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Friday · 13 min
News of the Nude, Aug. 2026
August’s nude news stretches from crowded clothing-optional beaches in Oregon and costly boundary mistakes in Sardinia to increased patrols beside Belgium’s naturist shore. Elsewhere, Detroit’s Naked Adventure Club offers a glimpse at a younger model of organized naturism, a Florida steakhouse experiments with clothing-optional dining, and one very small topless streaker becomes an unexpectedly large controversy. It’s another month of bodies, beaches, boundaries, and the strange ways nudity keeps finding its way into the news. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
Wednesday · 7 min
Grand Lido Negril reopens after Hurricane Melissa
Grand Lido Negril has reopened after nearly ten months of hurricane-related closure, restoring one of the Caribbean’s few dedicated naturist resorts. The boutique property remains part of Royalton’s larger Negril complex and Marriott’s Autograph Collection, making it a rare example of an explicitly clothing-free resort operating inside a major international hotel network. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
Monday · 5 min
North Carolina bill could make repeat nonsexual nudity a felony
A North Carolina bill would make repeat indecent exposure a felony and require sex-offender registration, dramatically increasing the consequences of a law that does not require prosecutors to prove sexual intent. The proposal does not create a new prohibition on nonsexual nudity, but for naturists it raises the stakes of an existing statute whose reach is already unusually broad. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
August 10 · 6 min
Robbery disrupts nudist Summer Games at Glen Eden
A robbery at Glen Eden Sun Club prompted a shelter order and a large sheriff’s response Saturday as hundreds of members and visitors waited inside the Southern California nudist resort. A 20-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested on suspicion of multiple offenses, and attendees describe how Glen Eden responded as deputies searched the property. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
August 10 · 6 min
Hundreds cycle naked through Berlin in a first for Germany
Around 500 people cycled through Berlin naked or partially clothed on Sunday in what organizers describe as the first World Naked Bike Ride in a major German city permitted to proceed with complete nudity. After years of bans and clothing requirements elsewhere in Germany, Berlin organizers succeeded by making naturism itself central to the demonstration. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
August 1 · 3 min
Goodland sells for $1.35 million, less than half its asking price
The former Goodland Country Club has been sold for less than half its original asking price, ending months of uncertainty about one of America's oldest nudist properties. The new owners plan to restore the historic estate as a family destination, marking the latest example of a long-established naturist site passing into a future that leaves its clothing-optional past behind. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 31 · 3 min
Northampton naturist swim suspended after 44 years
A monthly naturist swim that had operated continuously for forty-four years has been suspended following a change in management at Northampton's public pool. As British Naturism, local organizers, and public officials work toward a solution, the case has become a reminder of how quickly longstanding opportunities can disappear, and how much effort it takes to restore them. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 25 · 4 min
Gironde megafire forces overnight evacuation of La Jenny
A rapidly expanding wildfire in southwestern France forced the overnight evacuation of La Jenny, one of Europe's best-known naturist villages, along with tens of thousands of people across the Gironde coast. As firefighters battle the blaze, the future of a community built among the maritime pines remains uncertain. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 25 · 2 min
Ottawa blocks the airport expansion threatening Hanlan's Point
Canada's federal government has rejected the airport expansion plan that threatened Hanlan's Point, explicitly identifying the historic beach as a place that should be protected. While Ontario has not abandoned its ambitions, the decision represents a major win for one of the world's oldest and most significant clothing-optional beaches. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 23 · 5 min
Mākena permit approved
Maui officials approved the Mākena State Park improvement plan after the state dropped new asphalt, reduced lighting, and disavowed any plan to restore the gate at Little Beach. The decision offers some immediate reassurance, but a required carrying-capacity study due in 2029 could reopen the question of reservations, controlled entry, and the future of one of Hawaiʻi’s longest-used nude beaches. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 21 · 5 min
Buffalo cancels naked bike ride after threats of violence
After organizers received threats to attack participants with vehicles and projectiles, Buffalo's World Naked Bike Ride was canceled for the first time in its eleven-year history. The decision highlights the increasingly difficult balance between public visibility and public safety for one of the world's best-known body freedom demonstrations. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 17 · 5 min
San Gregorio's nude beach era is over
For more than sixty years, San Gregorio stood as a rare survivor of California's early nude beach movement, protected less by statute than by a longstanding understanding between public shoreline and private stewardship. Its transition into the state park system secures the land's future, but also ends one of the most important continuous traditions in American naturist history. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 16 · 5 min
Denny Blaine stays nude
A Washington judge has rejected efforts to close Seattle's historic clothing-optional beach or prohibit nudity there, instead ordering the city to better manage unlawful conduct while preserving lawful nude recreation. The decision marks a significant victory for Friends of Denny Blaine and reinforces a distinction naturists have argued for decades: nude is not lewd. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 14 · 4 min
Sheriffs disrupt Skinny Dip Day at Bates Beach
Skinny Dip Day participants at Bates Beach were asked to dress after sheriff’s deputies responded to a complaint about nudity. The encounter ended without citations, but it came amid renewed enforcement at the unofficial clothing-optional beach and growing concern that inappropriate behavior by people outside the organized naturist community could jeopardize decades of tolerated nude use. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 12 · 8 min
The airport next door wants Hanlan’s Point’s beach
Hanlan's Point has survived more than a century of shifting attitudes toward public nudity, but its future may now depend on decisions far beyond the beach itself. As federal officials weigh a major airport expansion, one of Canada's most historically significant naturist and queer spaces finds itself confronting the possibility that it could simply be built over. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
July 1 · 2 min
Colombia held a nudist festival at the seat of its government
Three years after Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled that nonsexual public nudity is not the same as exhibitionism, hundreds of naturists gathered in Bogotá's Plaza de Bolívar. The event illustrates how legal decisions can reshape public space, turning a constitutional principle into something visible, communal, and surprisingly ordinary. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
June 27 · 3 min
Arizona governor vetoes HB 2133 over free-speech concerns
Arizona's governor has vetoed the Protect Act, ending a legislative fight that drew unusual attention from the naturist community. The measure sought to address revenge porn and AI-generated sexual imagery, but critics warned its recordkeeping requirements and broad language could create new burdens for lawful, nonsexual nude publishing. The veto leaves those concerns unresolved for now, while making it likely the debate will return in another form. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
June 18 · 3 min
Construction begins at former Club Orient site
For years, Club Orient existed mostly in memory and in the stories told by the people who loved it. The beach remained, but the resort itself stayed frozen in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. A groundbreaking ceremony changes that. While the new project will look very different from the village that stood there before, construction has finally begun on the next chapter of one of naturism's most iconic destinations. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
June 15 · 5 min
The clock is running on Mākena
The debate over Mākena State Park isn't really about toilets or parking spaces. It is about who gets to reach the shoreline, how public land is managed, and what happens when an informal culture depends on access that was never formally guaranteed. With a major hearing approaching, the future of one of Hawaiʻi's most closely watched beaches may hinge on decisions that appear administrative on the surface but carry much larger consequences beneath. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
June 14 · 5 min
Georgia’s Serendipity Park sells, rebrands as Serendipity Sun Club
After two years of uncertainty, Serendipity Park has new owners. The sale preserves one of the South's best-known family nudist resorts, keeps existing staff involved, and ensures the property remains devoted to naturist recreation rather than redevelopment. For a movement that has lost more than a few clubs in recent years, that's welcome news. More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe

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