I have always liked to be nude. When I was a teenager I would tan in our back yard in the nude. After I graduated from University I would occasionally

Interesting thoughts being blogged at naturist philosopher. Link provided http://naturistphilosopher.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/finding-the-courage-to-enjoy-social-nudity/

Nude Abroad This is the tale of my first time going nude sun bathing on a beach in a foreign country, Tenerife one of the Canary Islands. The weather here

I am an advocate for Body Freedom; the idea that the human body is natural, normal, and good, and therefore need not be kept hidden from view in public spaces,

What people often mean by "compromise", is that the offended party requires whoever they find offensive to conform to the expectations of the offended party. There is no expectation that

World peace and harmony is achievable within our lifetime because we have it within ourself to stop seeing the world with hatred and fear. YOU and I can change ourselves

JUSTICE IN MALTA – where skinny dipping can get you a bigger sentence than assaulting foreign bird wild life volunteers keeping an eye on illegal hunting! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VisVu1gbTWk IS THIS JUSTICE????

Our country is very conservative and politicians fear that if they legalize nudist beaches they will loose votes. We need to put pressure on the local government. Please visit our

I appreciate the back and forth of the conversations that have been occurring, but I don’t seem to find the time and place to interject myself into that ongoing dialog.

I think this issue needs to be addressed, because it is a destabilizing hypocrisy in the nudist community. The nudist community has largely adopted an ideology of acceptance and equality

I’ve been a member for a while but have not contributed until today. I prefer to listen and learn about the community before jumping in. This community does seem to

My first nudist experience was when my parents surprised me with a trip to Sandy Hook beach in New Jersey. It was awkward at first, but open minded as I

Friends: If you had talked to me prior to the summer of 2013 about naturist nudist living being a lifestyle for me,you would've heard sarcastic derision! That is,until I took

Respect is a two-way process. The mistake many people make is of trying to make "respect" mean "do what I say". There is a difference.

Nudists will always be a scorned minority because they/we are simply incapable of working together towards a common goal: mainstream and social acceptance of the naked human body. Whenever any

some generic Questions on 'Naturism' — the rest of this blog has been removed — The "author" has been sent a warning, and the rest of this blog has been

In the 4th century BC, Alexander the Great encountered, in India, wandering groups of naked holy men whom he dubbed the naked philosophers. (Gr gymnos: naked; sophist: knowledge). … the

the Naktiv site is NOT a private network, it IS a social network with excellent facilities for sharing and connecting to other online networks. Because it is the core view

Here’s the first paragraph of the http://www.naktiv.net/mission-statement as a reminder of why we’re here: The Naktiv site is provided as a safe place for people to post Naked and Active

I was honoured when Richard asked me to join the group of moderators on this site although not having done that kind of thing before, I recognised it would take

My husband got nudism into his mind that this was something that we should try. My initial response was complete and abject horror–who hasn't had that nightmare where you are

No freedom has ever been freely given, freedoms have always been taken. The people who pioneer the new, (because not "normal"), views are inevitably regarded as extremists. Today, we bow

Nudists and naturists often complain that they are misunderstood by the world at large, by mainstream society. On many mainstream social networking sites, such as Facebook, nudity is banned unless

I have had a rest from the Naktiv site for a while. One or two people started to claim that I had written or meant things that I had not,

Right then. I've started writing something that might become the start of a Scifi story that has nudism/naturism in it. I'm going to put the first 2500 words here. My