The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Rooster Rock nude beach Kyan Hartley. When you're naked, peeing in public becomes a confounding affair. The unambiguous, bow-legged stance of a man pissing behind a guardrail remains the nude man's primitive shield. But without the shelter of a zipper, turning back toward the civilized world lacks its customary sigh of relief. Your soggy, dripping member is impossible to conceal. Being truly discreet requires nothing short of invisibility. At Rooster Rock —a state park boasting a slender finger of queer-friendly, clothing-optional shoreline along the Columbia River just east of Portland—there's really nowhere to hide.
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So you want to get naked in Oregon. You've got your sunscreen, a towel and a good pair of shoes on your feet. The only thing nagging you is the law - where can you legally be naked anyway? That's a complicated question. The easiest way to frolic in the nude is to go to any of the nude resorts, beaches, spas or events around the state see a listing of those places here. If you want to go rogue and strut your stuff in cities, campgrounds, parks or trails, you'll need to brace yourself for a complex web of bureaucracy. Oregon state law is actually pretty lenient on nudity. To be charged with public indecency, you must be engaged in a sexual act or have "the intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person. But there's a catch. All local municipalities have the right to make their own laws regarding nudity, and those laws outrank the statewide policy.
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After a long day of protesting in Portland, Oregon—where federal officers have been dispatched to crack down on Black Lives Matter demonstrations—the sex-worker stripped down and positioned herself on the pavement facing a line of police. An Oregonian staff photographer snapped a shot of the performative activist, who quickly went viral on Twitter as the "Naked Athena," after the goddess of war. Speaking out for the first time on the podcast Unrefined Sophisticates , "Jen," as she wants to be known, said she acted on impulse—and anger—in a heated moment. I just have been that way for several years now and there's not anywhere that you can't find me naked I'm a sex worker and my nakedness is political. It's my expression. It was just before 2 a.
Summer has officially come to Oregon. It's hot - really hot - and for many of our state's more daring locals, that means it's high time to strip naked and soak up the sun. People here tend to be deeply divided on the issue of public nudity the World Naked Bike Ride is an apt example , but love it or hate it, Oregon has an incredibly cozy relationship with getting naked in the open. The first nudists - also known as naturists - organized back in the early 20 th century. They were a group of locals who, inspired by the movie "Elysia Valley of the Nude ," banded together to create "The Hesperian Society," what eventually became the state's first nudist resort.