Hundreds of tople$$ men and women gathered on Brighton beach, New York City, to normalise nak*d bre@.$ts as part of the ‘Free the n!ppl$’ campaign.

The activists are fighting for female barechestedness to be permissible in all areas that men and boys are allowed to be tople$$, as well as opposing social media censorship. The movement aims to advance gender equality and to oppose $exual objectification.

Samantha Pressdee, the event organizer, said: “I’ve been a member of the Free The n!ppl$ campaign over the past year. I joined the campaign to challenge the way women’s bre@.$ts were perceived.

bre@.$ts have been $exualised and the point of this campaign is that they don’t have to $exual. There’s nothing wrong with kids seeing nudity if it’s not in a $exual context.

We had a lovely time, loads of pictures were taken We ended up relaxing on the beach, some people decided to go for a swim whilst others brought out their guitars.”

International Go tople$$ Day is the next event that has demonstrations in dozens of cities around the world. It is held to support the right of women to go tople$$ in public and men to cover their chests by wearing brassieres or bikinis on gender-equality grounds.