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   FALL 2003

Nudist Youth Camps: A Wedge Issue
By Michael Kush
This issue of the Beach Buzz is largely devoted to the controversy over the AANR Youth Leadership Camps for naturist youth, and its larger repercussions. Some naturists and skinny-dippers have wondered if this really is a significant issue for our concern. Those who don’t intend to send their kids to such a camp often presume a law against a nudist camp for kids won’t affect their right to bring their own kids to a nudist resort or a naturist beach. Others whose kids have grown and left the nest sometimes aren’t even concerned if children were to be banned from participation in all naturist activities. After all, this won’t affect their right to visit a nudist resort or naturist beach, will it? Those making these assumptions fail to recognize how this issue can be used as a wedge to bring naturism into disrepute and to broaden the legislative attack on nude recreation. They also are perhaps unaware of how difficult it is to influence the wording and scope of legislation if naturists do not maintain strong public relations and lobbying efforts.

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A Summer of Education, Defense and Offense
Anatomy of an Anti-Nudity Battle
By Shirley Mason
By June 19th, I read the article about Congressman Mark Foley’s letter to Governor Bush and Attorney General Charlie Christ, giving a scathing account of our nude summer camps for naturist youth. I knew that doing nothing more than contemplating my navel, if I so decided, was going to be put on hold indefinitely. The anger that I felt at reading what Congressman Foley said was only tempered by the thought of what must be done to defuse this public relations disaster.

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Old enough to make a lanyard, and to do it nude
By Kate Zernike
On the third-to-last day of summer camp, the temperature has risen to 98 degrees, and even the troopers have begun to whine. “I don’t want to play strip volleyball!” complained Jane Jeffries, 13, her sunburned shoulders sagging. “I want to play regular volleyball.” Halie Nelson, 14, agreed, “Yeah, I’d rather get all the clothes off, and keep all the clothes off.” Here at the Youth Leadership Camp run by the American Association for Nude Recreation, the dress code for regular volleyball ­ and for the pudding toss, mini-golf and campfire sing-alongs ­ is the same as it is for skinny dipping.

Coalition of Naturist Leaders Confronts Rep. Foley and the Media
Rep. Foley’s letter attacking the AANR Youth Leadership Camp was written on June 18, 2003, the same day that the first article on the Camp appeared in The New York Times. On that day and the next, Foley also appeared on a number of news and commentary programs. On June 20th, Shirley Mason, B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation’s Executive Director, sent an invitation to Rep. Foley to meet with the leaders of the national and local naturist organizations to discuss the camps, and to correct misconceptions he had regarding both the functioning of the camps, and naturism in general. A coalition of concerned naturist groups was quickly formed.

My first nude youth leadership camp experience
By Kyle Hofmann
I attended my first Nudist Youth Camp in June 2003 at Lake Como Family Nudist Resort in Lutz, FL. Lutz is about 10 miles north of Tampa. My grandmother, who is retired, lives at the resort all year. I had a great time. In fact it was one of the best times I had in my life.

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CON
Ban Teen Nude Summer Camps
By Esther Hartstein
Teen nude camps are child abuse of a pernicious sort, and ought to be banned. Legal under Florida State standards of “nude but not lewd,” nude camps for teens have been operating full force there for at least ten years. Should consensual teen recreation in the nude be considered illegal? Yes, and with good reason.

PRO
Don't Ban Teen Nude Summer Camps
By Marvin Frandsen, Ph.D.
The first nudist resort was planted in central Europe exactly a century ago in 1903. Before many years had passed nudism also became an American phenomenon with nudist camps and resorts springing up throughout the country. Today hundreds of nudist camps and resorts exist in the United States. Over 60,000 Americans are card carrying members of the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR), the largest and oldest of several nudist associations. Beyond the traditional camps and resorts, a burgeoning nude travel business has sprung up. In a success story as American as apple pie, U.S. entrepreneurs are satisfying public demand for nudist recreation to the tune of about $400 million a year in nudist clubs alone.

