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Attraction ≠ Action

2026-05-11T00:36:29Z

Jim Burton:

'''Attraction ≠ Action (Attraction is not [equivalent, or equal to] action)''' is a slogan emanating from [[Wikipedia:Asexuality|Asexual]] and [[anti-contact]] [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] activism in the 10s. As a broader talking point, it has been used by MAPs roughly since the ''second-wave'' of the [[MAP Movement]] in the 00s.

Similarly [[Lolicon]]s and [[proship]]pers have argued that "fiction ≠ reality".

==Relevance==

The speed with which Westerners and [[Anti]]s ascribe ''behavior or intention'' to MAPs in constructing a ''demonology'' of "Pedophiles", has been seen as curious by MAPs themselves, and as a kind of hypersexualization.

Some MAPs and other authors have suggested this phenomenon is of relevance to psychological [[Debate Guide: Self-loathing hatred|reaction-formation]]. In other words, parents (for example), who experience feelings of attraction toward their own children, have a need to distinguish these attractions from socially stigmatized forms of attraction such as pedophilia. Therefore, their psychological defense mechanism is to ascribe behavior, intention and malign motive to the "typical" pedophile.

==Attraction is not Intention==

A finer point that is sometimes made by [[pro-c]] MAPs in response to charges they want to engage in sex with a minor, or will so inevitably, is that one's attraction or inclination is not equivalent to intention.

Here, it is stressed that like other orientations, [[hebephilia]] and [[pedophilia]] are ''preferential patterns'' of erotic and romantic attraction that may involve or exclude other factors such as [[Research: Nonsexual aspects|personality traits]].

Simply being a pedophile or hebephile does not mean that an individual is irresistibly driven towards engaging any child or minor in "sex acts", when he or she comes into contact with them. No more so than a [[Teleiophilia|teleiophile]] is uncontrollable around all young adults.

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Debate Guide: There is no law that prohibits minors

2026-05-11T00:20:39Z

Jim Burton: /* See also */

[[File:Mjhjmgfhn.jpg|thumb|The process of removing rights from a social demographic can in part be achieved by criminalizing others. Examples: Prohibition, sex work, regulation of the slave trade]]
Typically employed as a "gotcha" argument on youth-rights by self-identified rationalists with room-temperature IQ:

<blockquote><font color="green">'''''You say that minors are effectively emancipated by reforming consent/grooming/CP laws. They are already emancipated, since they are <u>not criminalized in these interactions</u> which they are free to pursue.'''''</font></blockquote>

Firstly, for this argument to succeed, one would have to assume minors were ''not'' being criminalized and prosecuted for sex or sexting ''with one another''. Sadly, this is just [[Ageism|not the case]], as RSO activists [[Research: Recidivism and other offending figures|repeatedly remind us]].<ref>For one of many examples in scholarship, see Laura Vitis, (2019). [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10691-019-09407-0 Victims, perpetrators and paternalism: image driven sexting laws in Connecticut], ''Feminist Legal Studies'', Volume 27, pages 189–209.</ref>

Secondly, you could similarly say that a gay teenager is "free" to pursue deep and meaningful discussion of their sexuality with their violent/homophobic parents. While today, this argument would be dismissed as absurd, it is also the case that consent/grooming/CP laws set up a hostile environment that forbids minors full freedom over their interactions with adults.

Granted, assuming the minor partner is not the "perpetrator" or engaged in sex work, there is usually no technical ''infraction'' of the law on their part. However, they are effectively forced to stay silent about these relationships, or otherwise face severe social [[Research: Secondary Harm|fallout]], including no end of [[Debate Guide: Power disparity|gaslighting]] and social shaming related to ongoing relationships. A great deal of guilt is also caused by self blame - i.e. the feeling of bringing harm unto the person the younger partner considers to have been a friend, looking out for them. Extensive legal proceedings, interrogation, and [[Reflex anal dilatation|intrusive physical examinations]], leave young people in a catch-22 situation regardless of whether or not the relationship is abusive. The same goes for the older partner, in turn negatively impacting the quality of relationship for the minor.

==See also==

*[[Debate Guide: The kids do not want it]] - Another context-devoid argument often married to this one.

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==References==

Open MAP Community

2026-05-11T00:16:15Z

Jim Burton: /* External links */

[[File:Omc logo.svg|thumb|OMC logo (original and current)]]
The '''Open MAP Community '''('''"OMC", mapcommunity.org,''' founded mid-2021) is a popular chat site for [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]] aged 15 and up. Utilizing the RocketChat (Rocket.chat) protocol (currently suspended, see below), it is in effect a "closed system", in that an account can not be used on other chat sites. Thus, it is not part of the wider [[pediverse]], but retains a somewhat younger user base similar to it.

The chat functions as a hangout, covering generally unserious, general/offtopic material. The tone of conversation has been described as tolerant towards MAPs who are members of [[Queer|other]] minority [[Paraphilia|groups]], but less "politically-correct" than well-known [[pediverse]] sites such as the NNIA and the MAPSupport. Generally, users of OMC are nonpolitical, lean [[pro-c]], and do not insist on viewing their experience through a "theoretical" lens, meaning any conflicts lean personal and not political. Some users are explicitly anti-activist, although there exists a range of opinions and some active rooms for discussing "serious" and "news" topics. In it's days as an RC server OMC sometimes saw messages totaling in the low thousands per day, making it one of the most popular MAP sites on the clear web.

Over the course of its existence, OMC has produced a number of guides and blogs that function as an FAQ on topics of concern to MAPs. The site has an onion mirror and presents links to other resources. In some cases, writers unaffiliated with OMC have published blog posts using its server, although the extent to which this is a service offered to users is unknown.

The owners of OMC had embarked on an expensive hosting strategy (initially, this didn't go to plan, see below), have strict rules with respect to legality of content, and raise funds via cryptocurrencies such as Etherium and Monero.

==Loss of RocketChat functionality in 2023/4==

On 31 July, 2023, the site [[Censorship|went offline unannounced]], after it was revealed that its host, [[Wikipedia:Njalla|Njalla]] had decided it was unwilling to host a pro-c inclusive chat site for MAPs. The OMC splash site returned for the third week of August, with promises to return the original chat to functionality, but at present, only a Matrix space exists in its place.

Marketing itself as a pro-privacy host, Njalla's decision was similar to that exercised by [[Newgon]]'s host (which marketed itself as a supporter of "free speech") a decade earlier.

==See also==

*[[Minor attracted community]]
*[[Pediverse]]
*[[BoyChat]]

==External links==

*[http://mapcommunity.org Home]

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2026-05-08T23:29:02Z

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==Q: What is Newgon's public platform?==

'''A: We don't have one.'''

Newgon exists to publish and promote rare literature and compile information resources.

We have an [[Ethos of Newgon|ethos]], with a policy platform that determines who volunteers for us, what we decide to publish, and some of our activities besides that. So it's a platform. And it's public. But it's still not really our public platform:

No one is ''employing'' any particular ''informational strategy'' here, according to some predetermined agenda set in "Newgon HQ". If you are reading articles on Newgon, attempting to discern an ''agenda'' or platform, this is where you are almost certainly <u>going wrong</u>. The ''platform'', to the extent it exists, is inward-facing and organizational in its nature and function, like the rites of passage associated with Freemasonry, but perhaps less obscure.

The best widely-accepted description of Newgon is as follows; we are an "headless resistance" initiative. We do the basics for you, producing an information-scheme composed of a broad and sometimes contradicting base of useful knowledge, on a narrow subject. You decide what parts to employ, and ''how''.

We are independently funded by two individuals, occasionally (and very rarely) anonymous donors, and do not receive money from any charity or foundation besides those individuals. We have no support from Russia, nor Israel, George Soros, Bill Gates, the CIA or any other agency, government or philanthropist we have been wrongly linked with. Our life might be somewhat easier if we had an institutional backer, but this lack of affiliation can also be seen as a kind of strength, especially for an organisation that has lasted almost ''two decades''.

==Q: Is Newgon "pro-pedophile"?==

'''A: Newgon is supportive of all marginalized sexual and gender minorities.'''

A better question here, is what does "pro-pedophile" ''even mean'' in this post-truth world where literally everything is on the table as part of a values equation?

The insult is often hurled by clout-chasing influencers, many of them conspiracy theorists who are on to a grift, but it actually means very little when we really drill down. These influencers might be referring to LGBTQ+ literature in schools and libraries, [[Preventionism|prevention-focussed research]], or even nonjudgmental therapies for [[Minor Attracted Person|the group sometimes referred to as "MAPs"]]. They might on the other hand, be describing a female teacher who pursued a relationship with a fifteen year old male student!

''Fundamentally'', there exists a group of people within our society (a small few percent according to the APA) who have a sexual ''preference'' for ''prepubertal'' children, and only these individuals are the true [[pedophilia|pedophiles]]. It is an attraction, not a behavior, nor an ''intention''.

True pedophiles are often the ones we ignore when we talk brazenly of "pedophilia" and perpetuate its stigma. But they are the unwilling victims of an unimaginable social stigma, just like those who are slandered as pedophiles and pedophile-defenders. For the true pedophile, however, the burden can be a lifelong secret, and acutely internalized.

We are certainly pro-pedophile in the sense that if a pedophile has been unfairly maligned, or another person unfairly maligned as a pedophile, we will instinctively rush to the defense of the "pedophile", of this, you can be sure. And however distasteful it may seem, it is also much healthier for civil society that such organizations are permitted to exist.

==Q: Is Newgon part of the LGBTQ+ community?==

'''A: Some of us are LGBTQ+, but since 1994, Newgon-type affiliates have been barred from LGBTQ+ organizations.'''

One major motivating factor behind Newgon's publishing is the 2020s "[[Wikipedia:LGBTQ grooming conspiracy theory|groomer-libel]]" and "drag panic" attacks against LGBTQ+ people, and an urgent need to get to the bottom of this thorny issue. Newgon's editor, Jim Burton is himself a gay man, and not a self-identifying MAP like some of our editors. Our social history lead is a bisexual man, and not a MAP. While it would not be an issue either way, neither have been convicted of a sexual offense.

Our approach to this topic is different to that of mainstream gay publications, however. Instead of ostracizing MAPs, understanding and compassion are instead called for, and we aim to center the MAP experience.

A detailed historical backdrop of the LGBT-MAP alliance, its breakdown and the renewed 2020s alt-right [[grooming|groomer]] libel can be found at the following articles:

*[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity]]
*[[Moral panic]]
*[[MAPocalypse]]

==Q: Is Newgon "woke"?==

'''A: The term has become almost meaningless over the last decade or so. If we are "woke", it's almost certain we are not "woke" in the way people claim we are.'''

Originating in the African-American culture, the term "woke" was co-opted mainly by white liberals, and then used derogatorily towards all liberals by American conservatives.

Nowadays, the term refers to a person who is hyperaware of social justice issues, status-based injustice (esp. racial) and applies [[Wikipedia:Intersectionality|intersectionalism]] and novel use of pronouns and other identifiers to their pursuit of affirmative justice.

But this is where it gets tricky. While we do acknowledge the importance of intersectionality, an acutely marginalized MAP or pedophile's experience of demonization cannot be put on a par with an urban trans person or paraphile's need to tread carefully around conservative friends, relatives or colleagues at thanksgiving. One represents a considerable portion of society sworn to secrecy for their entire life, the other can happily appear dolled up in kink gear at pride without repercussions.

Newgon might be "woke" in the sense that it is awake, and attuned to ongoing injustices. But Newgon isn't going to provide conservatives with their "Kodak moment" of a "perpetually-offended pedophile" attempting to language-police others and weaponize their personal grievances. Such "wokescold" MAPs do exist, and have predictably garnered attention from parts of the online influencer sphere, but they only represent a tiny fraction of the wider group.

Polls of users on boards such as [[Mu]] and [[B4U-ACT]] repeatedly evidence a general dissatisfaction with identity based politics. A number of conservative attempts to wokejacket MAPs and allies have also been based on personal appearance and trans-identity, aspects of the person not necessarily related to wokeness, or authoritarian behavior among the "woke". A large majority of trans-identified MAPs are pacifists, and not authoritarians/doctrinaires.

If you really need to tar us as "woke", this probably says more about your need to score points, and lack of political literacy, than it says about us.

==Q: How did Newgon end up on Wikipedia's "pedophile hitlist"?==

'''A: Journalists defamed us.'''

A hit list might be a somewhat dramatic way of describing [[Wikipedia:List of pedophile advocacy organizations|Wikipedia's article]], but given the popularity of Wikipedia with the three letter agencies, and the number of administrators who are also members of the intelligence community, we were nonplussed to say the least when we first appeared on the listicle.

Wikipedia operates a controversial policy entitled "Reliable Source", which is in effect one of the biggest scams operating on the internet. In other words, if a journalist from a "reliable" newspaper or site (read: absence of any public controversy as to their journalistic standards) concludes something in an opinion piece, even if it is evidently false, it is in fact "reality" in the eyes of Wikipedia. This has often led to incidents of "citogenesis", where unsound claims first shared on Wikipedia have been repeated uncritically by journalists, who are then cited by Wikipedia in a self-reinforcing circle of modernistic stupidity.

To make things worse, the same "pedophile" article that relies on the claims of opinion journalists, was also the source of [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|hoax claims]] such as the existence of a ''Yahweh'' child sex organisation and an Indian counterpart to [[NAMBLA]], unwittingly promoted by Wikipedia for half a decade. Ironically, the very first news article mentioning [[Newgon]], was in fact describing a ''fictional'' "pedophile organization" from ''Law and Order: SVU''. According to the producer, it was based on Newgon. But the portrayal was inaccurate, as it had to serve broader perceptions of "pedophiles" as gutter trash, and religious devotees to a denialistic "criminal ideology".

==Q: Does Newgon "circulate accounts justifying child molestation"?==

'''A: No.'''

This slander originated from the above Wikipedia article that included Newgon as one of its subjects and cited only opinion journalists.

At some point in time (and not presently), Newgon has been active in promoting [[Accounts and Testimonies]] on social media. It is purely the (premature, fanciful) opinion of some journalists, that these accounts justify "child molestation".

Maybe after "finding" our written histories, these "journalists" accidentally became aroused, then did a double-take, got angry about it and rage-quit. Subsequently, they might have then fabricated an excuse for their anger big enough to paper over the rock of their arousal, hence the glib idea that what they had just read "justified molestation".

If this is indeed the case, for such a person we truly have no words. Perhaps a degree of sympathy is called for, since we do not intend to titillate the reader, nor imply that such things are OK to go out and do in the wild.

But to address the claim factually, most of the younger subjects in our lived experiences section are adolescents and not children. Our own [[Ethos of Newgon|ethos]] does not include prepubertal children in its non-binding, but detailed proposal for age of consent reform.

'''Q: So, Newgon is "[[pro-c|pro-contact]]"?'''

'''A: We try to avoid the term, as it's crass.'''

The term "pro-contact" is of... "questionable" origins to put it mildly. It's also inherently problematic, at least when properly thought over, since the clear implication is that the "pro-contact" individual is an offender, or supports/condones offending.

In fact, very few of us had even heard of this term "pro-contact" before members of a vociferously "anti-contact" group called [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] started insisting on using it against less "virtuous" MAPs as a slur.<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2025.2522664#d1e157 Lievesley et al, 2025. "Beyond Pro- and Anti-Contact: Understanding the Ideologies of People Attracted to Children']</ref> It was then picked up on by Tumblr users in the mid-10s, and used in "call-outs", online doxing and harassment dramas targeting MAPs and other individuals who dared believe [[paraphilia]]s or other socially "inappropriate" desires could be acted upon ethically. Members of Newgon then researched the term and found some evidence of usage prior to Virped, but before 2012, it was far less loaded in its meaning.

Newgon's editors and readers tend to lean pro-choice (some would say "pro-consent") when it comes to questions of young people and their rights in an ideal society, including consent to sexual/physical relations. So using the abbreviation "pro-c", it is true that Newgon and some of the associated individuals are widely linked with that kind of philosophy, although not exclusionary towards tolerant anti-c individuals.

We don't support individuals in an offending lifestyle, seek to justify offending, nor do we automatically condemn individuals who have previously offended. Offences run the gamut of consensual crime at the one end, thru the socially inappropriate, all the way to the downright heinous. The reaction of society, i.e. a ''de facto'' life sentence for images, is often cruel, barbaric and grossly disproportionate.

==Q: Does Newgon support the New Right, and the idea of an ethnostate?==

'''A: No.'''

Newgon is a MAP-and-ally organisation, so why would we even be involved with these ideas? Our administrators and members are avowedly anti-fascist, because we are pro-sexual-minority. To us, this is a logically consistent position; gravity dictates that we would be anti-racist.

Since 2021, administrators and some users of the [[NNIA]] [[Pediverse|fediverse]] instance have maliciously circulated these falsehoods, and [[Essay:%22Newgon_Man_Bad%22,_and_the_%22Lecter_Cult%22:_Two_permanently_online_myths_reviewed#List_of_claims|numerous others]] based on the views and behaviour of a few, mostly banned users of a chat group, [[PCMA]]. This, as unbelievable as it sounds, was in response to the attempt of a Newgon editor to question the origins of, and redesign the [[MAP Flag]], literally an ''online graphic'', leading to a years-long campaign of libel.

While PCMA made use of Newgon's Yesmap server, this has not been the case for a very long time, since the turn of 2023/24. Discussion of white nationalism on the present server (unaffiliated with Newgon) is often confrontative, but rarely advocative, and prospective users are asked to screen themselves for cultural sensitivities. Antisemitic expressions are also more common within this politically agnostic group, which has often sought to disrupt and divide alt-right spaces by sending pro-MAP impersonators.

It is worth mentioning that the primary individual responsible for the penning of the libel campaign above ("Iris"), attempted to blame the editor of Newgon for a malicious communication sent hardcopy to the MAP influencer, Lilitha, whom he has no personal contact with whatsoever. This was after a year of Iris having been assumed the perpetrator themselves, previously known for doxing incidents. They would go on to share PCMA screen caps, against the wishes of three individuals, one suicidal and another in legal difficulties.

==Q: Does Newgon oppose self-identification, e.g. excluding those with a trans-identity?==

'''A: No.'''

Founding members of Newgon have a long history of defending trans people, and their right to exist publicly, for example, Jim Burton in a [[Essay:%22Newgon_Man_Bad%22,_and_the_%22Lecter_Cult%22:_Two_permanently_online_myths_reviewed#cite_note-73|series of posts]] stretching back many years on [[BoyChat]], a MAP website with sometimes hostile commentary on this subject.

This was another myth, deliberately propagated by [[NNIA]] administrators in response to the controversy above. It was immediately debunked, yet continues to be circulated with malice.

Among Newgon members, there may exist differing views on transmedicalist discourse, and the role of self-identification within the idea of transness, as this is a highly complicated and contested subject.

'''Q: But you said earlier the situation of MAPs cannot be compared to groups like trans people and paraphiles. Are you against co-operating with these groups?'''

'''A: Again, no.'''

The case of Zoophiles is perhaps more comparable to MAPs, but both they and the broader base of paraphiles remain potential allies.

It should also be noted that it can be very easy to ignore the fact some MAPs are also LGBT people, and many have paraphilias. Similarly a portion of both MAPs and LGBT people are conservatives, Christians, or subscribe to patriotic or religious ideologies.

The ultimate test of an alliance's maturity is its ability to operate across, and in spite of these perceived boundaries. There will always exist those who want to draw boundaries and gatekeep communities, whatever evidence we show them to the contrary. They will insist that groups have "nothing in common", and therefore shouldn't work together. Such reactionaries shouldn't be beyond reproach in shared spaces, but they too deserve a place to exist without being constantly scolded as awful human beings.

==Q: Is Newgon against Youth Rights?==

'''A: No.'''

Without youth voice, Youth Rights will not be a realistic possibility. It is hard to imagine a provocative argument such as age of consent reform succeeding without the voice of youth, and harder to imagine such an initiative succeeding in the present climate, without a broader base of action on youth rights in general.

==Notes==

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2026-05-08T23:26:40Z

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==Q: What is Newgon's public platform?==

'''A: We don't have one.'''

Newgon exists to publish and promote rare literature and compile information resources.

We have an [[Ethos of Newgon|ethos]], with a policy platform that determines who volunteers for us, what we decide to publish, and some of our activities besides that. So it's a platform. And it's public. But it's still not really our public platform:

No one is ''employing'' any particular ''informational strategy'' here, according to some predetermined agenda set in "Newgon HQ". If you are reading articles on Newgon, attempting to discern an ''agenda'' or platform, this is where you are almost certainly <u>going wrong</u>. The ''platform'', to the extent it exists, is inward-facing and organizational in its nature and function, like the rites of passage associated with Freemasonry, but perhaps less obscure.

The best widely-accepted description of Newgon is as follows; we are an "headless resistance" initiative. We do the basics for you, producing an information-scheme composed of a broad and sometimes contradicting base of useful knowledge, on a narrow subject. You decide what parts to employ, and ''how''.

We are independently funded by two individuals, occasionally (and very rarely) anonymous donors, and do not receive money from any charity or foundation besides those individuals. We have no support from Russia, nor Israel, George Soros, Bill Gates, the CIA or any other agency, government or philanthropist we have been wrongly linked with. Our life might be somewhat easier if we had an institutional backer, but this lack of affiliation can also be seen as a kind of strength, especially for an organisation that has lasted almost ''two decades''.

==Q: Is Newgon "pro-pedophile"?==

'''A: Newgon is supportive of all marginalized sexual and gender minorities.'''

A better question here, is what does "pro-pedophile" ''even mean'' in this post-truth world where literally everything is on the table as part of a values equation?

The insult is often hurled by clout-chasing influencers, many of them conspiracy theorists who are on to a grift, but it actually means very little when we really drill down. These influencers might be referring to LGBTQ+ literature in schools and libraries, [[Preventionism|prevention-focussed research]], or even nonjudgmental therapies for [[Minor Attracted Person|the group sometimes referred to as "MAPs"]]. They might on the other hand, be describing a female teacher who pursued a relationship with a fifteen year old male student!

''Fundamentally'', there exists a group of people within our society (a small few percent according to the APA) who have a sexual ''preference'' for ''prepubertal'' children, and only these individuals are the true [[pedophilia|pedophiles]]. It is an attraction, not a behavior, nor an ''intention''.

True pedophiles are often the ones we ignore when we talk brazenly of "pedophilia" and perpetuate its stigma. But they are the unwilling victims of an unimaginable social stigma, just like those who are slandered as pedophiles and pedophile-defenders. For the true pedophile, however, the burden can be a lifelong secret, and acutely internalized.

We are certainly pro-pedophile in the sense that if a pedophile has been unfairly maligned, or another person unfairly maligned as a pedophile, we will instinctively rush to the defense of the "pedophile", of this, you can be sure. And however distasteful it may seem, it is also much healthier for civil society that such organizations are permitted to exist.

==Q: Is Newgon part of the LGBTQ+ community?==

'''A: Some of us are LGBTQ+, but since 1994, Newgon-type affiliates have been barred from LGBTQ+ organizations.'''

One major motivating factor behind Newgon's publishing is the 2020s "[[Wikipedia:LGBTQ grooming conspiracy theory|groomer-libel]]" and "drag panic" attacks against LGBTQ+ people, and an urgent need to get to the bottom of this thorny issue. Newgon's editor, Jim Burton is himself a gay man, and not a self-identifying MAP like some of our editors. Our social history lead is a bisexual man, and not a MAP. While it would not be an issue either way, neither have been convicted of a sexual offense.

Our approach to this topic is different to that of mainstream gay publications, however. Instead of ostracizing MAPs, understanding and compassion are instead called for, and we aim to center the MAP experience.

A detailed historical backdrop of the LGBT-MAP alliance, its breakdown and the renewed 2020s alt-right [[grooming|groomer]] libel can be found at the following articles:

*[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity]]
*[[Moral panic]]
*[[MAPocalypse]]

==Q: Is Newgon "woke"?==

'''A: The term has become almost meaningless over the last decade or so. If we are "woke", it's almost certain we are not "woke" in the way people claim we are.'''

Originating in the African-American culture, the term "woke" was co-opted mainly by white liberals, and then used derogatorily towards all liberals by American conservatives.

Nowadays, the term refers to a person who is hyperaware of social justice issues, status-based injustice (esp. racial) and applies [[Wikipedia:Intersectionality|intersectionalism]] and novel use of pronouns and other identifiers to their pursuit of affirmative justice.

But this is where it gets tricky. While we do acknowledge the importance of intersectionality, an acutely marginalized MAP or pedophile's experience of demonization cannot be put on a par with an urban trans person or paraphile's need to tread carefully around conservative friends, relatives or colleagues at thanksgiving. One represents a considerable portion of society sworn to secrecy for their entire life, the other can happily appear dolled up in kink gear at pride without repercussions.

Newgon might be "woke" in the sense that it is awake, and attuned to ongoing injustices. But Newgon isn't going to provide conservatives with their "Kodak moment" of a "perpetually-offended pedophile" attempting to language-police others and weaponize their personal grievances. Such "wokescold" MAPs do exist, and have predictably garnered attention from parts of the online influencer sphere, but they only represent a tiny fraction of the wider group.

Polls of users on boards such as [[Mu]] and [[B4U-ACT]] repeatedly evidence a general dissatisfaction with identity based politics. A number of conservative attempts to wokejacket MAPs and allies have also been based on personal appearance and trans-identity, aspects of the person not necessarily related to wokeness, or authoritarian behavior among the "woke". A large majority of trans-identified MAPs are pacifists, and not authoritarians/doctrinaires.

If you really need to tar us as "woke", this probably says more about your need to score points, and lack of political literacy, than it says about us.

==Q: How did Newgon end up on Wikipedia's "pedophile hitlist"?==

'''A: Journalists defamed us.'''

A hit list might be a somewhat dramatic way of describing [[Wikipedia:List of pedophile advocacy organizations|Wikipedia's article]], but given the popularity of Wikipedia with the three letter agencies, and the number of administrators who are also members of the intelligence community, we were nonplussed to say the least when we first appeared on the listicle.

Wikipedia operates a controversial policy entitled "Reliable Source", which is in effect one of the biggest scams operating on the internet. In other words, if a journalist from a "reliable" newspaper or site (read: absence of any public controversy as to their journalistic standards) concludes something in an opinion piece, even if it is evidently false, it is in fact "reality" in the eyes of Wikipedia. This has often led to incidents of "citogenesis", where unsound claims first shared on Wikipedia have been repeated uncritically by journalists, who are then cited by Wikipedia in a self-reinforcing circle of modernistic stupidity.

To make things worse, the same "pedophile" article that relies on the claims of opinion journalists, was also the source of [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|hoax claims]] such as the existence of a ''Yahweh'' child sex organisation and an Indian counterpart to [[NAMBLA]], unwittingly promoted by Wikipedia for half a decade. Ironically, the very first news article mentioning [[Newgon]], was in fact describing a ''fictional'' "pedophile organization" from ''Law and Order: SVU''. According to the producer, it was based on Newgon. But the portrayal was inaccurate, as it had to serve broader perceptions of "pedophiles" as gutter trash, and religious devotees to a denialistic "criminal ideology".

==Q: Does Newgon "circulate accounts justifying child molestation"?==

'''A: No.'''

This slander originated from the above Wikipedia article that included Newgon as one of its subjects and cited only opinion journalists.

At some point in time (and not presently), Newgon has been active in promoting [[Accounts and Testimonies]] on social media. It is purely the (premature, fanciful) opinion of some journalists, that these accounts justify "child molestation".

