Nude Brighton: As sun comes out 200 women get boobs out to strike blow for feminism

More than 200 men and women attended the topless march

FAMILIES taking a leisurely stroll along the seafront were shocked after hundreds of topless women stormed the beach as part of a bizarre ‘free the nipple’ campaign.

More than 200 topless protestors chanted "sun's out, tops off” as the semi-naked procession made its way through Brighton, in East Sussex on Sunday.
The shocking display aimed to highlight the ‘free the nipple’ campaign along with promoting gender quality.
After stripping off at the Pier at 2pm, the topless team proudly bared their chests as they walked along King’s Road for several hundred yards before walking down to the beach.
The group then circled around before sunbathing - also topless - on the Kemp Town side of the pier.

The 200-strong group stripped off at Brighton Pier

Organiser Samantha Pressdee, 33, hoped the march would 'stand up for women's rights to go topless in public’ along with campaigning for equality and freedom of expression.
The comedian, from Walsall, West Midlands, has previously performed topless in a one-woman comedy show about sexuality and nudity in Brighton.
She said: "I'm a member of the Free The Nipple campaign.
"I talk about it in my show which is not just comedy, it's creative activism, and I ask 'are boobs sex organs?' Well actually no they're not.
"I'm not saying women should be topless all the time, but if she chooses to then anywhere a man is okay being topless, a woman should feel comfortable being topless too."

The group are already planning to organise a follow-up to the event

Therapist Seanna Rock, 41, from Brighton, East Sussex, also took part in the march and said it made her feel “proud and fantastic.”
She added: ”There wasn't any negativity or aggression, all we got was a lot of smiles and a lot of support and cheering."
The 'Free the Nipple on Brighton Beach' march supported the 'Free the Nipple' campaign - a movement which began in the USA to advance gender equality and oppose sexual objectification.
The movement was started by filmmaker Lena Esco, after she found it extremely difficult to release her 2014 comedy of the same name, which highlighted gender equality and the glorification of sex and violence.

Tens of celebrities have now backed the campaign, including Miley Cyrus and Cara Delevingne.
Now Miss Pressdee hopes to bring the campaign to the UK and is already planning to organise a follow-up to the event to coincide with International Go Topless Day on August 28.
She said: "There was one man who we walked past who said to his son 'cover your eyes' but everyone else was very positive.
"And nudity shouldn't be shameful, especially boobs because they're not a sex organ. There's nothing wrong with kids seeing nudity if it's not in a sexual context.
"I would ask, what does it teach young boys and girls, what damage does it do, to see all these men topless on the beach and not women?
“Does it teach them women are worth less?"
She added: ”Boobs have been sexualised and the point of a campaign like this one is that they don't have to be sexual."