Stephen Gough has made quite a name for himself internationally, and keeps getting jail time for standing up for what he believes in!! We realise his story is a little off topic for us – after all, he believes in the freedom to be nude everywhere!! Nudists are all about the “nude” part, while Stephen appears to be focussing on the “everywhere” part – a subtle but important difference.

There’s quite a bit of hypocrisy about the Naked Rambler case – he can’t walk the UK streets nude, but BBC and Sky TV in the UK will happily show regular programs containing full nudity!! His plight has also highlighted all the subtle differences in the laws of different countries and territories. The real issue seems to be that society can’t deal with nudity in High-Def 3D (ie real life!), we can only tolerate it safely on the TV in SD 2D!! And so they keep beating Stephen with the conformance stick, because they know no different!!

Anyway, longest jail sentence ever (21 months), and apparently in the last 7 years has spent more time in jail than out for basically the same crimes (breach of the peace and contempt of court).

There are a couple of interesting articles about if you want to read more:
Metro UK article
BBC News

There’s also a Facebook group in support of his cause if you want to participate that way. And nudist champion Lady God1va has an article on her site as well, so check that out!!

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