beach rules that nude sunbathing is not allowed, or that it is allowed only beyond the first 1,500 feet of the beach entrance, as is the case with the Vineyard's Lucy Vincent Beach.
"I am so excited and relieved," Stover said Wednesday, reacting to the news. "For months I have had community members reaching out in regards to the AG making her decision, and now we finally have our answer that top freedom for all on island beaches has fully passed and is officially a Nantucket bylaw."
In February, Stover shared with the Cape Cod Times that while visiting the beach last summer she had wanted to lay out topless, "and I thought, 'why can't I do that?'"
She said the general acceptance of men and boys going bare-chested, while women's toplessness has been seen as unacceptable, is "really antiquated" and is inequality.
Instead of just shrugging this question off, Stover developed her proposal to change the Nantucket bylaws specifically to state that anyone could go topless on island beaches. She successfully got her amendment on the town meeting agenda through a citizens' petition.
"I worked on the bylaw for about three months. My sister, AdaRuth Waig, helped me do the law research," she said Wednesday.
There once was a man from Nantucket:
Be warned! The women who go topless are not the ones you want to see topless!
Oh my!
Does this include bus loads of illegals sent there?
exactly- and what do you usually find on Nantucket? Old, white, liberal hags
LOL first person to take advantage will be Mike Obama. I’ll pass on seeing the pics though
Who left as fast as he could when the beach was declared topless.
“People of all genders.”
In other words, both.
Just because one is ‘free’ to do something doesn’t mean one ‘should’ do it.
There are consequences to EVERY action, sometimes good, and sometimes bad.
"I wonder if I can see Nantucket from here."
Seinfeld good naked or bad naked.
https://youtu.be/hKWxpuiUEk8
No kidding! I am older woman and they even embarrass me! Some people should always take their clothes off in dark!
Nay a good titty to be seen...
Maura Healey’s favorite kind, if my instincts about her are correct.
YIKES! Not a pretty sight!
~BOOFY~
Amazing what comes under the banner of “gender equity.”
I wonder what the muslim community will say, not likely muslim women will be on Nantucket beaches. Wearing a burka on the beach is insane.
Personally, I see no problem with topless women in public. Some fat men should wear a bra, especially since they are generally not attractive. Breasts are natural, and once you’ve seen them there is little shock factor. I’ve been to rock concerts in parks and seen many topless women enjoying the music - no big deal.
So behind the times !
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/san-francisco/8-nude-beaches-in-san-francisco-thrillist-sf
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