--- description: Dissenters arrived at the council wearing "Free the Nipple" shirts and argued that the ban is sexist title: Colorado Town Won't 'Free The Nipple' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ac836c23c2d518/69886956e20a87ce80a8dd6f/colorado-town-topless.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Colorado Town Won't 'Free The Nipple'  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 12:07 PM CUT  Samantha Six, left, waits to speak with the Fort Collins City Council during public comments on giving women the permission to appear topless in public in Fort Collins, Colo., on Oct. 20, 2015. Samantha Six, left, waits to speak with the Fort Collins City Council during public comments on giving women the permission to appear topless in public in Fort Collins, Colo., on Oct. 20, 2015.Austin Humphreys—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 12:07 PM CUT A Colorado town overwhelmingly voted not to allow women to go topless, despite a push from women in the ‘Free the Nipple’ movement. The Fort Collins city council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban women exposing their breasts below the top of the nipple, [USA Today reports](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/21/colorado-town-says-women-go-topless/74370172/ "undefined"). Mayor Wade Troxell said the feelings of the community against allowing topless women were “loud and clear,” as the council heard from dozens of residents who felt sanctioning public nudity would disrespect women or loosen the morals of the town. Still, there were some dissenters, who arrived at the council wearing “Free the Nipple” shirts, arguing that the ban is sexist. Free the Nipple is an organization working to decriminalize female nudity. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4083012/colorado-free-the-nipple-topless-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4083012/colorado-free-the-nipple-topless-ban/"},"headline":"Colorado Town Won't 'Free The Nipple'","datePublished":"2015-10-22T12:07:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:00:03.555Z","description":"Dissenters arrived at the council wearing \"Free the Nipple\" shirts and argued that the ban is sexist","url":"https://time.com/4083012/colorado-free-the-nipple-topless-ban/","keywords":["Colorado","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ac836c23c2d518/69886956e20a87ce80a8dd6f/colorado-town-topless.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ac836c23c2d518/69886956e20a87ce80a8dd6f/colorado-town-topless.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Colorado town topless","caption":"Colorado town topless","creditText":"Austin Humphreys—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4083012/colorado-free-the-nipple-topless-ban/","name":"Colorado Town Won't 'Free The Nipple'"}}]}] ```