Nantucket is a step closer to allowing women to go topless on the Massachusetts resort island's beaches. The Gender Equality on Beaches bylaw amendment passed 327-242 at Tuesday night's annual town meeting. But the measure is not a done deal yet. It still requires approval from the state attorney general's office which may not happen until summer is over. The bylaw was proposed by seventh-generation Nantucket resident 40-year-old Dorothy Stover and reads in part: 'In order to promote equality for all persons, any person shall be allowed to be topless on any public or private beach' in town. Nantucket is a step closer to allowing anyone who chooses regardless of gender to go topless on resort island's beaches after local Dorothy Stover, 40, proposed a change in the law there The Gender Equality on Beaches bylaw amendment passed following a debate at the annual town meeting on Tuesday, pictured above Under the current state law, only men can go topless in public. Stover shared her delight on her Instagram page. 'Top Freedom passed! It's very surreal, it's very exciting,' she said. Stover felt that the state law which only allows men to take off their tops in public 'was really antiquated.' 'This past summer, I was at the beach and I wanted to lay out topless,' she recalled to the Cape Cod Times. 'And I thought, "why can't I do that?" Some men have bigger breasts than I do!' Stover described herself as an Intuitive Love Teacher and teaches classes online The 40-year-old, seventh generation Nantucket resident, shared her delight at the law being passed on Tuesday night Stover claims she was inspired after reading a cartoon. 'I saw this comic strip that had a male and a woman that had the same exact body and they were both topless. The man said to the woman, "Look at you, you're so indecent, how dare you?" And she replied back, "Look at me? look at you!" They had the same body, yet only one is allowed to be topless.' Stover told WBUR that she knows some people who are against the measure, but the overwhelming reaction has been positive. Her hope is to normalize bodies of all shapes and sizes and foster an environment of acceptance, she said. 'I'm not saying that everybody has to be topless,' said Stover. 'I want to support the love of the body.' Stover put forward her proposal, pointing out that many communities already allow anyone who chooses to go topless on public beaches Stover spoke in defense of her proposal, pointing out that many communities already allow anyone who chooses to go topless on public beaches, The Boston Globe reported. 'Nantucket has a history of fighting for equality,' said Stover. A proposed amendment to exempt Children's and Jetties beaches, both popular with families and tourists, was withdrawn. Although the measure passed at the Town Meeting on Tuesday, all prospective bylaw changes must still be approved by the state attorney general. 'I can't see it being approved before September,' Town Clerk Nancy Holmes said. There is also the possibility that the measure could pass and not be approved by the state, or require a change in the state's open and gross lewdness laws which currently carry a penalty of up to three years in prison and up to a $300 fine. Stover said that she felt that it was unfair she couldn't take her top off, while men could Although the measure passed at the Town Meeting on Tuesday, all prospective bylaw changes must be approved by the state attorney general which may not occur until September All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility