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A topless protest rally in Rio de Janeiro proved a little disappointing with few participants.

The protest against police enforcement of beach nudity laws, was organised in response to an incident in November when actress Cristina Flores was stopped by police during a half-naked photoshoot on the beach.

Thousands of women were expected to gather on Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, taking off their bikinis in defiance of Brazilian law, which describes female toplessness as an obscene act.

Hundreds of photographers filled Ipanema beach, eager to catch a glimpse of the first women to strip in defiance of the law - but only a few women joined in.

The anti-nudity law, which dates back to the 1940s, is punishable by up to a year in prison, or fines. Locals admit the law does not frequently lead to prosecutions.

Miley Cyrus would like us all to Free the Nipple . The singer took to Twitter to support the Free the Nipple campaign by posting a photo of herself holding a large, fake nipple over her left eye.

The campaign was started by campaigners appalled by [the] American media's glorification of violence and repression of nudity, and it aims to decriminalize the female body and protest the backwards censorship laws in the US, according to its Facebook page. It's something Cyrus has spoken about before, as the singer says she has faced censorship in her own life.

And an upcoming film entitled Free The Nipple tells the story of the two activists LIV (Lola Kirke) and WITH (Lina Esco) fighting against the glorification of violence and the repression of nudity, according to its Facebook page .

Free the Nipple is a 2014 USA comedy by Lina Esco.
With Casey LaBow, Zach Grenier and Monique Coleman.

Summary Notes

Appalled by America's glorification of violence and repression of female nudity, disruptive activists LIV and WITH begin a grass roots campaign to "Free the Nipple" and make toplessness legal across the country, and raise awareness of gender inequalities in the US. Their revolution opens a national conversation about the extraordinary amount of violence being blasted at the youth of America. Their mission concludes with a triumphant topless rally outside the Lincoln Memorial to protest the backwards censorship laws in the United States.

A sauna boss who was threatened with closure after the council accused him of running a swingers club without permission has said he has no plans to shut his doors.

Earlier this month, a council enforcement notice was served on a property on Egerton Road that has been operating a mixed sauna under the name of Blackpool Connections.

However, owner Chris Maher insists the business, which advertises group sex and adult playrooms catering for every sexuality and preference on its website, has been operating within the terms of his licence and he intends to appeal the notice. He said:

The council cannot take any action until the appeal has been decided so it's will be down to the secretary of state. It can take up to 12 months for that to go through and in the meantime I am not closing down.

He also said he plans to update his website to remove any mention of the phrase swingers club .

A man known as the naked rambler has lost a high court challenge against a conviction for supposedly violating public order when he walked through a town centre wearing only walking boots, socks and a hat.

Two judges in London rejected an appeal by Stephen Gough who says it is his human right to be naked in public.

Gough was convicted in March at Calderdale magistrates court in Halifax, West Yorkshire , of a breach of the Public Order Act relating to a 15-minute morning walk through the town with his genitalia on plain view .

Dismissing the appeal, Brian Leveson, President of the Queen's bench division of the high court, and Mr Justice Openshaw, ruled that the district judge who dealt with the case at the magistrates court was clearly entitled to conclude that, by walking through a town centre entirely naked, he was violating public order .

At an appeal hearing earlier this month, the two judges heard submissions from a barrister on Gough's behalf that he posed no threat to the public, and was not abusive or insulting -- he was doing no more than walking in his natural state without interfering with others, not promoting what he does or challenging those who may disagree .

Counsel for the director of public persecutions had argued that his conduct was plainly disorderly behaviour within the meaning of the Public Order Act.

Leveson claimed there was nothing passive about Gough's conduct that day in that he knew full well that many members of the public would both be alarmed and distressed by the sight of his naked body whether or not others would take a more benign view and whatever the origins or psychological reasons for that alarm and distress .

A burlesque performer is suing New York police who arrested her for nude sunbathing in the park when in fact it is not against the law. She filed suit Tuesday against the NYPD and the two officers who arrested her in July 2012.

Police arrested Jessica Krigsman for going topless in a Brooklyn park and forced her to cover up. Krigsman's lawyer, Stuart Jacobs explained:

She was minding her own business, sunbathing, and they approached her aggressively, said . They asked for ID and told her to put on her shirt.

