Men going topless on the beach is pretty regular. Women not so much. So it’s no surprise that police had no idea what to do with a group of transgender men who went topless on the beach.
Weasel Zippers reports:
Rehoboth Beach in Delaware isn’t a topless beach – but a few transgender men caused a stir by treating it like one.
Police say passers-by complained after the men removed their tops and revealed their surgically enhanced breasts over Memorial Day weekend. A lifeguard asked them to put their tops back on. The men initially refused, but covered up before police arrived.
Even if they hadn’t, though, Police Chief Keith Banks notes the men were doing nothing illegal. Since they have male genitalia, they can’t be charged with indecent exposure for showing their breasts. Banks says there’s no need for a specific law to address the issue.
I’m pretty sure that the 21st century is going to be a really strange one. Really really strange.
June 4, 2010 at 8:23 pm
THis can't be as bad a heavy set, hirsute French Canadians wearings Speedos in Old Orchard Beach.
June 4, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Matthew,
Eeeeeeeeeewww!
Rob in Maine.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!
June 4, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Observation: if they are "transgender" as they claim to be, then they would want to be treated as women, right? Or am I mistaken on that? In which case, why ask to be seen as men — by removing their tops, as men often do and do legally there — if they don't want to be seen as men? Excuse me? Are you wanting to change your sex or not?
This sort of thing makes me want to go watch old movies or LotR or something… I need to see real men…in all kinds. Kind, compassionate, sensitive, strong, artistic, valiant, real men.
June 4, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Yes, Lioness, I have often wondered why, if a lesbian eschews attraction to men, she would be at all attracted to women who look, dress and behave as much like men as possible… And the same goes for effeminate gay men.
Kate
June 4, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Mooby Dick – the 21st century beached whale story.
June 5, 2010 at 2:02 am
Note to self; wait an hour after eating before going to the Creative Minority Report.
June 5, 2010 at 4:14 am
I'm with Subvet … yes, wait after eating.
This is so beyond disgusting!
LarryD – I love your wit!
I do not understand this stuff at all. I don't think I want to! It's kind of like that woman who is now a dude, but kept the woman reproductive bits so She/He could have kids later. I don't buy it. If you are a man on the inside and convinced you should have the body to match . . . and you're a man, why would you even consider wanting to be pregnant – it seems like that would be repugnant.
PUKE-o-LA!
June 5, 2010 at 9:36 am
Nothing wrong with the exposure, anyway they are men after all.
June 5, 2010 at 9:57 am
Epic. I'm sure those police enjoyed the scene.
June 5, 2010 at 2:26 pm
The Lioness is correct. Another consideration is the effect on children who are forced to observe these perverted individuals. Looks like some new laws are in order.
June 5, 2010 at 3:40 pm
@Subvet LOL!
I think its time America started selling the bathing suits from the 1920's again, where even the men covered up on top. I mean, if you've seen even one Walter Matthau physique on the beach (God rest his soul) you're set with "man boobs" for life!
This just highlights further than most Americans feel "plurality" in society should be interchangeable with "duplicity". Yikes!
June 5, 2010 at 5:17 pm
OMG!!! If you call a transgender a man they will fight you. If you have breasts keep them covered unless you are in the privacy of your home (or equal). Of all the silly freakin' laws we have, allowing transgender to stick their breasts in the faces of children should be one law we have. America is on its way to hell if we don't change (not Obama change)!
June 5, 2010 at 11:21 pm
@Subvet: Ditto.
@Matt: What no pictures?
I've seen men with big boobs but are not anatomically altered. I wonder what the morality of exposing those would be.
June 6, 2010 at 5:17 am
There was an episode of Cops in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. The rule was for women and trannies with implants, first time caught topless gets a warning; second time, an arrest. Caught bottomless gets an immediate arrest for men and women.
June 7, 2010 at 2:35 am
I am not sure the cops should be confused. For example, it is unlawful to brandish a gun in public and it should be unlawful likewise to brandish a look-alike toy gun. Equal rights eh?
June 7, 2010 at 6:06 am
For men the equivalent of the female breasts is the nose and beard which are supposed to remind women of the male's genitals. So me should be required to wear a veil that covers their lower face.
Of course it is a different issue with men. If a woman exposes what is normally covered this suggests she may want to engage in casual sex. If a man does the same, it may suggest the same, but as there are usually no shortage of men looking for casual sex, women just say in your dreams buster.
June 7, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Of course the main problem is that some people keep pushing the moral standards of society to get a thrill. Keep your thrills at home. I for one am tired of being asked to accept whatever makes someone happy.
June 8, 2010 at 5:32 pm
How did I not see this earlier…
Subvet: OMgosh – LOL!
In general, these stories just make me sad for those people.
How sad their lives must be, eh? Can you imagine needing to do that to yourself and behave that way just in order to like yourself enough to get through the day? Me- I don't have to like myself. I know that God does. So why worry about it?
I wonder how many of them truly know that they are loved by God. This is where the fundamentalist evangelicals earn their pay – when they walk right up to them and tell them that God loves them.
As Catholics, I think we are called to walk up to them and give them a "bro". (Or "Manzier")
June 27, 2010 at 4:27 am
IF they have surgically enhanced breasts, then they are transgender women.