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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." ...

@#2 ... That might be alright in CT, but in much of FL it would be like a horror show... or hippo show. ...

I'm of the opinion that this protest is less about ~how things may look~ and more about individual rights, i.e. males having preferential treatment.