The female cop picked up Jessica's shirt and forced it onto her, Jacobs said. She didn't resist in any way or fight in any way. They arrested her and cuffed her and took her to the precinct.

Krigsman said the officers added insult to injury when they shackled her with pink cuffs, then held her for five hours.

She was eventually charged with obstruction of a sitting area, but the rap was dropped three months later, according to the suit.

Kingsman is a burlesque dancer who performs a fire-eating bondage act under the name Nikki Talis.

A ban on nudists getting undressed on one of Britain's most famous beaches has been lifted by the Queen's estate.

Officials previously told naturists they must cover up on the sands at Holkham, north Norfolk, after complaints that it had supposedly become a haven for swingers and perverts .

But after a campaign by British Naturism, which has around 10,000 members, the Crown Estate has performed a U-turn. They insisted a small minority of troublemakers was to blame for anti-social behaviour and were prepared to seek a judicial review if the ban was not lifted immediately. Campaigns director Malcolm Boura said:

We very much welcome the lifting of the ban and we are meeting the other interested parties later this month. Beach ban: After a campaign by British Naturism, which has around 10,000 members, the Crown Estate has performed a U-turn We are confident that by following best practice any remaining problems can be resolved. We hope that it is all behind us now.

A lot of naturists were extremely angry and upset when the ban was put in place but there is no reason why it should happen again. That part of the beach has been used by naturists for as long as anyone can remember and we are working very hard to ensure it stays that way.

However the ban on nudism in the dunes, which are owned and managed by Holkham Estate, and on all land above mean high water, will still be enforced.

A new school has opened directly opposite a swingers club in Stanley, county Durham.

North Durham Academy has just opened up near Clubf, which describes itself as the best sex club in the north east. The club, which appears from the outside to be The Spa Hotel was subject to vigorous resistance from miserable locals when its true intentions became apparent in 2004.

Clubf's website lists the club's facilities, including a dance floor complete with pole, a sauna and steam room, a public play area and an underground dungeon featuring leather and chains, padded tables and a man-sized wheel to which guests can be strapped.

The club, which opens from 8pm most evenings, urges its visitors to be discreet, but locals still campaign against the establishment, which they say is unsuitable for the location, and creates disturbances.

The venue needs no special license, as it does not sell alcohol and also the services it offers do not classify as sexual entertainment - which means the police and council have no reason to intervene.

News that the largest swingers party in Swedish history will be held next month in a town in eastern Sweden has some residents hopping mad about the supposed impact that the orgy of sex, erotica, and lust will have on their neighbourhood.

The Eyes Wide Shut party will held at Norrkoping's Arbis Theatre on October 19th.

The upcoming "Eyes Wide Shut" is set to be the club's first event at the Arbis, an arts and cultural centre that Club Adam and Eva is considering moving into permanently at the end of the year. It will cost attendees 650 kronor ($103), and follows the masquerade orgy scene in the 1999 Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut, which starred Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

The upcoming sex party as well as the proposed permanent move to the Arbis has 'outraged' a few selfish neighbours of the theatre located in a residential neighbourhood.

I know it's not illegal, but I don't think it's appropriate for a residential area, whined resident Mariah Jacobsson.

This kind of thing doesn't belong here; them having sex and changing partners. I think it's too close to small children and families, Louise Carlen told Sveriges Television (SVT).

An online reader poll conducted by local paper NT prompted 402 responses, with just over half indicating they would like to participate in the swingers party.

The owner of the building set to house the sex party, Robin Karlsson, has a hard time seeing what all the fuss is about. Speaking with NT, Karlsson said he had little patience for locals' complaints: It is 2013 after all. How can people be scared of people shagging?

The naked rambler , Stephen Gough, will spend at least another three months in prison after a judge ruled that he will stand trial in January accused of walking around in public unclothed.

The 'judge' told Gough that he would face a one-day trial in January. He said Gough, from Eastleigh in Hampshire, would be remanded in custody until his trial. Gough simply replied: Thank you.

A Swedish court has ruled that a man acted unlawfully when he strangled two women during sex until they fainted, even though the act was consensual.

The man was initially charged with aggravated assault after engaging in sex acts with two women that included repeated strangulation until the women fainted.

