Bare-breasted women at Venice Beach at 1 p.m.

“We’re working toward freeing women’s nipples and obtaining equal gender topless rights that are enforced worldwide”, said Beatrice Charles of the local branch of GoTopless, the sponsor of the event. “In New York, police will block off streets to let our GoTopless Pride Parade pass”.

In this July 30, 2015 photo, Kia Sinclair, stands topless on Hampton Beach in Hampton, N.H. The New Hampshire movement, known as Free the Nipple, that sparked controversy when several legislators criticized its members is planning to return to the spotlight August 28, 2016 when they celebrate GoTopless Day on some of the state’s beaches. “Now it’s time for the city and county to follow up by making equal gender topless rights a priority!” One marcher carried a sign reading: “My Body Is Not A Crime”.

“It is only logical that GoTopless Day protests (or celebrations depending on the legal status of your city) would fall around Women’s Equality Day since the right to go topless for women is based on gender equality as their right to vote once was”, the organization writes on its page.

A few dozen women, and some men, went topless as they walked down Broadway in New York City. A giant balloon in the shape of a pair of breasts will float in the NYC’s sky.

It’s been legal to be bare-breasted in NY since 1992.

Parades are also scheduled in other cities, including Chicago, Washington D.C., Miami Beach and Venice Beach, California.

“Spiritual leader, Maitreya Rael, who inspired the creation of GoTopless and founded the Raelian Movement, says there must be absolute equality between men and women to ensure the preservation of society”, Perrier stated.

“Since 1992, NY has been one of the world’s few cities to legally recognize women’s topless rights”, Perrier said, adding that the past year has helped to further that right elsewhere.

Last year, the Venice Neighborhood Council approved a resolution supporting women’s right to go topless at the beach.