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	Topfree equality - Definition, explanation
		Topfree equality is a small but growing social movement in parts of North America.
		However, the idea of topfree equality obviously goes further than being allowed to expose breasts solely for the purpose of breastfeeding.
		The movement is not concerned with fighting the right for women or men to be without a shirt in a restaurant, etc., but with ensuring equality under law for women.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/t/to/topfree_equality.php (353 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The term "topfree" is used as an alternative to "topless", which may carry negative connotations.
		In some European countries, and Australia, it is well-established that females may go topfree at places like beaches, parks and open air swimming pools.
		That was after she had provoked arrests for many years, and had gone to jail, in order to win in court and thereby stop official harassment for her topfree public activities.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=topfree (694 words)

	Topfreedom-United States
		From twenty years of experience, including twice this year: Topfree is most common when the Europeans are in SoBe which tends to be in the summer, but is seen to some extent year-round.
		You can be topfree anywhere on the beach, and walking from the beach to the food stands or even to the hotel (if it is on the beach) is fine.
		Topfree is not seen on the boardwalk, which is really concrete, or on the streets of South Beach, but skimpy suits are seen just about anywhere during the day.
	www.topfreedom.org /index.php?menu_id=1 (424 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Topfree
		Topfree equality could result in future generations considering breasts to be normal organs to be frequently and casually viewed by all and accessible to nursing children for emotional and physical nurturance.
		You can be topfree anywhere on the beach, and walking from the beach to the food stands or even to the hotel (if it is on the beach) is fine.
		Topfree is not seen on the boardwalk, which is really concrete, or on the streets of South Beach, but skimpy suits are seen just about anywhere during the day.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Topfree (236 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Topfree equality
		Topfree equality or topfreedom is a social movement in North America, where resistance is much greater than in mainland Europe or Australia.
		Washington, D.C. Note that even in some of the areas where topfree is in fact legal, local police may still arrest those practicing it for disorderly conduct or similar charges.
		The Topfree Eqaul Rights Association (TERA) is a Canadian organisation that exists to help women who have legal troubles excercising their rights to go topfree where men are also able to.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Topfree-equality (2305 words)

	Topfree equality - TheBestLinks.com - Columbus, Ohio, Miami, New York, ...
		Topfree equality, Columbus, Ohio, Miami, New York, North America, Nudity...
		However, the idea of topfree equality obviously goes further than being allowed to expose breasts solely for the purpose of breastfeeding.
		The movement is not concerned with fighting the right for women or men to be without a shirt in a restaurant, etc..., but with insuring equality under law for woman.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Topfree_equality.html (182 words)

	Topfreedom - should women go topfree in public?
		Topfreedom - or Topfree Equality - movement believes that women should be allowed to go topfree in any public place where men are allowed to remove their shirts, without threat of harassment, arrest, or other legal, or political deterrent.
		Think through this argument: why fight for topfree in public when the principal fight is between "manwatching", self-proclaimed "civilised" socialites and the vast majority of the rest of the world- including Islamists- who have no hangups about clothes or their bodies, and yet become marginalised by (western) views of clothed=civilised behaviour.
		Women can go topfree in public.It does not indicate something about sexual all the time.If a woman has to feed her baby in public, she has to expose her breast in public but it means nothing but Motherhood.
	www.007b.com /topfreedom.php (12196 words)

	Topfree! -- Carnival Cruise Ships (Trip Report)
		Wife was not comfortable on the topfree deck as teenagers were constantly walking through and laying on lounges.
		Occasionally there would be a gawker that tried to look as if he made a wrong turn (usually the same guy), but after he came up several times, he was chased away by some of the other guys.
		Lots of signs posted at the only stairway to that part of the ship that you must be at least 18 years of age to enter, and absolutely no photography or Camcorders permitted.
	www.topfreedom.com /carnival.html (621 words)

