Social nudity in Seattle

Social nudity is relatively common and accepted in Seattle when compared to other American cities, although perhaps similarly treated as in other large communities of the West Coast region, such as Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Portland, Oregon. There are a number of routinely held non-sexualized clothing-optional and topfree events, including cycling.

The Solstice Cyclists in 2005.

In 2005 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that, "Parks spokeswoman Dewey Potter said the parks department does not consider simply being naked illegal, and she doesn't remember any complaints during the 13 years she's worked for the city about nudity in the parks".[1] Seattle bans indecent exposure if it is "like to cause reasonable affront or alarm", exempting breastfeeding or expressing breast milk.[2]

See also

• Clothing-optional bike rides
• Solstice Cyclists
• Clothes free organizations
• List of places where social nudity is practised
• Naturism
• Nude swimming
• Timeline of non-sexual social nudity
• Go Topless Day
• Free the Nipple
• Public nudity
• Sex-positive
• Social nudity in San Francisco
• Topfreedom
• Toplessness

References

1. Muraka, Kery (July 4, 2006). "Nudists share the naked truth". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
2. RCW 9A.88.010

Further reading

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer City weighs stripping nudists of bike ride By KERY MURAKAMI, P-I REPORTER. Thursday, November 13, 2008. Breaks the story of Seattle Parks & Recreation public nudity rule proposal, its relationship to WNBR Seattle. Quotes by Dewey Potter (Parks), Mark Storey (NAC), Daniel Johnson (WNBR). (Editor's Note: This story has been altered. Earlier versions, based on incorrect information from the Seattle Parks and Recreation department, inaccurately described what happened to 23 nude bicyclists during a ride in July.)
• West Seattle Blog Two wheels, no clothes: Bicycling protesters in West Seattle Posted September 6, 2008
• Nude & Natural (N) magazine covered Benham Gallery and Seattle Art Museum visit in issue 28.2, Winter 2008. "Naked Cyclists' Artful Idyll" by Marie Gunn. Pages 61–62. Discussion of Daniel's idea to collaborate with Marita Holdaway of Benham Gallery in Seattle.
• Nude & Natural (N), Seattle's Solstice Spectacular/Body Positive Creativity Abounds... at the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade by John Cornicello & Daniel Johnson. Also Guerilla Nudity/Wave Makers: Introducing the Body Freedom Collaborative by Mark Storey. Issue 23.1, Autumn 2003.