Go Topless Day
| Go Topless Day | |
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| Date(s) | Sunday nearest August 26 (Women's Equality Day) |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Various |
| Inaugurated | 2007 (established) 2008 (first observance) |
| Organized by | GoTopless |
| Website | |
| gotopless |
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"As long as men can go topless, women should have the same constitutional right or men should also be forced to wear something that hides their chests."
Go Topless Day (variously known as National Go Topless Day, International Go Topless Day) is an annual event held to support the right of women to go topless in public on gender-equality grounds. On this day is celebrated topless freedom laws or are held protests in states where it is prohibited that women could walk, run or be topless like men can do.
The annual event was established in 2007 by American organization founded in Nevada, Go Topless. To promote gender equality, the event encourages women to go topless in public, and men to cover their chests by wearing brassieres or bikinis.
Go Topless Day is scheduled for the Sunday nearest August 26, Women's Equality Day, since on that day in 1920 women's suffrage was approved (in 1971 the U.S. Congress declared the day to be Women's Equality Day).
The event is sponsored by GoTopless, a group formed in the American state of Nevada by former French auto-racing journalist Claude Vorilhon, currently known as Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, a UFO religion. GoTopless has supported events and chapters in other countries.
The first Go Topless Day was organized in 2008. In 2009, National Go Topless Day was celebrated on August 23 in the United States.
The 2011 Go Topless Day in the US was held on August 24. Protesters, both men and women, participated in rallies held in twelve U.S. states, including California, New York and North Carolina. Women who participated in the celebration used either fake latex nipples or pasties to cover their nipples and avoid arrest due to laws in some states that prohibit women from showing their areola and nipples in public. The protesters displayed signs that read "Men and women have nipples. Why should women hide theirs?" and "Equal topless rights for all or none". Many men who joined the demonstration wore bras and bikinis to protest against the double standard where men are allowed to go bare chested, but women are prohibited to go topless in public.
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