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Some perspective on naturist youth camps
By Paul LeValley, Ph.D.
Naturist youth camps have been around for a long time. In 1939, a chain of traditional camps in Vermont added skinny-dips, nude hikes, and nude gardening to their program. There were two boys’ camps, a girls’ camp, and a mixed camp for older teens. Those camps still operate today, though nudity is now restricted to the swimming area.

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Candidate Foley seeks to exploit a new nude issue
CongressmanAttempts to “Shame” Former ASA President Over Sales of Nude Videos
By Bob Morton
Using the same sort of innuendo, inflammatory hyperbole and politically motivated disregard for the truth that marked his alarmed reaction to nude summer camps for the school-age sons and daughters of American nudists, Congressman Mark Foley (R-Florida) has found a new focus amid what some military analysts might call “a target-rich environment.”

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Please support the effort to defend naturism from public misunderstanding and undue government interference
Currently naturism is in the news, due mainly to the publicity over the AANR Youth Leadership Camp. Legislators in Florida, like Rep. Quinones, have already expressed interest in enacting new anti-nudity laws in the 2004 legislative session. Preliminary hearings on Texas HB 50 show how heated the debate can be. This is an issue that we believe will not go away any time soon, and will need our attention until the end of the next Florida legislative session in 2004.

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   Spring-Summer 2003

The Art of Nude Protest!
The Boston Tea Party; the Underground Railroad; the Suffragette Movement; labor union actions for decent working conditions and decent wages; the Civil Rights marches of the ‘50’s and 60’s: Today, these are all hallowed icons of American history, viewed as protests of brave men and women for freedom and fair treatment, and against injustice. Yet, in their time, many decried these protests as dangerous, illegal acts, undermining the peace, tranquility, and stability of society. Many labeled the protesters as criminals, rabble-rousers, un-Godly, or just plain scum.
Whatever their views or politics, all Americans should recognize that part of the genius and success of our democracy is due to the ability of our citizens to freely protest what they feel are wrongs and injustices.
This download contains a number of newspaper articles on the topic.
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Naturists: Torchbearers of Liberty
Nudity, individual rights, and religious freedom
Many readers of the Beach Buzz enjoy nudity solely as a harmless recreational pleasure. Yet, for others, nudity may also carry deeper social or religious implications. It may be emblematic of one’s perceived unity with nature or with God. It may be an attempt to strip away the status and the pretensions that come with clothing – from the tailored suit of the corporate executive, to the designer jacket of the inner city youth – to relate to one another more openly and honestly. Or it may be an expression of freedom, liberty, and individual rights.
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Haulover Beach – Clothed
With its 12th anniversary occurring July 14, 2003, the naturist family beach at Haulover has demonstrated well one of our mottos: “Nude – No problem!”
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   Winter 2002-2003

What is the “Value” of the Beach?
NOAA Magazine
November 15, 2002

Most people recognize that the ocean and coast contribute to the U.S. economy. But what is the value of spending a day at the beach? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is contributing to a number of ongoing projects supporting – as well as actively performing – environmental valuation efforts.
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Haulover Beach Park Volunteer Fix-up Project a Success
By Michael Kush
Last summer, the United Way of Miami-Dade County selected Haulover Beach Park as the site for a volunteer public service project on August 15th, to include dune restoration, painting, and the installation of new Vita Course exercise stations in the park – except in the naturist beach area. To correct this oversight, a coalition of Naturist groups was quickly formed to solicit volunteers to complete the painting of the remaining lifeguard towers and the structures adjoining the Naturist Beach.
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Sun, Surf & Seminars
Miami Beach Nude Tour Event a Success
Haulover’s clothing-optional beach – a nude yacht cruise in the Columbus Day regatta – the attractions of Miami Beach’s world-famous South Beach – plus an opportunity for naturists to gather to discuss important topics of interest: clearly a winning combination for the participants in the first in the series of B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation’s naturist educational tours, that took place October 11-14, 2002.
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Ovadal Fined $1,315 for Outburst at Mazo Beach
Madison, Wisconsin
Exactly one year and one day after he called a woman a “harlot,” a “whore,” and a “heifer” in the parking lot of Mazo Beach, Ralph Ovadal of Wisconsin Christians United was fined $1,315, the maximum allowed for the incident. Ovadal claims he was “preaching” to the woman, trying to save her soul, but at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing, Judge Paul Higginbotham declared that Ovadal’s tirade had “crossed a line” and included “fighting words” that could not be protected by First Amendment guarantees of the U.S. Constitution.
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   Sept - Nov, 2002

