Sunday 14 August 2022 04:16 PM Hundreds strip off for 'Free the Nipple' protest on Brighton beach to challenge ... trends now
Topless women and men flocked to Brighton Beach yesterday afternoon for the annual 'Free the Nipple' protest, with the aim of challenging sexist double standards such as the accepted sight of topless men in public but not women.
Photos show the peaceful campaigners, who are thought to have numbered in the hundreds, marching along the East Sussex city seafront.
The demonstrators met at Hove Lawns at 2pm to paint their bodies and make signs. Then they marched to the i360 where they held a rally and had a picnic.
According to The Argus, a Free the Nipple Brighton 2022 poster read: 'Free the Nipple is a worldwide movement of people protesting the double standard of nipple censorship, body shame and unwanted sexualisation.
Women have flower petals painted around their nipples and breasts covered in glitter
Photos show the peaceful campaigners, who are thought to have numbered in the hundreds, marching along the East Sussex city seafront
Two campaigners who are seen sitting down together and enjoying an ice cream have flames painted on their nipples
Topless women and men flocked to Brighton Beach yesterday afternoon for the annual 'Free the Nipple' protest, with the aim of challenging sexist double standards such as the accepted sight of topless men in public but not women
'Every year we come together in Brighton to say no to the many ways the male gaze continues to dictate how we behave in our society.'
Pictures show crowds of colourful protestors covered in body paint, chanting and holding signs above their heads as they marched in the sunny weather.
In the images, messages written on signs include, 'Free the nipple', 'Still not asking for it!!!', 'Isn't it wild that there are legal nipples and illegal nipples', 'Sexualised since 1999', and 'My body my choice my life my voice'.
A man has a red bikini top painted over his nipples in what appears to be a challenge to the gendered use of the garment
One woman has a message painted on her torso that reads, 'Mine sustain life. Why do they offend?'
In the images, messages written on signs include, 'Free the nipple', 'Still
