Legal in Virginia - topless sunbathing - with one tiny caveat

Legal in Virginia

Valley Haggard and I gave a presentation and did some exercises at a Women's Group a couple of weeks ago.  It was great talking to a group of women about our work together.  (I've photographed and painted and drawn her, and she's written about the experience.  Our collaboration will be part of the show Artists and Writers coming up at Randolph Macon College in February 2011.) 

In the course of the discussion, one of the women, who has recovered from breast cancer, told us something which is so absurdly ridiculous as to be hysterical.  She got a double mastectomy then had breast reconstruction surgery but chose not to have nipples tattooed on.  Her surgeon told her that she may legally go topless in the state of Virginia now because she wouldn't be showing her nipples.

True story.