Nudity In Advertising
Sometimes We Can’t Handle the Naked Truth
Editor’s Note
This issue of the Beach Buzz explores various writers’ observations of the proliferation and sometimes absurd use of nudity in advertising to sell just about anything. Is it over done, or not? Is it just a passing phase or here to stay?
Being a card-carrying naturist for 20 years, I’m probably more aware of – and track the progression of – nudity in the media and advertising. A few things are very clear to me.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Catalog Raising Eyebrows
Pictures Too Provocative, Some Argue –
American Decency Association calls for boycott
The theme of the new Abercrombie & Fitch catalog is called, “Searching For Paradise,” but some parents claim that is should be titled, “Searching For Sex.” The catalog, which comes wrapped in plastic, stamped with “XXX” and a warning, is filled with provocative poses and explicit encounters.
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International Naturist Federation Speaks for 33,000,000 Skinny-dippers
Will Tourism and Government Leaders Listen?
By Shirley Mason
Editor's Note
Ten years ago (August 1992), the International Naturist Federation Congress met at Paradise Lakes Nudist Resort in Pasco County, Florida and signed an open letter to the Governor of Florida, urging him to help in encouraging a more Naturist/nudist friendly state for its residents and tourists alike. We had about six traditional clothing optional beaches relatively safe from arrest and about 50 small public land sites still usable by skinny-dippers.
Now, ten years later (August, 2002) the same International Naturist Federation Congress met at Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Kissimmee, Florida and drafted a similar open letter to both public government officials and private business interests in the hospitality and tourism industries. Today, in excess of 50 of the 67 counties in Florida have anti-nudity ordinances and the State Park anti-nudity rule still exists banning not only full nudity but thong bathing suits and women's top-free sunbathing – even though we've passed an equal protection/non-discrimination clause to our State Constitution. Laws are getting more restrictive and oppressive for Naturists and we have only two traditional clothing optional beaches that are safe to use and no other sites truly usable for skinny-dippers.
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   June - July, 2002

Miami Beach Businesses Seek
Nude Recreation Market
By Shirley Mason
There must be something to the saying about seeking one’s fortune in far-away places – but finding it in your own back yard!
It seems that South Florida tourism officials, trade associations and chambers of commerce are still meeting, strategizing and spending major dollars on high-priced ad agencies, slick promotion campaigns, and market surveys – all this to try to figure out what tourists want and how to attract them to greater Miami and the Beaches.
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Haulover Beach Park Redesign
Gets County Approval for Improvements
By Michael Kush & Richard Mason
On February 26, 2002, The Miami-Dade County Commission approved plans for the redesign of Haulover Beach Park – an oceanside Regional Park of 177 acres and 1.8 miles of beach and bayfront, of which the northern 1/4 mile is a designated clothing optional Naturist family beach. The redesign calls for an expansion of the clothing optional area of the beach.
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South Florida Free Beaches/Florida Naturist Assn. Leads the Way for Haulover Beach Amenities
For the past several years, South Florida Free Beach/Florida Naturist Association representatives have been attending public hearings, and have had private meetings with Miami-Dade County Park and Recreation officials, planners and architects as well as with Haulover Beach Park management – all for the purpose of representing the interests of the Naturist Beach user and to see that those interests are served in the new Master Plan for the park.
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Haulover Beach Sand Renourishment Program on Schedule
In February 2000, South Florida Free Beaches conducted a petition drive for the purpose of obtaining beach renourishment sand for the north end of Haulover Beach Park. At the time, Haulover Beach Park was being omitted from the US Army Corps of Engineers beach renourishment project for the shoreline from Golden Beach to the north to Miami Beach to the south.
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Tampa Area Naturists Propose a Naturist Beach on the Gulf Coast
A Case Study in Public Attitudes Toward Naturism
By Michael Kush
Users of Haulover’s clothing-optional beach, skinny-dippers in other parts of Florida who have found remote niche areas where nude use is tolerated, and those who frequent the many nudist resorts in Florida, can often forget just how far removed the general public is from understanding and accepting our prospective on the issue of nude recreation.
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TNS is under new ownership
The new owners of The Naturist Society are a ‘natural choice,’ says Lee Baxandall
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Faced with health problems that have diminished his ability to put in his customary 20-hour days, Lee Baxandall, legendary founder and president of The Naturist Society, has sold TNS to three senior staff members. The sale, which was effective January 2, 2002, transferred ownership to Nicky Hoffman, TNS’s administrative director, Margaret Thornton, TNS comptroller who has been with the organization since its inception, and Judi Ditzler, executive editor of Nude & Natural magazine. Between them, the new owners have dozens of years of service with The Naturist Society.
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   Feb - Mar, 2002

