Gotopless.org is organizing its second annual National Go-Topless day on Sunday Aug 23rd 2009 to claim the constitutional right of women to be topless or topfree in public where men already have that right. "As long as men are allowed to be topless in public, women should have the same constitutional right. Or else, men should have the wear something to hide their chests". Rael Spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement and founder of gotopless.org. In our society, men and women are supposed to have equal rights. But women are commonly arrested, fined and humiliated for daring to go topless in public, a freedom men have had for decades. To protest this unconstitutional gender discrimination, GoTopless.org is holding National Go-Topless Day events in cities nationwide. Thousands of women will be baring their chests that day in the name of equal rights, and we hope you'll be there too! The marches will be followed by an equal rights speech, and artists performances. In Venice Beach, CA we will have a stage on Windward Ci. and in New York City we will have a stage in Central Park near Columbus Ci. In cities, including NYC, Columbus, Portland, Austin where it is already legal for women to go bare-chested, GoTopless will be present to encourage them to exercise that right!

This national goTopless event takes place in August because it is on August 26, 1920 that women earned the right to vote. In 1970, Congress has declared August 26 Women's Equality Day "as a reminder of women's continuing effort for equality".
So far, Aug 23 GoTopless events will take place in Los Angeles (Venice Beach), Chicago, New York City (Central Park), Miami (South Beach), Columbus Ohio, Portland Oregon, Austin Texas, Maui Hawaii.

For further information about the Go -Topless Day events, to see pix from past events, to read articles about going topless in public, visit http://www.gotopless.org or write to us at info@gotopless.org .

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To view photos of the 2008 event, visit Venice Paparazzi