Quote from: RobynD on July 29, 2018, 01:27:01 PM
It depends entirely on the jurisdiction.
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Private property use laws usually, but not always, protect you in places like yards etc. even if this space is casually viewable by the public.
Yes it depends on jurisdiction, in most of the US exposing nipples or any genitalia is illegal particularly if it can be shown that the individual had intent to offend / etc. I would not want to test NY law on this. Just because a court can't convict you of a crime due to appellate law doesn't mean a cop won't enforce a law that's still on the books.
Where I live, an otherwise quite liberal state, there is an explicit law that national seashore (so federal land) is not clothing optional. Also here and as far as I know, most states you're totally off base on being nude in your yard or in view through an open window. Yes, there's case law, mostly people get convicted. Some go on the offenders registry.
The only exceptions I know of are pride parades. Otherwise being nude in public is on a par with sexual assault. (not saying I think that's how it should be but that's how it is. We are a nation founded by puritans)