	Topfree 10 Federal Lawsuit
		The lawsuit states that the women seek the right to be topfree "during their work, beachgoing, gardening, sunbathing, swimming, other outdoor activities, and in other nonsexual contexts as often are their husbands, sons, fathers, and other men."
		One of the most important purposes to be served by the equal protection clause is to ensure that 'public sensibilities' grounded in prejudice and unexamined sterotypes do not become enshrined as part of the official policy of government.
		A Canadian professor has organized the Topfree Equal Rights Association (T.E.R.A.) to help these cases and to educate the world about topfree rights in Canada.
	www.legalfreedom.com /topfree (1050 words)

	Rock n Rolla :: Archives :: Topfree Equal Rights Association: what do you think?
		In December of 1996 in Ontario, Canada; after Gwen Jacob had fought for the right to be "topfree", just like men, it has become legal for women to go "topfree".
		I remember April Wino1 mentioning this as one of the reasons why she wished lived in Canada, but I have heard that women can also be "topfree" in New York in the States.
		In many other countries around the world, it is very natural for women to go "topfree" as it is for many, and nobody in those country even ever gives those second thoughts.
	bb.bbboy.net /rocknrolla-viewthread?forum=13&thread=200 (1228 words)

	South Florida Free Beaches / Florida Naturist Association
		The Topfree 10 now claim the simple, personal, physical right to appear in public with the same freedom that men enjoy without question and would be unlikely to give up.
		The "Topfree 10" lawsuit was filed as an ACLU suit by the Tietig and Tietig firm of Merritt Island, Florida.
		The plaintiffs in the Topfree 10 case are petitioning the Florida Supreme Court to review the 5th DCA ruling on the grounds that the 5th DCA contradicts a ruling of the Florida Supreme Court and because the 5th DCA opinion defines a provision of the state constitution.
	www.sffb.com /lawtopfree.html (2548 words)

	`Topfree 10' sue for right to bare breasts (wants baring of female breast to be decriminalized)
		The Topfree 10 began their battle about five years ago, when 9-year-old Athela Frandsen was about to celebrate her birthday.
		She was convicted of threatening to use a hoax weapon of mass destruction and could face up to 15 years in prison when she is sentenced in January.
		In their lawsuit, the Topfree 10 are seeking the right to take off their shirts "during their work, beachgoing, gardening, sunbathing, swimming, other outdoor activities, and in other nonsexual contexts as often as their husbands, sons, fathers and other men."
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-chat/1005825/posts (2479 words)

	Orlando Weekly
		Eight other women, ages 38 to 75, said yes, including a school teacher, a co-founder of a Fort Pierce nudist community and an ex-NASA worker who pled guilty to sprinkling white powder in an envelope with her water bill during the nation's anthrax scare.
		In the lawsuit, the Topfree 10 points out that the only legal means to expose female breasts is for the gratification of others, not for a woman's comfort.
		Not all members of the Topfree 10 actually want to be "top free." Marilyn "Smitty" Hooper is a 74-year-old grandmother of five.
	www.orlandoweekly.com /features/story.asp?id=3621 (1615 words)

	Topfreedom at AllExperts
		Some places in North America are said to have topfree equality by law, although whether such equality is upheld or practiced varies.
		In many countries, especially in Europe and Australia, it is well-established that females may go topfree at places like beaches, parks and open air swimming pools.
		The Topfree Equal Rights Association (TERA) is a Canadian organisation that exists to help women who have legal troubles exercising their rights to go 'topfree' where men are also able to.
	en.allexperts.com /e/t/to/topfreedom.htm (774 words)

	Misunderstandings about Women and Bare Breasts
		Far better to explain that topfree women are just doing whatever others, including topfree men or fully clothed people, are doing (walking, sunning, swimming, etc.).
		Concerning topfree women, promulgating anxiety and insecurity based on fear and ignorance is what we have to some extent observed in Ontario and elsewhere since the summer of 1997.
		This goes against the carefully thought out ruling in the case of Gwen Jacob, whose topfree walk in Guelph in 1991 was ruled legal in 1996.
	www.topfree.ca /FAQ.html (1280 words)

