Topless Sunbathing Sparks Controversy In Ocean City, Maryland ☀️👙👀

OC, MD beach patrol recently said they will stop scolding women who sunbathe topless.

Beach weather is putting a controversial subject in the spotlight in Ocean City, Maryland.

That subject is topless sunbathing.

A woman’s advocate asked the State Supreme Court to clarify Maryland’s law on the matter — but that has taken several months.

Parents say topless bathing isn’t family-friendly, but police are adopting a wait-and-see attitude.

“It’s really based on the particular situation and how it’s presented,” say police.

“The beach is something we are trying to incorporate as a family. It would turn us away and we would go elsewhere,” said a father.

Maryland is one of several states with ambiguous laws on toplessness.

Several cities across the country have laws allowing a choice between tops or no tops.

Now Ocean City, MD beach patrol says they will stop scolding women who sunbathe topless

Women who sunbathe topless at a Maryland resort town used to get a scolding from beach patrol officers, but that has changed.

The head of the Ocean City Beach Patrol said Jun 8, 2017 in a memo that workers should document complaints of toplessness.

But, they should not approach topless women — even if beach-goers request it.

Chelsea Covington, an advocate for normalizing toplessness, asked Worcester County’s state’s attorney last year to examine the law. He, in turn, asked Maryland’s attorney-general for an opinion. Officials haven’t heard back.

Article continues below advertisement

For years, the beach patrol would just tell topless women “Hey, you can’t do that.”

But, without an opinion from the attorney-general, he says they don’t feel like they can tell women not to sunbathe topless.