Maybe after "finding" our written histories, these "journalists" accidentally became aroused, then did a double-take, got angry about it and rage-quit. Subsequently, they might have then fabricated an excuse for their anger big enough to paper over the rock of their arousal, hence the glib idea that what they had just read "justified molestation".

If this is indeed the case, for such a person we truly have no words. Perhaps a degree of sympathy is called for.

But to address the claim factually, most of the younger subjects in our lived experiences section are adolescents and not children. Our own [[Ethos of Newgon|ethos]] does not include prepubertal children in its non-binding, but detailed proposal for age of consent reform.

'''Q: So, Newgon is "[[pro-c|pro-contact]]"?'''

'''A: We try to avoid the term, as it's crass.'''

The term "pro-contact" is of... "questionable" origins to put it mildly. It's also inherently problematic, at least when properly thought over, since the clear implication is that the "pro-contact" individual is an offender, or supports/condones offending.

In fact, very few of us had even heard of this term "pro-contact" before members of a vociferously "anti-contact" group called [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] started insisting on using it against less "virtuous" MAPs as a slur.<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2025.2522664#d1e157 Lievesley et al, 2025. "Beyond Pro- and Anti-Contact: Understanding the Ideologies of People Attracted to Children']</ref> It was then picked up on by Tumblr users in the mid-10s, and used in "call-outs", online doxing and harassment dramas targeting MAPs and other individuals who dared believe [[paraphilia]]s or other socially "inappropriate" desires could be acted upon ethically. Members of Newgon then researched the term and found some evidence of usage prior to Virped, but before 2012, it was far less loaded in its meaning.

Newgon's editors and readers tend to lean pro-choice (some would say "pro-consent") when it comes to questions of young people and their rights in an ideal society, including consent to sexual/physical relations. So using the abbreviation "pro-c", it is true that Newgon and some of the associated individuals are widely linked with that kind of philosophy, although not exclusionary towards tolerant anti-c individuals.

We don't support individuals in an offending lifestyle, seek to justify offending, nor do we automatically condemn individuals who have previously offended. Offences run the gamut of consensual crime at the one end, thru the socially inappropriate, all the way to the downright heinous. The reaction of society, i.e. a ''de facto'' life sentence for images, is often cruel, barbaric and grossly disproportionate.

==Q: Does Newgon support the New Right, and the idea of an ethnostate?==

'''A: No.'''

Newgon is a MAP-and-ally organisation, so why would we even be involved with these ideas? Our administrators and members are avowedly anti-fascist, because we are pro-sexual-minority. To us, this is a logically consistent position; gravity dictates that we would be anti-racist.

Since 2021, administrators and some users of the [[NNIA]] [[Pediverse|fediverse]] instance have maliciously circulated these falsehoods, and [[Essay:%22Newgon_Man_Bad%22,_and_the_%22Lecter_Cult%22:_Two_permanently_online_myths_reviewed#List_of_claims|numerous others]] based on the views and behaviour of a few, mostly banned users of a chat group, [[PCMA]]. This, as unbelievable as it sounds, was in response to the attempt of a Newgon editor to question the origins of, and redesign the [[MAP Flag]], literally an ''online graphic'', leading to a years-long campaign of libel.

While PCMA made use of Newgon's Yesmap server, this has not been the case for a very long time, since the turn of 2023/24. Discussion of white nationalism on the present server (unaffiliated with Newgon) is often confrontative, but rarely advocative, and prospective users are asked to screen themselves for cultural sensitivities. Antisemitic expressions are also more common within this politically agnostic group, which has often sought to disrupt and divide alt-right spaces by sending pro-MAP impersonators.

It is worth mentioning that the primary individual responsible for the penning of the libel campaign above ("Iris"), attempted to blame the editor of Newgon for a malicious communication sent hardcopy to the MAP influencer, Lilitha, whom he has no personal contact with whatsoever. This was after a year of Iris having been assumed the perpetrator themselves, previously known for doxing incidents. They would go on to share PCMA screen caps, against the wishes of three individuals, one suicidal and another in legal difficulties.

==Q: Does Newgon oppose self-identification, e.g. excluding those with a trans-identity?==

'''A: No.'''

Founding members of Newgon have a long history of defending trans people, and their right to exist publicly, for example, Jim Burton in a [[Essay:%22Newgon_Man_Bad%22,_and_the_%22Lecter_Cult%22:_Two_permanently_online_myths_reviewed#cite_note-73|series of posts]] stretching back many years on [[BoyChat]], a MAP website with sometimes hostile commentary on this subject.

This was another myth, deliberately propagated by [[NNIA]] administrators in response to the controversy above. It was immediately debunked, yet continues to be circulated with malice.

Among Newgon members, there may exist differing views on transmedicalist discourse, and the role of self-identification within the idea of transness, as this is a highly complicated and contested subject.

'''Q: But you said earlier the situation of MAPs cannot be compared to groups like trans people and paraphiles. Are you against co-operating with these groups?'''

'''A: Again, no.'''

The case of Zoophiles is perhaps more comparable to MAPs, but both they and the broader base of paraphiles remain potential allies.

It should also be noted that it can be very easy to ignore the fact some MAPs are also LGBT people, and many have paraphilias. Similarly a portion of both MAPs and LGBT people are conservatives, Christians, or subscribe to patriotic or religious ideologies.

The ultimate test of an alliance's maturity is its ability to operate across, and in spite of these perceived boundaries. There will always exist those who want to draw boundaries and gatekeep communities, whatever evidence we show them to the contrary. They will insist that groups have "nothing in common", and therefore shouldn't work together. Such reactionaries shouldn't be beyond reproach in shared spaces, but they too deserve a place to exist without being constantly scolded as awful human beings.

==Q: Is Newgon against Youth Rights?==

'''A: No.'''

Without youth voice, Youth Rights will not be a realistic possibility. It is hard to imagine a provocative argument such as age of consent reform succeeding without the voice of youth, and harder to imagine such an initiative succeeding in the present climate, without a broader base of action on youth rights in general.

==Notes==

[[Category:Advice]]

Help:FAQ

2026-05-08T23:25:01Z

Jim Burton:

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==Q: What is Newgon's public platform?==

'''A: We don't have one.'''

Newgon exists to publish and promote rare literature and compile information resources.

We have an [[Ethos of Newgon|ethos]], with a policy platform that determines who volunteers for us, what we decide to publish, and some of our activities besides that. So it's a platform. And it's public. But it's still not really our public platform:

No one is ''employing'' any particular ''informational strategy'' here, according to some predetermined agenda set in "Newgon HQ". If you are reading articles on Newgon, attempting to discern an ''agenda'' or platform, this is where you are almost certainly <u>going wrong</u>. The ''platform'', to the extent it exists, is inward-facing and organizational in its nature and function, like the rites of passage associated with Freemasonry, but perhaps less obscure.

The best widely-accepted description of Newgon is as follows; we are an "headless resistance" initiative. We do the basics for you, producing an information-scheme composed of a broad and sometimes contradicting base of useful knowledge, on a narrow subject. You decide what parts to employ, and ''how''.

We are independently funded by two individuals, occasionally (and very rarely) anonymous donors, and do not receive money from any charity or foundation besides those individuals. We have no support from Russia, nor Israel, George Soros, Bill Gates, the CIA or any other agency, government or philanthropist we have been wrongly linked with. Our life might be somewhat easier if we had an institutional backer, but this lack of affiliation can also be seen as a kind of strength, especially for an organisation that has lasted almost ''two decades''.

==Q: Is Newgon "pro-pedophile"?==

'''A: Newgon is supportive of all marginalized sexual and gender minorities.'''

A better question here, is what does "pro-pedophile" ''even mean'' in this post-truth world where literally everything is on the table as part of a values equation?

The insult is often hurled by clout-chasing influencers, many of them conspiracy theorists who are on to a grift, but it actually means very little when we really drill down. These influencers might be referring to LGBTQ+ literature in schools and libraries, [[Preventionism|prevention-focussed research]], or even nonjudgmental therapies for [[Minor Attracted Person|the group sometimes referred to as "MAPs"]]. They might on the other hand, be describing a female teacher who pursued a relationship with a fifteen year old male student!

''Fundamentally'', there exists a group of people within our society (a small few percent according to the APA) who have a sexual ''preference'' for ''prepubertal'' children, and only these individuals are the true [[pedophilia|pedophiles]]. It is an attraction, not a behavior, nor an ''intention''.

True pedophiles are often the ones we ignore when we talk brazenly of "pedophilia" and perpetuate its stigma. But they are the unwilling victims of an unimaginable social stigma, just like those who are slandered as pedophiles and pedophile-defenders. For the true pedophile, however, the burden can be a lifelong secret, and acutely internalized.

We are certainly pro-pedophile in the sense that if a pedophile has been unfairly maligned, or another person unfairly maligned as a pedophile, we will instinctively rush to the defense of the "pedophile", of this, you can be sure. And however distasteful it may seem, it is also much healthier for civil society that such organizations are permitted to exist.

==Q: Is Newgon part of the LGBTQ+ community?==

'''A: Some of us are LGBTQ+, but since 1994, Newgon-type affiliates have been barred from LGBTQ+ organizations.'''

One major motivating factor behind Newgon's publishing is the 2020s "[[Wikipedia:LGBTQ grooming conspiracy theory|groomer-libel]]" and "drag panic" attacks against LGBTQ+ people, and an urgent need to get to the bottom of this thorny issue. Newgon's editor, Jim Burton is himself a gay man, and not a self-identifying MAP like some of our editors. Our social history lead is a bisexual man, and not a MAP. While it would not be an issue either way, neither have been convicted of a sexual offense.

Our approach to this topic is different to that of mainstream gay publications, however. Instead of ostracizing MAPs, understanding and compassion are instead called for, and we aim to center the MAP experience.

A detailed historical backdrop of the LGBT-MAP alliance, its breakdown and the renewed 2020s alt-right [[grooming|groomer]] libel can be found at the following articles:

*[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity]]
*[[Moral panic]]
*[[MAPocalypse]]

==Q: Is Newgon "woke"?==

'''A: The term has become almost meaningless over the last decade or so. If we are "woke", it's almost certain we are not "woke" in the way people claim we are.'''

Originating in the African-American culture, the term "woke" was co-opted mainly by white liberals, and then used derogatorily towards all liberals by American conservatives.

Nowadays, the term refers to a person who is hyperaware of social justice issues, status-based injustice (esp. racial) and applies [[Wikipedia:Intersectionality|intersectionalism]] and novel use of pronouns and other identifiers to their pursuit of affirmative justice.

But this is where it gets tricky. While we do acknowledge the importance of intersectionality, an acutely marginalized MAP or pedophile's experience of demonization cannot be put on a par with an urban trans person or paraphile's need to tread carefully around conservative friends, relatives or colleagues at thanksgiving. One represents a considerable portion of society sworn to secrecy for their entire life, the other can happily appear dolled up in kink gear at pride without repercussions.

Newgon might be "woke" in the sense that it is awake, and attuned to ongoing injustices. But Newgon isn't going to provide conservatives with their "Kodak moment" of a "perpetually-offended pedophile" attempting to language-police others and weaponize their personal grievances. Such "wokescold" MAPs do exist, and have predictably garnered attention from parts of the online influencer sphere, but they only represent a tiny fraction of the wider group.

Polls of users on boards such as [[Mu]] and [[B4U-ACT]] repeatedly evidence a general dissatisfaction with identity based politics. A number of conservative attempts to wokejacket MAPs and allies have also been based on personal appearance and trans-identity, aspects of the person not necessarily related to wokeness, or authoritarian behavior among the "woke". A large majority of trans-identified MAPs are pacifists, and not authoritarians/doctrinaires.

If you really need to tar us as "woke", this probably says more about your need to score points, and lack of political literacy, than it says about us.

==Q: How did Newgon end up on Wikipedia's "pedophile hitlist"?==

'''A: Journalists defamed us.'''

A hit list might be a somewhat dramatic way of describing Wikipedia's article, but given the popularity of Wikipedia with the three letter agencies, and the number of administrators who are also members of the intelligence community, we were nonplussed to say the least when we first appeared on the listicle.

Wikipedia operates a controversial policy entitled "Reliable Source", which is in effect one of the biggest scams operating on the internet. In other words, if a journalist from a "reliable" newspaper or site (read: absence of any public controversy as to their journalistic standards) concludes something in an opinion piece, even if it is evidently false, it is in fact "reality" in the eyes of Wikipedia. This has often led to incidents of "citogenesis", where unsound claims first shared on Wikipedia have been repeated uncritically by journalists, who are then cited by Wikipedia in a self-reinforcing circle of modernistic stupidity.

To make things worse, the same "pedophile" article that relies on the claims of opinion journalists, was also the source of [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|hoax claims]] such as the existence of a ''Yahweh'' child sex organisation and an Indian counterpart to [[NAMBLA]], unwittingly promoted by Wikipedia for half a decade. Ironically, the very first news article mentioning [[Newgon]], was in fact describing a ''fictional'' "pedophile organization" from ''Law and Order: SVU''. According to the producer, it was based on Newgon. But the portrayal was inaccurate, as it had to serve broader perceptions of "pedophiles" as gutter trash, and religious devotees to a denialistic "criminal ideology".

==Q: Does Newgon "circulate accounts justifying child molestation"?==

'''A: No.'''

This slander originated from the above Wikipedia article that included Newgon as one of its subjects and cited only opinion journalists.

At some point in time (and not presently), Newgon has been active in promoting [[Accounts and Testimonies]] on social media. It is purely the (premature, fanciful) opinion of some journalists, that these accounts justify "child molestation".

Maybe after "finding" our written histories, these "journalists" accidentally became aroused, then did a double-take, got angry about it and rage-quit. Subsequently, they might have then fabricated an excuse for their anger big enough to paper over the rock of their arousal, hence the glib idea that what they had just read "justified molestation".

If this is indeed the case, for such a person we truly have no words. Perhaps a degree of sympathy is called for.

But to address the claim factually, most of the younger subjects in our lived experiences section are adolescents and not children. Our own [[Ethos of Newgon|ethos]] does not include prepubertal children in its non-binding, but detailed proposal for age of consent reform.

'''Q: So, Newgon is "[[pro-c|pro-contact]]"?'''

'''A: We try to avoid the term, as it's crass.'''

The term "pro-contact" is of... "questionable" origins to put it mildly. It's also inherently problematic, at least when properly thought over, since the clear implication is that the "pro-contact" individual is an offender, or supports/condones offending.

In fact, very few of us had even heard of this term "pro-contact" before members of a vociferously "anti-contact" group called [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] started insisting on using it against less "virtuous" MAPs as a slur.<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2025.2522664#d1e157 Lievesley et al, 2025. "Beyond Pro- and Anti-Contact: Understanding the Ideologies of People Attracted to Children']</ref> It was then picked up on by Tumblr users in the mid-10s, and used in "call-outs", online doxing and harassment dramas targeting MAPs and other individuals who dared believe [[paraphilia]]s or other socially "inappropriate" desires could be acted upon ethically. Members of Newgon then researched the term and found some evidence of usage prior to Virped, but before 2012, it was far less loaded in its meaning.

Newgon's editors and readers tend to lean pro-choice (some would say "pro-consent") when it comes to questions of young people and their rights in an ideal society, including consent to sexual/physical relations. So using the abbreviation "pro-c", it is true that Newgon and some of the associated individuals are widely linked with that kind of philosophy, although not exclusionary towards tolerant anti-c individuals.

We don't support individuals in an offending lifestyle, seek to justify offending, nor do we automatically condemn individuals who have previously offended. Offences run the gamut of consensual crime at the one end, thru the socially inappropriate, all the way to the downright heinous. The reaction of society, i.e. a ''de facto'' life sentence for images, is often cruel, barbaric and grossly disproportionate.

==Q: Does Newgon support the New Right, and the idea of an ethnostate?==

'''A: No.'''

Newgon is a MAP-and-ally organisation, so why would we even be involved with these ideas? Our administrators and members are avowedly anti-fascist, because we are pro-sexual-minority. To us, this is a logically consistent position; gravity dictates that we would be anti-racist.

Since 2021, administrators and some users of the [[NNIA]] [[Pediverse|fediverse]] instance have maliciously circulated these falsehoods, and [[Essay:%22Newgon_Man_Bad%22,_and_the_%22Lecter_Cult%22:_Two_permanently_online_myths_reviewed#List_of_claims|numerous others]] based on the views and behaviour of a few, mostly banned users of a chat group, [[PCMA]]. This, as unbelievable as it sounds, was in response to the attempt of a Newgon editor to question the origins of, and redesign the [[MAP Flag]], literally an ''online graphic'', leading to a years-long campaign of libel.

While PCMA made use of Newgon's Yesmap server, this has not been the case for a very long time, since the turn of 2023/24. Discussion of white nationalism on the present server (unaffiliated with Newgon) is often confrontative, but rarely advocative, and prospective users are asked to screen themselves for cultural sensitivities. Antisemitic expressions are also more common within this politically agnostic group, which has often sought to disrupt and divide alt-right spaces by sending pro-MAP impersonators.

It is worth mentioning that the primary individual responsible for the penning of the libel campaign above ("Iris"), attempted to blame the editor of Newgon for a malicious communication sent hardcopy to the MAP influencer, Lilitha, whom he has no personal contact with whatsoever. This was after a year of Iris having been assumed the perpetrator themselves, previously known for doxing incidents. They would go on to share PCMA screen caps, against the wishes of three individuals, one suicidal and another in legal difficulties.

==Q: Does Newgon oppose self-identification, e.g. excluding those with a trans-identity?==

'''A: No.'''

Founding members of Newgon have a long history of defending trans people, and their right to exist publicly, for example, Jim Burton in a [[Essay:%22Newgon_Man_Bad%22,_and_the_%22Lecter_Cult%22:_Two_permanently_online_myths_reviewed#cite_note-73|series of posts]] stretching back many years on [[BoyChat]], a MAP website with sometimes hostile commentary on this subject.

This was another myth, deliberately propagated by [[NNIA]] administrators in response to the controversy above. It was immediately debunked, yet continues to be circulated with malice.

Among Newgon members, there may exist differing views on transmedicalist discourse, and the role of self-identification within the idea of transness, as this is a highly complicated and contested subject.

'''Q: But you said earlier the situation of MAPs cannot be compared to groups like trans people and paraphiles. Are you against co-operating with these groups?'''

'''A: Again, no.'''

The case of Zoophiles is perhaps more comparable to MAPs, but both they and the broader base of paraphiles remain potential allies.

It should also be noted that it can be very easy to ignore the fact some MAPs are also LGBT people, and many have paraphilias. Similarly a portion of both MAPs and LGBT people are conservatives, Christians, or subscribe to patriotic or religious ideologies.

The ultimate test of an alliance's maturity is its ability to operate across, and in spite of these perceived boundaries. There will always exist those who want to draw boundaries and gatekeep communities, whatever evidence we show them to the contrary. They will insist that groups have "nothing in common", and therefore shouldn't work together. Such reactionaries shouldn't be beyond reproach in shared spaces, but they too deserve a place to exist without being constantly scolded as awful human beings.

==Q: Is Newgon against Youth Rights?==

'''A: No.'''

Without youth voice, Youth Rights will not be a realistic possibility. It is hard to imagine a provocative argument such as age of consent reform succeeding without the voice of youth, and harder to imagine such an initiative succeeding in the present climate, without a broader base of action on youth rights in general.

==Notes==

[[Category:Advice]]

"Pedophile Activism" hoaxes

2026-05-08T21:09:56Z

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Due to the highly speculative and paranoid culture of [[anti]]-pedophile posturing, it is perhaps unsurprising that a number of '''hoax [[pedophilia]] organizations''' have been put forward by scaremongers and trolls. While it is true that [[MAP Movement|some activism took place under the pedophile banner]] in the 1970s and 80s, this was during a period where there existed far less of a stigma on the term. While the term "pedophile" was often used, most members of such organizations were technically [[hebephilia|hebephiles]] - as in the case of [[NAMBLA]] and [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (see [[Media:PIEAOA.png|surveys of members]]).

"Pedophile Activist" hoax groups range from failed ideas and folded websites, rejected proposals, to utter contrivances from boards such as '''4chan'''.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia], re. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731093755/https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/resistance-member-says-pedophilia-sexual-orientation-claims-bigotry]</ref> As conservative [[grooming]] panic has spread in the 2020s, the LGBTQ+ community and adjacent people have even alleged Russian propaganda to deflect these attempts.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvka/libsoftiktok-kremlin-boost-anti-lgbtq-disinformation How LibsOfTikTok Is Helping the Kremlin Boost Anti-LGBTQ Disinformation - Vice]</ref><ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/libsoftiktok-linked-russian-disinformation-campaign-stir-outrage-lgbtq-rights/ LibsOfTikTok linked to Russian disinformation campaign to stir outrage over LGBTQ rights - LGBTQNation]</ref> Much earlier, fringe conservative groups had produced a list of hoaxes, which were nevertheless described as "''Pro Paedophilia Movement [...] A Few Of The More Notorious And Better-Known Boy-Love/Girl-Love Or Paedophile Associations And Organisation Web Sites''".<ref name=naffoundation>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514174320/http://naffoundation.org/Pedophilia.htm#Pro-pedophilia Naffoundation list of orgs]</ref> Oftentimes, these hoaxes are based on a grain of truth, and are perpetuated by right-wing organizations/trolls who are attempting to "own the libs" by promoting the idea that the LGBTQ+ community are seeking to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|realign with MAPs]] after distancing them in the 1990s.

==Modern hoaxes==

The more obvious hoaxes we cover below are to be distinguished from present initiatives within the [[MAP Movement]] that deploy baiting and psychological tactics to incite online controversies. At that point, accounts typically attempt to engage responders with good-faith information campaigns, including peer-reviewed literature. One of many baiting strategies appears to involve proposing that the LGBTQ+ community realign with MAPs (or chastises them for a lack of tolerance - see "MAP perpetuated hoaxes" below).

There are, nevertheless, as many, if not more genuine hoax pedophile activist initiatives, in which the motive is not sympathy towards pedophiles or MAPs. A few examples follow:

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File:Fckh8.jpg|FCKH8 hoax seen around 2014
File:Lgbtp4chan.png|4chan working on some fake posters for the LGBTP hoax
File:Lgbtp.jpg|A LGBTP hoax poster
File:Fakedemo.jpg|Fake 2017 Demo
File:Pedopride.png|Fake pedophile pride poster<ref>[https://www.them.us/story/fake-pedophile-pride-poster-oregon Them: Hoax pedo pride]</ref>
Fakeposter.png|Fake 2020 posters - examples
File:Falseflag.jpg|HeartProgress type trolling
File:Heartprogress.jpeg|The double-omega employed by HeartProgress - not to be considered a genuine symbol of MAPs
File:Josh.jpg|Doctored image of a TikToker advocating "decriminalization of pedophilia"
File:PedoAid.png|Example of bait being used to draw attention to a genuine MAP website ([[Newgon]]Wiki)
File:Basedandy.png|<small>A profound 2022 triggering, executed by the fake account of a [[MAP visibility on Twitter|genuine MAP Activist]]</small>
File:Neogen.png|<small>One example of sock puppets being used by hostile actors to astroturf a MAP-friendly site (FreeSpeechTube) with unfavorable opinions</small>
File:High.png|<small>A member of the same sock network posts an OP and then confects a 20+ reply sock discussion praising rape</small>
File:Warwickpride.jpg|2023 Warwick Pride MAP hoax<ref>[https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/warwick-pride-disinformation-pedophilia-18149493.php Effort to link Warwick Pride with pedophilia under investigation]</ref>
File:Fckhoax.jpg|Another fckh8 hoax - date unknown.
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===LGBTP and HeartProgress===

'''LGBTP''', also known as '''HeartProgress''' or '''LoveIsAgeless''', is a fake outrage campaign manufactured by '''4chan''''s /pol/. The campaign added "P" (to represent "[[Minor attracted neologisms|pedosexuals]]") to the LGBT initialism (not be confused with "LGBTP" to include pansexuals). Characteristically, '''Snopes.com''' have used this example to promote their own misinformation about the LGBTQ+ movement, claiming, hilariously that "[never] has [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|any LGBT group condoned pedophilia]]".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LGBTP RationalWiki]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211101164919/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Snopes (erroneous) FC], now replaced with more accurate piece at original address</ref> In 2022, radical anti-trans activist [[Wikipedia:Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull|Kellie-Jay Keen]] circulated a hoax transgender advocacy blog in the style of Heartprogress, flaunting a display of solidarity with the already operationally defunct [[NAMBLA]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221031183227/https://twitter.com/StandingforXX/status/1587120141384425472 Keen Transgender Hoax]</ref>

===Fake demonstrations===

The alt-right has also framed student protesters as "pedophiles", convincing even Donald Trump Jr. of the hoax's veracity. Mike Cernovich, an alt-right personality, arrived at Columbia University in October 2017, to give a speech to the school’s College Republicans club. But when students protested outside the event, trolls posed in front of them with a banner promoting the almost operationally defunct [[NAMBLA]]. Cernovich and other alt-right figures quickly copied a journalist’s picture of the sign and tweeted it as evidence.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/alt-right-frames-protesters-as-pedophiles-with-fake-nambla-sign Daily Beast]</ref>

===Overemphasizing defunct organizations===

Particular to the social media era, Newgon has witnessed a tendency to overemphasize the present importance of first-wave organizations and claim they are still active. While this has happened in the case of [[Ipce]] and PIE, it is more notable and memetic in [[NAMBLA]]'s example. Such organizations no longer meet, no longer carry on the communications necessary to be deemed organizations, and are typically only remembered via websites maintained by older ex-members, many of whom have age-related impairments and reduced input. In NAMBLA's case, octagenarean [[Peter Melzer]] died in 2024, leaving the website dormant after repeated vain attempts by right-wing con-artists to present his organization as an active part of the left-wing civil rights ecosystem.

===Misquotes and Upscaling===

In some instances, real events have been taken out of context, as per various stories concerning the deeply [[pedophobia|pedophobic]] [[United Nations]] and their supposed endorsement of "pedophilia". In the 20s, individuals such as U.S. Rep. Katie Porter and Las Vegas Commissioner, Tick Segerblom were attacked by [[Conspiratorialism|conspiracy theorists]] for making comments that could be misquoted.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N33613P/ U.S. Rep. Katie Porter did not say pedophilia was an ‘identity’], and [https://nationalfile.com/video-openly-communist-las-vegas-commissioner-admitted-to-being-a-minor-attracted-person/ Video: Openly Communist Las Vegas Commissioner Admitted to Being a ‘Minor Attracted Person’]</ref>

Upscaling/misattribution is another common method, typically used by low follower-count (<1.5m) influencers of the right-tendency who face a low risk-reward within the fake-news ecosystem. Usually, organizations such as the UN, WEF and the WHO are the target; for example a Dutch sex-education film was misattributed to the WHO via x.com in 2026, by the serial propagandist '''@BGatesIsaPyscho''' (without fact-checking or community note).<ref>[https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/2051223089023696979 Thread by BGatesIsaPyscho]</ref> The fake-news website ''The People's Voice'' (formerly ''NewsPunch'') frequently publishes such stories about the normalization of pedophilia by "international elites".