	Honolulu toppless beaches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Topfree (topless) sunbathing is technically legal in Hawaii EXCEPT at STATE park beaches, but these are few in number as most beaches are county or undeveloped.
		Ke'ee (aka end of the road beach) is one of the beaches that is a Hawaii State park Bech subject to DLNR ranger patrol.
		And yes, while Hanakapiai (the bech you forgot the name of) sometimes sees topfree use, it and Kalalau, which sees mostly nude use, are STATE PARK beaches.
	bb.affordabletours.com /Message10261.php (876 words)

	Dozens Mark Topfree 7 Anniversary
		A group of women -- and men -- gathered Friday at Cobbs Hill reservoir to mark the 20th anniversary of the arrest of the "Topfree Seven".
		In that case, seven women were arrested for removing their shirts.
		Six years later, the case was thrown out, and state laws were eventually changed to allow women to go shirtless in public just like their male counterparts.
	www.rnews.com /print.cfm?id=39525 (113 words)

	Topfree case won on appeal
		I was convicted of disorderly conduct (the FL statute used against topfree women since 1977), and sentenced to thirty days in jail, to be suspended if I successfully completed five months on probation and fifty hours of community service, paid $500 in fines, and did not go topfree in public for five months.
		After learning I was in jail for topfree equality, dozens of people and organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada sent money to fund my appeal.
		The significance of broadening this precedent to topfree issues is that now women who go topfree at Rainbow gatherings, beaches, concerts, or other locations where no one complains, should not be arrested by an officer simply because that officer observes the behavior.
	www.afn.org /~iguana/archives/1999_10/19991013.html (716 words)

	Photos of topfree people (mostly)
		Kayla Sosnow sings/chants her magnificent poem about being arrested, jailed, and eventually acquitted for being topfree in a national forest in Florida.
		Kayla Sosnow listens to Julia Goforth, who has been topfree in a wide variety of places and situations, usually with her children present.
		Below are several topfree activists relaxing for a photo portrait in a park in St. Catharines, Ontario on August 22, 2000.
	www.tera.ca /photos2.html (507 words)

	NetNude - Event Reports - 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		He showed that topfree women do not harm children or cause violence to women, contrary to the claims made by ignorant political grandstanders in Canada and their supporters, many of whom are members of extremist groups.
		To illustrate his points, Dr. Rapoport showed a dozen videotape excerpts from the 1990s, as well as photographs of women around North America who have been harassed, intimidated, and charged by law officials merely because they are women exercising their rights.
		Rapoport is one of the foremost authorities in Canada on the subject of women's topfree rights.
	www.netnude.com /main/eventrpt.html (380 words)

	Cairns Hotels and Travel News port douglas topfree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		When you're trying to find top-quality advice concerning port douglas topfree, you will find it hard extricating superior advice from reckless port douglas topfree submissions and proposals so it's best to know how to moderate the advice you are presented with.
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		Doing this could reveal the owners port douglas topfree qualifications The easiest way to reveal who owns the port douglas topfree website is to look on the 'contact' page or 'about this site' information.
	www.adventurescairns.com /port-douglas-topfree.htm (244 words)

	Topfree Equal Rights Association
		The author also quoted Gwen Jacob, the pioneer in the issue in Canada, who fought hard to win her case in 1996 against conviction for indecent exposure for a topfree walk in Guelph, Ontario in 1991.
		In the topfree battle, Linda has won every case she has been in.
		Of course, it might depend on the movies a person is most known for, as well as her position in the industry, not to mention the way she might advocate topfreedom.
	www.tera.ca (4267 words)

