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I'm a long-time activist who supports both the AANR and TNS, but is a member of neither right now. I've softened a lot of the biased language in this article against the AANR. It could still use many more pro-AANR facts added for balance. Korky Day 22:04, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
This page is so bias... To the point it's an attack page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ministryofhate (talk • contribs) 15:29, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I edited the wikipedia page on this towards the end. Where it says the majority of AANR membership renewals are by republicans with executive jobs.
There is an article cited after this. Whoever reverted my edit needs to read it!
The article says this is the statistic among 72-year old member renewals. That does not reflect upon ALL membership renewals.
So whoever reverted my edit last time, don't!
I would be willing to bet that this same statistic is not as relevant in the younger age categories, 20s-30s membership renewals.
I am working on the Naturism page- giving it a heavy pruning, and ultimately removing the by country sections. A lot of the material seems to be a duplicate of material you already have here- so I ham parking here the section text so you can use the bits I am discarding. I will be leaving a synopsis. Trust that doesn't offend.
Main article: American Association for Nude Recreation |
Katherine and Herman Shoshinki arrived in the United States in 1923 from Germany. They were familiar with nudism from Germany from 1918 to 1923. In the US they saw an advertisement in a German newspaper by Kurt Barthel soliciting German residents to assist in the formation of nudist groups. Kurt Barthel founded the American League for Physical Culture in 1929 and in the same year organized the first nudist event in the woods just outside of New York City. The Shoshinkis joined the League of Physical Culture, which leased farms in Westchester County in summers and gymnasiums and pools in New York in the winter. In about 1930, the Shoshinkis organized the American Gymnosophical Association. Due to the anti-nudity laws in New York, nudist facilities were established in nearby New Jersey. Barthel founded America's first official nudist camp, Sky Farm in New Jersey, in May, 1932.[1] In 1932, AGA established the Rock Lodge Club as a nudist facility in Stockholm, New Jersey in the New Jersey Highlands, about 40 miles (64 km) from Manhattan, New York. Membership of AGA soon grew to over 300.[2] The AGA had an office in Manhattan and by 1933 had leased an 11-acre (4.5 ha) camp in the foothills of the Catskills and accepted another farm of 60 acres (24 ha) nearer the city.[3] In 1942, the AGA moved from Rock Lodge to Newfoundland, New Jersey, but Rock Lodge continues to this day as a nudist facility.
In 1931, Ilsley Boone, a former New Jersey Dutch Reformed minister, formed the Christian naturism movement. Initially, Boone was vice president of the American League for Physical Culture but by October 1931 became president. In 1939, Boone renamed the club the American Sunbathing Association (ASA). Naturism began expanding nationwide.[4][5][6][7] To create a family atmosphere at nudism venues, Boone insisted that alcohol be prohibited at all member clubs. This was not rescinded until 1970,[8] two years after Boone's death.
Elsewhere in the United States, a 1935 advertisement claims Sea Island Sanctuary, South Carolina, was the "largest and oldest" resort where nudism could be practiced year-round. Nudism first began appearing on the west coast of the United States and Canada about 1933. In that year, the first nudist club west of the Mississippi was Squaw Mountain Ranch in Estacada, Oregon and is still operating today. Kaniksu Ranch, about 45 miles (70 km) north of Spokane, Washington, opened the same year and is still in operation.[9]
According to the Federation of Canadian Naturists history and the Lupin Naturist Club history, Boone was toppled in 1951 by members dissatisfied with his autocratic style. This, together with Boone's desire to open a new club closer to NYC than others had wanted, led him to form the National Nudist Council. After Boone's passing in the 1960s, the ASA became more secular, along with American society in general.
In 1980 The Naturist Society (TNS) was founded by Lee Baxandall as a successor to the Free Beach Movement. The emphasis of TNS is on nudity on public lands rather than on private premises, though it also sponsors several annual gatherings held at private resorts.[9] Many naturists take the line that as taxpayers, they have a right to use a portion of public lands the same as many other recreational groups do, from hikers to rockhounds.
In 1994 at the annual convention, Glen Eden resort in Ontario, California, the ASA was renamed as the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR). The AANR represents approximately 100 resorts and 250 social (non landed) clubs, and was formerly the US representative on the INF.[10] The AANR currently has its headquarters in Kissimmee, Florida.
AANR consists of the seven regions: AANR-East, AANR-Florida, AANR-Midwest, AANR-Northwest, AANR-Southwest, AANR-West and AANR-Western Canada.
With the beginning of the modern internet in the mid-1990s, Christian Naturism became much more organized in the U.S. than ever before. Annual Christian Nudist Convocations began early in the decade of the 2000s.[citation needed]
In 2009, a campaign to promote Nudism in the United States occurred with an effort by AANR to record the largest simultaneous Skinny Dip at several U.S. Clubs and beaches, occurring on July 11 of that year. Some states and jurisdictions reported the first mainstream nudist events of their kind; one of the largest Cities with no AANR nudist club until very recently, Baltimore City, Maryland saw such a mass nudist effort successfully organized by Maryland Area Naturist Association, better known as "MARNA"[citation needed]
Currently, only two nudist or naturist magazines are still published in the United States—NUDE & NATURAL, more commonly known as N magazine from The Naturist Society, and Naturally magazine from Internaturally. Both are published quarterly espousing the virtues of nude living and recreation. N magazine is more activist oriented, while Naturally focuses on travel opportunities and individual nudist experiences. There is also a small newspaper, "The Bulletin" printed by AANR monthly.[citation needed]
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