===Doxxing and defaming by impersonation===

[[File:Newgoninb4.png|thumb|In early 2023, Newgon identified an unsophisticated sock-puppet campaign pushing rape apologetics and misogyny on FST]]
Fake pedophile advocacy has been used in the [[Wikipedia:Doxing|doxxing]] and defamation of groups and individuals by impersonation, notably among them the [[United Nations|UN]],<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-twitter-pedophilia/ No, the UN Didn't Tweet 'Pedophilia Is Not a Crime' (Snopes)]</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-un-chief-did-not-warn-christi-idUSL1N39Y1W8 Fact Check-UN ‘chief’ did not warn Christians to embrace pedophiles or face exclusion (Reuters)] and [https://fullfact.org/online/UN-chief-Christians-MAPs-excluded-from-society/ A UN expert said Christians who don’t “accept MAPs” (minor-attracted persons) will be “excluded from society” (FullFact)]</ref> WEF,<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/15/world-economic-forum-lgbtq-pedophilia-fact-check/73326352007/ False claim World Economic Forum ordered LGBTQ+ to add a 'P' for pedophilia | Fact check]</ref> Rolling Stone,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-rolling-stone-headline-says-opposing-pedophilia-is-far-right-2024-04-24/ Fact Check: Fake Rolling Stone headline says opposing pedophilia is ‘far-right’]</ref> and Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese in March, 2023. The popular 2SM radio station fielded no less than three "shock jocks" to repeat the false claims of a self-admitted Twitter parody account, leaving their callers "incandescent with rage", convinced the PM had engaged in "pedophile apologia" [[Media:Rockspider.mp3|(audio example of response)]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/2sm/102059812 ABC on Triggered 2SM shock jocks]. FST has a [https://fstube.net/w/efDYXMxrxPYDGYd7NFyEju backup.]</ref> In 2023, Barack Obama was attacked in a similar way, using fake tweets in which he called for destigmatizaton of MAPs.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-obama-pedophilia/fact-check-article-includes-false-claims-about-obama-on-pedophilia-banned-books-idUSL1N39E29M Reuters Fact Check on Obama], and [https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/07/fact-check-barack-obama-did-not-say-pedophiles-deserve-same-rights-as-2slgbtqi.html LeadStories: Fact Check on Barack Obama]</ref>

Similar methods were also used against the British Dancer and TikTok personality, Joshua Hubbard in 2022. Hubbard had made comments in support of [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans people]], supposedly penning a campaign of negative and derogatory reviews of gay venues that were visibly sympathetic to radical/gender-critical (i.e. conservative) feminists. While those who oppose such feminists within the gay movement are often suspected of engaging in pedophile advocacy, the doxxing campaign against Mr Hubbard (cited in our gallery) was particularly implausible, as no known [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] describes their activity as ''decriminalization of pedophilia''. MAP Activists typically point out that attractions such as [[pedophilia]] are by their very definition ''legal'', as opposed to some actions associated with attraction to minors.

In 2019, the co founder of [[B4U-ACT]] expressed concern in an interview with AFP, that [[anti]]s were imitating MAPs in order to project a negative image.<ref>[https://factcheck.afp.com/pride-flag-pedophiles-someone-created-one-no-one-waves-it AFP interview with R Dick]</ref> Since then, large groups of sock puppets have been created simultaneously and then deployed by hostile actors (suspected to be [[Operation Underground Railroad|anti-MAP NGOs]] planning a documentary<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaKpX_NzQ1g OURRescue: The Hidden War Teaser (YouTube)] see same video at [https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q FST archive]</ref>) on MAP-sympathetic websites such as [[FreeSpeechTube]] in the gallery above. In this case, the negative optics of rape apologism, misogyny and illegalism were used to misrepresent the [[MAP Movement]]. Bizarrely, the campaign also included the first concerted attempt to revise the acronym "MAP" to "[[Youth Attracted Person|YAP]]", after some users had suggested it as an alternative.<ref>[https://archive.ph/28HNR FST: Antis are planning a black propaganda/sockpuppet attack on FST] and [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/1941 FST: ''Highoctagon muted me and is likely a "pro-rape" troll'' - Currently unavailable and not archived. Private copy of archive may be available and may be rehosted.]. There were various posts from FST users and [[anti]] sockpuppets during this controversy. It appeared to end with banter, after a troll repeatedly rageposted his intent to sue the Strategist of Newgon Organization for defamation, and then had his posts removed.</ref>

===MAP-perpetuated hoaxes===

MAPs sometimes use fake personas to draw attention to themselves online - [[Newgon]] being one organization that uses these techniques. An example of this strategy, was the [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] account "Andy Parkinson" - a fictitious and flamboyant British TV "gay agony uncle" who expressed his support of [[James Cantor]] - a Canadian Psychologist who famously advocates that [[pedophilia|pedophiles]] should be included under the LGBTQ+ umbrella on principled grounds.<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-qc-slams-online-accounts-26758464 Scottish Daily Express: Top QC slams online accounts trying to 'normalise' paedophilia as a sexuality]</ref>

In another, unrelated event (some time around 2021 or 2022), [[Chris Hansen]] - a former ''Dateline NBC'' front-man for the online stings of [[Perverted Justice]], was himself conned into supporting the MAP/[[lolicon]] [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] instance and suite of peer support facilities, '''Youjo.love''', via cameo.com, a "personalized video" platform upon which he now performs for his fans.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q Chris Hansen baited by Youjo.love]</ref>

==Wiki-based misinformation==

The proliferation of Wiki-based information has contributed somewhat to pedophile activism hoaxes. In some cases, this has been well-intentioned, and in others, politically-motivated.

===Wikipedia===

'''Wikipedia''' had for much of the 00s, published an article with ever-changing and glaringly neologistic names including '''"Pedophile activism"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061013080319/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_activism Pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2006]</ref> '''"[[Childlove]] movement"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071207141501/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childlove_movement Childlove movement on Wikipedia in 2007 - redirected to "Pro-pedophile activism"]</ref> '''"Pro-pedophile activism"'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218233448/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-pedophile_activism Pro-pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2008, etc, etc.]</ref> and '''"Pedophile movement"''' - supposedly in a vain attempt to distance historic manifestations of the [[MAP Movement]] from their [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|LGBT former allies]]. This article got bogged down with misinformation and was eventually deleted after steady erosion of information following the [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|pedo-wars]]. Indeed, by Wikipedia's own definition of [[pedophilia]], most of the organizations they list, or listed, drew mainly from a [[Hebephilia|hebephile]] membership base. Wikipedia were also the source of the below mentioned ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' hoax.

Between 2023 and 2024, and for roughly half a year, Wikipedia falsely affirmed the existence of a ''Yahweh'' pedophile advocacy organization.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pedophile_advocacy_organizations&oldid=1185971065 Yahweh edited into Wikipedia as a pedophile advocacy organization]</ref>

===RationalWiki===

RationalWiki has made a good-faith attempt at documenting "online pedophile activism", that was partly influenced by [[Nathan Larson]]. Until recently, they came unstuck<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Online_pedophile_activism&oldid=2532478 Outdated version of RationalWiki's article (now improved as of 2023)]</ref> on outdated,<ref>[http://www.cybercrimejournal.com/robertetaljan2009.htm D'Ovidio - Ancient paper that mentions [[Debate Guide]].]</ref> superfluous and unverified information, resulting in a disjointed, piecemeal effort. In 2023, even after considerable improvement, the RW article still expressed a generally irrational approach to distinguishing pedophilia from other [[chronophilia]]s.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Online_pedophile_activism RationalWiki on "Online pedophile activism"]</ref>

==Hoax organizations==

[[File:Img.jpg|thumb|The hilarious '''AboveTheHate/Heart Progress''' right-wing false flag; also note [[NAMBLA]]'s deceased [[Tom Reeves]]<ref>[https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Tom Reeves]</ref> as the avatar.]]Pedophile activism hoaxes are not exclusive to the social media era.

===Modern, second-wave fakes===
*Heart Progress, AboveTheHate and LGBTP (examples above) - Right-wing professional troll ops on social media, intended to embarrass mainstream progressives. The terms "Love Is Love" and "Love Has No Age" must be viewed with extreme suspicion, as they have been co-opted by similar trolling campaigns.
*Clovergender - a fake [[Wikipedia:Non-binary gender|"xenogender"]] used by 4chan trolls to "legitimize pedophilia" as "children stuck in adult bodies".<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clovergender Clovergender]</ref>
*Agefluid, similar to the above, is sometimes used by credible [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] personas, but should be viewed with suspicion. Agefluid appears to be related to the "[[transage]]" phenomenon, genuinely embraced by a few online [[Wikipedia:Otherkin|otherkin]].
*North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance, like LGBTP, used "pedosexual".<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/11J1 North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance - One of many videos]</ref>
*Pedophile Associates of America.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-charity-head-arrested-for-child-sexual-abuse-images/ Reduxx - Andrew Zearley]</ref> This was a tax-exempt charity set up by what appears to be a mentally disturbed individual/sex offender who was later convicted for extreme pornography. It was unheard of, and carried out no day-to-day activities associated with the [[MAP Movement]].
*Indian National Man Boy Congress Party (1985-2008) - A hoax that originated on Wikipedia, being pushed for half a decade behind false citations in a now deleted article.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20150518021830/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_press Wikipedia's ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' Hoax, which developed a life of its own after being taken over by "lesser" Wikis.]</ref> Now said by various Wikis to have run its own magazine, the "Herald". No record of this organization exists, and none of the cited papers even mentioned it.
*Various social media accounts attempting to portray American Democrats for Minor Attracted People, as per [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy]].

===Disputed, first-wave fakes===

These are disputed examples from the first-wave (LGBT-aligned) [[MAP Movement]]. If they did exist, membership would have most likely been minimal and short-lived.

*[[Rene Guyon Society]] - there is some debate concerning the reliability of this [[Wikipedia:René Guyon Society|organization]]'s membership figures.<ref>[https://boychat.org/messages/1426863.htm RGS - BoyChat users chime in]</ref> In reality, the René Guyon Society was a one-man operation ([[Tim O'Hara]]) blown to mythical proportions by right-wing scaremongers.
*[[Lafayette Society]] - a bizarre idea. The organization is said to have included a regression to the dress and mannerisms of historical aristocracy, provision of an environment in which children could engage in sex with adults, and use of glass instruments that reduce the girth of a grown man's phallus for the penetration of an infant.

===First-wave fakes<ref name=naffoundation />===

First-wave fakes often came about as a result of confusing genuine gay and pederast activist activity with criminal organizations that shared [[Child Pornography]]. A number also appear to have been entirely fabricated, or mislabeled on the basis of reactionary prejudice.

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*Pedophile Liberation Army (PLA) - At no point in history have a group of [[Pedophilia|pedophile]]s formed a military organisation. The ''concept'' has been suggested by an outspoken webmaster calling himself ''[[Wikipedia:Ronald McDonald|Ronald McDonald]]''.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1635862.htm Ronald McDonald and his Pedophile Education website retold]</ref>
*Children's Liberation Railway - May have been a concept of [[BLAZE]], the successor of the [[Australian Paedophile Support Group]].
*The Outcasts - [[Gayle Rubin]]'s group had nothing to do with pedophilia.
*Chocolate Star Fishermen
*Kids Liberation Front
*Kimeta Society
*Mancunians
*Oedipus Boys
*Orchid Club - Criminal ring unrelated to activism, see "Wonderland Club".
*PapaBears
*Queerlanders
*SIN - Sexual Inequality Networkers.
*Streetkids Club
*The Bunnymen
*The Choirboys
*The Circle of Friends
*The Freemen - This seems like a reference to Frank Herbert's Dune.
*The Love Brothers
*The Moonlighters
*The Peacock Club
*[[Wikipedia: The Eulenspiegel Society|Eulenspiegel Society]] (actually a BDSM org)
*[[Wikipedia: Society of Janus|The Society of Janus]] (actually a BDSM org)
*The Tail Enders
*The [[Uranian Poetry|Uranians]]
*UPIE (United Paedophile Information Exchange)
*Wizards Lair
*[[Wikipedia:Operation Cathedral|Wonderland Club]] - Was a [[child pornography]] organization of disputed size (Wikipedia repeats numerous unsubstantiated claims, some of which are contradicted by its own sources) and unrelated to activism.
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==See also==

*[[San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus]]

==External links==

*[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/30/fact-check-lgbtq-community-rejects-false-association-pedophiles/5462805002/ Fact check: LGBTQ community rejects false association with pedophiles]
*[https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/30/lgbtq-leaders-denounce-images-proclaiming-association-pedophiles Trolls Push Fake Acronym 'LGBTP' to Associate Gays With Pedophilia]

==References==

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"Pedophile Activism" hoaxes

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Due to the highly speculative and paranoid culture of [[anti]]-pedophile posturing, it is perhaps unsurprising that a number of '''hoax [[pedophilia]] organizations''' have been put forward by scaremongers and trolls. While it is true that [[MAP Movement|some activism took place under the pedophile banner]] in the 1970s and 80s, this was during a period where there existed far less of a stigma on the term. While the term "pedophile" was often used, most members of such organizations were technically [[hebephilia|hebephiles]] - as in the case of [[NAMBLA]] and [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (see [[Media:PIEAOA.png|surveys of members]]).

"Pedophile Activist" hoax groups range from failed ideas and folded websites, rejected proposals, to utter contrivances from boards such as '''4chan'''.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia], re. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731093755/https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/resistance-member-says-pedophilia-sexual-orientation-claims-bigotry]</ref> As conservative [[grooming]] panic has spread in the 2020s, the LGBTQ+ community and adjacent people have even alleged Russian propaganda to deflect these attempts.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvka/libsoftiktok-kremlin-boost-anti-lgbtq-disinformation How LibsOfTikTok Is Helping the Kremlin Boost Anti-LGBTQ Disinformation - Vice]</ref><ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/libsoftiktok-linked-russian-disinformation-campaign-stir-outrage-lgbtq-rights/ LibsOfTikTok linked to Russian disinformation campaign to stir outrage over LGBTQ rights - LGBTQNation]</ref> Much earlier, fringe conservative groups had produced a list of hoaxes, which were nevertheless described as "''Pro Paedophilia Movement [...] A Few Of The More Notorious And Better-Known Boy-Love/Girl-Love Or Paedophile Associations And Organisation Web Sites''".<ref name=naffoundation>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514174320/http://naffoundation.org/Pedophilia.htm#Pro-pedophilia Naffoundation list of orgs]</ref> Oftentimes, these hoaxes are based on a grain of truth, and are perpetuated by right-wing organizations/trolls who are attempting to "own the libs" by promoting the idea that the LGBTQ+ community are seeking to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|realign with MAPs]] after distancing them in the 1990s.

==Modern hoaxes==

The more obvious hoaxes we cover below are to be distinguished from present initiatives within the [[MAP Movement]] that deploy baiting and psychological tactics to incite online controversies. At that point, accounts typically attempt to engage responders with good-faith information campaigns, including peer-reviewed literature. One of many baiting strategies appears to involve proposing that the LGBTQ+ community realign with MAPs (or chastises them for a lack of tolerance - see "MAP perpetuated hoaxes" below).

There are, nevertheless, as many, if not more genuine hoax pedophile activist initiatives, in which the motive is not sympathy towards pedophiles or MAPs. A few examples follow:

<gallery>
File:Fckh8.jpg|FCKH8 hoax seen around 2014
File:Lgbtp4chan.png|4chan working on some fake posters for the LGBTP hoax
File:Lgbtp.jpg|A LGBTP hoax poster
File:Fakedemo.jpg|Fake 2017 Demo
File:Pedopride.png|Fake pedophile pride poster<ref>[https://www.them.us/story/fake-pedophile-pride-poster-oregon Them: Hoax pedo pride]</ref>
Fakeposter.png|Fake 2020 posters - examples
File:Falseflag.jpg|HeartProgress type trolling
File:Heartprogress.jpeg|The double-omega employed by HeartProgress - not to be considered a genuine symbol of MAPs
File:Josh.jpg|Doctored image of a TikToker advocating "decriminalization of pedophilia"
File:PedoAid.png|Example of bait being used to draw attention to a genuine MAP website ([[Newgon]]Wiki)
File:Basedandy.png|<small>A profound 2022 triggering, executed by the fake account of a [[MAP visibility on Twitter|genuine MAP Activist]]</small>
File:Neogen.png|<small>One example of sock puppets being used by hostile actors to astroturf a MAP-friendly site (FreeSpeechTube) with unfavorable opinions</small>
File:High.png|<small>A member of the same sock network posts an OP and then confects a 20+ reply sock discussion praising rape</small>
File:Warwickpride.jpg|2023 Warwick Pride MAP hoax<ref>[https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/warwick-pride-disinformation-pedophilia-18149493.php Effort to link Warwick Pride with pedophilia under investigation]</ref>
File:Fckhoax.jpg|Another fckh8 hoax - date unknown.
</gallery>

===LGBTP and HeartProgress===

'''LGBTP''', also known as '''HeartProgress''' or '''LoveIsAgeless''', is a fake outrage campaign manufactured by '''4chan''''s /pol/. The campaign added "P" (to represent "[[Minor attracted neologisms|pedosexuals]]") to the LGBT initialism (not be confused with "LGBTP" to include pansexuals). Characteristically, '''Snopes.com''' have used this example to promote their own misinformation about the LGBTQ+ movement, claiming, hilariously that "[never] has [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|any LGBT group condoned pedophilia]]".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LGBTP RationalWiki]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211101164919/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Snopes (erroneous) FC], now replaced with more accurate piece at original address</ref> In 2022, radical anti-trans activist [[Wikipedia:Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull|Kellie-Jay Keen]] circulated a hoax transgender advocacy blog in the style of Heartprogress, flaunting a display of solidarity with the already operationally defunct [[NAMBLA]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221031183227/https://twitter.com/StandingforXX/status/1587120141384425472 Keen Transgender Hoax]</ref>

===Fake demonstrations===

The alt-right has also framed student protesters as "pedophiles", convincing even Donald Trump Jr. of the hoax's veracity. Mike Cernovich, an alt-right personality, arrived at Columbia University in October 2017, to give a speech to the school’s College Republicans club. But when students protested outside the event, trolls posed in front of them with a banner promoting the almost operationally defunct [[NAMBLA]]. Cernovich and other alt-right figures quickly copied a journalist’s picture of the sign and tweeted it as evidence.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/alt-right-frames-protesters-as-pedophiles-with-fake-nambla-sign Daily Beast]</ref>

===Overemphasizing defunct organizations===

Particular to the social media era, Newgon has witnessed a tendency to overemphasize the present importance of first-wave organizations and claim they are still active. While this has happened in the case of [[Ipce]] and PIE, it is more notable and memetic in [[NAMBLA]]'s example. Such organizations no longer meet, no longer carry on the communications necessary to be deemed organizations, and are typically only remembered via websites maintained by older ex-members, many of whom have age-related impairments and reduced input. In NAMBLA's case, octagenarean [[Peter Melzer]] died in 2024, leaving the website dormant after repeated vain attempts by right-wing con-artists to present his organization as an active part of the left-wing civil rights ecosystem.

===Misquotes and Upscaling===

In some instances, real events have been taken out of context, as per various stories concerning the deeply [[pedophobia|pedophobic]] [[United Nations]] and their supposed endorsement of "pedophilia". In the 20s, individuals such as U.S. Rep. Katie Porter and Las Vegas Commissioner, Tick Segerblom were attacked by [[Conspiratorialism|conspiracy theorists]] for making comments that could be misquoted.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N33613P/ U.S. Rep. Katie Porter did not say pedophilia was an ‘identity’], and [https://nationalfile.com/video-openly-communist-las-vegas-commissioner-admitted-to-being-a-minor-attracted-person/ Video: Openly Communist Las Vegas Commissioner Admitted to Being a ‘Minor Attracted Person’]</ref>

Upscaling/misattribution is another common method, typically used by low follower-count (<1.5m) influencers of the right-tendency who face a low risk-reward within the fake-news ecosystem. Usually, organizations such as the UN, WEF and the WHO are the target; for example a Dutch sex-education film was misattributed to the WHO via x.com in 2026, by the serial propagandist '''@BGatesIsaPyscho''' (without fact-checking or community note).<ref>[https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/2051223089023696979 Thread by BGatesIsaPyscho]</ref> The website The People's Voice (formerly NewsPunch) frequently publishes such stories about the normalization of pedophilia by "international elites".

===Doxxing and defaming by impersonation===

[[File:Newgoninb4.png|thumb|In early 2023, Newgon identified an unsophisticated sock-puppet campaign pushing rape apologetics and misogyny on FST]]
Fake pedophile advocacy has been used in the [[Wikipedia:Doxing|doxxing]] and defamation of groups and individuals by impersonation, notably among them the [[United Nations|UN]],<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-twitter-pedophilia/ No, the UN Didn't Tweet 'Pedophilia Is Not a Crime' (Snopes)]</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-un-chief-did-not-warn-christi-idUSL1N39Y1W8 Fact Check-UN ‘chief’ did not warn Christians to embrace pedophiles or face exclusion (Reuters)] and [https://fullfact.org/online/UN-chief-Christians-MAPs-excluded-from-society/ A UN expert said Christians who don’t “accept MAPs” (minor-attracted persons) will be “excluded from society” (FullFact)]</ref> WEF,<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/15/world-economic-forum-lgbtq-pedophilia-fact-check/73326352007/ False claim World Economic Forum ordered LGBTQ+ to add a 'P' for pedophilia | Fact check]</ref> Rolling Stone,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-rolling-stone-headline-says-opposing-pedophilia-is-far-right-2024-04-24/ Fact Check: Fake Rolling Stone headline says opposing pedophilia is ‘far-right’]</ref> and Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese in March, 2023. The popular 2SM radio station fielded no less than three "shock jocks" to repeat the false claims of a self-admitted Twitter parody account, leaving their callers "incandescent with rage", convinced the PM had engaged in "pedophile apologia" [[Media:Rockspider.mp3|(audio example of response)]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/2sm/102059812 ABC on Triggered 2SM shock jocks]. FST has a [https://fstube.net/w/efDYXMxrxPYDGYd7NFyEju backup.]</ref> In 2023, Barack Obama was attacked in a similar way, using fake tweets in which he called for destigmatizaton of MAPs.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-obama-pedophilia/fact-check-article-includes-false-claims-about-obama-on-pedophilia-banned-books-idUSL1N39E29M Reuters Fact Check on Obama], and [https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/07/fact-check-barack-obama-did-not-say-pedophiles-deserve-same-rights-as-2slgbtqi.html LeadStories: Fact Check on Barack Obama]</ref>

Similar methods were also used against the British Dancer and TikTok personality, Joshua Hubbard in 2022. Hubbard had made comments in support of [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans people]], supposedly penning a campaign of negative and derogatory reviews of gay venues that were visibly sympathetic to radical/gender-critical (i.e. conservative) feminists. While those who oppose such feminists within the gay movement are often suspected of engaging in pedophile advocacy, the doxxing campaign against Mr Hubbard (cited in our gallery) was particularly implausible, as no known [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] describes their activity as ''decriminalization of pedophilia''. MAP Activists typically point out that attractions such as [[pedophilia]] are by their very definition ''legal'', as opposed to some actions associated with attraction to minors.

In 2019, the co founder of [[B4U-ACT]] expressed concern in an interview with AFP, that [[anti]]s were imitating MAPs in order to project a negative image.<ref>[https://factcheck.afp.com/pride-flag-pedophiles-someone-created-one-no-one-waves-it AFP interview with R Dick]</ref> Since then, large groups of sock puppets have been created simultaneously and then deployed by hostile actors (suspected to be [[Operation Underground Railroad|anti-MAP NGOs]] planning a documentary<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaKpX_NzQ1g OURRescue: The Hidden War Teaser (YouTube)] see same video at [https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q FST archive]</ref>) on MAP-sympathetic websites such as [[FreeSpeechTube]] in the gallery above. In this case, the negative optics of rape apologism, misogyny and illegalism were used to misrepresent the [[MAP Movement]]. Bizarrely, the campaign also included the first concerted attempt to revise the acronym "MAP" to "[[Youth Attracted Person|YAP]]", after some users had suggested it as an alternative.<ref>[https://archive.ph/28HNR FST: Antis are planning a black propaganda/sockpuppet attack on FST] and [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/1941 FST: ''Highoctagon muted me and is likely a "pro-rape" troll'' - Currently unavailable and not archived. Private copy of archive may be available and may be rehosted.]. There were various posts from FST users and [[anti]] sockpuppets during this controversy. It appeared to end with banter, after a troll repeatedly rageposted his intent to sue the Strategist of Newgon Organization for defamation, and then had his posts removed.</ref>

===MAP-perpetuated hoaxes===

MAPs sometimes use fake personas to draw attention to themselves online - [[Newgon]] being one organization that uses these techniques. An example of this strategy, was the [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] account "Andy Parkinson" - a fictitious and flamboyant British TV "gay agony uncle" who expressed his support of [[James Cantor]] - a Canadian Psychologist who famously advocates that [[pedophilia|pedophiles]] should be included under the LGBTQ+ umbrella on principled grounds.<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-qc-slams-online-accounts-26758464 Scottish Daily Express: Top QC slams online accounts trying to 'normalise' paedophilia as a sexuality]</ref>

In another, unrelated event (some time around 2021 or 2022), [[Chris Hansen]] - a former ''Dateline NBC'' front-man for the online stings of [[Perverted Justice]], was himself conned into supporting the MAP/[[lolicon]] [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] instance and suite of peer support facilities, '''Youjo.love''', via cameo.com, a "personalized video" platform upon which he now performs for his fans.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q Chris Hansen baited by Youjo.love]</ref>

==Wiki-based misinformation==

The proliferation of Wiki-based information has contributed somewhat to pedophile activism hoaxes. In some cases, this has been well-intentioned, and in others, politically-motivated.

===Wikipedia===

'''Wikipedia''' had for much of the 00s, published an article with ever-changing and glaringly neologistic names including '''"Pedophile activism"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061013080319/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_activism Pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2006]</ref> '''"[[Childlove]] movement"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071207141501/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childlove_movement Childlove movement on Wikipedia in 2007 - redirected to "Pro-pedophile activism"]</ref> '''"Pro-pedophile activism"'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218233448/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-pedophile_activism Pro-pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2008, etc, etc.]</ref> and '''"Pedophile movement"''' - supposedly in a vain attempt to distance historic manifestations of the [[MAP Movement]] from their [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|LGBT former allies]]. This article got bogged down with misinformation and was eventually deleted after steady erosion of information following the [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|pedo-wars]]. Indeed, by Wikipedia's own definition of [[pedophilia]], most of the organizations they list, or listed, drew mainly from a [[Hebephilia|hebephile]] membership base. Wikipedia were also the source of the below mentioned ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' hoax.

Between 2023 and 2024, and for roughly half a year, Wikipedia falsely affirmed the existence of a ''Yahweh'' pedophile advocacy organization.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pedophile_advocacy_organizations&oldid=1185971065 Yahweh edited into Wikipedia as a pedophile advocacy organization]</ref>

===RationalWiki===

RationalWiki has made a good-faith attempt at documenting "online pedophile activism", that was partly influenced by [[Nathan Larson]]. Until recently, they came unstuck<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Online_pedophile_activism&oldid=2532478 Outdated version of RationalWiki's article (now improved as of 2023)]</ref> on outdated,<ref>[http://www.cybercrimejournal.com/robertetaljan2009.htm D'Ovidio - Ancient paper that mentions [[Debate Guide]].]</ref> superfluous and unverified information, resulting in a disjointed, piecemeal effort. In 2023, even after considerable improvement, the RW article still expressed a generally irrational approach to distinguishing pedophilia from other [[chronophilia]]s.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Online_pedophile_activism RationalWiki on "Online pedophile activism"]</ref>

==Hoax organizations==

[[File:Img.jpg|thumb|The hilarious '''AboveTheHate/Heart Progress''' right-wing false flag; also note [[NAMBLA]]'s deceased [[Tom Reeves]]<ref>[https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Tom Reeves]</ref> as the avatar.]]Pedophile activism hoaxes are not exclusive to the social media era.

