It gets even mader. If you take one step over the border into England, being topless suddenly becomes legal regardless of gender or birth sex.
however it is not an offence for a man or a woman to be topless in England and Wales, so long as the person has not taken off their clothes with the intention of shocking or upsetting others.
“We now rule that while men and women are allowed to be topless, this doesn’t apply to trans women. Trans women, and only trans women, can be tried for being topless.”
It gets even mader. If you take one step over the border into England, being topless suddenly becomes legal regardless of gender or birth sex.
https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/616538
Does this mean you can stand on the south side of hadrians wall and wave your titties at the Scots without legal repercussions?
UK Supreme Court:
“We now rule that while men and women are allowed to be topless, this doesn’t apply to trans women. Trans women, and only trans women, can be tried for being topless.”
There is even a special ordinances for Newcastle that say that the moment the temperature exceeds 12°C taking your top off becomes mandatory.
Am Newcastle. Can confirm.