Vincent Bethell
Vincent Bethell is an activist living in London who founded The Freedom to be Yourself (TFTBY) or (FTBY) and the Yahoo! group stopsegregation. He has been imprisoned and released multiple times for public nudity. On several occasions he has remained fully [...] while incarcerated, often resulting in much longer jail time. There has been quite a bit of media coverage of his activities and those who have participated with him during these protests. Like some other public nudity adcocates, he does not associate with the naturist or nudist movements.
Quotes by Vincent Bethell
- ... you should not Be Persecuted or victimized for being born human, with a human body - [...]!
- My protests are human-rights oriented. It's not AbOUT [...] nudity or free love or taking drugs and jumping over fires in forests. If anything, it's spiritual. I just think you should have the right to walk down the street [...]. I firmly believe that [...] people should have equal rights with clothed people.
- The visual appearance of the human body is our human identity and we should not be forced to fear or hide our identity.
Filmography
Being Human A film by Lisa Seidenberg, 31 minutes, 2003 Metro Video
External links
- The Freedom to be Yourself campaign official site Maintained by Vincent Bethell
- Vincent Bethell's Art Pages
See also
- Clothes free organizations
- Clothes free people
- Russell Shaw Higgs
- Stephen Gough
- Public nudity
- Terri Sue Webb
- Timeline of significant non-sexualized public nudity activities