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... Organizers claim that the lack of such protections is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which requires that laws treat people of different races, genders and sexual orientations, among other identities, equally.

"This is a protest for gender equality, because right now men can go topless in the street, or in the park and women cannot," said Kayso Perrier, a protest organizer with GoTopless. "This is a right under the Constitution, and we are going to exercise that right, and it needs to be respected." ...