Jock Sturges: Photographer and Naturist
Working largely with naturist subjects, Jock Sturges’ work often presents images of children, adolescents, and, not infrequently, their mothers, who are casually and unselfconsciously nude in their daily lives. This has led to prosecution – and persecution – by the “not-so-Christian religious right” – to use his own term. In 1990, the FBI raided his San Francisco studio and seized his work; many of his subjects were contacted and interviewed, in an attempt to substantiate charges of child pornography. Due to the unwavering support of his subjects and of the artistic community, a federal grand jury refused to bring in an indictment.
In October 2001, Jock Sturges participated in a conversation with Michael Kush and Shirley Mason of B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation. Here is their interview.
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Timeshare + Cruising + Clothing Optional =
A winning investment for longterm FUN!
B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Of Distinction, Inc. (BODI), a comprehensive naturist travel resource creating new travel opportunities in new locations, is a subsidiary of the nonprofit educational organization B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation Institute Inc. It is pleased to announce that it has secured a contract from Cruiseshares, Inc. the company has launched the first timeshare cruise ship – the beautiful and stately Rembrandt. BODI is also Cruiseshares' first wholesale agency to secure four fixed clothing optional weeks each year for individual timeshare ownership and commercial cruising for the naturist market.
The first of four clothing optional cruise weeks is scheduled to sail during National Nude Recreation Week (July 13-20, 2002) and the second clothing optional cruise this year begins October 26 – November 2, 2002. The line-up of cruise weeks for 2003 is the last week in January and April 26.
BODI has the exclusive right to market and sell to the nude recreation market worldwide, and the exclusive territory of Miami-Dade and Monroe (Florida Keys) counties to the general public.
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A Need To Be Naked In The Aftermath of the Tragic Events Of September 11
Editorial
The attack on this country was an attack on our way of life. Now our “trivial preoccupation” with nudity is more important than ever. Naturists need to beware those who would use this tragedy as an excuse to deny freedom, or alter it in any way.
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The Liberalization Of American Mores
Part 1: Confronting The Public Nudity Taboo
This article is the first in a three part series.
By Anthony Laying
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.
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   Nov - Dec, 2001