===Modern, second-wave fakes===
*Heart Progress, AboveTheHate and LGBTP (examples above) - Right-wing professional troll ops on social media, intended to embarrass mainstream progressives. The terms "Love Is Love" and "Love Has No Age" must be viewed with extreme suspicion, as they have been co-opted by similar trolling campaigns.
*Clovergender - a fake [[Wikipedia:Non-binary gender|"xenogender"]] used by 4chan trolls to "legitimize pedophilia" as "children stuck in adult bodies".<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clovergender Clovergender]</ref>
*Agefluid, similar to the above, is sometimes used by credible [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] personas, but should be viewed with suspicion. Agefluid appears to be related to the "[[transage]]" phenomenon, genuinely embraced by a few online [[Wikipedia:Otherkin|otherkin]].
*North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance, like LGBTP, used "pedosexual".<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/11J1 North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance - One of many videos]</ref>
*Pedophile Associates of America.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-charity-head-arrested-for-child-sexual-abuse-images/ Reduxx - Andrew Zearley]</ref> This was a tax-exempt charity set up by what appears to be a mentally disturbed individual/sex offender who was later convicted for extreme pornography. It was unheard of, and carried out no day-to-day activities associated with the [[MAP Movement]].
*Indian National Man Boy Congress Party (1985-2008) - A hoax that originated on Wikipedia, being pushed for half a decade behind false citations in a now deleted article.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20150518021830/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_press Wikipedia's ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' Hoax, which developed a life of its own after being taken over by "lesser" Wikis.]</ref> Now said by various Wikis to have run its own magazine, the "Herald". No record of this organization exists, and none of the cited papers even mentioned it.
*Various social media accounts attempting to portray American Democrats for Minor Attracted People, as per [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy]].

===Disputed, first-wave fakes===

These are disputed examples from the first-wave (LGBT-aligned) [[MAP Movement]]. If they did exist, membership would have most likely been minimal and short-lived.

*[[Rene Guyon Society]] - there is some debate concerning the reliability of this [[Wikipedia:René Guyon Society|organization]]'s membership figures.<ref>[https://boychat.org/messages/1426863.htm RGS - BoyChat users chime in]</ref> In reality, the René Guyon Society was a one-man operation ([[Tim O'Hara]]) blown to mythical proportions by right-wing scaremongers.
*[[Lafayette Society]] - a bizarre idea. The organization is said to have included a regression to the dress and mannerisms of historical aristocracy, provision of an environment in which children could engage in sex with adults, and use of glass instruments that reduce the girth of a grown man's phallus for the penetration of an infant.

===First-wave fakes<ref name=naffoundation />===

First-wave fakes often came about as a result of confusing genuine gay and pederast activist activity with criminal organizations that shared [[Child Pornography]]. A number also appear to have been entirely fabricated, or mislabeled on the basis of reactionary prejudice.

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*Pedophile Liberation Army (PLA) - At no point in history have a group of [[Pedophilia|pedophile]]s formed a military organisation. The ''concept'' has been suggested by an outspoken webmaster calling himself ''[[Wikipedia:Ronald McDonald|Ronald McDonald]]''.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1635862.htm Ronald McDonald and his Pedophile Education website retold]</ref>
*Children's Liberation Railway - May have been a concept of [[BLAZE]], the successor of the [[Australian Paedophile Support Group]].
*The Outcasts - [[Gayle Rubin]]'s group had nothing to do with pedophilia.
*Chocolate Star Fishermen
*Kids Liberation Front
*Kimeta Society
*Mancunians
*Oedipus Boys
*Orchid Club - Criminal ring unrelated to activism, see "Wonderland Club".
*PapaBears
*Queerlanders
*SIN - Sexual Inequality Networkers.
*Streetkids Club
*The Bunnymen
*The Choirboys
*The Circle of Friends
*The Freemen - This seems like a reference to Frank Herbert's Dune.
*The Love Brothers
*The Moonlighters
*The Peacock Club
*[[Wikipedia: The Eulenspiegel Society|Eulenspiegel Society]] (actually a BDSM org)
*[[Wikipedia: Society of Janus|The Society of Janus]] (actually a BDSM org)
*The Tail Enders
*The [[Uranian Poetry|Uranians]]
*UPIE (United Paedophile Information Exchange)
*Wizards Lair
*[[Wikipedia:Operation Cathedral|Wonderland Club]] - Was a [[child pornography]] organization of disputed size (Wikipedia repeats numerous unsubstantiated claims, some of which are contradicted by its own sources) and unrelated to activism.
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==See also==

*[[San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus]]

==External links==

*[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/30/fact-check-lgbtq-community-rejects-false-association-pedophiles/5462805002/ Fact check: LGBTQ community rejects false association with pedophiles]
*[https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/30/lgbtq-leaders-denounce-images-proclaiming-association-pedophiles Trolls Push Fake Acronym 'LGBTP' to Associate Gays With Pedophilia]

==References==

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"Pedophile Activism" hoaxes

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Due to the highly speculative and paranoid culture of [[anti]]-pedophile posturing, it is perhaps unsurprising that a number of '''hoax [[pedophilia]] organizations''' have been put forward by scaremongers and trolls. While it is true that [[MAP Movement|some activism took place under the pedophile banner]] in the 1970s and 80s, this was during a period where there existed far less of a stigma on the term. While the term "pedophile" was often used, most members of such organizations were technically [[hebephilia|hebephiles]] - as in the case of [[NAMBLA]] and [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (see [[Media:PIEAOA.png|surveys of members]]).

"Pedophile Activist" hoax groups range from failed ideas and folded websites, rejected proposals, to utter contrivances from boards such as '''4chan'''.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia], re. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731093755/https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/resistance-member-says-pedophilia-sexual-orientation-claims-bigotry]</ref> As conservative [[grooming]] panic has spread in the 2020s, the LGBTQ+ community and adjacent people have even alleged Russian propaganda to deflect these attempts.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvka/libsoftiktok-kremlin-boost-anti-lgbtq-disinformation How LibsOfTikTok Is Helping the Kremlin Boost Anti-LGBTQ Disinformation - Vice]</ref><ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/libsoftiktok-linked-russian-disinformation-campaign-stir-outrage-lgbtq-rights/ LibsOfTikTok linked to Russian disinformation campaign to stir outrage over LGBTQ rights - LGBTQNation]</ref> Much earlier, fringe conservative groups had produced a list of hoaxes, which were nevertheless described as "''Pro Paedophilia Movement [...] A Few Of The More Notorious And Better-Known Boy-Love/Girl-Love Or Paedophile Associations And Organisation Web Sites''".<ref name=naffoundation>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514174320/http://naffoundation.org/Pedophilia.htm#Pro-pedophilia Naffoundation list of orgs]</ref> Oftentimes, these hoaxes are based on a grain of truth, and are perpetuated by right-wing organizations/trolls who are attempting to "own the libs" by promoting the idea that the LGBTQ+ community are seeking to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|realign with MAPs]] after distancing them in the 1990s.

==Modern hoaxes==

The more obvious hoaxes we cover below are to be distinguished from present initiatives within the [[MAP Movement]] that deploy baiting and psychological tactics to incite online controversies. At that point, accounts typically attempt to engage responders with good-faith information campaigns, including peer-reviewed literature. One of many baiting strategies appears to involve proposing that the LGBTQ+ community realign with MAPs (or chastises them for a lack of tolerance - see "MAP perpetuated hoaxes" below).

There are, nevertheless, as many, if not more genuine hoax pedophile activist initiatives, in which the motive is not sympathy towards pedophiles or MAPs. A few examples follow:

<gallery>
File:Fckh8.jpg|FCKH8 hoax seen around 2014
File:Lgbtp4chan.png|4chan working on some fake posters for the LGBTP hoax
File:Lgbtp.jpg|A LGBTP hoax poster
File:Fakedemo.jpg|Fake 2017 Demo
File:Pedopride.png|Fake pedophile pride poster<ref>[https://www.them.us/story/fake-pedophile-pride-poster-oregon Them: Hoax pedo pride]</ref>
Fakeposter.png|Fake 2020 posters - examples
File:Falseflag.jpg|HeartProgress type trolling
File:Heartprogress.jpeg|The double-omega employed by HeartProgress - not to be considered a genuine symbol of MAPs
File:Josh.jpg|Doctored image of a TikToker advocating "decriminalization of pedophilia"
File:PedoAid.png|Example of bait being used to draw attention to a genuine MAP website ([[Newgon]]Wiki)
File:Basedandy.png|<small>A profound 2022 triggering, executed by the fake account of a [[MAP visibility on Twitter|genuine MAP Activist]]</small>
File:Neogen.png|<small>One example of sock puppets being used by hostile actors to astroturf a MAP-friendly site (FreeSpeechTube) with unfavorable opinions</small>
File:High.png|<small>A member of the same sock network posts an OP and then confects a 20+ reply sock discussion praising rape</small>
File:Warwickpride.jpg|2023 Warwick Pride MAP hoax<ref>[https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/warwick-pride-disinformation-pedophilia-18149493.php Effort to link Warwick Pride with pedophilia under investigation]</ref>
File:Fckhoax.jpg|Another fckh8 hoax - date unknown.
</gallery>

===LGBTP and HeartProgress===

'''LGBTP''', also known as '''HeartProgress''' or '''LoveIsAgeless''', is a fake outrage campaign manufactured by '''4chan''''s /pol/. The campaign added "P" (to represent "[[Minor attracted neologisms|pedosexuals]]") to the LGBT initialism (not be confused with "LGBTP" to include pansexuals). Characteristically, '''Snopes.com''' have used this example to promote their own misinformation about the LGBTQ+ movement, claiming, hilariously that "[never] has [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|any LGBT group condoned pedophilia]]".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LGBTP RationalWiki]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211101164919/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Snopes (erroneous) FC], now replaced with more accurate piece at original address</ref> In 2022, radical anti-trans activist [[Wikipedia:Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull|Kellie-Jay Keen]] circulated a hoax transgender advocacy blog in the style of Heartprogress, flaunting a display of solidarity with the already operationally defunct [[NAMBLA]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221031183227/https://twitter.com/StandingforXX/status/1587120141384425472 Keen Transgender Hoax]</ref>

===Fake demonstrations===

The alt-right has also framed student protesters as "pedophiles", convincing even Donald Trump Jr. of the hoax's veracity. Mike Cernovich, an alt-right personality, arrived at Columbia University in October 2017, to give a speech to the school’s College Republicans club. But when students protested outside the event, trolls posed in front of them with a banner promoting the almost operationally defunct [[NAMBLA]]. Cernovich and other alt-right figures quickly copied a journalist’s picture of the sign and tweeted it as evidence.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/alt-right-frames-protesters-as-pedophiles-with-fake-nambla-sign Daily Beast]</ref>

===Overemphasizing defunct organizations===

Particular to the social media era, Newgon has witnessed a tendency to overemphasize the present importance of first-wave organizations and claim they are still active. While this has happened in the case of [[Ipce]] and PIE, it is more notable and memetic in [[NAMBLA]]'s example. Such organizations no longer meet, no longer carry on the communications necessary to be deemed organizations, and are typically only remembered via websites maintained by older ex-members, many of whom have age-related impairments and reduced input. In NAMBLA's case, octagenarean [[Peter Melzer]] died in 2024, leaving the website dormant after repeated vain attempts by right-wing con-artists to present his organization as an active part of the left-wing civil rights ecosystem.

===Misquotes===

In some instances, real events have been taken out of context, as per various stories concerning the deeply [[pedophobia|pedophobic]] [[United Nations]] and their supposed endorsement of "pedophilia". In the 20s, individuals such as U.S. Rep. Katie Porter and Las Vegas Commissioner, Tick Segerblom were attacked by [[Conspiratorialism|conspiracy theorists]] for making comments that could be misquoted.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N33613P/ U.S. Rep. Katie Porter did not say pedophilia was an ‘identity’], and [https://nationalfile.com/video-openly-communist-las-vegas-commissioner-admitted-to-being-a-minor-attracted-person/ Video: Openly Communist Las Vegas Commissioner Admitted to Being a ‘Minor Attracted Person’]</ref>

===Doxxing and defaming by impersonation===

[[File:Newgoninb4.png|thumb|In early 2023, Newgon identified an unsophisticated sock-puppet campaign pushing rape apologetics and misogyny on FST]]
Fake pedophile advocacy has been used in the [[Wikipedia:Doxing|doxxing]] and defamation of groups and individuals by impersonation, notably among them the [[United Nations|UN]],<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-twitter-pedophilia/ No, the UN Didn't Tweet 'Pedophilia Is Not a Crime' (Snopes)]</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-un-chief-did-not-warn-christi-idUSL1N39Y1W8 Fact Check-UN ‘chief’ did not warn Christians to embrace pedophiles or face exclusion (Reuters)] and [https://fullfact.org/online/UN-chief-Christians-MAPs-excluded-from-society/ A UN expert said Christians who don’t “accept MAPs” (minor-attracted persons) will be “excluded from society” (FullFact)]</ref> WEF,<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/15/world-economic-forum-lgbtq-pedophilia-fact-check/73326352007/ False claim World Economic Forum ordered LGBTQ+ to add a 'P' for pedophilia | Fact check]</ref> Rolling Stone,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-rolling-stone-headline-says-opposing-pedophilia-is-far-right-2024-04-24/ Fact Check: Fake Rolling Stone headline says opposing pedophilia is ‘far-right’]</ref> and Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese in March, 2023. The popular 2SM radio station fielded no less than three "shock jocks" to repeat the false claims of a self-admitted Twitter parody account, leaving their callers "incandescent with rage", convinced the PM had engaged in "pedophile apologia" [[Media:Rockspider.mp3|(audio example of response)]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/2sm/102059812 ABC on Triggered 2SM shock jocks]. FST has a [https://fstube.net/w/efDYXMxrxPYDGYd7NFyEju backup.]</ref> In 2023, Barack Obama was attacked in a similar way, using fake tweets in which he called for destigmatizaton of MAPs.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-obama-pedophilia/fact-check-article-includes-false-claims-about-obama-on-pedophilia-banned-books-idUSL1N39E29M Reuters Fact Check on Obama], and [https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/07/fact-check-barack-obama-did-not-say-pedophiles-deserve-same-rights-as-2slgbtqi.html LeadStories: Fact Check on Barack Obama]</ref>

Similar methods were also used against the British Dancer and TikTok personality, Joshua Hubbard in 2022. Hubbard had made comments in support of [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans people]], supposedly penning a campaign of negative and derogatory reviews of gay venues that were visibly sympathetic to radical/gender-critical (i.e. conservative) feminists. While those who oppose such feminists within the gay movement are often suspected of engaging in pedophile advocacy, the doxxing campaign against Mr Hubbard (cited in our gallery) was particularly implausible, as no known [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] describes their activity as ''decriminalization of pedophilia''. MAP Activists typically point out that attractions such as [[pedophilia]] are by their very definition ''legal'', as opposed to some actions associated with attraction to minors.

In 2019, the co founder of [[B4U-ACT]] expressed concern in an interview with AFP, that [[anti]]s were imitating MAPs in order to project a negative image.<ref>[https://factcheck.afp.com/pride-flag-pedophiles-someone-created-one-no-one-waves-it AFP interview with R Dick]</ref> Since then, large groups of sock puppets have been created simultaneously and then deployed by hostile actors (suspected to be [[Operation Underground Railroad|anti-MAP NGOs]] planning a documentary<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaKpX_NzQ1g OURRescue: The Hidden War Teaser (YouTube)] see same video at [https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q FST archive]</ref>) on MAP-sympathetic websites such as [[FreeSpeechTube]] in the gallery above. In this case, the negative optics of rape apologism, misogyny and illegalism were used to misrepresent the [[MAP Movement]]. Bizarrely, the campaign also included the first concerted attempt to revise the acronym "MAP" to "[[Youth Attracted Person|YAP]]", after some users had suggested it as an alternative.<ref>[https://archive.ph/28HNR FST: Antis are planning a black propaganda/sockpuppet attack on FST] and [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/1941 FST: ''Highoctagon muted me and is likely a "pro-rape" troll'' - Currently unavailable and not archived. Private copy of archive may be available and may be rehosted.]. There were various posts from FST users and [[anti]] sockpuppets during this controversy. It appeared to end with banter, after a troll repeatedly rageposted his intent to sue the Strategist of Newgon Organization for defamation, and then had his posts removed.</ref>

===MAP-perpetuated hoaxes===

MAPs sometimes use fake personas to draw attention to themselves online - [[Newgon]] being one organization that uses these techniques. An example of this strategy, was the [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] account "Andy Parkinson" - a fictitious and flamboyant British TV "gay agony uncle" who expressed his support of [[James Cantor]] - a Canadian Psychologist who famously advocates that [[pedophilia|pedophiles]] should be included under the LGBTQ+ umbrella on principled grounds.<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-qc-slams-online-accounts-26758464 Scottish Daily Express: Top QC slams online accounts trying to 'normalise' paedophilia as a sexuality]</ref>

In another, unrelated event (some time around 2021 or 2022), [[Chris Hansen]] - a former ''Dateline NBC'' front-man for the online stings of [[Perverted Justice]], was himself conned into supporting the MAP/[[lolicon]] [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] instance and suite of peer support facilities, '''Youjo.love''', via cameo.com, a "personalized video" platform upon which he now performs for his fans.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q Chris Hansen baited by Youjo.love]</ref>

==Wiki-based misinformation==

The proliferation of Wiki-based information has contributed somewhat to pedophile activism hoaxes. In some cases, this has been well-intentioned, and in others, politically-motivated.

===Wikipedia===

'''Wikipedia''' had for much of the 00s, published an article with ever-changing and glaringly neologistic names including '''"Pedophile activism"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061013080319/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_activism Pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2006]</ref> '''"[[Childlove]] movement"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071207141501/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childlove_movement Childlove movement on Wikipedia in 2007 - redirected to "Pro-pedophile activism"]</ref> '''"Pro-pedophile activism"'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218233448/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-pedophile_activism Pro-pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2008, etc, etc.]</ref> and '''"Pedophile movement"''' - supposedly in a vain attempt to distance historic manifestations of the [[MAP Movement]] from their [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|LGBT former allies]]. This article got bogged down with misinformation and was eventually deleted after steady erosion of information following the [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|pedo-wars]]. Indeed, by Wikipedia's own definition of [[pedophilia]], most of the organizations they list, or listed, drew mainly from a [[Hebephilia|hebephile]] membership base. Wikipedia were also the source of the below mentioned ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' hoax.

Between 2023 and 2024, and for roughly half a year, Wikipedia falsely affirmed the existence of a ''Yahweh'' pedophile advocacy organization.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pedophile_advocacy_organizations&oldid=1185971065 Yahweh edited into Wikipedia as a pedophile advocacy organization]</ref>

===RationalWiki===

RationalWiki has made a good-faith attempt at documenting "online pedophile activism", that was partly influenced by [[Nathan Larson]]. Until recently, they came unstuck<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Online_pedophile_activism&oldid=2532478 Outdated version of RationalWiki's article (now improved as of 2023)]</ref> on outdated,<ref>[http://www.cybercrimejournal.com/robertetaljan2009.htm D'Ovidio - Ancient paper that mentions [[Debate Guide]].]</ref> superfluous and unverified information, resulting in a disjointed, piecemeal effort. In 2023, even after considerable improvement, the RW article still expressed a generally irrational approach to distinguishing pedophilia from other [[chronophilia]]s.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Online_pedophile_activism RationalWiki on "Online pedophile activism"]</ref>

==Hoax organizations==

[[File:Img.jpg|thumb|The hilarious '''AboveTheHate/Heart Progress''' right-wing false flag; also note [[NAMBLA]]'s deceased [[Tom Reeves]]<ref>[https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Tom Reeves]</ref> as the avatar.]]Pedophile activism hoaxes are not exclusive to the social media era.

===Modern, second-wave fakes===
*Heart Progress, AboveTheHate and LGBTP (examples above) - Right-wing professional troll ops on social media, intended to embarrass mainstream progressives. The terms "Love Is Love" and "Love Has No Age" must be viewed with extreme suspicion, as they have been co-opted by similar trolling campaigns.
*Clovergender - a fake [[Wikipedia:Non-binary gender|"xenogender"]] used by 4chan trolls to "legitimize pedophilia" as "children stuck in adult bodies".<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clovergender Clovergender]</ref>
*Agefluid, similar to the above, is sometimes used by credible [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] personas, but should be viewed with suspicion. Agefluid appears to be related to the "[[transage]]" phenomenon, genuinely embraced by a few online [[Wikipedia:Otherkin|otherkin]].
*North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance, like LGBTP, used "pedosexual".<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/11J1 North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance - One of many videos]</ref>
*Pedophile Associates of America.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-charity-head-arrested-for-child-sexual-abuse-images/ Reduxx - Andrew Zearley]</ref> This was a tax-exempt charity set up by what appears to be a mentally disturbed individual/sex offender who was later convicted for extreme pornography. It was unheard of, and carried out no day-to-day activities associated with the [[MAP Movement]].
*Indian National Man Boy Congress Party (1985-2008) - A hoax that originated on Wikipedia, being pushed for half a decade behind false citations in a now deleted article.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20150518021830/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_press Wikipedia's ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' Hoax, which developed a life of its own after being taken over by "lesser" Wikis.]</ref> Now said by various Wikis to have run its own magazine, the "Herald". No record of this organization exists, and none of the cited papers even mentioned it.
*Various social media accounts attempting to portray American Democrats for Minor Attracted People, as per [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy]].

===Disputed, first-wave fakes===

These are disputed examples from the first-wave (LGBT-aligned) [[MAP Movement]]. If they did exist, membership would have most likely been minimal and short-lived.

*[[Rene Guyon Society]] - there is some debate concerning the reliability of this [[Wikipedia:René Guyon Society|organization]]'s membership figures.<ref>[https://boychat.org/messages/1426863.htm RGS - BoyChat users chime in]</ref> In reality, the René Guyon Society was a one-man operation ([[Tim O'Hara]]) blown to mythical proportions by right-wing scaremongers.
*[[Lafayette Society]] - a bizarre idea. The organization is said to have included a regression to the dress and mannerisms of historical aristocracy, provision of an environment in which children could engage in sex with adults, and use of glass instruments that reduce the girth of a grown man's phallus for the penetration of an infant.

===First-wave fakes<ref name=naffoundation />===

First-wave fakes often came about as a result of confusing genuine gay and pederast activist activity with criminal organizations that shared [[Child Pornography]]. A number also appear to have been entirely fabricated, or mislabeled on the basis of reactionary prejudice.

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*Pedophile Liberation Army (PLA) - At no point in history have a group of [[Pedophilia|pedophile]]s formed a military organisation. The ''concept'' has been suggested by an outspoken webmaster calling himself ''[[Wikipedia:Ronald McDonald|Ronald McDonald]]''.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1635862.htm Ronald McDonald and his Pedophile Education website retold]</ref>
*Children's Liberation Railway - May have been a concept of [[BLAZE]], the successor of the [[Australian Paedophile Support Group]].
*The Outcasts - [[Gayle Rubin]]'s group had nothing to do with pedophilia.
*Chocolate Star Fishermen
*Kids Liberation Front
*Kimeta Society
*Mancunians
*Oedipus Boys
*Orchid Club - Criminal ring unrelated to activism, see "Wonderland Club".
*PapaBears
*Queerlanders
*SIN - Sexual Inequality Networkers.
*Streetkids Club
*The Bunnymen
*The Choirboys
*The Circle of Friends
*The Freemen - This seems like a reference to Frank Herbert's Dune.
*The Love Brothers
*The Moonlighters
*The Peacock Club
*[[Wikipedia: The Eulenspiegel Society|Eulenspiegel Society]] (actually a BDSM org)
*[[Wikipedia: Society of Janus|The Society of Janus]] (actually a BDSM org)
*The Tail Enders
*The [[Uranian Poetry|Uranians]]
*UPIE (United Paedophile Information Exchange)
*Wizards Lair
*[[Wikipedia:Operation Cathedral|Wonderland Club]] - Was a [[child pornography]] organization of disputed size (Wikipedia repeats numerous unsubstantiated claims, some of which are contradicted by its own sources) and unrelated to activism.
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==See also==

*[[San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus]]

==External links==

*[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/30/fact-check-lgbtq-community-rejects-false-association-pedophiles/5462805002/ Fact check: LGBTQ community rejects false association with pedophiles]
*[https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/30/lgbtq-leaders-denounce-images-proclaiming-association-pedophiles Trolls Push Fake Acronym 'LGBTP' to Associate Gays With Pedophilia]

==References==

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"Pedophile Activism" hoaxes

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Due to the highly speculative and paranoid culture of [[anti]]-pedophile posturing, it is perhaps unsurprising that a number of '''hoax [[pedophilia]] organizations''' have been put forward by scaremongers and trolls. While it is true that [[MAP Movement|some activism took place under the pedophile banner]] in the 1970s and 80s, this was during a period where there existed far less of a stigma on the term. While the term "pedophile" was often used, most members of such organizations were technically [[hebephilia|hebephiles]] - as in the case of [[NAMBLA]] and [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (see [[Media:PIEAOA.png|surveys of members]]).

"Pedophile Activist" hoax groups range from failed ideas and folded websites, rejected proposals, to utter contrivances from boards such as '''4chan'''.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia], re. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731093755/https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/resistance-member-says-pedophilia-sexual-orientation-claims-bigotry]</ref> As conservative [[grooming]] panic has spread in the 2020s, the LGBTQ+ community and adjacent people have even alleged Russian propaganda to deflect these attempts.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvka/libsoftiktok-kremlin-boost-anti-lgbtq-disinformation How LibsOfTikTok Is Helping the Kremlin Boost Anti-LGBTQ Disinformation - Vice]</ref><ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/libsoftiktok-linked-russian-disinformation-campaign-stir-outrage-lgbtq-rights/ LibsOfTikTok linked to Russian disinformation campaign to stir outrage over LGBTQ rights - LGBTQNation]</ref> Much earlier, fringe conservative groups had produced a list of hoaxes, which were nevertheless described as "''Pro Paedophilia Movement [...] A Few Of The More Notorious And Better-Known Boy-Love/Girl-Love Or Paedophile Associations And Organisation Web Sites''".<ref name=naffoundation>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514174320/http://naffoundation.org/Pedophilia.htm#Pro-pedophilia Naffoundation list of orgs]</ref> Oftentimes, these hoaxes are based on a grain of truth, and are perpetuated by right-wing organizations/trolls who are attempting to "own the libs" by promoting the idea that the LGBTQ+ community are seeking to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|realign with MAPs]] after distancing them in the 1990s.

==Modern hoaxes==

The more obvious hoaxes we cover below are to be distinguished from present initiatives within the [[MAP Movement]] that deploy baiting and psychological tactics to incite online controversies. At that point, accounts typically attempt to engage responders with good-faith information campaigns, including peer-reviewed literature. One of many baiting strategies appears to involve proposing that the LGBTQ+ community realign with MAPs (or chastises them for a lack of tolerance - see "MAP perpetuated hoaxes" below).

