The American Association for Nude Recreation has posted the Nudists Bill of Rights as a petition that supporters can sign.

As law-abiding citizens who are friends of nudism,  including many  members of the American Association for Nude Recreation,  we proudly affirm that we have and are entitled to exercise the following rights. These are self-evident and based on the Constitutions of the United States and Canada, the laws of those countries, and their court rulings.

Naturist Project: The Turning Point
Posted by: "Dario Western"
Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:05 pm (PDT)



This sounds like a pretty valid cause, and one that we naturists ought to get behind and do our part for. :-)

This will be the Largest event in naturist history!

The mission: Change western views on nudism.

The plan
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Confronting the public nudity taboo
USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), March, 1998 by Anthony Layng

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_n2634_v126/ai_20409128/?tag=content;col1

"... It seems inevitable that we will become increasingly comfortable with nudity so that, some day, pictures of naked models and actors and the presence of nude bathers on public beaches no longer will shock the moral sensitivities of most Americans."

During the last 50 years, there has been a tremendous liberalization in American attitudes concerning sexual behavior, but public nudity continues to evoke disgust and ridicule. Even though legal restrictions have been relaxed and clothing-optional beaches are more numerous than ever before, as are the sunbathers who frequent them, most Americans continue to disapprove of nudity no less than their grandparents did. In spite of the fact that it now is quite acceptable to display nearly all of one's body poolside or at the beach, total nudity continues to make Americans very uncomfortable.

Proponents of nudity usually maintain a low profile, not wishing to invite what seems to be inevitable hostility. Given the present concern with "family values," it is likely that such attitudes will persist for some time. However, there is a gradual trend in American attitudes about the human body which suggests that the public nudity taboo may be abandoned one day.

NOTE: This special Safe For Work version of the GOUGH NUDE! campaign page has been scrubbed of all potentially offending nudist imagery.  If you would like to go to the official GOUGH NUDE! campagign page instead, then click here: GOUGH NUDE!

The Campaign to Free Stephen Gough - The Naked Rambler

Stephen Gough, also known as 'The Naked Rambler' has been challenging the public nudity laws of Scotland since 2003 (see 'The Short History of the Naked Rambler', below).  During the course of his principled campaign, he has been jailed repeatedly for refusing to put on his clothes in jail, on the streets or in the courts and in fact has spent the bulk of his time in custody as a result.  He was most recently arrested seconds after he was freed from Perth Prison, again for refusing to cover up. Officers were waiting outside of the jail to arrest him if he continued his campaign of civil disobedience.