Nude Art Throughout History
By Paul LeValley
If we distinguish man from other animals by our ability to use tools, human existence began about 2 million years ago. Around 40,000 B.C.E., Neanderthal people (about to go extinct) began wearing the first furs. All people had been naked until then, and most would remain so for thousands of years more. The first clothes were decorative headbands – not loincloths. Nor did climate necessitate the wearing of furs. People had survived at least four ice ages without any clothes; the last glaciers retreated about 10,000 years before anyone thought about wearing anything.
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Good for America & Great for Naturism
By Shirley Mason
The Chinese symbol for “crisis” is the same symbol for “opportunity.”
In the next few weeks and months, naturists across the world have a golden, possibly once in a lifetime opportunity, to get noticed in a positive way, do something good for America and great for Naturism.
Before I share how this can be done and solicit your help, please allow me to preface my plan with some observations and background on the issue.
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The Bible And Nakedness
Part II
By Paul Bowman
Taken from a legal symposium speech he gave, Mr. Bowman continues his extensive outline of evidence for the support of nudity found in the stories of the Bible.
In the earlier session, we saw that the Holy Bible clearly accepts nakedness in a variety of situations. Still, from Scripture we can conclude that there are times when God ordained clothes or that the naked body should be covered. There is also one specific incidence when the genitals must be covered, which I will get to a little later.
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   Sept – Oct, 2001

The Bible and Nakedness
Part I
By Paul Bowman
Taken from a legal symposium speech he gave, Mr. Bowman begins his extensive outline of evidence for the support of nudity found in the stories of the Bible.
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New Kid on the Nude Recreation Block
By Shirley Mason
B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation has started two new subsidiaries – B.E.A.C.H.E.S. of Distinction, Inc. (BODI, a travel company) – and B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Investment Group (BIG). These organizations together represent "the next quantum leap forward in organized nude recreation" in that they "bridge the gap which has traditionally existed between private clothing-optional facilities business interests in for-profit corporations versus nonprofit corporations and public 'free' beaches."
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Quest for a Venice, FL Clothing
Optional Beach – One group’s efforts
By Ken Thomas
There are currently no legally designated “clothing-optional” beaches in Sarasota County Florida, but that could change. As recently as July 2000, there was no active naturist organization in Sarasota County Florida, but that did change. Offered here is a first person recap of how the idea for a “Euro-style” beach in Sarasota County was born and how The Suncoast Naturists came to be.
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Marion Hagans
B.E.A.C.H.E.S. New Board Member

I am a mother of 4, grandmother of 5, a Hospice nurse, land lady, nude model for college students and freelance, travel, photo journalist all part time and flexible schedule allowing me to travel like I do. That would be nice maybe.
Twelve years ago, during December 1989, an event happened that forever changed my life. Some friends had asked me a few different times if I would like to go to a nudist club.
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....June – July, 2001

How Haulover Became
An "All-Over" Tan Beach
Haulover Beach Celebrates
Its 10th Year Anniversary
By David Baum
“Hey, I just found a great spot for a nude beach!”
With that, Tom Chittenden first announced the idea of a clothing optional Haulover Beach.
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The Way It Was Back Then
South Florida Free Beaches Turns 21
Remembrances of Tom Chittenden
As a bit of background information, before I left Boston to come down here, I ran a nudist group there.
Several members of Stony Acres Club, in Massachusetts, in order to keep in touch over the long New England winters, began holding nude parties in our homes.
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..March – April, 2001

What Do Americans Feel
About Nude Recreation?

Independent Roper-Starch organization conducted a new nation-wide poll, commissioned by the Naturist Education Foundation on skinny-dipping and nude sunbathing. The poll results indicate that Americans overwhelmingly approve of nude sunbathing on beaches set aside for that purpose.
A scientific sampling of 1,010 adult U.S. residents found that 80% said they believed people who enjoyed nude sunbathing should be able to do so without interference from officials as long as they do so at a beach that is accepted for that purpose.
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A Brief History of the Gay Naturist Movement
By Jim Lewis
I have been asked to write a short history of the gay naturist movement, but when telling a history of anything, it is hard to know where to begin. At the turn of the last century, while the U.S. was banning pictures of naked bathers, such as the oil painting “September Morn” by French artist Paul Chabas, the first nudists of Europe begin stripping themselves of Victorian era prudery and bathing naked in Freilichtpark (Free Light Park) in Lubeck, Germany. Out of this movement was born Nacktkultur, which stressed “health, morality and clean living.” This, of course, included daily exercise, a vegetarian diet, and Spartan outdoor living – all nude, of course.
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Haulover's AOL Naturists
By Dorie Gravlin
The creation of the Internet has given the everyday individual a whole new way to be in contact with the world.
It has enabled us to buy just about anything we can think of, or to scan vast areas of knowledge and expertise that previously were available to us only in large libraries.
More importantly to many of us, though is that is has given us the chance to meet new and interesting people from around the world if we so choose to do so, without ever leaving the comforts or homes, through the thousands of “chat rooms” on the Internet.
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   Jan – Feb, 2001