There are, nevertheless, as many, if not more genuine hoax pedophile activist initiatives, in which the motive is not sympathy towards pedophiles or MAPs. A few examples follow:

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File:Fckh8.jpg|FCKH8 hoax seen around 2014
File:Lgbtp4chan.png|4chan working on some fake posters for the LGBTP hoax
File:Lgbtp.jpg|A LGBTP hoax poster
File:Fakedemo.jpg|Fake 2017 Demo
File:Pedopride.png|Fake pedophile pride poster<ref>[https://www.them.us/story/fake-pedophile-pride-poster-oregon Them: Hoax pedo pride]</ref>
Fakeposter.png|Fake 2020 posters - examples
File:Falseflag.jpg|HeartProgress type trolling
File:Heartprogress.jpeg|The double-omega employed by HeartProgress - not to be considered a genuine symbol of MAPs
File:Josh.jpg|Doctored image of a TikToker advocating "decriminalization of pedophilia"
File:PedoAid.png|Example of bait being used to draw attention to a genuine MAP website ([[Newgon]]Wiki)
File:Basedandy.png|<small>A profound 2022 triggering, executed by the fake account of a [[MAP visibility on Twitter|genuine MAP Activist]]</small>
File:Neogen.png|<small>One example of sock puppets being used by hostile actors to astroturf a MAP-friendly site (FreeSpeechTube) with unfavorable opinions</small>
File:High.png|<small>A member of the same sock network posts an OP and then confects a 20+ reply sock discussion praising rape</small>
File:Warwickpride.jpg|2023 Warwick Pride MAP hoax<ref>[https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/warwick-pride-disinformation-pedophilia-18149493.php Effort to link Warwick Pride with pedophilia under investigation]</ref>
File:Fckhoax.jpg|Another fckh8 hoax - date unknown.
</gallery>

===LGBTP and HeartProgress===

'''LGBTP''', also known as '''HeartProgress''' or '''LoveIsAgeless''', is a fake outrage campaign manufactured by '''4chan''''s /pol/. The campaign added "P" (to represent "[[Minor attracted neologisms|pedosexuals]]") to the LGBT initialism (not be confused with "LGBTP" to include pansexuals). Characteristically, '''Snopes.com''' have used this example to promote their own misinformation about the LGBTQ+ movement, claiming, hilariously that "[never] has [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|any LGBT group condoned pedophilia]]".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LGBTP RationalWiki]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211101164919/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Snopes (erroneous) FC], now replaced with more accurate piece at original address</ref> In 2022, radical anti-trans activist [[Wikipedia:Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull|Kellie-Jay Keen]] circulated a hoax transgender advocacy blog in the style of Heartprogress, flaunting a display of solidarity with the already operationally defunct [[NAMBLA]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221031183227/https://twitter.com/StandingforXX/status/1587120141384425472 Keen Transgender Hoax]</ref>

===Fake demonstrations===

The alt-right has also framed student protesters as "pedophiles", convincing even Donald Trump Jr. of the hoax's veracity. Mike Cernovich, an alt-right personality, arrived at Columbia University in October 2017, to give a speech to the school’s College Republicans club. But when students protested outside the event, trolls posed in front of them with a banner promoting the almost operationally defunct [[NAMBLA]]. Cernovich and other alt-right figures quickly copied a journalist’s picture of the sign and tweeted it as evidence.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/alt-right-frames-protesters-as-pedophiles-with-fake-nambla-sign Daily Beast]</ref>

===Overemphasizing defunct organizations===

Particular to the social media era, Newgon has witnessed a tendency to overemphasize the present importance of first-wave organizations and claim they are still active. While this has happened in the case of [[Ipce]] and PIE, it is more notable and memetic in [[NAMBLA]]'s example. Such organizations no longer meet, no longer carry on the communications necessary to be deemed organizations, and are typically only remembered via websites maintained by older ex-members, many of whom have age-related impairments and reduced input. In NAMBLA's case, octagenarean [[Peter Melzer]] died in 2024, leaving the website dormant.

===Misquotes===

In some instances, real events have been taken out of context, as per various stories concerning the deeply [[pedophobia|pedophobic]] [[United Nations]] and their supposed endorsement of "pedophilia". In the 20s, individuals such as U.S. Rep. Katie Porter and Las Vegas Commissioner, Tick Segerblom were attacked by [[Conspiratorialism|conspiracy theorists]] for making comments that could be misquoted.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N33613P/ U.S. Rep. Katie Porter did not say pedophilia was an ‘identity’], and [https://nationalfile.com/video-openly-communist-las-vegas-commissioner-admitted-to-being-a-minor-attracted-person/ Video: Openly Communist Las Vegas Commissioner Admitted to Being a ‘Minor Attracted Person’]</ref>

===Doxxing and defaming by impersonation===

[[File:Newgoninb4.png|thumb|In early 2023, Newgon identified an unsophisticated sock-puppet campaign pushing rape apologetics and misogyny on FST]]
Fake pedophile advocacy has been used in the [[Wikipedia:Doxing|doxxing]] and defamation of groups and individuals by impersonation, notably among them the [[United Nations|UN]],<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-twitter-pedophilia/ No, the UN Didn't Tweet 'Pedophilia Is Not a Crime' (Snopes)]</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-un-chief-did-not-warn-christi-idUSL1N39Y1W8 Fact Check-UN ‘chief’ did not warn Christians to embrace pedophiles or face exclusion (Reuters)] and [https://fullfact.org/online/UN-chief-Christians-MAPs-excluded-from-society/ A UN expert said Christians who don’t “accept MAPs” (minor-attracted persons) will be “excluded from society” (FullFact)]</ref> WEF,<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/15/world-economic-forum-lgbtq-pedophilia-fact-check/73326352007/ False claim World Economic Forum ordered LGBTQ+ to add a 'P' for pedophilia | Fact check]</ref> Rolling Stone,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-rolling-stone-headline-says-opposing-pedophilia-is-far-right-2024-04-24/ Fact Check: Fake Rolling Stone headline says opposing pedophilia is ‘far-right’]</ref> and Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese in March, 2023. The popular 2SM radio station fielded no less than three "shock jocks" to repeat the false claims of a self-admitted Twitter parody account, leaving their callers "incandescent with rage", convinced the PM had engaged in "pedophile apologia" [[Media:Rockspider.mp3|(audio example of response)]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/2sm/102059812 ABC on Triggered 2SM shock jocks]. FST has a [https://fstube.net/w/efDYXMxrxPYDGYd7NFyEju backup.]</ref> In 2023, Barack Obama was attacked in a similar way, using fake tweets in which he called for destigmatizaton of MAPs.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-obama-pedophilia/fact-check-article-includes-false-claims-about-obama-on-pedophilia-banned-books-idUSL1N39E29M Reuters Fact Check on Obama], and [https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/07/fact-check-barack-obama-did-not-say-pedophiles-deserve-same-rights-as-2slgbtqi.html LeadStories: Fact Check on Barack Obama]</ref>

Similar methods were also used against the British Dancer and TikTok personality, Joshua Hubbard in 2022. Hubbard had made comments in support of [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans people]], supposedly penning a campaign of negative and derogatory reviews of gay venues that were visibly sympathetic to radical/gender-critical (i.e. conservative) feminists. While those who oppose such feminists within the gay movement are often suspected of engaging in pedophile advocacy, the doxxing campaign against Mr Hubbard (cited in our gallery) was particularly implausible, as no known [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] describes their activity as ''decriminalization of pedophilia''. MAP Activists typically point out that attractions such as [[pedophilia]] are by their very definition ''legal'', as opposed to some actions associated with attraction to minors.

In 2019, the co founder of [[B4U-ACT]] expressed concern in an interview with AFP, that [[anti]]s were imitating MAPs in order to project a negative image.<ref>[https://factcheck.afp.com/pride-flag-pedophiles-someone-created-one-no-one-waves-it AFP interview with R Dick]</ref> Since then, large groups of sock puppets have been created simultaneously and then deployed by hostile actors (suspected to be [[Operation Underground Railroad|anti-MAP NGOs]] planning a documentary<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaKpX_NzQ1g OURRescue: The Hidden War Teaser (YouTube)] see same video at [https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q FST archive]</ref>) on MAP-sympathetic websites such as [[FreeSpeechTube]] in the gallery above. In this case, the negative optics of rape apologism, misogyny and illegalism were used to misrepresent the [[MAP Movement]]. Bizarrely, the campaign also included the first concerted attempt to revise the acronym "MAP" to "[[Youth Attracted Person|YAP]]", after some users had suggested it as an alternative.<ref>[https://archive.ph/28HNR FST: Antis are planning a black propaganda/sockpuppet attack on FST] and [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/1941 FST: ''Highoctagon muted me and is likely a "pro-rape" troll'' - Currently unavailable and not archived. Private copy of archive may be available and may be rehosted.]. There were various posts from FST users and [[anti]] sockpuppets during this controversy. It appeared to end with banter, after a troll repeatedly rageposted his intent to sue the Strategist of Newgon Organization for defamation, and then had his posts removed.</ref>

===MAP-perpetuated hoaxes===

MAPs sometimes use fake personas to draw attention to themselves online - [[Newgon]] being one organization that uses these techniques. An example of this strategy, was the [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] account "Andy Parkinson" - a fictitious and flamboyant British TV "gay agony uncle" who expressed his support of [[James Cantor]] - a Canadian Psychologist who famously advocates that [[pedophilia|pedophiles]] should be included under the LGBTQ+ umbrella on principled grounds.<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-qc-slams-online-accounts-26758464 Scottish Daily Express: Top QC slams online accounts trying to 'normalise' paedophilia as a sexuality]</ref>

In another, unrelated event (some time around 2021 or 2022), [[Chris Hansen]] - a former ''Dateline NBC'' front-man for the online stings of [[Perverted Justice]], was himself conned into supporting the MAP/[[lolicon]] [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] instance and suite of peer support facilities, '''Youjo.love''', via cameo.com, a "personalized video" platform upon which he now performs for his fans.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q Chris Hansen baited by Youjo.love]</ref>

==Wiki-based misinformation==

The proliferation of Wiki-based information has contributed somewhat to pedophile activism hoaxes. In some cases, this has been well-intentioned, and in others, politically-motivated.

===Wikipedia===

'''Wikipedia''' had for much of the 00s, published an article with ever-changing and glaringly neologistic names including '''"Pedophile activism"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061013080319/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_activism Pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2006]</ref> '''"[[Childlove]] movement"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071207141501/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childlove_movement Childlove movement on Wikipedia in 2007 - redirected to "Pro-pedophile activism"]</ref> '''"Pro-pedophile activism"'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218233448/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-pedophile_activism Pro-pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2008, etc, etc.]</ref> and '''"Pedophile movement"''' - supposedly in a vain attempt to distance historic manifestations of the [[MAP Movement]] from their [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|LGBT former allies]]. This article got bogged down with misinformation and was eventually deleted after steady erosion of information following the [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|pedo-wars]]. Indeed, by Wikipedia's own definition of [[pedophilia]], most of the organizations they list, or listed, drew mainly from a [[Hebephilia|hebephile]] membership base. Wikipedia were also the source of the below mentioned ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' hoax.

Between 2023 and 2024, and for roughly half a year, Wikipedia falsely affirmed the existence of a ''Yahweh'' pedophile advocacy organization.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pedophile_advocacy_organizations&oldid=1185971065 Yahweh edited into Wikipedia as a pedophile advocacy organization]</ref>

===RationalWiki===

RationalWiki has made a good-faith attempt at documenting "online pedophile activism", that was partly influenced by [[Nathan Larson]]. Until recently, they came unstuck<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Online_pedophile_activism&oldid=2532478 Outdated version of RationalWiki's article (now improved as of 2023)]</ref> on outdated,<ref>[http://www.cybercrimejournal.com/robertetaljan2009.htm D'Ovidio - Ancient paper that mentions [[Debate Guide]].]</ref> superfluous and unverified information, resulting in a disjointed, piecemeal effort. In 2023, even after considerable improvement, the RW article still expressed a generally irrational approach to distinguishing pedophilia from other [[chronophilia]]s.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Online_pedophile_activism RationalWiki on "Online pedophile activism"]</ref>

==Hoax organizations==

[[File:Img.jpg|thumb|The hilarious '''AboveTheHate/Heart Progress''' right-wing false flag; also note [[NAMBLA]]'s deceased [[Tom Reeves]]<ref>[https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Tom Reeves]</ref> as the avatar.]]Pedophile activism hoaxes are not exclusive to the social media era.

===Modern, second-wave fakes===
*Heart Progress, AboveTheHate and LGBTP (examples above) - Right-wing professional troll ops on social media, intended to embarrass mainstream progressives. The terms "Love Is Love" and "Love Has No Age" must be viewed with extreme suspicion, as they have been co-opted by similar trolling campaigns.
*Clovergender - a fake [[Wikipedia:Non-binary gender|"xenogender"]] used by 4chan trolls to "legitimize pedophilia" as "children stuck in adult bodies".<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clovergender Clovergender]</ref>
*Agefluid, similar to the above, is sometimes used by credible [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] personas, but should be viewed with suspicion. Agefluid appears to be related to the "[[transage]]" phenomenon, genuinely embraced by a few online [[Wikipedia:Otherkin|otherkin]].
*North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance, like LGBTP, used "pedosexual".<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/11J1 North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance - One of many videos]</ref>
*Pedophile Associates of America.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-charity-head-arrested-for-child-sexual-abuse-images/ Reduxx - Andrew Zearley]</ref> This was a tax-exempt charity set up by what appears to be a mentally disturbed individual/sex offender who was later convicted for extreme pornography. It was unheard of, and carried out no day-to-day activities associated with the [[MAP Movement]].
*Indian National Man Boy Congress Party (1985-2008) - A hoax that originated on Wikipedia, being pushed for half a decade behind false citations in a now deleted article.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20150518021830/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_press Wikipedia's ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' Hoax, which developed a life of its own after being taken over by "lesser" Wikis.]</ref> Now said by various Wikis to have run its own magazine, the "Herald". No record of this organization exists, and none of the cited papers even mentioned it.
*Various social media accounts attempting to portray American Democrats for Minor Attracted People, as per [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy]].

===Disputed, first-wave fakes===

These are disputed examples from the first-wave (LGBT-aligned) [[MAP Movement]]. If they did exist, membership would have most likely been minimal and short-lived.

*[[Rene Guyon Society]] - there is some debate concerning the reliability of this [[Wikipedia:René Guyon Society|organization]]'s membership figures.<ref>[https://boychat.org/messages/1426863.htm RGS - BoyChat users chime in]</ref> In reality, the René Guyon Society was a one-man operation ([[Tim O'Hara]]) blown to mythical proportions by right-wing scaremongers.
*[[Lafayette Society]] - a bizarre idea. The organization is said to have included a regression to the dress and mannerisms of historical aristocracy, provision of an environment in which children could engage in sex with adults, and use of glass instruments that reduce the girth of a grown man's phallus for the penetration of an infant.

===First-wave fakes<ref name=naffoundation />===

First-wave fakes often came about as a result of confusing genuine gay and pederast activist activity with criminal organizations that shared [[Child Pornography]]. A number also appear to have been entirely fabricated, or mislabeled on the basis of reactionary prejudice.

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*Pedophile Liberation Army (PLA) - At no point in history have a group of [[Pedophilia|pedophile]]s formed a military organisation. The ''concept'' has been suggested by an outspoken webmaster calling himself ''[[Wikipedia:Ronald McDonald|Ronald McDonald]]''.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1635862.htm Ronald McDonald and his Pedophile Education website retold]</ref>
*Children's Liberation Railway - May have been a concept of [[BLAZE]], the successor of the [[Australian Paedophile Support Group]].
*The Outcasts - [[Gayle Rubin]]'s group had nothing to do with pedophilia.
*Chocolate Star Fishermen
*Kids Liberation Front
*Kimeta Society
*Mancunians
*Oedipus Boys
*Orchid Club - Criminal ring unrelated to activism, see "Wonderland Club".
*PapaBears
*Queerlanders
*SIN - Sexual Inequality Networkers.
*Streetkids Club
*The Bunnymen
*The Choirboys
*The Circle of Friends
*The Freemen - This seems like a reference to Frank Herbert's Dune.
*The Love Brothers
*The Moonlighters
*The Peacock Club
*[[Wikipedia: The Eulenspiegel Society|Eulenspiegel Society]] (actually a BDSM org)
*[[Wikipedia: Society of Janus|The Society of Janus]] (actually a BDSM org)
*The Tail Enders
*The [[Uranian Poetry|Uranians]]
*UPIE (United Paedophile Information Exchange)
*Wizards Lair
*[[Wikipedia:Operation Cathedral|Wonderland Club]] - Was a [[child pornography]] organization of disputed size (Wikipedia repeats numerous unsubstantiated claims, some of which are contradicted by its own sources) and unrelated to activism.
</div>

==See also==

*[[San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus]]

==External links==

*[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/30/fact-check-lgbtq-community-rejects-false-association-pedophiles/5462805002/ Fact check: LGBTQ community rejects false association with pedophiles]
*[https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/30/lgbtq-leaders-denounce-images-proclaiming-association-pedophiles Trolls Push Fake Acronym 'LGBTP' to Associate Gays With Pedophilia]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]] [[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Lists and Special Articles]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: Indian]][[Category:History & Events: American]]

"Pedophile Activism" hoaxes

2026-05-08T20:52:25Z

Jim Burton: /* LGBTP and HeartProgress */

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Due to the highly speculative and paranoid culture of [[anti]]-pedophile posturing, it is perhaps unsurprising that a number of '''hoax [[pedophilia]] organizations''' have been put forward by scaremongers and trolls. While it is true that [[MAP Movement|some activism took place under the pedophile banner]] in the 1970s and 80s, this was during a period where there existed far less of a stigma on the term. While the term "pedophile" was often used, most members of such organizations were technically [[hebephilia|hebephiles]] - as in the case of [[NAMBLA]] and [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (see [[Media:PIEAOA.png|surveys of members]]).

"Pedophile Activist" hoax groups range from failed ideas and folded websites, rejected proposals, to utter contrivances from boards such as '''4chan'''.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia], re. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731093755/https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/resistance-member-says-pedophilia-sexual-orientation-claims-bigotry]</ref> As conservative [[grooming]] panic has spread in the 2020s, the LGBTQ+ community and adjacent people have even alleged Russian propaganda to deflect these attempts.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvka/libsoftiktok-kremlin-boost-anti-lgbtq-disinformation How LibsOfTikTok Is Helping the Kremlin Boost Anti-LGBTQ Disinformation - Vice]</ref><ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/libsoftiktok-linked-russian-disinformation-campaign-stir-outrage-lgbtq-rights/ LibsOfTikTok linked to Russian disinformation campaign to stir outrage over LGBTQ rights - LGBTQNation]</ref> Much earlier, fringe conservative groups had produced a list of hoaxes, which were nevertheless described as "''Pro Paedophilia Movement [...] A Few Of The More Notorious And Better-Known Boy-Love/Girl-Love Or Paedophile Associations And Organisation Web Sites''".<ref name=naffoundation>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514174320/http://naffoundation.org/Pedophilia.htm#Pro-pedophilia Naffoundation list of orgs]</ref> Oftentimes, these hoaxes are based on a grain of truth, and are perpetuated by right-wing organizations/trolls who are attempting to "own the libs" by promoting the idea that the LGBTQ+ community are seeking to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|realign with MAPs]] after distancing them in the 1990s.

==Modern hoaxes==

The more obvious hoaxes we cover below are to be distinguished from present initiatives within the [[MAP Movement]] that deploy baiting and psychological tactics to incite online controversies. At that point, accounts typically attempt to engage responders with good-faith information campaigns, including peer-reviewed literature. One of many baiting strategies appears to involve proposing that the LGBTQ+ community realign with MAPs (or chastises them for a lack of tolerance - see "MAP perpetuated hoaxes" below).

There are, nevertheless, as many, if not more genuine hoax pedophile activist initiatives, in which the motive is not sympathy towards pedophiles or MAPs. A few examples follow:

<gallery>
File:Fckh8.jpg|FCKH8 hoax seen around 2014
File:Lgbtp4chan.png|4chan working on some fake posters for the LGBTP hoax
File:Lgbtp.jpg|A LGBTP hoax poster
File:Fakedemo.jpg|Fake 2017 Demo
File:Pedopride.png|Fake pedophile pride poster<ref>[https://www.them.us/story/fake-pedophile-pride-poster-oregon Them: Hoax pedo pride]</ref>
Fakeposter.png|Fake 2020 posters - examples
File:Falseflag.jpg|HeartProgress type trolling
File:Heartprogress.jpeg|The double-omega employed by HeartProgress - not to be considered a genuine symbol of MAPs
File:Josh.jpg|Doctored image of a TikToker advocating "decriminalization of pedophilia"
File:PedoAid.png|Example of bait being used to draw attention to a genuine MAP website ([[Newgon]]Wiki)
File:Basedandy.png|<small>A profound 2022 triggering, executed by the fake account of a [[MAP visibility on Twitter|genuine MAP Activist]]</small>
File:Neogen.png|<small>One example of sock puppets being used by hostile actors to astroturf a MAP-friendly site (FreeSpeechTube) with unfavorable opinions</small>
File:High.png|<small>A member of the same sock network posts an OP and then confects a 20+ reply sock discussion praising rape</small>
File:Warwickpride.jpg|2023 Warwick Pride MAP hoax<ref>[https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/warwick-pride-disinformation-pedophilia-18149493.php Effort to link Warwick Pride with pedophilia under investigation]</ref>
File:Fckhoax.jpg|Another fckh8 hoax - date unknown.
</gallery>

===LGBTP and HeartProgress===

'''LGBTP''', also known as '''HeartProgress''' or '''LoveIsAgeless''', is a fake outrage campaign manufactured by '''4chan''''s /pol/. The campaign added "P" (to represent "[[Minor attracted neologisms|pedosexuals]]") to the LGBT initialism (not be confused with "LGBTP" to include pansexuals). Characteristically, '''Snopes.com''' have used this example to promote their own misinformation about the LGBTQ+ movement, claiming, hilariously that "[never] has [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|any LGBT group condoned pedophilia]]".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LGBTP RationalWiki]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211101164919/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Snopes (erroneous) FC], now replaced with more accurate piece at original address</ref> In 2022, radical anti-trans activist [[Wikipedia:Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull|Kellie-Jay Keen]] circulated a hoax transgender advocacy blog in the style of Heartprogress, flaunting a display of solidarity with the already operationally defunct [[NAMBLA]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221031183227/https://twitter.com/StandingforXX/status/1587120141384425472 Keen Transgender Hoax]</ref>

===Fake demonstrations===

The alt-right has also framed student protesters as "pedophiles", convincing even Donald Trump Jr. of the hoax's veracity. Mike Cernovich, an alt-right personality, arrived at Columbia University in October 2017, to give a speech to the school’s College Republicans club. But when students protested outside the event, trolls posed in front of them with a banner promoting [[NAMBLA]]. Cernovich and other alt-right figures quickly copied a journalist’s picture of the sign and tweeted it as evidence.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/alt-right-frames-protesters-as-pedophiles-with-fake-nambla-sign Daily Beast]</ref>

===Overemphasizing defunct organizations===

Particular to the social media era, Newgon has witnessed a tendency to overemphasize the present importance of first-wave organizations and claim they are still active. While this has happened in the case of [[Ipce]] and PIE, it is more notable and memetic in [[NAMBLA]]'s example. Such organizations no longer meet, no longer carry on the communications necessary to be deemed organizations, and are typically only remembered via websites maintained by older ex-members, many of whom have age-related impairments and reduced input. In NAMBLA's case, octagenarean [[Peter Melzer]] died in 2024, leaving the website dormant.

===Misquotes===

In some instances, real events have been taken out of context, as per various stories concerning the deeply [[pedophobia|pedophobic]] [[United Nations]] and their supposed endorsement of "pedophilia". In the 20s, individuals such as U.S. Rep. Katie Porter and Las Vegas Commissioner, Tick Segerblom were attacked by [[Conspiratorialism|conspiracy theorists]] for making comments that could be misquoted.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N33613P/ U.S. Rep. Katie Porter did not say pedophilia was an ‘identity’], and [https://nationalfile.com/video-openly-communist-las-vegas-commissioner-admitted-to-being-a-minor-attracted-person/ Video: Openly Communist Las Vegas Commissioner Admitted to Being a ‘Minor Attracted Person’]</ref>

===Doxxing and defaming by impersonation===

[[File:Newgoninb4.png|thumb|In early 2023, Newgon identified an unsophisticated sock-puppet campaign pushing rape apologetics and misogyny on FST]]
Fake pedophile advocacy has been used in the [[Wikipedia:Doxing|doxxing]] and defamation of groups and individuals by impersonation, notably among them the [[United Nations|UN]],<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-twitter-pedophilia/ No, the UN Didn't Tweet 'Pedophilia Is Not a Crime' (Snopes)]</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-un-chief-did-not-warn-christi-idUSL1N39Y1W8 Fact Check-UN ‘chief’ did not warn Christians to embrace pedophiles or face exclusion (Reuters)] and [https://fullfact.org/online/UN-chief-Christians-MAPs-excluded-from-society/ A UN expert said Christians who don’t “accept MAPs” (minor-attracted persons) will be “excluded from society” (FullFact)]</ref> WEF,<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/15/world-economic-forum-lgbtq-pedophilia-fact-check/73326352007/ False claim World Economic Forum ordered LGBTQ+ to add a 'P' for pedophilia | Fact check]</ref> Rolling Stone,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-rolling-stone-headline-says-opposing-pedophilia-is-far-right-2024-04-24/ Fact Check: Fake Rolling Stone headline says opposing pedophilia is ‘far-right’]</ref> and Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese in March, 2023. The popular 2SM radio station fielded no less than three "shock jocks" to repeat the false claims of a self-admitted Twitter parody account, leaving their callers "incandescent with rage", convinced the PM had engaged in "pedophile apologia" [[Media:Rockspider.mp3|(audio example of response)]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/2sm/102059812 ABC on Triggered 2SM shock jocks]. FST has a [https://fstube.net/w/efDYXMxrxPYDGYd7NFyEju backup.]</ref> In 2023, Barack Obama was attacked in a similar way, using fake tweets in which he called for destigmatizaton of MAPs.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-obama-pedophilia/fact-check-article-includes-false-claims-about-obama-on-pedophilia-banned-books-idUSL1N39E29M Reuters Fact Check on Obama], and [https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/07/fact-check-barack-obama-did-not-say-pedophiles-deserve-same-rights-as-2slgbtqi.html LeadStories: Fact Check on Barack Obama]</ref>

Similar methods were also used against the British Dancer and TikTok personality, Joshua Hubbard in 2022. Hubbard had made comments in support of [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans people]], supposedly penning a campaign of negative and derogatory reviews of gay venues that were visibly sympathetic to radical/gender-critical (i.e. conservative) feminists. While those who oppose such feminists within the gay movement are often suspected of engaging in pedophile advocacy, the doxxing campaign against Mr Hubbard (cited in our gallery) was particularly implausible, as no known [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] describes their activity as ''decriminalization of pedophilia''. MAP Activists typically point out that attractions such as [[pedophilia]] are by their very definition ''legal'', as opposed to some actions associated with attraction to minors.