Prosecutors claimed the acts were life threatening and thus should be treated as aggravated assault. However, the Skelleftea District Court disagreed, ruling that his partners' complicity in the dangerous sex acts absolved the man of sole responsibility for their near-strangulation. He was thus convicted of assault, rather than aggravated assault, and sentenced to three months in prison.

Prosecutors appealed the ruling, but the Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court that the act was not aggravated assault as the women, one of whom was strangled to the point of fainting 15 times during separate meetings, were indeed consenting.

The man was sentenced to probation and 100 hours of community service, and the charge was lessened from aggravated assault to assault.

Times Square was full of bare-chested women today, as equality campaigners descended on the New York landmark to celebrate Go Topless Day.

The annual event, which takes place in a range of cities around the U.S., was established in 2007 by Go Topless, an organization founded by a spiritual group called the Raelian Movement.

The day sees women walk together to challenge laws that allow only men to walk around shirtless.

In New York it is legal for women to go shirtless in public, as it is in Ohio, Texas and Colorado to name a few. But others including Kansas, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia it is outlawed for women to go topless in public

The Naked Rambler
20th August 2013, BBC1, 10:35pm

Stephen Gough has been in prison in Scotland for nearly seven years. Most of that time he has been naked in solitary confinement. Stephen is The Naked Rambler , well-known for walking in public wearing just a pair of boots and a rucksack. A controversial figure, Stephen's incarceration has meant he has not seen his two teenage children grow up.

This film follows Stephen as he attempts to walk home to his family in Eastleigh, Hampshire. Walking over 400 miles naked is fraught with difficulties. It is a four-month quest beset by arrests, police cells, court appearances, releases, rearrests and prison.

Along the way, director Guy Gilbert attempts to understand how Stephen became the most notorious naked man in Britain and to examine his quest for freedom . Why does a man persist in public nakedness when, time and again, his actions have landed him in jail? How does the public react to the sight of him? Is what he does wrong ? Is his cause really worth more than his family? Helping us understand, perspectives are offered from Stephen's family and from supporters who join him along the way.

By turns funny, frustrating and emotional, this film challenges our own notions of the law, freedom and morality

Update: The Continuing Shame of British Justice...Naked Rambler re-arrested for breaking a made up law

20th August 2013. See  article from  bbc.co.uk

Stephen Gough known as the naked rambler was re-arrested as he left prison. He refused clothing from police and was held as he left Winchester prison.

He had been jailed for 11 months in June for breaching an anti-social behaviour order banning him from appearing naked in public.

He has now been held on suspicion of breaching a new order, with the same conditions, which was granted by magistrates.

Gough has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for his belief it is his human right to be naked in public.

Update: BBC Documentary Cancelled

21st August 2013. Thanks to Trog

The programme was listed in the program schedule until the morning of Stephen Gough's re-arrest, however it has now been pulled and I suspect that if you enquire as to why, the excuse will be for legal reasons .

A naturist spa with a dungeon, pool and sauna has been ordered to close after council miserablists claimed it breached planning laws.

The Kestrel Hydro Naturists Spa, in Stanwell Moor, Surrey failed to get permission to run the spa as an adult private members' club as well as not getting approval for outdoor structures and hardstandings , Spelthorne Borough Council ordered it to be closed last week.

The council said it wanted the property to be returned to a family home and for any structures installed by the Hydro to be removed.

Graham Tattershall, a director of the spa, said the decision threatened the jobs of at least seven people and insisted he was still planning on holding a Bank Holiday Barbecue on Monday August 26 and said he was fighting the decision.

The article does not make clear on what grounds the council has refused the permission. The spa is next door to a factory unit so presumably planners are not claiming anything along the lines of aesthetics of the area.

A disgraceful Birmingham councillor considers it ok to make up baseless aspersions about a naturist spa that has applied for an alcohol licence.

Neighbours and councillors are opposing the application from The Clover Spa and Hotel in Erdington, Birmingham, to sell drinks.

Robert Alden, a Conservative councillor for the area, told the Birmingham Mail that an alcohol licence would turn the spa into a strip club and attract local youths and trouble makers . He claimed he feared there would be a rise in inappropriate behaviour and displays of flesh if an alcohol licence was granted.

I wonder how he would feel if people made equally baseless aspersions that council hospitality events would descend into drunken orgies.

The owner of the hotel said the objections were unfounded and his naked guests only wanted to enjoy a quiet glass of wine with dinner, or in the suburban garden.