	The Topfree 10 at eclecticism
		Eight other women, ages 38 to 75, said yes, including a school teacher, a co-founder of a Fort Pierce nudist community and an ex-NASA worker who pled guilty to sprinkling white powder in an envelope with her water bill during the nation’s anthrax scare.
		[…] In the lawsuit, the Topfree 10 points out that the only legal means to expose female breasts is for the gratification of others, not for a woman’s comfort.
		It’s like saying that fl people by their color or Indian people by their heritage are dangerous [and should be criminalized],” says Jan, “when they should be judging people by who they are and what they do.” Topfree member Shirley Mason thinks this lawsuit isn’t about exposing breasts; it’s about exposing discriminatory laws.
	www.michaelhanscom.com /eclecticism/2004/10/25/the-topfree-10 (781 words)

	MOON CAFE 2 - Would you go topfree if you could? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Yes, I almost chickened but there was no way back, I was topfree in view of everybody.
		After two days I was enough secure for walking the beach, even having a snack at the beach bar topfree and had no need to wear my swimsuit tops so left them in the room.
		Dr. Sydney Singer explains in his book "Dressed to kill: The link between breast cancer and bras" how the natural movement of breasts helps the lymphatic flow, which is what removes toxins and waste products from body tissues.
	mooncafe.suddenlaunch2.com /index.cgi?board=style&num=1053105882&action=display&start=30 (1007 words)

	The Topfree Stand
		I will pass it on to those who ask about the Topfree Women who stand with me. I will say, "We will be cloaked in the protection of The Constitution of The United States, the jewels of the greastest nation on the face of this Earth."
		You will find links to other pertinent sites, as well as essays, opinions, and updates concerning a woman's right to be topfree and protest topfree.
		I hope to not only fight for our rights to be topfree, but to also teach people to stand up for their convictions.
	www.topfree.us (1910 words)

	Topfree - Nudist Beach Pictures - www.toplessbeach.javaapi.org
		In the lawsuit, the Topfree 10 points out that the only legal means to expose...
		This issue is central to the Topfree 10.
		Historic Topfree Equality Teeshirts are now available of women is greater than in mainland Europe or Australia, a small topfree equality movement has grown up The term "topfree" is used as an alternative to "topless", which may
	www.toplessbeach.javaapi.org /nudist-beach-pictures/topfree.html (214 words)

	Boob Tit Topfree Topless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		topfree, candid, cunt, drunks, body painting, ed the sock, swingstock, t_shirt, wetshirts, bobblers, gasparilla, sex on the beach, bourbon street, coccozella, club rubber, boob...
		County, known as the "Topfree 10," have filed a federal...
		word 'topfree' is used because it does not have the negative connotations of 'topless' in...
	www.vinegarstrokes.com /tits/16/boob-tit-topfree-topless.htm (645 words)

	Ever Introduced Friends to go Topfree or Nude? ~ at Runboard.com
		From being topfree it was an almost natural progression to nudity as when we went topfree the guys went nude - so we have joined them.
		My husband and I greet our guests topfree and invite them into our home and into our yard—it’s wonderfully freeing to be out in the open as a joyful topfree woman.
		How do I try to influence other women to be topfree with me? I simply make it natural to be topfree in our yard and in our home at times, inviting others to join me and my husband in an equal opportunity nipple liberation environment.
	com3.runboard.com /btopfree.f6.t232 (2628 words)

	Cruise Message Boards - Cruisemates :: View topic - Topfree sunbathing on RCCL is it allowed?
		They had their own topfree deck and came in handy while out at sea.
		It is only America that seems to have a problem with it, and I would say that we are one of the least progressive nations in many respects.
		And yes, the jewels changed daily and made it to the beach.
	www.cruisemates.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=479441&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= (1091 words)

	The Naturist Journal: AU: Topfree bathers cause stir for Holdfast bay Mayor
		It seems the number of reports of women going topfree on local beaches have increased raising concerns.
		Rolland would prefer that such women would go to Maslin Beach which was designated as a nude beach in 1975.
		Citing concerns that people are now using camera phones to take secret photos of the topfree bathers, Rolland almost sounds like he is blaming the topfree for the problem.
	www.naturistjournal.com /2004/11/au-topfree-bathers-cause-stir-for.html (184 words)

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