In 2019, the co founder of [[B4U-ACT]] expressed concern in an interview with AFP, that [[anti]]s were imitating MAPs in order to project a negative image.<ref>[https://factcheck.afp.com/pride-flag-pedophiles-someone-created-one-no-one-waves-it AFP interview with R Dick]</ref> Since then, large groups of sock puppets have been created simultaneously and then deployed by hostile actors (suspected to be [[Operation Underground Railroad|anti-MAP NGOs]] planning a documentary<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaKpX_NzQ1g OURRescue: The Hidden War Teaser (YouTube)] see same video at [https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q FST archive]</ref>) on MAP-sympathetic websites such as [[FreeSpeechTube]] in the gallery above. In this case, the negative optics of rape apologism, misogyny and illegalism were used to misrepresent the [[MAP Movement]]. Bizarrely, the campaign also included the first concerted attempt to revise the acronym "MAP" to "[[Youth Attracted Person|YAP]]", after some users had suggested it as an alternative.<ref>[https://archive.ph/28HNR FST: Antis are planning a black propaganda/sockpuppet attack on FST] and [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/1941 FST: ''Highoctagon muted me and is likely a "pro-rape" troll'' - Currently unavailable and not archived. Private copy of archive may be available and may be rehosted.]. There were various posts from FST users and [[anti]] sockpuppets during this controversy. It appeared to end with banter, after a troll repeatedly rageposted his intent to sue the Strategist of Newgon Organization for defamation, and then had his posts removed.</ref>

===MAP-perpetuated hoaxes===

MAPs sometimes use fake personas to draw attention to themselves online - [[Newgon]] being one organization that uses these techniques. An example of this strategy, was the [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] account "Andy Parkinson" - a fictitious and flamboyant British TV "gay agony uncle" who expressed his support of [[James Cantor]] - a Canadian Psychologist who famously advocates that [[pedophilia|pedophiles]] should be included under the LGBTQ+ umbrella on principled grounds.<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-qc-slams-online-accounts-26758464 Scottish Daily Express: Top QC slams online accounts trying to 'normalise' paedophilia as a sexuality]</ref>

In another, unrelated event (some time around 2021 or 2022), [[Chris Hansen]] - a former ''Dateline NBC'' front-man for the online stings of [[Perverted Justice]], was himself conned into supporting the MAP/[[lolicon]] [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] instance and suite of peer support facilities, '''Youjo.love''', via cameo.com, a "personalized video" platform upon which he now performs for his fans.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q Chris Hansen baited by Youjo.love]</ref>

==Wiki-based misinformation==

The proliferation of Wiki-based information has contributed somewhat to pedophile activism hoaxes. In some cases, this has been well-intentioned, and in others, politically-motivated.

===Wikipedia===

'''Wikipedia''' had for much of the 00s, published an article with ever-changing and glaringly neologistic names including '''"Pedophile activism"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061013080319/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_activism Pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2006]</ref> '''"[[Childlove]] movement"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071207141501/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childlove_movement Childlove movement on Wikipedia in 2007 - redirected to "Pro-pedophile activism"]</ref> '''"Pro-pedophile activism"'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218233448/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-pedophile_activism Pro-pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2008, etc, etc.]</ref> and '''"Pedophile movement"''' - supposedly in a vain attempt to distance historic manifestations of the [[MAP Movement]] from their [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|LGBT former allies]]. This article got bogged down with misinformation and was eventually deleted after steady erosion of information following the [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|pedo-wars]]. Indeed, by Wikipedia's own definition of [[pedophilia]], most of the organizations they list, or listed, drew mainly from a [[Hebephilia|hebephile]] membership base. Wikipedia were also the source of the below mentioned ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' hoax.

Between 2023 and 2024, and for roughly half a year, Wikipedia falsely affirmed the existence of a ''Yahweh'' pedophile advocacy organization.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pedophile_advocacy_organizations&oldid=1185971065 Yahweh edited into Wikipedia as a pedophile advocacy organization]</ref>

===RationalWiki===

RationalWiki has made a good-faith attempt at documenting "online pedophile activism", that was partly influenced by [[Nathan Larson]]. Until recently, they came unstuck<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Online_pedophile_activism&oldid=2532478 Outdated version of RationalWiki's article (now improved as of 2023)]</ref> on outdated,<ref>[http://www.cybercrimejournal.com/robertetaljan2009.htm D'Ovidio - Ancient paper that mentions [[Debate Guide]].]</ref> superfluous and unverified information, resulting in a disjointed, piecemeal effort. In 2023, even after considerable improvement, the RW article still expressed a generally irrational approach to distinguishing pedophilia from other [[chronophilia]]s.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Online_pedophile_activism RationalWiki on "Online pedophile activism"]</ref>

==Hoax organizations==

[[File:Img.jpg|thumb|The hilarious '''AboveTheHate/Heart Progress''' right-wing false flag; also note [[NAMBLA]]'s deceased [[Tom Reeves]]<ref>[https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Tom Reeves]</ref> as the avatar.]]Pedophile activism hoaxes are not exclusive to the social media era.

===Modern, second-wave fakes===
*Heart Progress, AboveTheHate and LGBTP (examples above) - Right-wing professional troll ops on social media, intended to embarrass mainstream progressives. The terms "Love Is Love" and "Love Has No Age" must be viewed with extreme suspicion, as they have been co-opted by similar trolling campaigns.
*Clovergender - a fake [[Wikipedia:Non-binary gender|"xenogender"]] used by 4chan trolls to "legitimize pedophilia" as "children stuck in adult bodies".<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clovergender Clovergender]</ref>
*Agefluid, similar to the above, is sometimes used by credible [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] personas, but should be viewed with suspicion. Agefluid appears to be related to the "[[transage]]" phenomenon, genuinely embraced by a few online [[Wikipedia:Otherkin|otherkin]].
*North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance, like LGBTP, used "pedosexual".<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/11J1 North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance - One of many videos]</ref>
*Pedophile Associates of America.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-charity-head-arrested-for-child-sexual-abuse-images/ Reduxx - Andrew Zearley]</ref> This was a tax-exempt charity set up by what appears to be a mentally disturbed individual/sex offender who was later convicted for extreme pornography. It was unheard of, and carried out no day-to-day activities associated with the [[MAP Movement]].
*Indian National Man Boy Congress Party (1985-2008) - A hoax that originated on Wikipedia, being pushed for half a decade behind false citations in a now deleted article.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20150518021830/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_press Wikipedia's ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' Hoax, which developed a life of its own after being taken over by "lesser" Wikis.]</ref> Now said by various Wikis to have run its own magazine, the "Herald". No record of this organization exists, and none of the cited papers even mentioned it.
*Various social media accounts attempting to portray American Democrats for Minor Attracted People, as per [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy]].

===Disputed, first-wave fakes===

These are disputed examples from the first-wave (LGBT-aligned) [[MAP Movement]]. If they did exist, membership would have most likely been minimal and short-lived.

*[[Rene Guyon Society]] - there is some debate concerning the reliability of this [[Wikipedia:René Guyon Society|organization]]'s membership figures.<ref>[https://boychat.org/messages/1426863.htm RGS - BoyChat users chime in]</ref> In reality, the René Guyon Society was a one-man operation ([[Tim O'Hara]]) blown to mythical proportions by right-wing scaremongers.
*[[Lafayette Society]] - a bizarre idea. The organization is said to have included a regression to the dress and mannerisms of historical aristocracy, provision of an environment in which children could engage in sex with adults, and use of glass instruments that reduce the girth of a grown man's phallus for the penetration of an infant.

===First-wave fakes<ref name=naffoundation />===

First-wave fakes often came about as a result of confusing genuine gay and pederast activist activity with criminal organizations that shared [[Child Pornography]]. A number also appear to have been entirely fabricated, or mislabeled on the basis of reactionary prejudice.

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*Pedophile Liberation Army (PLA) - At no point in history have a group of [[Pedophilia|pedophile]]s formed a military organisation. The ''concept'' has been suggested by an outspoken webmaster calling himself ''[[Wikipedia:Ronald McDonald|Ronald McDonald]]''.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1635862.htm Ronald McDonald and his Pedophile Education website retold]</ref>
*Children's Liberation Railway - May have been a concept of [[BLAZE]], the successor of the [[Australian Paedophile Support Group]].
*The Outcasts - [[Gayle Rubin]]'s group had nothing to do with pedophilia.
*Chocolate Star Fishermen
*Kids Liberation Front
*Kimeta Society
*Mancunians
*Oedipus Boys
*Orchid Club - Criminal ring unrelated to activism, see "Wonderland Club".
*PapaBears
*Queerlanders
*SIN - Sexual Inequality Networkers.
*Streetkids Club
*The Bunnymen
*The Choirboys
*The Circle of Friends
*The Freemen - This seems like a reference to Frank Herbert's Dune.
*The Love Brothers
*The Moonlighters
*The Peacock Club
*[[Wikipedia: The Eulenspiegel Society|Eulenspiegel Society]] (actually a BDSM org)
*[[Wikipedia: Society of Janus|The Society of Janus]] (actually a BDSM org)
*The Tail Enders
*The [[Uranian Poetry|Uranians]]
*UPIE (United Paedophile Information Exchange)
*Wizards Lair
*[[Wikipedia:Operation Cathedral|Wonderland Club]] - Was a [[child pornography]] organization of disputed size (Wikipedia repeats numerous unsubstantiated claims, some of which are contradicted by its own sources) and unrelated to activism.
</div>

==See also==

*[[San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus]]

==External links==

*[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/30/fact-check-lgbtq-community-rejects-false-association-pedophiles/5462805002/ Fact check: LGBTQ community rejects false association with pedophiles]
*[https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/30/lgbtq-leaders-denounce-images-proclaiming-association-pedophiles Trolls Push Fake Acronym 'LGBTP' to Associate Gays With Pedophilia]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]] [[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Lists and Special Articles]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: Indian]][[Category:History & Events: American]]

"Pedophile Activism" hoaxes

2026-05-08T20:51:10Z

Jim Burton:

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Due to the highly speculative and paranoid culture of [[anti]]-pedophile posturing, it is perhaps unsurprising that a number of '''hoax [[pedophilia]] organizations''' have been put forward by scaremongers and trolls. While it is true that [[MAP Movement|some activism took place under the pedophile banner]] in the 1970s and 80s, this was during a period where there existed far less of a stigma on the term. While the term "pedophile" was often used, most members of such organizations were technically [[hebephilia|hebephiles]] - as in the case of [[NAMBLA]] and [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (see [[Media:PIEAOA.png|surveys of members]]).

"Pedophile Activist" hoax groups range from failed ideas and folded websites, rejected proposals, to utter contrivances from boards such as '''4chan'''.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/posing-gay-men-twitter-troll-goes-viral-attempts-falsely-tie-n954721 Posing as gay men on Twitter, a troll goes viral with attempts to falsely tie the LGBTQ community to pedophilia], re. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731093755/https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/resistance-member-says-pedophilia-sexual-orientation-claims-bigotry]</ref> As conservative [[grooming]] panic has spread in the 2020s, the LGBTQ+ community and adjacent people have even alleged Russian propaganda to deflect these attempts.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvka/libsoftiktok-kremlin-boost-anti-lgbtq-disinformation How LibsOfTikTok Is Helping the Kremlin Boost Anti-LGBTQ Disinformation - Vice]</ref><ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/libsoftiktok-linked-russian-disinformation-campaign-stir-outrage-lgbtq-rights/ LibsOfTikTok linked to Russian disinformation campaign to stir outrage over LGBTQ rights - LGBTQNation]</ref> Much earlier, fringe conservative groups had produced a list of hoaxes, which were nevertheless described as "''Pro Paedophilia Movement [...] A Few Of The More Notorious And Better-Known Boy-Love/Girl-Love Or Paedophile Associations And Organisation Web Sites''".<ref name=naffoundation>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514174320/http://naffoundation.org/Pedophilia.htm#Pro-pedophilia Naffoundation list of orgs]</ref> Oftentimes, these hoaxes are based on a grain of truth, and are perpetuated by right-wing organizations/trolls who are attempting to "own the libs" by promoting the idea that the LGBTQ+ community are seeking to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|realign with MAPs]] after distancing them in the 1990s.

==Modern hoaxes==

The more obvious hoaxes we cover below are to be distinguished from present initiatives within the [[MAP Movement]] that deploy baiting and psychological tactics to incite online controversies. At that point, accounts typically attempt to engage responders with good-faith information campaigns, including peer-reviewed literature. One of many baiting strategies appears to involve proposing that the LGBTQ+ community realign with MAPs (or chastises them for a lack of tolerance - see "MAP perpetuated hoaxes" below).

There are, nevertheless, as many, if not more genuine hoax pedophile activist initiatives, in which the motive is not sympathy towards pedophiles or MAPs. A few examples follow:

<gallery>
File:Fckh8.jpg|FCKH8 hoax seen around 2014
File:Lgbtp4chan.png|4chan working on some fake posters for the LGBTP hoax
File:Lgbtp.jpg|A LGBTP hoax poster
File:Fakedemo.jpg|Fake 2017 Demo
File:Pedopride.png|Fake pedophile pride poster<ref>[https://www.them.us/story/fake-pedophile-pride-poster-oregon Them: Hoax pedo pride]</ref>
Fakeposter.png|Fake 2020 posters - examples
File:Falseflag.jpg|HeartProgress type trolling
File:Heartprogress.jpeg|The double-omega employed by HeartProgress - not to be considered a genuine symbol of MAPs
File:Josh.jpg|Doctored image of a TikToker advocating "decriminalization of pedophilia"
File:PedoAid.png|Example of bait being used to draw attention to a genuine MAP website ([[Newgon]]Wiki)
File:Basedandy.png|<small>A profound 2022 triggering, executed by the fake account of a [[MAP visibility on Twitter|genuine MAP Activist]]</small>
File:Neogen.png|<small>One example of sock puppets being used by hostile actors to astroturf a MAP-friendly site (FreeSpeechTube) with unfavorable opinions</small>
File:High.png|<small>A member of the same sock network posts an OP and then confects a 20+ reply sock discussion praising rape</small>
File:Warwickpride.jpg|2023 Warwick Pride MAP hoax<ref>[https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/warwick-pride-disinformation-pedophilia-18149493.php Effort to link Warwick Pride with pedophilia under investigation]</ref>
File:Fckhoax.jpg|Another fckh8 hoax - date unknown.
</gallery>

===LGBTP and HeartProgress===

'''LGBTP''', also known as '''HeartProgress''' or '''LoveIsAgeless''', is a fake outrage campaign manufactured by '''4chan''''s /pol/. The campaign added "P" (to represent "[[Minor attracted neologisms|pedosexuals]]") to the LGBT initialism (not be confused with "LGBTP" to include pansexuals). Characteristically, '''Snopes.com''' have used this example to promote their own misinformation about the LGBTQ+ movement, claiming, hilariously that "[never] has [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|any LGBT group condoned pedophilia]]".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LGBTP RationalWiki]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211101164919/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maps-pride-flag/ Snopes (erroneous) FC], now replaced with more accurate piece at original address</ref> In 2022, radical anti-trans activist [[Wikipedia:Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull|Kellie-Jay Keen]] circulated a hoax transgender advocacy blog in the style of Heartprogress, flaunting a display of solidarity for [[NAMBLA]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221031183227/https://twitter.com/StandingforXX/status/1587120141384425472 Keen Transgender Hoax]</ref>

===Fake demonstrations===

The alt-right has also framed student protesters as "pedophiles", convincing even Donald Trump Jr. of the hoax's veracity. Mike Cernovich, an alt-right personality, arrived at Columbia University in October 2017, to give a speech to the school’s College Republicans club. But when students protested outside the event, trolls posed in front of them with a banner promoting [[NAMBLA]]. Cernovich and other alt-right figures quickly copied a journalist’s picture of the sign and tweeted it as evidence.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/alt-right-frames-protesters-as-pedophiles-with-fake-nambla-sign Daily Beast]</ref>

===Overemphasizing defunct organizations===

Particular to the social media era, Newgon has witnessed a tendency to overemphasize the present importance of first-wave organizations and claim they are still active. While this has happened in the case of [[Ipce]] and PIE, it is more notable and memetic in [[NAMBLA]]'s example. Such organizations no longer meet, no longer carry on the communications necessary to be deemed organizations, and are typically only remembered via websites maintained by older ex-members, many of whom have age-related impairments and reduced input. In NAMBLA's case, octagenarean [[Peter Melzer]] died in 2024, leaving the website dormant.

===Misquotes===

In some instances, real events have been taken out of context, as per various stories concerning the deeply [[pedophobia|pedophobic]] [[United Nations]] and their supposed endorsement of "pedophilia". In the 20s, individuals such as U.S. Rep. Katie Porter and Las Vegas Commissioner, Tick Segerblom were attacked by [[Conspiratorialism|conspiracy theorists]] for making comments that could be misquoted.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N33613P/ U.S. Rep. Katie Porter did not say pedophilia was an ‘identity’], and [https://nationalfile.com/video-openly-communist-las-vegas-commissioner-admitted-to-being-a-minor-attracted-person/ Video: Openly Communist Las Vegas Commissioner Admitted to Being a ‘Minor Attracted Person’]</ref>

===Doxxing and defaming by impersonation===

[[File:Newgoninb4.png|thumb|In early 2023, Newgon identified an unsophisticated sock-puppet campaign pushing rape apologetics and misogyny on FST]]
Fake pedophile advocacy has been used in the [[Wikipedia:Doxing|doxxing]] and defamation of groups and individuals by impersonation, notably among them the [[United Nations|UN]],<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un-twitter-pedophilia/ No, the UN Didn't Tweet 'Pedophilia Is Not a Crime' (Snopes)]</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-un-chief-did-not-warn-christi-idUSL1N39Y1W8 Fact Check-UN ‘chief’ did not warn Christians to embrace pedophiles or face exclusion (Reuters)] and [https://fullfact.org/online/UN-chief-Christians-MAPs-excluded-from-society/ A UN expert said Christians who don’t “accept MAPs” (minor-attracted persons) will be “excluded from society” (FullFact)]</ref> WEF,<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/15/world-economic-forum-lgbtq-pedophilia-fact-check/73326352007/ False claim World Economic Forum ordered LGBTQ+ to add a 'P' for pedophilia | Fact check]</ref> Rolling Stone,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-rolling-stone-headline-says-opposing-pedophilia-is-far-right-2024-04-24/ Fact Check: Fake Rolling Stone headline says opposing pedophilia is ‘far-right’]</ref> and Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese in March, 2023. The popular 2SM radio station fielded no less than three "shock jocks" to repeat the false claims of a self-admitted Twitter parody account, leaving their callers "incandescent with rage", convinced the PM had engaged in "pedophile apologia" [[Media:Rockspider.mp3|(audio example of response)]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/2sm/102059812 ABC on Triggered 2SM shock jocks]. FST has a [https://fstube.net/w/efDYXMxrxPYDGYd7NFyEju backup.]</ref> In 2023, Barack Obama was attacked in a similar way, using fake tweets in which he called for destigmatizaton of MAPs.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-obama-pedophilia/fact-check-article-includes-false-claims-about-obama-on-pedophilia-banned-books-idUSL1N39E29M Reuters Fact Check on Obama], and [https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/07/fact-check-barack-obama-did-not-say-pedophiles-deserve-same-rights-as-2slgbtqi.html LeadStories: Fact Check on Barack Obama]</ref>

Similar methods were also used against the British Dancer and TikTok personality, Joshua Hubbard in 2022. Hubbard had made comments in support of [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans people]], supposedly penning a campaign of negative and derogatory reviews of gay venues that were visibly sympathetic to radical/gender-critical (i.e. conservative) feminists. While those who oppose such feminists within the gay movement are often suspected of engaging in pedophile advocacy, the doxxing campaign against Mr Hubbard (cited in our gallery) was particularly implausible, as no known [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]] describes their activity as ''decriminalization of pedophilia''. MAP Activists typically point out that attractions such as [[pedophilia]] are by their very definition ''legal'', as opposed to some actions associated with attraction to minors.

In 2019, the co founder of [[B4U-ACT]] expressed concern in an interview with AFP, that [[anti]]s were imitating MAPs in order to project a negative image.<ref>[https://factcheck.afp.com/pride-flag-pedophiles-someone-created-one-no-one-waves-it AFP interview with R Dick]</ref> Since then, large groups of sock puppets have been created simultaneously and then deployed by hostile actors (suspected to be [[Operation Underground Railroad|anti-MAP NGOs]] planning a documentary<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaKpX_NzQ1g OURRescue: The Hidden War Teaser (YouTube)] see same video at [https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q FST archive]</ref>) on MAP-sympathetic websites such as [[FreeSpeechTube]] in the gallery above. In this case, the negative optics of rape apologism, misogyny and illegalism were used to misrepresent the [[MAP Movement]]. Bizarrely, the campaign also included the first concerted attempt to revise the acronym "MAP" to "[[Youth Attracted Person|YAP]]", after some users had suggested it as an alternative.<ref>[https://archive.ph/28HNR FST: Antis are planning a black propaganda/sockpuppet attack on FST] and [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/1941 FST: ''Highoctagon muted me and is likely a "pro-rape" troll'' - Currently unavailable and not archived. Private copy of archive may be available and may be rehosted.]. There were various posts from FST users and [[anti]] sockpuppets during this controversy. It appeared to end with banter, after a troll repeatedly rageposted his intent to sue the Strategist of Newgon Organization for defamation, and then had his posts removed.</ref>

===MAP-perpetuated hoaxes===

MAPs sometimes use fake personas to draw attention to themselves online - [[Newgon]] being one organization that uses these techniques. An example of this strategy, was the [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] account "Andy Parkinson" - a fictitious and flamboyant British TV "gay agony uncle" who expressed his support of [[James Cantor]] - a Canadian Psychologist who famously advocates that [[pedophilia|pedophiles]] should be included under the LGBTQ+ umbrella on principled grounds.<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-qc-slams-online-accounts-26758464 Scottish Daily Express: Top QC slams online accounts trying to 'normalise' paedophilia as a sexuality]</ref>

In another, unrelated event (some time around 2021 or 2022), [[Chris Hansen]] - a former ''Dateline NBC'' front-man for the online stings of [[Perverted Justice]], was himself conned into supporting the MAP/[[lolicon]] [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] instance and suite of peer support facilities, '''Youjo.love''', via cameo.com, a "personalized video" platform upon which he now performs for his fans.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/fzQ6AFrETVftpHeDXyEC6Q Chris Hansen baited by Youjo.love]</ref>

==Wiki-based misinformation==

The proliferation of Wiki-based information has contributed somewhat to pedophile activism hoaxes. In some cases, this has been well-intentioned, and in others, politically-motivated.

===Wikipedia===

'''Wikipedia''' had for much of the 00s, published an article with ever-changing and glaringly neologistic names including '''"Pedophile activism"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061013080319/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_activism Pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2006]</ref> '''"[[Childlove]] movement"''',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071207141501/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childlove_movement Childlove movement on Wikipedia in 2007 - redirected to "Pro-pedophile activism"]</ref> '''"Pro-pedophile activism"'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218233448/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-pedophile_activism Pro-pedophile activism on Wikipedia in 2008, etc, etc.]</ref> and '''"Pedophile movement"''' - supposedly in a vain attempt to distance historic manifestations of the [[MAP Movement]] from their [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|LGBT former allies]]. This article got bogged down with misinformation and was eventually deleted after steady erosion of information following the [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|pedo-wars]]. Indeed, by Wikipedia's own definition of [[pedophilia]], most of the organizations they list, or listed, drew mainly from a [[Hebephilia|hebephile]] membership base. Wikipedia were also the source of the below mentioned ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' hoax.

Between 2023 and 2024, and for roughly half a year, Wikipedia falsely affirmed the existence of a ''Yahweh'' pedophile advocacy organization.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_pedophile_advocacy_organizations&oldid=1185971065 Yahweh edited into Wikipedia as a pedophile advocacy organization]</ref>

===RationalWiki===

RationalWiki has made a good-faith attempt at documenting "online pedophile activism", that was partly influenced by [[Nathan Larson]]. Until recently, they came unstuck<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Online_pedophile_activism&oldid=2532478 Outdated version of RationalWiki's article (now improved as of 2023)]</ref> on outdated,<ref>[http://www.cybercrimejournal.com/robertetaljan2009.htm D'Ovidio - Ancient paper that mentions [[Debate Guide]].]</ref> superfluous and unverified information, resulting in a disjointed, piecemeal effort. In 2023, even after considerable improvement, the RW article still expressed a generally irrational approach to distinguishing pedophilia from other [[chronophilia]]s.<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Online_pedophile_activism RationalWiki on "Online pedophile activism"]</ref>

==Hoax organizations==

[[File:Img.jpg|thumb|The hilarious '''AboveTheHate/Heart Progress''' right-wing false flag; also note [[NAMBLA]]'s deceased [[Tom Reeves]]<ref>[https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Tom Reeves]</ref> as the avatar.]]Pedophile activism hoaxes are not exclusive to the social media era.

===Modern, second-wave fakes===
*Heart Progress, AboveTheHate and LGBTP (examples above) - Right-wing professional troll ops on social media, intended to embarrass mainstream progressives. The terms "Love Is Love" and "Love Has No Age" must be viewed with extreme suspicion, as they have been co-opted by similar trolling campaigns.
*Clovergender - a fake [[Wikipedia:Non-binary gender|"xenogender"]] used by 4chan trolls to "legitimize pedophilia" as "children stuck in adult bodies".<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clovergender Clovergender]</ref>
*Agefluid, similar to the above, is sometimes used by credible [[Pediverse|Fediverse]] personas, but should be viewed with suspicion. Agefluid appears to be related to the "[[transage]]" phenomenon, genuinely embraced by a few online [[Wikipedia:Otherkin|otherkin]].
*North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance, like LGBTP, used "pedosexual".<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/11J1 North American/Indiana Freedom Alliance - One of many videos]</ref>
*Pedophile Associates of America.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-charity-head-arrested-for-child-sexual-abuse-images/ Reduxx - Andrew Zearley]</ref> This was a tax-exempt charity set up by what appears to be a mentally disturbed individual/sex offender who was later convicted for extreme pornography. It was unheard of, and carried out no day-to-day activities associated with the [[MAP Movement]].
*Indian National Man Boy Congress Party (1985-2008) - A hoax that originated on Wikipedia, being pushed for half a decade behind false citations in a now deleted article.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20150518021830/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile_press Wikipedia's ''Indian National Man Boy Congress Party'' Hoax, which developed a life of its own after being taken over by "lesser" Wikis.]</ref> Now said by various Wikis to have run its own magazine, the "Herald". No record of this organization exists, and none of the cited papers even mentioned it.
*Various social media accounts attempting to portray American Democrats for Minor Attracted People, as per [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy]].

===Disputed, first-wave fakes===

These are disputed examples from the first-wave (LGBT-aligned) [[MAP Movement]]. If they did exist, membership would have most likely been minimal and short-lived.

*[[Rene Guyon Society]] - there is some debate concerning the reliability of this [[Wikipedia:René Guyon Society|organization]]'s membership figures.<ref>[https://boychat.org/messages/1426863.htm RGS - BoyChat users chime in]</ref> In reality, the René Guyon Society was a one-man operation ([[Tim O'Hara]]) blown to mythical proportions by right-wing scaremongers.
*[[Lafayette Society]] - a bizarre idea. The organization is said to have included a regression to the dress and mannerisms of historical aristocracy, provision of an environment in which children could engage in sex with adults, and use of glass instruments that reduce the girth of a grown man's phallus for the penetration of an infant.

===First-wave fakes<ref name=naffoundation />===

First-wave fakes often came about as a result of confusing genuine gay and pederast activist activity with criminal organizations that shared [[Child Pornography]]. A number also appear to have been entirely fabricated, or mislabeled on the basis of reactionary prejudice.

