Re: Topless swimming now allowed in Edmonton Pools.In 1991, Gwen Jacob, who was 19 years old at the time, was arrested and charged for committing an indecent act: Walking topless on a scorching hot summer day in Guelph, Ontario.."They asked me if I would put my shirt back on and I said no, I was quite comfortable thank you," Jacob recalled. "And then a couple of men walked by with no shirts on and I pointed them out to the officers, but they weren't interested in that and then eventually I was arrested and taken to the police department.".It took five years of court battles to get the conviction overturned by the Ontario Court of Appeal. Since 1996, it has been fully legal for women to be topless in all public spaces in both Ontario and British Columbia..To allow males to be topless in public, but to deny the same right to women is sexist, misogynistic and discriminatory..Gila Kibner.London, Ontario
