https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/16/opinions/berlin-topless-swimming-free-the-nipple-thomas-ctrp/index.html

An article from CNN on #topfreedom in #Berlin that also talks about #Facebook and #Instagram and the situation in various other jurisdictions

#ExternalNews

Instagram Might Finally Be About to Free the Nipple. What Took So Long?

“When thinking about nipple censorship on social media today, it’s worth getting to the bare bones of the matter: There is simply no way of knowing one’s gender based on what their body looks like. And, even if that were possible, or even remotely ethical to police (it’s not), there is no reason that a woman’s breast ought to be inherently offensive.”

#topfreedom #instagram #socialmediacensorship

https://www.vogue.com/article/free-the-nipple-instagram

Did You Know Women Can Walk Around Topless in These Four New England States?

“So why don't more women do it? Honestly, I feel that is a more complicated question to answer so we won't even go into that, but instead let's find out where this might actually be legal…”

#topfreedom #unitedstates #newengland

https://949whom.com/new-england-states-where-it-is-okay-to-walk-around-topless/

‘This is a human rights issue’: City of Edmonton defends rules change

“The update in 2022 followed a series of focus group sessions with different age groups, cultural backgrounds, genders, gender identities and sexual orientations

The city can’t deny anyone from accessing a city-owned and operated pool because they want to swim without something covering their chest. The guidelines must not discriminate on the basis of gender.“

#topfreedom #canada #alberta #edmonton

https://globalnews.ca/news/9491683/edmonton-swim-topless-pool/

33-year-old wants to swim topfree – and is thrown out of a Berlin indoor pool

‘Lotte Mies remembered her visit to the Kaulsdorf indoor pool. "I don't even have my foot in the water before the screaming starts," she recalls. Immediately the lifeguards come running, arms waving wildly in the air, shouting “Halt” and “Stop” across the pool. The reason for the excitement? Lotte Mies wears only swimming trunks…’

#topfreedom #germany #berlin #indoorpools

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/wo-die-badehose-nicht-genugt-33-jahrige-will-oben-ohne-schwimmen--und-wird-aus-berliner-hallenbad-geworfen-9379478.html

Censored and hidden: why is the female nipple still taboo and men's is not?

“I don't know why our tits are so scary” sang Rigoberta Bandini for Eurovision in her ‘Ay Mama’ – now an anthem – in front of a giant tit that emulated a globe. It gave people talk. In the public space and on social media, a woman must take great care that this small body part is not seen, not noticed, disguised. If it happens, it can only be due to carelessness”

#topfreedom #AyMamá #Eurovision

https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/censurado-escondido-pezon-femenino-sigue-tabu-hombres-no_1_9954668.html

Is the nipple finally free? Not if censorship of Sara is any guide

‘Sara Oscar was informed by Instagram a photo of her as a child did not meet the social network company’s community standards. Oscar contested the decision, and meanwhile “redacted my own nipples” by blacking them out. “Seeing a black line across my chest actually made the photograph feel more obscene,” she said.’

#topfreedom #instagram #socialmediacensorship

https://www.smh.com.au/national/is-the-nipple-finally-free-not-if-censorship-of-sara-is-any-guide-20230203-p5chpi.html

Massachusetts Attorney general approves topless beaches

“(Dec. 8, 2022) Women now have the right to go topless on all of Nantucket’s beaches. The island’s topless beach bylaw received final approval from state attorney general Maura Healey on Tuesday.

The bylaw will officially go into effect once it is publicly posted, which should happen by Friday at the latest, town clerk Nancy Holmes said.”

#topfreedom #unitedstates #massachusetts #nantucket

https://www.ack.net/stories/topless-beach-bylaw-passes-final-hurdle,30770

The Laws Relating to Public “Nudity” in New South Wales

“It has become socially acceptable for women to sunbathe topless on beaches generally, even if those beaches aren’t listed as a ‘designated beach’… Police generally have taken a more “liberal” view of female toplessness in public, allowing it to occur as long as it isn’t causing much of a public disturbance.”

#topfreedom #australia #newsouthwales

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=dd06ff76-0d72-4e73-b076-57f35cda82cb

“When did we decide men without their tops are 'shirtless' while women are topless? What is it about men's nipples that render them acceptable while women's are so rude or provocative that they must be hidden?”

Kate Emery: Is it time for WA beaches to go a bit more French on topless bathing?

https://thewest.com.au/opinion/kate-emery-off-with-their-tops-is-it-time-for-wa-beaches-to-go-a-bit-more-french-on-topless-bathing-c-9886006

#topfreedom #australia

English translation:

"In Grenoble [in southeastern France], the burqini [that is, a form of very modest swimwear principally associated with Muslim women] was authorized by municipal pools after a lot of work by the Syndicat des femmes musulmanes de l'Alliance Citoyenne [Muslim Women's Union of the Citizen Alliance] and various anti-racist and feminist groups and associations. In theory female toplessness is equally authorized.

"It came down to 29 votes against 27 with 2 abstentions.

"It's typically the kind of anti-reactionary victory, and progressive too, that I like a lot. A little more visibility of bodies, imposed upon the reacs."

@thildACAB

#externalnews #france #grenoble #burqini #topfreedom

@nudism-as-an-illegalism #activism #bangye #beijing #braburning #chibo #china #feminism #freethenipple #history #sagging #topfreedom #shirtlessness #膀爺 #赤膊