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*Pedophile Liberation Army (PLA) - At no point in history have a group of [[Pedophilia|pedophile]]s formed a military organisation. The ''concept'' has been suggested by an outspoken webmaster calling himself ''[[Wikipedia:Ronald McDonald|Ronald McDonald]]''.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1635862.htm Ronald McDonald and his Pedophile Education website retold]</ref>
*Children's Liberation Railway - May have been a concept of [[BLAZE]], the successor of the [[Australian Paedophile Support Group]].
*The Outcasts - [[Gayle Rubin]]'s group had nothing to do with pedophilia.
*Chocolate Star Fishermen
*Kids Liberation Front
*Kimeta Society
*Mancunians
*Oedipus Boys
*Orchid Club - Criminal ring unrelated to activism, see "Wonderland Club".
*PapaBears
*Queerlanders
*SIN - Sexual Inequality Networkers.
*Streetkids Club
*The Bunnymen
*The Choirboys
*The Circle of Friends
*The Freemen - This seems like a reference to Frank Herbert's Dune.
*The Love Brothers
*The Moonlighters
*The Peacock Club
*[[Wikipedia: The Eulenspiegel Society|Eulenspiegel Society]] (actually a BDSM org)
*[[Wikipedia: Society of Janus|The Society of Janus]] (actually a BDSM org)
*The Tail Enders
*The [[Uranian Poetry|Uranians]]
*UPIE (United Paedophile Information Exchange)
*Wizards Lair
*[[Wikipedia:Operation Cathedral|Wonderland Club]] - Was a [[child pornography]] organization of disputed size (Wikipedia repeats numerous unsubstantiated claims, some of which are contradicted by its own sources) and unrelated to activism.
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==See also==

*[[San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus]]

==External links==

*[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/30/fact-check-lgbtq-community-rejects-false-association-pedophiles/5462805002/ Fact check: LGBTQ community rejects false association with pedophiles]
*[https://www.advocate.com/news/2020/7/30/lgbtq-leaders-denounce-images-proclaiming-association-pedophiles Trolls Push Fake Acronym 'LGBTP' to Associate Gays With Pedophilia]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]] [[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Lists and Special Articles]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: Indian]][[Category:History & Events: American]]

Mu

2026-05-08T20:37:54Z

Jim Burton: /* Attempts at censorship */

__NOTOC__[[File:Mu2.png|thumb|Mu black symbol]]
'''Mu (μ)''' (map-union.org, f. 25 Jun, 2024) is an international, third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] umbrella organization with a primarily European and Asian focus. It hosts an online forum for MAPs/AAMs and Allies, and releases statements and information resources intended to represent a broad range of opinions within the MAP Community. Translation into multiple languages is an ultimate aim of Mu's information strategy.

Signature features of Mu's approach include a focus on seeking publicity and engaging with media via press releases (i.e. "visibility"), and an attempt to foster communication between parts of the community with [[Anti-contact|fundamentally different views on consent]].

==Founding==

Mu was set up by way of a 4-person "enclave circle" committee, with further committee members or guests to be invited by unanimous agreement. Two committee members had previously attended [[Ipce]] and [[Newgon]]-related functions, and a further two were unaffiliated with those groups:

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*Brian Ribbon [Strategist]
*Percy Shelley [Communications Officer]
*Jim Burton [Content]
*Tommaso Battista [Languages Editor]

</div>

Mu plans to meet once a year.

==Features==

Mu organizes the updating content on its website into three streams. On the homepage, are any statements made by the group, including analysis articles and news updates. Mu runs content classes such as fact checks (Mu Verify), news and press releases. Another page on the website entitled "perspectives" is home to opinion pieces, easy-reading clickbait pieces (Mu Lowdown) and conversation starters (Mu Conversations). Guest blogs have their own page, but positioned less prominently below the "perspectives" section.

The website's editor, Jim Burton has stated that he wants it to be used by others as the inspiration for a fully designed online "MAP Lifestyle Magazine", which would combine features on more low-brow content such as YouTube celebrities, youth in cinema, and popular girls on social media.

===Forum===

Upon its opening, Mu set up a forum modelled loosely on [[B4U-ACT|B4um]], but intended to be viewable by members of the public (bar politics and sensitive offsite operations).

It has been received as a successful project by most observers, with activity levels approaching those of other forums such as [[BoyChat]] and somewhat short of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]]. There are ongoing plans to relocate and rebrand this forum, which began with a restructuring to make available more private peer support spaces, this time modeling Virped itself, but trying to avoid some of its issues with duplication of function. The reskinning plans are due to be fully acted upon in 2026 with a full rebranding and new domain name to break away from Mu while retaining the support of its staff.

==Coverage==

Mu achieved US national and social media coverage for its thoroughgoing defense of [[MAP Camp]] in 2024, and has been featured by Andy Ngo, Libs of TikTok, a former Member of the European Parliament, ''The Conversation'' (online copy), and on multiple occasions by [[Gays Against Groomers]].<ref>[https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/pedophile-group-claims-oppression-over-vt-camp-gathering-outrage-deeply-offensive-vermont-minor-attracted-persons-marshfield-montpelier-burlington-new-england-pedophilia-map-union-gender Pedophile group claims 'oppression' over Vt. camp gathering outrage: 'Deeply offensive']</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/26/activists-defend-canceled-minor-attracted-persons-camp-in-vermont-next-to-school/ Federalist article]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1875624426613698594 LGBTQ...P?], [https://x.com/ladyonorato/status/1875846959598313869 Follow up by Francesca Donato]</ref><ref>[https://theconversation.com/teenagers-and-younger-kids-are-learning-coded-predator-phrases-like-map-online-long-before-their-parents-have-even-heard-of-it-277460 Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it]</ref> Various false claims about positions espoused by the group were presented in the Italian newsmagazine Gaeta.it, alongside claims "demonstrations were held in several cities, with signs and slogans in favor of the safety of children and against any form of legitimization of sexual acts with minors", leading to outcry on social media.<ref>[https://www.gaeta.it/nuova-organizzazione-map-union-chiede-diritti-per-i-pedofili-proteste-e-interrogativi-sulla-sicurezza-dei-minori Nuova organizzazione MAP-Union chiede diritti per i pedofili: proteste e interrogativi sulla sicurezza dei minori]</ref><ref>For social mentions, see [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=945 GAG], [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1838703424008753227 Libs] and [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837189153705926728 Andy Ngo].</ref>

Almost a year after the initial controversy over MAP Camp, former ''[[Wikipedia:Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]'' actor, [[Wikipedia:Kelli Hollis|Kelli Hollis]] posted an angry TikTok in which she attacked statements made by Mu and one of its editors, Brian Ribbon.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/short-takes/laughing-at-the-angry-white-lady Laughing at the angry white lady]</ref><ref>[https://fstube.net/w/h9peVKgvgkbgF5HtihgZKd FST archive of the TikTok]</ref>

For a short time in the fall of 2024, Mu ran a highly successful [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy|Bluesky]] account under the "Mu HQ" handle, interacting with MAPs and members of the public. Mu plans to return to social media when an opportunity presents itself.

===Attempts at censorship===

In April-May 2026, Mu (and other MAP sites such as [[BoyChat]] and its French sub-forum) became the focus of an investigation by the citizen journalist, G Patrick.<ref>[https://www.gpatricksec.com/pedos-in-plain-site/ NAMBLA Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg], [https://www.gpatricksec.com/francerocks/ France Rocks], [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=4520 Thread documenting the various updates to G Patrick's investigation]</ref> This resulted in multiple call-outs on Reddit, in which Mu and various sites sharing the same server were presented as a "pedophile ring" without any evidence of illegal activity. The response even provoked governmental condemnation in France (with media citing the High Commissioner for Children).<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/blog/press-release-france-has-no-right-to-call-us-pedocriminals Press Release: France has no right to call us 'pedocriminals']</ref> Attempts to remove the sites from the internet by lobbying providers were unsuccessful.

==See also==

*[[Virtuous Pedophiles]] - A longer-running organization with similar scope but different values.
*[[MEDAL]] - MAP Equality, Dignity and Liberation.
*[[B4U-ACT]]
*[[Beyond the Plus]]

==External links==

*[https://map-union.org Home]
*[https://forum.map-union.org/index.php Forum]
*[https://archive.ph/TqRiG Bluesky (Mu HQ social media)]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]]

Mu

2026-05-08T20:36:38Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Mu2.png|thumb|Mu black symbol]]
'''Mu (μ)''' (map-union.org, f. 25 Jun, 2024) is an international, third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] umbrella organization with a primarily European and Asian focus. It hosts an online forum for MAPs/AAMs and Allies, and releases statements and information resources intended to represent a broad range of opinions within the MAP Community. Translation into multiple languages is an ultimate aim of Mu's information strategy.

Signature features of Mu's approach include a focus on seeking publicity and engaging with media via press releases (i.e. "visibility"), and an attempt to foster communication between parts of the community with [[Anti-contact|fundamentally different views on consent]].

==Founding==

Mu was set up by way of a 4-person "enclave circle" committee, with further committee members or guests to be invited by unanimous agreement. Two committee members had previously attended [[Ipce]] and [[Newgon]]-related functions, and a further two were unaffiliated with those groups:

<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">

*Brian Ribbon [Strategist]
*Percy Shelley [Communications Officer]
*Jim Burton [Content]
*Tommaso Battista [Languages Editor]

</div>

Mu plans to meet once a year.

==Features==

Mu organizes the updating content on its website into three streams. On the homepage, are any statements made by the group, including analysis articles and news updates. Mu runs content classes such as fact checks (Mu Verify), news and press releases. Another page on the website entitled "perspectives" is home to opinion pieces, easy-reading clickbait pieces (Mu Lowdown) and conversation starters (Mu Conversations). Guest blogs have their own page, but positioned less prominently below the "perspectives" section.

The website's editor, Jim Burton has stated that he wants it to be used by others as the inspiration for a fully designed online "MAP Lifestyle Magazine", which would combine features on more low-brow content such as YouTube celebrities, youth in cinema, and popular girls on social media.

===Forum===

Upon its opening, Mu set up a forum modelled loosely on [[B4U-ACT|B4um]], but intended to be viewable by members of the public (bar politics and sensitive offsite operations).

It has been received as a successful project by most observers, with activity levels approaching those of other forums such as [[BoyChat]] and somewhat short of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]]. There are ongoing plans to relocate and rebrand this forum, which began with a restructuring to make available more private peer support spaces, this time modeling Virped itself, but trying to avoid some of its issues with duplication of function. The reskinning plans are due to be fully acted upon in 2026 with a full rebranding and new domain name to break away from Mu while retaining the support of its staff.

==Coverage==

Mu achieved US national and social media coverage for its thoroughgoing defense of [[MAP Camp]] in 2024, and has been featured by Andy Ngo, Libs of TikTok, a former Member of the European Parliament, ''The Conversation'' (online copy), and on multiple occasions by [[Gays Against Groomers]].<ref>[https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/pedophile-group-claims-oppression-over-vt-camp-gathering-outrage-deeply-offensive-vermont-minor-attracted-persons-marshfield-montpelier-burlington-new-england-pedophilia-map-union-gender Pedophile group claims 'oppression' over Vt. camp gathering outrage: 'Deeply offensive']</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/26/activists-defend-canceled-minor-attracted-persons-camp-in-vermont-next-to-school/ Federalist article]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1875624426613698594 LGBTQ...P?], [https://x.com/ladyonorato/status/1875846959598313869 Follow up by Francesca Donato]</ref><ref>[https://theconversation.com/teenagers-and-younger-kids-are-learning-coded-predator-phrases-like-map-online-long-before-their-parents-have-even-heard-of-it-277460 Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it]</ref> Various false claims about positions espoused by the group were presented in the Italian newsmagazine Gaeta.it, alongside claims "demonstrations were held in several cities, with signs and slogans in favor of the safety of children and against any form of legitimization of sexual acts with minors", leading to outcry on social media.<ref>[https://www.gaeta.it/nuova-organizzazione-map-union-chiede-diritti-per-i-pedofili-proteste-e-interrogativi-sulla-sicurezza-dei-minori Nuova organizzazione MAP-Union chiede diritti per i pedofili: proteste e interrogativi sulla sicurezza dei minori]</ref><ref>For social mentions, see [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=945 GAG], [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1838703424008753227 Libs] and [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837189153705926728 Andy Ngo].</ref>

Almost a year after the initial controversy over MAP Camp, former ''[[Wikipedia:Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]'' actor, [[Wikipedia:Kelli Hollis|Kelli Hollis]] posted an angry TikTok in which she attacked statements made by Mu and one of its editors, Brian Ribbon.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/short-takes/laughing-at-the-angry-white-lady Laughing at the angry white lady]</ref><ref>[https://fstube.net/w/h9peVKgvgkbgF5HtihgZKd FST archive of the TikTok]</ref>

For a short time in the fall of 2024, Mu ran a highly successful [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy|Bluesky]] account under the "Mu HQ" handle, interacting with MAPs and members of the public. Mu plans to return to social media when an opportunity presents itself.

===Attempts at censorship===

In April-May 2026, Mu (and other MAP sites such as [[BoyChat]] and its French sub-forum) became the focus of an investigation by the citizen journalist, G Patrick.<ref>[https://www.gpatricksec.com/pedos-in-plain-site/ NAMBLA Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg], [https://www.gpatricksec.com/francerocks/ France Rocks], [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=4520 Thread documenting the various updates to G Patrick's investigation]</ref> This resulted in multiple call-outs on Reddit, in which Mu and various sites sharing the same server were presented as a "pedophile ring" without any evidence of illegal activity. The response even provoked governmental response in France (with media citing the High Commissioner for Children).<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/blog/press-release-france-has-no-right-to-call-us-pedocriminals Press Release: France has no right to call us 'pedocriminals']</ref> Attempts to remove the sites from the internet by lobbying providers were unsuccessful.

==See also==

*[[Virtuous Pedophiles]] - A longer-running organization with similar scope but different values.
*[[MEDAL]] - MAP Equality, Dignity and Liberation.
*[[B4U-ACT]]
*[[Beyond the Plus]]

==External links==

*[https://map-union.org Home]
*[https://forum.map-union.org/index.php Forum]
*[https://archive.ph/TqRiG Bluesky (Mu HQ social media)]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]]

Mu

2026-05-08T20:05:35Z

Jim Burton: /* See also */

__NOTOC__[[File:Mu2.png|thumb|Mu black symbol]]
'''Mu (μ)''' (map-union.org, f. 25 Jun, 2024) is an international, third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] umbrella organization with a primarily European and Asian focus. It hosts an online forum for MAPs/AAMs and Allies, and releases statements and information resources intended to represent a broad range of opinions within the MAP Community. Translation into multiple languages is an ultimate aim of Mu's information strategy.

Signature features of Mu's approach include a focus on seeking publicity and engaging with media via press releases (i.e. "visibility"), and an attempt to foster communication between parts of the community with [[Anti-contact|fundamentally different views on consent]].

==Founding==

Mu was set up by way of a 4-person "enclave circle" committee, with further committee members or guests to be invited by unanimous agreement. Two committee members had previously attended [[Ipce]] and [[Newgon]]-related functions, and a further two were unaffiliated with those groups:

*Brian Ribbon [Strategist]
*Percy Shelley [Communications Officer]
*Jim Burton [Content]
*Tommaso Battista [Languages Editor]

Mu plans to meet once a year.

==Features==

Mu organizes the updating content on its website into three streams. On the homepage, are any statements made by the group, including analysis articles and news updates. Mu runs content classes such as fact checks (Mu Verify), news and press releases. Another page on the website entitled "perspectives" is home to opinion pieces, easy-reading clickbait pieces (Mu Lowdown) and conversation starters (Mu Conversations). Guest blogs have their own page, but positioned less prominently below the "perspectives" section.

The website's editor, Jim Burton has stated that he wants it to be used by others as the inspiration for a fully designed online "MAP Lifestyle Magazine", which would combine features on more low-brow content such as YouTube celebrities, youth in cinema, and popular girls on social media.

===Forum===

Upon its opening, Mu set up a forum modelled loosely on [[B4U-ACT|B4um]], but intended to be viewable by members of the public (bar politics and sensitive offsite operations).

It has been received as a successful project by most observers, with activity levels approaching those of other forums such as [[BoyChat]] and somewhat short of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]]. There are ongoing plans to relocate and rebrand this forum, which began with a restructuring to make available more private peer support spaces, this time modeling Virped itself, but trying to avoid some of its issues with duplication of function. The reskinning plans are due to be fully acted upon in 2026 with a full rebranding and new domain name to break away from Mu while retaining the support of its staff.

==Coverage==

Mu achieved US national and social media coverage for its thoroughgoing defense of [[MAP Camp]] in 2024, and has been featured by Andy Ngo, Libs of TikTok, a former Member of the European Parliament, ''The Conversation'' (online copy), and on multiple occasions by [[Gays Against Groomers]].<ref>[https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/pedophile-group-claims-oppression-over-vt-camp-gathering-outrage-deeply-offensive-vermont-minor-attracted-persons-marshfield-montpelier-burlington-new-england-pedophilia-map-union-gender Pedophile group claims 'oppression' over Vt. camp gathering outrage: 'Deeply offensive']</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/26/activists-defend-canceled-minor-attracted-persons-camp-in-vermont-next-to-school/ Federalist article]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1875624426613698594 LGBTQ...P?], [https://x.com/ladyonorato/status/1875846959598313869 Follow up by Francesca Donato]</ref><ref>[https://theconversation.com/teenagers-and-younger-kids-are-learning-coded-predator-phrases-like-map-online-long-before-their-parents-have-even-heard-of-it-277460 Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it]</ref> Various false claims about positions espoused by the group were presented in the Italian newsmagazine Gaeta.it, alongside claims "demonstrations were held in several cities, with signs and slogans in favor of the safety of children and against any form of legitimization of sexual acts with minors", leading to outcry on social media.<ref>[https://www.gaeta.it/nuova-organizzazione-map-union-chiede-diritti-per-i-pedofili-proteste-e-interrogativi-sulla-sicurezza-dei-minori Nuova organizzazione MAP-Union chiede diritti per i pedofili: proteste e interrogativi sulla sicurezza dei minori]</ref><ref>For social mentions, see [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=945 GAG], [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1838703424008753227 Libs] and [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837189153705926728 Andy Ngo].</ref>

Almost a year after the initial controversy over MAP Camp, former ''[[Wikipedia:Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]'' actor, [[Wikipedia:Kelli Hollis|Kelli Hollis]] posted an angry TikTok in which she attacked statements made by Mu and one of its editors, Brian Ribbon.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/short-takes/laughing-at-the-angry-white-lady Laughing at the angry white lady]</ref><ref>[https://fstube.net/w/h9peVKgvgkbgF5HtihgZKd FST archive of the TikTok]</ref>

For a short time in the fall of 2024, Mu ran a highly successful [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy|Bluesky]] account under the "Mu HQ" handle, interacting with MAPs and members of the public. Mu plans to return to social media when an opportunity presents itself.

===Attempts at censorship===

In April-May 2026, Mu (and other MAP sites such as [[BoyChat]] and its French sub-forum) became the focus of an investigation by the citizen journalist, G Patrick.<ref>[https://www.gpatricksec.com/pedos-in-plain-site/ NAMBLA Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg], [https://www.gpatricksec.com/francerocks/ France Rocks], [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=4520 Thread documenting the various updates to G Patrick's investigation]</ref> This resulted in multiple call-outs on Reddit, in which Mu and various sites sharing the same server were presented as a "pedophile ring" without any evidence of illegal activity. The response even provoked governmental response in France (with media citing the High Commissioner for Children).<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/blog/press-release-france-has-no-right-to-call-us-pedocriminals Press Release: France has no right to call us 'pedocriminals']</ref> Attempts to remove the sites from the internet by lobbying providers were unsuccessful.

==See also==

*[[Virtuous Pedophiles]] - A longer-running organization with similar scope but different values.
*[[MEDAL]] - MAP Equality, Dignity and Liberation.
*[[B4U-ACT]]
*[[Beyond the Plus]]

==External links==

*[https://map-union.org Home]
*[https://forum.map-union.org/index.php Forum]
*[https://archive.ph/TqRiG Bluesky (Mu HQ social media)]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]]

Mu

2026-05-08T20:02:54Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Mu2.png|thumb|Mu black symbol]]
'''Mu (μ)''' (map-union.org, f. 25 Jun, 2024) is an international, third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] umbrella organization with a primarily European and Asian focus. It hosts an online forum for MAPs/AAMs and Allies, and releases statements and information resources intended to represent a broad range of opinions within the MAP Community. Translation into multiple languages is an ultimate aim of Mu's information strategy.

Signature features of Mu's approach include a focus on seeking publicity and engaging with media via press releases (i.e. "visibility"), and an attempt to foster communication between parts of the community with [[Anti-contact|fundamentally different views on consent]].

==Founding==

Mu was set up by way of a 4-person "enclave circle" committee, with further committee members or guests to be invited by unanimous agreement. Two committee members had previously attended [[Ipce]] and [[Newgon]]-related functions, and a further two were unaffiliated with those groups:

*Brian Ribbon [Strategist]
*Percy Shelley [Communications Officer]
*Jim Burton [Content]
*Tommaso Battista [Languages Editor]

Mu plans to meet once a year.

==Features==

Mu organizes the updating content on its website into three streams. On the homepage, are any statements made by the group, including analysis articles and news updates. Mu runs content classes such as fact checks (Mu Verify), news and press releases. Another page on the website entitled "perspectives" is home to opinion pieces, easy-reading clickbait pieces (Mu Lowdown) and conversation starters (Mu Conversations). Guest blogs have their own page, but positioned less prominently below the "perspectives" section.

The website's editor, Jim Burton has stated that he wants it to be used by others as the inspiration for a fully designed online "MAP Lifestyle Magazine", which would combine features on more low-brow content such as YouTube celebrities, youth in cinema, and popular girls on social media.

===Forum===

Upon its opening, Mu set up a forum modelled loosely on [[B4U-ACT|B4um]], but intended to be viewable by members of the public (bar politics and sensitive offsite operations).

It has been received as a successful project by most observers, with activity levels approaching those of other forums such as [[BoyChat]] and somewhat short of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]]. There are ongoing plans to relocate and rebrand this forum, which began with a restructuring to make available more private peer support spaces, this time modeling Virped itself, but trying to avoid some of its issues with duplication of function. The reskinning plans are due to be fully acted upon in 2026 with a full rebranding and new domain name to break away from Mu while retaining the support of its staff.

==Coverage==

Mu achieved US national and social media coverage for its thoroughgoing defense of [[MAP Camp]] in 2024, and has been featured by Andy Ngo, Libs of TikTok, a former Member of the European Parliament, ''The Conversation'' (online copy), and on multiple occasions by [[Gays Against Groomers]].<ref>[https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/pedophile-group-claims-oppression-over-vt-camp-gathering-outrage-deeply-offensive-vermont-minor-attracted-persons-marshfield-montpelier-burlington-new-england-pedophilia-map-union-gender Pedophile group claims 'oppression' over Vt. camp gathering outrage: 'Deeply offensive']</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/26/activists-defend-canceled-minor-attracted-persons-camp-in-vermont-next-to-school/ Federalist article]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1875624426613698594 LGBTQ...P?], [https://x.com/ladyonorato/status/1875846959598313869 Follow up by Francesca Donato]</ref><ref>[https://theconversation.com/teenagers-and-younger-kids-are-learning-coded-predator-phrases-like-map-online-long-before-their-parents-have-even-heard-of-it-277460 Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it]</ref> Various false claims about positions espoused by the group were presented in the Italian newsmagazine Gaeta.it, alongside claims "demonstrations were held in several cities, with signs and slogans in favor of the safety of children and against any form of legitimization of sexual acts with minors", leading to outcry on social media.<ref>[https://www.gaeta.it/nuova-organizzazione-map-union-chiede-diritti-per-i-pedofili-proteste-e-interrogativi-sulla-sicurezza-dei-minori Nuova organizzazione MAP-Union chiede diritti per i pedofili: proteste e interrogativi sulla sicurezza dei minori]</ref><ref>For social mentions, see [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=945 GAG], [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1838703424008753227 Libs] and [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837189153705926728 Andy Ngo].</ref>

Almost a year after the initial controversy over MAP Camp, former ''[[Wikipedia:Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]'' actor, [[Wikipedia:Kelli Hollis|Kelli Hollis]] posted an angry TikTok in which she attacked statements made by Mu and one of its editors, Brian Ribbon.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/short-takes/laughing-at-the-angry-white-lady Laughing at the angry white lady]</ref><ref>[https://fstube.net/w/h9peVKgvgkbgF5HtihgZKd FST archive of the TikTok]</ref>

For a short time in the fall of 2024, Mu ran a highly successful [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy|Bluesky]] account under the "Mu HQ" handle, interacting with MAPs and members of the public. Mu plans to return to social media when an opportunity presents itself.

===Attempts at censorship===

In April-May 2026, Mu (and other MAP sites such as [[BoyChat]] and its French sub-forum) became the focus of an investigation by the citizen journalist, G Patrick.<ref>[https://www.gpatricksec.com/pedos-in-plain-site/ NAMBLA Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg], [https://www.gpatricksec.com/francerocks/ France Rocks], [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=4520 Thread documenting the various updates to G Patrick's investigation]</ref> This resulted in multiple call-outs on Reddit, in which Mu and various sites sharing the same server were presented as a "pedophile ring" without any evidence of illegal activity. The response even provoked governmental response in France (with media citing the High Commissioner for Children).<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/blog/press-release-france-has-no-right-to-call-us-pedocriminals Press Release: France has no right to call us 'pedocriminals']</ref> Attempts to remove the sites from the internet by lobbying providers were unsuccessful.

==See also==

*[[MEDAL]] - MAP Equality, Dignity and Liberation.

==External links==

*[https://map-union.org Home]
*[https://forum.map-union.org/index.php Forum]
*[https://archive.ph/TqRiG Bluesky (Mu HQ social media)]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]]

Virtuous Pedophiles

2026-05-08T19:50:29Z

Jim Burton: /* Charlie (ex-Director's) arrest controversy */ More researcher than anti

__NOTOC__
[[File:Virp.jpg|thumb|Logo]]
'''Virtuous Pedophiles''' (aka '''Virped''', founded June, 2012) is an online forum and peer support community for [[anti-contact]] [[Minor Attracted People|MAPs]].

The forum is home to [[pedophilia|pedophiles]] who agree to conduct themselves in a socially-appropriate fashion, refusing to support the social acceptance of [[minor-adult sex|sex between adults and minors]]. Such pedophiles might be referred to '''ACNOMAPs''' - [[Anti-contact]] and [[NOMAP]]. The group is synonymous with its heyday of the mid-10s in much the same way [[NAMBLA]] is associated with the 80s.

The group's efforts have been supported for their potential benefits by several human sexuality experts.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pedophiles-20130115,0,197689.story "Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia". L.A. Times.]</ref><ref>[http://ec.libsyn.com/p/f/7/c/f7cc1c69daaade64/savagelove-121812.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01cf8f37d4ca5fff06&c_id=5238826 "Savage Love Podcast (episode 321) Starts at 21:30". Retrieved 27 April 2014.]</ref> The group was acknowledged in a New York Times editorial about the distinction between pedophilia and child sexual abuse by law professor Margo Kaplan. Kaplan wrote, "It is not that these individuals are 'inactive' or 'nonpracticing' pedophiles, but rather that pedophilia is a status and not an act."

==Operation==

===Concept and founding===

''What We Virtuous Pedophiles Really Believe'', by Ethan Edwards (in [[Media:Alice Lovers Magazine 4.pdf|Alice Lovers Magazine No. 4]]).

<blockquote>''For peer support, Nick was referred to the B4U-ACT peer support group. Unfortunately he did not enjoy his time there. He thought they were unnecessarily antagonistic towards scientists who had befriended him. And, in fact, its leader Richard Kramer alienated these scientists by aggressively criticizing them for supporting the view that there is such a thing as pedophilic disorder, as expressed in the proposed DSM-5 TM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Nick also believed that the societal hatred attached to pedophilia could be reduced if society could be made to understand the difference between pedophilia (sexual feelings towards children) and child sexual abuse (sexual acts with children). He felt that B4U-ACT could make progress in this area, but only if it unequivocally stated that adults should not have sexual contact with children. B4U-ACT refused to do this because it believed this would alienate pedophiles and also, Nick believed, because many of its leaders felt that adult-child sex should be legal. After trying to get B4U-ACT to modify its views, Nick decided the differences were too great to be bridged, and in 2011 he resigned from the organization. He had an idea of creating a website that would express the reality that many pedophiles are dedicated to (and succeed at) avoiding sexual contact with children. Nick began work on a website for this new organization in 2012.''</blockquote>

===Social Media===

Prior to their eventual suspension in late August, 2022 Virped had been active on Twitter/X for some time under the '''@virpeds''' handle, created October 2015. Before the account even existed, they were given some support on Twitter by [[James Cantor]], mentioned by CBC News, [[Karen Franklin]] and the [[Alfred Kinsey|Kinsey Institute]].