Poseidon’s New Clothes
Public art gets dressed up – and down
Editorial
It’s been a good long time since anybody paid so much attention to Poseidon, a bronze statue that’s been aiming its invisible trident at Sacramento, California’s K Street Mall since 1972.
This rendition of the mythological god of the sea – a replica of a famous original and a gift from the government of Greece – has become as much a part of the downtown backdrop as the steady drone about what Sacramento needs to attract more convention business.
But Poseidon was restored to a position of prominence last week when members of the Advanced Training Institute International – a home-schooling organization meeting at the Sacramento Convention Center – took offense at his nudity (one conventioneer likened it to “pornography”) and sought permission to clothe him.
The Convention and Visitors Bureau acquiesced, and Poseidon appeared on various days in a toga, khaki pants and finally on Friday – when pictures of him were snapped for the front page of the next day’s Bee – in a shirt, tie and slacks.
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The Fetishized Breast
By Korina R. Jochim
Several years ago a case in New York caught my attention. People v. Santorelli involved a group of women who took off their shirts in the park on a hot day and bared their breasts. They were cited for public nudity and took their case all the way to the New York State Supreme Court. New York State had denied women the right to bare their breasts in public. Around that time there was also a march across the Buffalo Bridge in Buffalo. New York, with thousands of women marching topless to protest the ticketing of those women in the park.
As a feminist the case inspired me, but I didn’t know at the time how closely an incident in my own life would match that of the women in New York.
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Efforts to bare the facts and bar the nudies getting old and tired
By Fred Krupski
And, I may add, boring as well!
I recently noticed that Titusville’s Nellie Strickland, in opposition to opening up a portion of Playalinda Beach for nudists, has been pleading with the city council to take a stand and is urging citizens to write to the Canaveral National Seashore Superintendent. Like he really needs this. And like the poor guy is going to get inundated with letters.
Fortunately, the council took no action.
I think they’re getting tired of this as well.
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   Oct– Nov, 2000

Local “radical right” group
gathering forces to stop
nude use at Haulover Candidate
“Issues Survey” couldn't be clearer
By Shirley Mason
Please review the following “Issues Survey” from the Miami-Dade Christian Coalition which was sent to all candidates running for office from this county. The areas they've
chosen to ask about and the way the questions are posed reveal much about their interest and their leanings when it comes to supporting a candidate.
What I've learned is that Joe Martinez is one of the local Christian Coalition's new anointed candidates with no history of activism and self admittedly has no real knowledge of the workings of government. He was very narrowly elected to the Miami-Dade County Commission on October 3rd, the day of the torrential rain and flooding. His win over a candidate that would have been clearly the choice of naturists, knowing something about his views and history of community activism. A few days before the election I finally got to speak with Joe Martinez.
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New Beach Oriented Group to Support Euro-style Beach Users

Florida Naturist Association/South Florida Free Beaches clearly recognizes the opportunity to identify, secure, establish, and promote clothing-optional beaches, and the equally apparent and rapid loss of naturist beaches throughout North America.
These realities have inspired FNA/SFFB to sponsor a new sister organization to assist in accomplishing the ultimate goals of both entities, by building on FNA/SFFB's impressive record of naturism-based accomplishments.
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Introduction to the
Canaveral National Seashore
By Marvin Frandsen
One of the most beautiful and pristine beaches in the world is located just north of Cape Canaveral in central east Florida. (This makes it easy to find, just look above the bump on the right hand side of the map!)
Canaveral National Seashore (CNS) is a gift to the people of Florida and the nation by way of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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