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15 Amazing Photos from National Topless Day of Women and Men Baring Their Breast for Equality

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Yesterday, millions of men and women freed their breasts all over the world. The parades took place from Missouri to Geneva to celebrate Go Topless Day- where people bare their breast in public to poke at the inequality in the law and to destigmatize boobs. It is a day of celebration and protest to reduce the shame around women's bodies, as discussed in Global Citizen .
The parades occur on the Sunday closest to Women’s Equality Day (Aug. 26 is the day women were given the right to vote in 1920 in the US). The movement began in 2007 and has grown into an empowering movement to protest laws that limit women's bodies. I am often left aghast at restrictions against breasts, such as rules on Facebook and Instagram that force women to cover or blur out their nipples. It is just a body part. Why should someone have to limit their body because someone else sexualizes it? How is that fair?
Even people that could not attend the parades showed their support through posting topless photos using #Nationaltoplessday and #Freethenipple .
Check out the quirky, awesome, and groovy photos from yesterday's parades to protest sexist laws and spread self-love.
Patricia is a writer, activist, and aspiring journalist. She likes writing about politics, sexuality, and feminism. She is a bit of a wanderer and has lived in Morocco, Australia, and India. Recently moved to Brooklyn, she is currently learning to navigate NYC subways.
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This Sunday, don’t be surprised to run into topless women in certain cities across the US and abroad.
That’s because Aug. 28 is known as Go Topless Day, where women bare their breasts in public to point out inequality in the law and in social mores.
The annual event, which occurs on the Sunday closest to Women’s Equality Day (which is Aug. 26 and marks day women were given the right to vote in 1920), was started in 2007.
Women bare their breasts for a cause: some states in the US and countries around the world have outlawed women going topless, while it remains legal for men. Men often attend rallies, and don bras and swimsuit tops to help point out the inequity.
In past years, thousands of protesters have held rallies in cities like Albuquerque, N.M., Amsterdam, Vancouver, and Tulsa, Okla. Another movement, called Free the Nipple, has a similar agenda.
In the US, three states, Utah, Indiana, and Tennessee, outright ban toplessness, while laws in 14 other states are murky on the topic.
Celebrities like Chelsea Handler and Miley Cyrus have done their part to promote the double-standard, particularly on social media, where platforms like Instagram don’t allow photos of completely bare breasts. Handler’s account has been shut down a few times, and she often posts pictures of herself with just her nipples covered to skirt the issue while still making a point. She even posted a picture of herself topless on top of Twitter’s NYC building.
A photo posted by Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) on Jan 28, 2015 at 3:27pm PST
The origins of Go Topless Day, however, are somewhat questionable. The organization which started the day is a nonprofit located in Nevada. It was founded by former French auto-racing journalist Claude Vorilhon, who is now known as Rael. He is the spiritual leader of a Realian Movement, which is a religion based on the belief of UFOs. This is not exactly where you expect an feminist movement to be born from.
A Vice reporter attended a Raelian cult protest in Montreal in 2014, and from her story, it was hard to see where the religious cult ended and the feminist protest began.
That said, Go Topless Day has grown beyond its UFO-religious cult roots, and now serves as an inspiring and empowering moment for women around the world to stand up against misogynist laws.

Written by Jakob N. Layman Monday August 29 2016
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Venice Beach was flooded with topless women—and men with cameras—on Sunday as protesters came together for Go Topless Day 2016 . The goal of the gathering was to shed light on the double-standard of how female and male nipples are perceived in the public. It's currently illegal in Los Angeles for women to go topless, but nipple gender equality advocates argue that the distinction is arbitrary and antiquated. This wasn't your typical activism rally though, women and men from all walks of life came together to bear their chests (as legally as possible) and spread the good word with an upbeat message of equality.
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