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Almostwild's avatar

I’ve shared the same elsewhere but I will share my thoughts here as well… I feel very conflicted about this news. On the one hand, I am glad to see AANR advocating for its members and protecting its clubs. That is the reason we rally behind an organization and pay membership dues: To protect and advocate for the community. On the other hand, I am uncomfortable with the willingness of nudists to functionally advocate against the rights of adult industries and non-AANR-affiliated nudist venues. This is not progress in my mind, but sends the message that nudists are self-interested isolationists. I dream of a nudist community that seeks to do no harm to individuals, communities, and industries that should be able to coexist in a free society. I dream of a nudist community that sees these sweeping threats and opposes them wholesale rather than seeking carve-outs.

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Dan Speers's avatar

I went and read the amended law and there are a couple things that I found interesting about this. Just to note INAL nor do I play one on the Internet…

First, massage therapists must be clothed even in a nudist environment. The exemption is only regarding employees of the massage establishment.

I don’t see anything in this law that requires draping or covering of the client. So even nudist therapists must be fully dressed.

Given the way it’s worded, I don’t think that this affects groups like B.E.A.C.H.E.S because they are not a massage establishment. This would further be true if the therapist they bring in charges directly for their services, in which case they are operating on their own. Just my opinion…

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