The Freedom to be Yourself

Activists Terri Sue Webb and Daniel Johnson are being handcuffed and led away by police after a protest in Bend, Oregon on 2 May 2002

The Freedom to be Yourself campaign (TFTBY) or (FTBY) was founded in 1998 by Vincent Bethell. The group, according to Vincent Bethell is about "the right to be [...] in public". Supporters of the TFTBY organized several grassroots [...] protests in public in London; there have also been protests in Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham, Coventry, and some in the United States. The group used the Yahoo! group stopsegregation to organize its events, until it was deleted on July 1 2006 at Vincent's request due to Yahoo classifying it as [...] Adult content rather than Human Rights.

Filmography

  • Being Human A film by Lisa Seidenberg, 31 minutes, 2003 Metro Video

See also

  • Clothes free organizations
  • Stephen Gough
  • Public nudity
  • Russell Shaw Higgs
  • Teri Sue Webb
  • Timeline of significant non-sexualized public nudity activities

Further reading

  • [...] and NATURAL 20.4 Summer 2001. Article by Jim Meyer on TFTBY titled Vincent's Vision: Is Vincent Bethell a menace to decent society? Or the best thing to happen to naturism in years?. Includes an interview with Vincent Bethell. Seven pages with ten pictures.
  • [...] and Natural 21.2 Winter 2002. The Bethell Approach: A Protest Colloquy/The Bethell Approach: Is the Time for Mass [...] Protests Upon Us? Includes statements by Vincent Bethell, Mark Nisbet, Cec Cinder, Paul Rapoport, Les Rootsey, Morley Shloss, T.A. Wyner, and Mark Storey. Eight Pages, four pictures. Briefly Noted Vincent Victorious.
  • [...] and Natural Vol 21.3: 24-28, Spring 2002.Terri Sue Webb: An American Bethell/Beyond Safe Havens: Oregon's Terri Sue Webb (written by Daniel Johnson).