New York City, August 23, 2023 - GoTopless, a prominent women's rights organization, is gearing up for its 16th annual GoTopless Day on August 26, honoring Women's Equality Day in New York City, a planetary beacon for topless rights. The popular event that draws thousands of people will feature a GoTopless March, graciously escorted by the NY City police. Similar events are also scheduled in major cities worldwide, as confirmed in a statement released today by GoTopless.

 "Our aim is to establish equal gender topless rights globally," stated Nadine Gary, GoTopless President. "We strive to liberate women's nipples from societal constraints derived from Abrahamic patriarchal religions responsible for topless discrimination around the world. Before colonization, the planet was predominantly topless for thousands of years." She added, "The pushback for topless equality in Western democracies is barely 60 years old, 16 of which have been proudly spearheaded by GoTopless."

"In the U.S., most state legislations do not have indecency laws relating to the public exposure of female breasts. The local municipalities pass unconstitutional ordinances against female topless rights that are then challenged in court by topless activists like Ramona Santorelli in Rochester, NY, whose 1992 case prompted the entire state of NY to be legally topless," informed Gary. 

The GoTopless initiative is symbolically aligned with August 26, which marks the historic occasion when women gained the right to vote 103 years ago, on August 26, 1920, under the same gender equality constitutional principles.

 "As long as men are allowed to be topless in public, women should have the same constitutional right. Or else, men should have to wear something to hide their chests," stated Maitreya Rael, spiritual leader, and ​unwavering ​defender of human rights who founded Gotopless and the Raelian Movement.

 "Enforcing equal topless rights stands as a fundamental pillar of gender parity," Gary reaffirmed.

 The​ 1pm GoTopless March (W58thSt.  8th/9thAve.)​ promises to be a vibrant expression of equality and liberation, overflowing with joy, fun, and music with the NYC Triad Bass Band. Adding an element of symbolism, a colossal balloon shaped like a pair of breasts will grace the New York City skyline during the event. GoTopless Day will culminate with inspirational speeches in Bryant Park​ (2pm), focusing on topless equality and its profound cultural impact." 

New York City, August 23, 2023 - GoTopless, a prominent women's rights organization, is gearing up for its 16th annual GoTopless Day on August 26, honoring Women's Equality Day in New York City, a planetary beacon for topless rights. The popular event that draws thousands of people will feature a GoTopless March, graciously escorted by the NY City police. Similar events are also scheduled in major cities worldwide, as confirmed in a statement released today by GoTopless.

 "Our aim is to establish equal gender topless rights globally," stated Nadine Gary, GoTopless President. "We strive to liberate women's nipples from societal constraints derived from Abrahamic patriarchal religions responsible for topless discrimination around the world. Before colonization, the planet was predominantly topless for thousands of years." She added, "The pushback for topless equality in Western democracies is barely 60 years old, 16 of which have been proudly spearheaded by GoTopless."

"In the U.S., most state legislations do not have indecency laws relating to the public exposure of female breasts. The local municipalities pass unconstitutional ordinances against female topless rights that are then challenged in court by topless activists like Ramona Santorelli in Rochester, NY, whose 1992 case prompted the entire state of NY to be legally topless," informed Gary. 

The GoTopless initiative is symbolically aligned with August 26, which marks the historic occasion when women gained the right to vote 103 years ago, on August 26, 1920, under the same gender equality constitutional principles.

 "As long as men are allowed to be topless in public, women should have the same constitutional right. Or else, men should have to wear something to hide their chests," stated Maitreya Rael, spiritual leader, and ​unwavering ​defender of human rights who founded Gotopless and the Raelian Movement.

 "Enforcing equal topless rights stands as a fundamental pillar of gender parity," Gary reaffirmed.

 The​ 1pm GoTopless March (W58thSt.  8th/9thAve.)​ promises to be a vibrant expression of equality and liberation, overflowing with joy, fun, and music with the NYC Triad Bass Band. Adding an element of symbolism, a colossal balloon shaped like a pair of breasts will grace the New York City skyline during the event. GoTopless Day will culminate with inspirational speeches in Bryant Park​ (2pm), focusing on topless equality and its profound cultural impact." 

August 17, 2022 -  The international organization, GoTopless, proudly celebrates its 15th annual GoTopless day on Sunday August 21, 2022 with events in the US, Canada and Europe and claims that achieving topless equality will actually change the world.

“By defending the right to go topless for women, we are fighting against wars, we are fighting against poverty, we are fighting against child starvation, we are changing the world.  It’s not by changing big things that we fight revolutions but by changing every day details.  If men can go  topless anywhere they want, then women can do the same.[...] A peaceful future is a future led by women."  Spiritual Leader, Rael Maitreya, Founder of GoTopless in 2007 -

“During the upcoming Gotopless Day (or any day),  women are urged to take the lead and exercise their topless right wherever it's legal such as in Canada, in the UK, Germany, Spain, Holland, in Colombia, South America or in several US states including New York, celebrating its 30th anniversary of topless equality this year. (People V. Santorelli, 1992).”  says Nadine Gary, Gotopless President and Raelian Guide.

“In places where it is still illegal, women must work up the courage to challenge topless gender discrimination like in Lauzanne, Switzerland this Saturday.  There, Swiss GoTopless activists will stand up against a public pool rule that barrs topless women from swimming or walking topless but oddly tolerates it if they remain seated or lying down! (The rule doesn't apply to men)”,  adds Gary.

In the US, over the last decade, both GoTopless and Free The Nipple advocates have been actively fighting topless gender discrimination through the courts with varying degres of success .  “Sometimes, District Court judges outrageously rule that "the people's sensibility" overrides gender equality (the same argument was once used to legally defend racism) but in one instance the ruling was pronounced in favor of topless equality and 6 western states suddenly embraced topless equality. So far, none of the cases were heard by the US Supreme Court”,  says Gary.

She confides that In Europe and other places around the world, the last couple of decades have seen a trendy wind of repression influencing  the younger generation of women who have  unconsciously begun imitating the American puritanical culture portrayed on popular movie networks and on social media. GoTopless constantly strives to educate women by reminding them that:

“All women who want no discrimination against their gender, who want to see women with the same power as men, need to promote the right to go topless, not as a shy little wish, but as an act of revolution. Women, look the men in the eye and say ‘I have the same right as you and no one will stop me!’   ‘I go topless because I want to change the world!’ “  concludes Rael Maitreya