During the meeting, nudity activist Gypsy Taub stepped up to the podium and addressed the committee. “Nudity does not harm children,” she said. “Have you ever seen a child cry because they saw a naked person? What do children do when they see naked people? They laugh. It makes them happy, it doesn’t traumatize them. Nudity is natural and harmless. Our bodies are God’s gift and God doesn’t make mistakes. Attacking our right to be nude is an attack on sacredness, beauty, love freedom, art and creative self-expression.”
Gypsy Taub
She was quickly escorted out of the room by police officers while chanting, “Up with body freedom, down with Scott Wiener.”
Naturally, Taub was greeted with a rousing round of applause–probably for a whole variety of reasons.
Wiener’s law would outlaw the exposure of genitals in public places. The law contains exceptions for street fairs and parades, so the city’s famously nude-friendly events such as the Folsom Street Fair and Bay to Breakers would remain unchanged.
Fines for violating the ordinance will run up to $500.
The three-member Neighborhood Services Committee unanimously voted to recommend the passage of Wiener’s law by the full Board of Supervisors. The legislation is scheduled to receive a vote on November 20.
Nudist activist Gypsy Taub’s nude act of civil disobedience at public hearing on ordinance amending the San Francisco Police Code by adding Section 154 to prohibit nudity on public streets, sidewalks, parklets, and plazas, and on public transit vehicles.
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