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Can you be naked in public in Portland?
I've heard that being naked in public in Portland is legal, but I've also heard that it's a grey area. Can anyone shed some naked truth to this? I live in the Seattle area and it is "allowed" here, but only until someone reports you. I've been personally stopped several times by local police early in the morning during my naked walks, and been told every time that it's not illegal by default, unless around minors and unless someone reports you. I've been let go by the cops every time because of this...........Sooooo, what is the skinny for Portland?
You are a brave-determined soul! In some municipalities in other parts of the U.S., if a kid sees you nude, you are automatically branded a 'sex-offender.' What a scar/label to have to live with for the rest of your life. For me, it would be game over the minute the police showed up. I don't want to have anything to do with getting penalized by the legal system - even if one wins in court.
You are a brave-determined soul! In some municipalities in other parts of the U.S., if a kid sees you nude, you are automatically branded a 'sex-offender.' What a scar/label to have to live with for the rest of your life. For me, it would be game over the minute the police showed up. I don't want to have anything to do with getting penalized by the legal system - even if one wins in court.
To each his own
TM2010........and so we nudists ensure discreteness when getting naked in those municipalities, because none of us wants that to happen. But some places are less restrictive, that is why I am asking, so that those boundaries are understood. Yes I do push the limits, I have always been that type of person, and so I am with social nudity
Portland, Eugene, and Ashland are the three places you can't be nude in, Portland allows nudity for protests and the naked bike ride, other than it is considered indecent exposure. All three cities laws are worded almost exactly the same. People always think Portland is nude friendly because Oregon is the most nude friendly state in the country.
Portland, Eugene, and Ashland are the three places you can't be nude in, Portland allows nudity for protests and the naked bike ride, other than it is considered indecent exposure. All three cities laws are worded almost exactly the same. People always think Portland is nude friendly because Oregon is the most nude friendly state in the country.
Thank you Kassodor
Your welcome. What itboils down to is if it bothers anyone it can get sketchy because if it can be deemed that you are trying to get someone to notice you or try to excite someone then it becomes illegal. Also you cannot show your genitals to a minor.
Also you cannot show your genitals to a minor.
Really? What happens when you go to a public swimming pool and get changed in the changing rooms? There might be minors there, and that should go equally for women as it does for men.
If that's the law there, it's the stupidest thing I have heard in a long time.
Also you cannot show your genitals to a minor.Really? What happens when you go to a public swimming pool and get changed in the changing rooms? There might be minors there, and that should go equally for women as it does for men.If that's the law there, it's the stupidest thing I have heard in a long time.
Laws do not have to be well written, with the general public in mind, or in the community's best interest. Money gets most of them written and uproar over an issue by a small minority often gets a stupid law that makes things worse.
I've been in the pool locker room with my young daughter and other dads were doing the same. Was there a law against that?
Laws do not have to be well written, with the general public in mind, or in the community's best interest. Money gets most of them written and uproar over an issue by a small minority often gets a stupid law that makes things worse.I've been in the pool locker room with my young daughter and other dads were doing the same. Was there a law against that?
You're quite right - laws do not have to be well-written and indeed many aren't.
They are also usually written in such a way as to make them 'fluid' - allowing the Police or anyone else to interpret them as they see fit.
I don't know about other countries but where I live, there are no laws against taking your children into the locker room while you change.
At one pool there is a sign outside the women's locker room that says "Boys over the age of 5 must use the men's locker rooms" but there is no similar sign outside the men's locker room saying "Girls over the age of 5 must use the women's locker rooms".
It seems the rules depend on the management and they can vary from place to place.
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