Nantucket Set To Vote On Topless Beaches For All

NANTUCKET, MA — Residents of Nantucket will vote Monday to determine if all residents can go topless on beaches.

"Gender Equality on Beaches," or Article 71, is one of 107 articles up for consideration during Monday's town meeting.

Dorothy Stover, the daughter of a former town clerk, first introduced the bylaw amendment in February to promote equality for all.

Stover claims that "in order to promote equality for all persons, any person shall be allowed to be topless on any public or private beach within the Town of Nantucket," the proposal reads under Article 71.

Current law only allows men to go topless in public, and women can face a penalty of up to three years in prison and a fine of $300.

"This is really antiquated and this is inequality," said Stover, 40, in an interview with the Cape Cod Times. "Some men have bigger breasts than I do."

Even if the bylaw amendment is approved at the town meeting, there is still a chance it won't come to fruition, as it would still need approval from the Massachusetts attorney general.