Updated: Friday, 20 Aug 2010, 8:02 AM PDT (CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - Sunday is "Go Topless" Day, with women (and men) gathering in U.S. cities to advance a woman's right to go shirtless, just like men. "As long as men can be topless, constitutionally women should have the same right, or men should also be forced to wear something hiding their chest," Maitreya, Rael, "spiritual leader" and founder of Go Topless , the group behind Sunday's annual event, says on the group's website. In case you are wondering: • No, there is no PG version of Sunday's event. • Women do wear nipple covers that look like actual nipples. • They also wear little more than strategically placed stickers. • And guys? Male supporters wear bras and bikinis. The annual event is held on the Sunday nearest to Aug. 26, the date in 1920 when the U.S. Constitution was amended to grant women the right to vote. Also, Congress in 1970 declared Aug. 26 "Women's Equality Day." Major cities taking part include: San Francisco; New York;Austin, Texas ; Los Angeles; Denver; Seattle; Miami, and Chicago . Go Topless was founded by the Raelian Movement, which believes that life on Earth was created by advanced extraterrestrial scientists, states the group's website. For supporters of the topless cause, a woman's breasts should not be treated any different than her legs, belly button or other body parts than can be exposed without hassle. "It's a matter of fairness," Go Topless director Nadine Gary told AOL News . "We want equal topless rights for all or none." Gary, a native of France, which tolerates topless women in public, wants the issue to become law, guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. She said the goal is also to establish clarity in what's allowed. Gary noted that a woman arrested in New York for going topless in public was later awarded $29,000 for wrongful arrest.
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Source: http://www.myfoxspokane.com/dpps/news/offbeat/go-topless-day-set-for-sunday-dpgoh-20100820-fc_9259107
'Go Topless' Day Set for Sunday
Published : Friday, 20 Aug 2010, 8:01 AM PDT
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