Virped employed a two-forked social media strategy on Twitter, using one main account (@virpeds) to collect followers and retweet the comments of another (@virpedspeaks). This was a preemptive strategy to sacrifice the latter account in the event of suspension, but ultimately their main account was the first to be banned.

==Controversies==

In some cases, [[pro-c]] MAPs have criticized the organization when members stray from its strict guidelines.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/home/virtuous-pedophiles-a-cult-that-needs-to-die Criticism on BrianRibbon.com]</ref> Others have characterised attacks on Virped as unhelpful.<ref>See BC threads, [https://boychat.org/messages/1643531.htm], [https://boychat.org/messages/1644122.htm], [https://boychat.org/messages/1644698.htm].</ref>

===Banning of various accounts from Twitter===

In 2022, the group was linked to a pamphleting campaign in the United Kingdom<ref>[https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/letter-non-offending-paedophile-planted-7347849 Bristol Post on the letter being reported to Police]</ref> by its own social media manager, Bly Rede. Radical feminists at Reduxx attempted to drum up hate against this, resulting in the banning of Virped's main account from [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]].<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-organization-placing-propaganda-letters-in-uk-libraries/ Reduxx - Virped Pamphlet Campaign]</ref> It appears Virped had only just given Bly Rede access to their 7-year old Twitter account, and he then made a series of posts claiming that he was engaged in this campaign, oblivious to the risk this posed to the account. The account was permanently banned.

Virped's secondary account ('''@virpedspeaks''') still continued to operate and post updates on a private, follower-only basis until around the turn of April and May 2023, when it was banned in the wake of Elon Musk's renewed crackdown against "child exploitation" accounts.<ref>[https://twitter.com/DrGTenbergen/status/1653498076445790214 G Tenbergen - Virped ban] It is of note that this was in the wake of the 2023 [[Alice Day]]/[[Youth Attracted Person]] controversy.</ref> In October 2023, undeterred by previous bans, Virped launched '''@virpedofficial''', which saw minimal activity in 2024, sometimes book-ending Cantor's defenses of the organization. It was subsequently removed, either by Virped, or again by Musk, and no account has resurfaced in 2025.

===Individuals===

====Todd Nickerson (former spokesman)====

[[Todd Nickerson]] is one individual associated with the organization, who has faced criticism at varying points in time. Our article summarizes those criticisms.

====Ethan Edwards (Founder, Board Member)====

There has been minor controversy around Ethan Edwards and some views he holds (see links section), although he has defended these positions since they became controversial.

====Sammy Jenkins (Director)====

In 2025, one of Virped's directors was forced to step down after drunken, nonconsensual touching of a "young adult" following one of the Après for a large conference of MAPs and Therapists. Contrary to some reporting, this was not an official event and did not involve minors.

====Charlie (ex-Director's) arrest controversy====

The above drama was shortly followed by the arrest of Sammy's co-director on unrelated charges of child pornography and contact offending, charges members of the forum at first contested as implausible. Charlie was dismissed and Sammy re-appointed following this announcement. The circumstances around Charlie's case are unclear, and investigations are ongoing, with one admission to an illegal act being later confirmed by Virped admin.

After some attention in online pro-c media, this controversy was first covered in detail by Reduxx<ref>[https://reduxx.info/exclusive-director-of-prominent-non-offending-pedophile-group-arrested-charged-with-raping-children/ Genevieve Gluck's Reduxx story on Charlie], [https://genevievegluck.substack.com/p/exclusive-director-of-prominent-non/comments See also GG Substack]</ref> and Kiwifarms, with the social media and forum threads devolving into open calls for targeted murder, genocide, and racist comments. Considerable attention was given to one optimistic Virped member's contention that his peers were "like cockroaches" whose lowly position in the social pecking order makes them harder to diminish. [[Wikipedia:American Thinker|American Thinker]], a blog known for its conspiratorialist views, then falsely alleged that another director, Markus, had admitted to historical offences.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/a_primary_school_teacher_also_working_as_a_director_for_a_non_offending_pedophile_group_gets_arrested_for_child_rape.html Piece by American Thinker]</ref> A Vtuber later covered the controversy, drawing in a few thousand views.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/nobnjyEF5u7sL1sbDabj2o Commentary by a Vtuber]</ref>

The Reduxx story immediately followed research by a British citizen researcher and sex worker activist named Elliot Walton, who credibly claimed to have obtained a Virped account, something that is as easy as registering an account, and the site's administrators themselves warn other users is likely to happen. Walton later communicated some regret that his research had led to the abovementioned comments, which he said "dignified" Virped, who he concluded had designed their organization to draw fire and then play the victim.<ref>'''x.com/Elliot__Walton/status/1956321004009259132''' - Initial thread and sources from Elliot Walton, '''x.com/Elliot__Walton/status/1962277880488202475''' - Further commentary by Walton (now seemingly lost as the account no longer exists)</ref>

====Connor Weston's gun stunt====

In April of 2025, before the controversy surrounding the Directors of Virped, non-committee Virped member Connor Weston began sharing videos online, outing himself as a [[NOMAP|non-offending anti-contact pedophile]].<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/76wh2cm3y9bhyjTZ3jEuS7 Possibly Weston's first video]</ref> In October of that year, amid concerns about his mental health, he stormed the stage of a [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|Wikipedia]] Convention with a revolver, which he pointed at his head, leading to widespread panic in the audience. Weeks prior, had right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk been shot in the neck and killed at a speaking event.

Weston was swiftly arrested and charged with firearms related offences; media attention was widespread and appeared to refer to various points in his platform, including his disillusionment with Wikipedia's policies.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2025/10/17/us-news/nyc-wikipedia-conference-halted-when-non-offending-pedophile-storms-stage-points-gun-at-own-head/ NYC Wikipedia conference halted when ‘non-offending pedophile’ storms stage, points gun at own head], [https://reduxx.info/pedophile-activist-who-disrupted-wikipedia-conference-was-member-of-influential-advocacy-group/], [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/19/ohio-man-wikipedia-conference], [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/nyregion/wikipedia-conference-gunman.html], [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/armed-man-upends-nyc-wikipedia-conference-rcna238250], [https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/17/gunman-waving-weapon-around-at-nyc-wikipedia-conference-nabbed/], [https://www.newsweek.com/nyc-wikipedia-conference-gun-threat-arrest-10897284], [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15204179/wikipedia-conference-gunman-volunteers-new-york.html], [https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/18/non-offending-pedophile-rainbow-flag-threatens-shoot-himself-wikipedia-conference-new-york-city/], [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/wikipedia-contributors-block-armed-man-from-shooting-self/amp/], [https://local12.com/news/nation-world/ohio-wikipedia-conference-suicide-threat-gun-kill-himself-pedophile-non-offending-maps-minor-attracted-person-shooting-threatens-threatened-convention-event-stage-stormed-climbed-attack-arrest-arrested], [https://thepostmillennial.com/man-declares-himself-a-non-contact-pedophile-puts-gun-to-his-head-during-nyc-wikipedia-conference], [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gunman-arrested-storming-stage-nyc-wikipedia-conference_n_68f3c144e4b085924979a793]</ref>

==Anti-contactism: moderation, ethos and criticism==

The two founders of the group use the pseudonyms '''Ethan Edwards and Nick Devin''', and formed '''Virped''' because they objected to [[B4U-ACT]]'s noncommittal stance re. their deeply held [[anti-contact]] views. There are over 9000 users registered, including parents of children, parents of pedophiles, and a few sex researchers. Websites that have pursued a similar approach are the German website Schicksal und Herausforderung (German for Fate and Challenge) and the Czech forum ČEPEK.

Members have presented themselves as battling against unwanted impulses,<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2012/07/01/meet_pedophiles_who_mean_well/ "Meet pedophiles who mean well: The men behind VirtuousPedophiles.com are attracted to children but devoted to denying their desires". Salon.com.]</ref> leading some to describe them as subservient to the predominant medical narrative of pedophilia. Virped nevertheless pursues an agenda of destigmatization in their limited public advocacy work.

===Moderation===

Virped have pursued strict rules of moderation from the outset. According to their founder:

:''"we do not allow discussions of whether adult-[minor] sex is fundamentally OK ''[...]'' We banned discussion of Trump some time ago, and more recently have banned anti-vax positions ''[...]'' we don't allow jokes with the N-word"''<ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1584775.htm BoyChat post: Introducing (drum roll): Virtuous Pedophiles!]</ref>

Their history with the [[boylove]] community goes back some time, and tends not to be particularly positive.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1636408.htm Eric Tazelaar] of [[NAMBLA]] for example, explains why he is not a Virped</ref> They have at times been described as cult-like in their mode of operation.<ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1445888.htm BoyChat post: Virtuous Pedophiles is a hoax, nothing more]</ref><ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1574088.htm BoyChat post: Who is lying here?]</ref> The group's use of potentially mischaracterizing terms such as [[pro-c|pro-contact]] and [[anti-contact]] has also drawn criticism in some quarters, as has the idea of [[pro-c]] MAPs being "lectured" on moral values by forum members, some of whom are ex-cons.

===Hard [[medicalism]]===

Virped's FAQ states "we would certainly wish that any newborn baby not turn out to be a pedophile". This hard medicalist focus has been cited as somewhat concerning, given one of their main supporters is Dr. [[James Cantor]], who aggressively focuses his research on finding biological markers for pedophilia.

===Religiousity===

Virped have not attempted to hide their religious connections from the very beginning, and the group remains open to people of all faiths. In one article, the experiences of two LDS Virpeds are charted.<ref>[https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2022/07/experiences-of-latter-day-saint-virtuous-pedophiles/ Experiences of Latter-day Saint “Virtuous Pedophiles”]</ref>

The group's influence has occasionally been compared to [[Wikipedia:Side B Christians|Side B Christians]] within the homosexual movement.

===Levels of activity===

Insiders had reported a reduction in forum activity in 2021 and 2022 - including, but not limited to the absence of key representatives and their activist initiatives. Forum activity was nevertheless healthy by 2024, with over 100 posts per day exceeding its lifetime average.

==See also==

*[[Prostasia Foundation]]
*[[B4U-ACT]]
*[[Mu]]
*[[MEDAL]]
*[[Ipce]]
*[[Todd Nickerson]] and [[Gary Gibson]] - Examples of Virpeds who have gained publicity in the media.
*[[Operation Underground Railroad]] - Another organization with religious roots, including LDS, but on the opposite side of the debate.

==External links==

*[http://www.virped.org/ Official site]
:*[https://www.virped.org/our-supporters.html Supporters]
:*[https://celibatepedos.virped.org/categories/12-Pro-Legalization-arguments Pro-Legalization arguments] - A selection of essays by a founder of Virped, appearing to entertain limits and boundaries relating to [[minor-adult sex]]. Freak University and [https://thepword.net/age-difference.html The P Word] has [https://library.freak.university/celibatepedos.virped.org/archives/ archived] this and many of his writings.
::*[https://celibatepedos.virped.org/archives/74-How-things-change-when-the-girl-is-13-instead-of-8.html How things change when the girl is 13 instead of 8] ([https://library.freak.university/celibatepedos.virped.org/archives/74-How-things-change-when-the-girl-is-13-instead-of-8.html backup])<ref><small>Our emphasis:
<br>
''Unlike the 8-year-old, the 13-year-old is likely to think of sex a lot and be very interested. She understands roughly why the man is interested and the power of his desire. But whereas young women and men in their early 20s may find the presence or absence of a sex life as central to happiness, this is far less likely for the 13-year-old. Even if her desire is powerful, the admonition to wait until she is 16 is just not a huge burden on her.''
<br>
''I mentioned that adult women all too often feel coerced into sex they really didn't want. The 13-year-old is far more susceptible to this (though less susceptible than the 8-year-old). She may often want to feel more grown-up than she is -- not the best reason to have sex. A man is more likely to have things she cannot get for herself, such as a car and money, and sex can be a way to get them.''
<br>
''I argued <earlier> that women are typically configured to be very sensitive to betrayal by a man who she thinks is interested in a long-term relationship but who isn't. It is a greater risk for 13-year-olds for a number of reasons. The chances that a relationship will actually last are far lower. The girl will typically be less astute in figuring out whether a man is sincere and whether the relationship actually can last. She is also more emotionally fragile and likely to suffer more from abandonment. She may also think she is just playing around, but later find that sex has unleashed feelings far stronger than simple sexual desire.''
<br>
''Pro-contact pedophiles note that in many societies, girls at age 13 are routinely married. They are correct that the girls are (usually) physically ready for sexual intercourse. They are implicitly correct that such girls do not suffer serious psychological trauma that renders them ineffective adults.''
<br>
[...]
<br>
''All that said, some young teen girls are legitimately attracted to adult men. Some know just what they want and go for it. They may later suffer but chalk it up to a learning experience. Even today, with severe penalties a possibility, such relationships are surely very common -- they just rarely make it to the attention of a willing prosecutor.''
<br>
''How do we reconcile the young girl's greater vulnerability (and lower need for sex as part of the good life) with genuine interest and what is quite a common reality? '''The compromise I propose is that for girls of (say) age 13 and above, there should be no prosecution unless the girl herself wants it -- without heavy pressure from parents or law enforcement. This system leaves in place the most important protection -- if she was raped, there is no need to prove lack of consent.''' If it can be proven that sex happened, then if she says she did not consent she is automatically right. She could also admit she agreed to the sex but it was under false pretenses -- this should also result in a conviction, though a lighter sentence. But she also has the option to forgive the man and chalk it up to a learning experience. Of course, if she is enthusiastic about the relationship, she would not support prosecution.''
<br>
''Her judgment that she wants the man prosecuted should not be required immediately -- she should have a few years at least to re-evaluate the experience.''
<br>
[...]
<br>
''An intriguing alternative accomplishing some of the same purpose would be a <German-style age of consent law>. The age of consent is 14, but subject to certain restrictions involving abuse of power that apply up to age 18.''</ref>
*[https://www.boywiki.org/en/Virtuous_Pedophiles BoyWiki]
*[https://heretictoc.com/2013/11/22/virtuous-turkeys-vote-for-christmas/ Heretic TOC Article]

===Depictions of similarly aligned pedophiles===

These were popular in the mid-10s media, and include various NOMAP-sympathetic documentaries, such as ''[[I, Pedophile]]'' and ''The Pedophile Next Door''. Further examples:

*[https://www.vice.com/en/article/nn9b8d/can-we-ever-change-our-attitudes-towards-paedophilia-279 Daniel's World] - Czech [https://dafilms.com/film/9659-daniel-s-world documentary].
*Salon articles focusing on [[Todd Nickerson]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180601083040/https://medium.com/pedophiles-about-pedophilia/why-pedophilia-and-pedophiles-are-not-a-risk-to-children-4d00a935dd39 TNF.]

==References==

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Virtuous Pedophiles

2026-05-08T19:47:36Z

Jim Burton: /* Charlie (ex-Director's) arrest controversy */

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'''Virtuous Pedophiles''' (aka '''Virped''', founded June, 2012) is an online forum and peer support community for [[anti-contact]] [[Minor Attracted People|MAPs]].

The forum is home to [[pedophilia|pedophiles]] who agree to conduct themselves in a socially-appropriate fashion, refusing to support the social acceptance of [[minor-adult sex|sex between adults and minors]]. Such pedophiles might be referred to '''ACNOMAPs''' - [[Anti-contact]] and [[NOMAP]]. The group is synonymous with its heyday of the mid-10s in much the same way [[NAMBLA]] is associated with the 80s.

The group's efforts have been supported for their potential benefits by several human sexuality experts.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pedophiles-20130115,0,197689.story "Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia". L.A. Times.]</ref><ref>[http://ec.libsyn.com/p/f/7/c/f7cc1c69daaade64/savagelove-121812.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01cf8f37d4ca5fff06&c_id=5238826 "Savage Love Podcast (episode 321) Starts at 21:30". Retrieved 27 April 2014.]</ref> The group was acknowledged in a New York Times editorial about the distinction between pedophilia and child sexual abuse by law professor Margo Kaplan. Kaplan wrote, "It is not that these individuals are 'inactive' or 'nonpracticing' pedophiles, but rather that pedophilia is a status and not an act."

==Operation==

===Concept and founding===

''What We Virtuous Pedophiles Really Believe'', by Ethan Edwards (in [[Media:Alice Lovers Magazine 4.pdf|Alice Lovers Magazine No. 4]]).

<blockquote>''For peer support, Nick was referred to the B4U-ACT peer support group. Unfortunately he did not enjoy his time there. He thought they were unnecessarily antagonistic towards scientists who had befriended him. And, in fact, its leader Richard Kramer alienated these scientists by aggressively criticizing them for supporting the view that there is such a thing as pedophilic disorder, as expressed in the proposed DSM-5 TM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Nick also believed that the societal hatred attached to pedophilia could be reduced if society could be made to understand the difference between pedophilia (sexual feelings towards children) and child sexual abuse (sexual acts with children). He felt that B4U-ACT could make progress in this area, but only if it unequivocally stated that adults should not have sexual contact with children. B4U-ACT refused to do this because it believed this would alienate pedophiles and also, Nick believed, because many of its leaders felt that adult-child sex should be legal. After trying to get B4U-ACT to modify its views, Nick decided the differences were too great to be bridged, and in 2011 he resigned from the organization. He had an idea of creating a website that would express the reality that many pedophiles are dedicated to (and succeed at) avoiding sexual contact with children. Nick began work on a website for this new organization in 2012.''</blockquote>

===Social Media===

Prior to their eventual suspension in late August, 2022 Virped had been active on Twitter/X for some time under the '''@virpeds''' handle, created October 2015. Before the account even existed, they were given some support on Twitter by [[James Cantor]], mentioned by CBC News, [[Karen Franklin]] and the [[Alfred Kinsey|Kinsey Institute]].

Virped employed a two-forked social media strategy on Twitter, using one main account (@virpeds) to collect followers and retweet the comments of another (@virpedspeaks). This was a preemptive strategy to sacrifice the latter account in the event of suspension, but ultimately their main account was the first to be banned.

==Controversies==

In some cases, [[pro-c]] MAPs have criticized the organization when members stray from its strict guidelines.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/home/virtuous-pedophiles-a-cult-that-needs-to-die Criticism on BrianRibbon.com]</ref> Others have characterised attacks on Virped as unhelpful.<ref>See BC threads, [https://boychat.org/messages/1643531.htm], [https://boychat.org/messages/1644122.htm], [https://boychat.org/messages/1644698.htm].</ref>

===Banning of various accounts from Twitter===

In 2022, the group was linked to a pamphleting campaign in the United Kingdom<ref>[https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/letter-non-offending-paedophile-planted-7347849 Bristol Post on the letter being reported to Police]</ref> by its own social media manager, Bly Rede. Radical feminists at Reduxx attempted to drum up hate against this, resulting in the banning of Virped's main account from [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]].<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-organization-placing-propaganda-letters-in-uk-libraries/ Reduxx - Virped Pamphlet Campaign]</ref> It appears Virped had only just given Bly Rede access to their 7-year old Twitter account, and he then made a series of posts claiming that he was engaged in this campaign, oblivious to the risk this posed to the account. The account was permanently banned.

Virped's secondary account ('''@virpedspeaks''') still continued to operate and post updates on a private, follower-only basis until around the turn of April and May 2023, when it was banned in the wake of Elon Musk's renewed crackdown against "child exploitation" accounts.<ref>[https://twitter.com/DrGTenbergen/status/1653498076445790214 G Tenbergen - Virped ban] It is of note that this was in the wake of the 2023 [[Alice Day]]/[[Youth Attracted Person]] controversy.</ref> In October 2023, undeterred by previous bans, Virped launched '''@virpedofficial''', which saw minimal activity in 2024, sometimes book-ending Cantor's defenses of the organization. It was subsequently removed, either by Virped, or again by Musk, and no account has resurfaced in 2025.

===Individuals===

====Todd Nickerson (former spokesman)====

[[Todd Nickerson]] is one individual associated with the organization, who has faced criticism at varying points in time. Our article summarizes those criticisms.

====Ethan Edwards (Founder, Board Member)====

There has been minor controversy around Ethan Edwards and some views he holds (see links section), although he has defended these positions since they became controversial.

====Sammy Jenkins (Director)====

In 2025, one of Virped's directors was forced to step down after drunken, nonconsensual touching of a "young adult" following one of the Après for a large conference of MAPs and Therapists. Contrary to some reporting, this was not an official event and did not involve minors.

====Charlie (ex-Director's) arrest controversy====

The above drama was shortly followed by the arrest of Sammy's co-director on unrelated charges of child pornography and contact offending, charges members of the forum at first contested as implausible. Charlie was dismissed and Sammy re-appointed following this announcement. The circumstances around Charlie's case are unclear, and investigations are ongoing, with one admission to an illegal act being later confirmed by Virped admin.

After some attention in online pro-c media, this controversy was first covered in detail by Reduxx<ref>[https://reduxx.info/exclusive-director-of-prominent-non-offending-pedophile-group-arrested-charged-with-raping-children/ Genevieve Gluck's Reduxx story on Charlie], [https://genevievegluck.substack.com/p/exclusive-director-of-prominent-non/comments See also GG Substack]</ref> and Kiwifarms, with the social media and forum threads devolving into open calls for targeted murder, genocide, and racist comments. Considerable attention was given to one optimistic Virped member's contention that his peers were "like cockroaches" whose lowly position in the social pecking order makes them harder to diminish. [[Wikipedia:American Thinker|American Thinker]], a blog known for its conspiratorialist views, then falsely alleged that another director, Markus, had admitted to historical offences.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/a_primary_school_teacher_also_working_as_a_director_for_a_non_offending_pedophile_group_gets_arrested_for_child_rape.html Piece by American Thinker]</ref> A Vtuber later covered the controversy, drawing in a few thousand views.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/nobnjyEF5u7sL1sbDabj2o Commentary by a Vtuber]</ref>

The Reduxx story immediately followed research by a British anti and sex worker activist named Elliot Walton, who credibly claimed to have obtained a Virped account, something that is as easy as registering an account, and the site's administrators themselves warn other users is likely to happen. Walton later communicated some regret that his research had led to the abovementioned comments, which he said "dignified" Virped, who he concluded had designed their organization to draw fire and then play the victim.<ref>[https://x.com/Elliot__Walton/status/1956321004009259132 Initial thread and sources from Elliot Walton]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/Elliot__Walton/status/1962277880488202475 Further commentary by Walton]</ref>

====Connor Weston's gun stunt====

In April of 2025, before the controversy surrounding the Directors of Virped, non-committee Virped member Connor Weston began sharing videos online, outing himself as a [[NOMAP|non-offending anti-contact pedophile]].<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/76wh2cm3y9bhyjTZ3jEuS7 Possibly Weston's first video]</ref> In October of that year, amid concerns about his mental health, he stormed the stage of a [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|Wikipedia]] Convention with a revolver, which he pointed at his head, leading to widespread panic in the audience. Weeks prior, had right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk been shot in the neck and killed at a speaking event.

Weston was swiftly arrested and charged with firearms related offences; media attention was widespread and appeared to refer to various points in his platform, including his disillusionment with Wikipedia's policies.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2025/10/17/us-news/nyc-wikipedia-conference-halted-when-non-offending-pedophile-storms-stage-points-gun-at-own-head/ NYC Wikipedia conference halted when ‘non-offending pedophile’ storms stage, points gun at own head], [https://reduxx.info/pedophile-activist-who-disrupted-wikipedia-conference-was-member-of-influential-advocacy-group/], [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/19/ohio-man-wikipedia-conference], [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/nyregion/wikipedia-conference-gunman.html], [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/armed-man-upends-nyc-wikipedia-conference-rcna238250], [https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/17/gunman-waving-weapon-around-at-nyc-wikipedia-conference-nabbed/], [https://www.newsweek.com/nyc-wikipedia-conference-gun-threat-arrest-10897284], [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15204179/wikipedia-conference-gunman-volunteers-new-york.html], [https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/18/non-offending-pedophile-rainbow-flag-threatens-shoot-himself-wikipedia-conference-new-york-city/], [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/wikipedia-contributors-block-armed-man-from-shooting-self/amp/], [https://local12.com/news/nation-world/ohio-wikipedia-conference-suicide-threat-gun-kill-himself-pedophile-non-offending-maps-minor-attracted-person-shooting-threatens-threatened-convention-event-stage-stormed-climbed-attack-arrest-arrested], [https://thepostmillennial.com/man-declares-himself-a-non-contact-pedophile-puts-gun-to-his-head-during-nyc-wikipedia-conference], [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gunman-arrested-storming-stage-nyc-wikipedia-conference_n_68f3c144e4b085924979a793]</ref>

==Anti-contactism: moderation, ethos and criticism==

The two founders of the group use the pseudonyms '''Ethan Edwards and Nick Devin''', and formed '''Virped''' because they objected to [[B4U-ACT]]'s noncommittal stance re. their deeply held [[anti-contact]] views. There are over 9000 users registered, including parents of children, parents of pedophiles, and a few sex researchers. Websites that have pursued a similar approach are the German website Schicksal und Herausforderung (German for Fate and Challenge) and the Czech forum ČEPEK.

Members have presented themselves as battling against unwanted impulses,<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2012/07/01/meet_pedophiles_who_mean_well/ "Meet pedophiles who mean well: The men behind VirtuousPedophiles.com are attracted to children but devoted to denying their desires". Salon.com.]</ref> leading some to describe them as subservient to the predominant medical narrative of pedophilia. Virped nevertheless pursues an agenda of destigmatization in their limited public advocacy work.

===Moderation===

Virped have pursued strict rules of moderation from the outset. According to their founder:

:''"we do not allow discussions of whether adult-[minor] sex is fundamentally OK ''[...]'' We banned discussion of Trump some time ago, and more recently have banned anti-vax positions ''[...]'' we don't allow jokes with the N-word"''<ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1584775.htm BoyChat post: Introducing (drum roll): Virtuous Pedophiles!]</ref>

Their history with the [[boylove]] community goes back some time, and tends not to be particularly positive.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1636408.htm Eric Tazelaar] of [[NAMBLA]] for example, explains why he is not a Virped</ref> They have at times been described as cult-like in their mode of operation.<ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1445888.htm BoyChat post: Virtuous Pedophiles is a hoax, nothing more]</ref><ref>[https://secure.boychat.org/messages/1574088.htm BoyChat post: Who is lying here?]</ref> The group's use of potentially mischaracterizing terms such as [[pro-c|pro-contact]] and [[anti-contact]] has also drawn criticism in some quarters, as has the idea of [[pro-c]] MAPs being "lectured" on moral values by forum members, some of whom are ex-cons.

===Hard [[medicalism]]===

Virped's FAQ states "we would certainly wish that any newborn baby not turn out to be a pedophile". This hard medicalist focus has been cited as somewhat concerning, given one of their main supporters is Dr. [[James Cantor]], who aggressively focuses his research on finding biological markers for pedophilia.

===Religiousity===

Virped have not attempted to hide their religious connections from the very beginning, and the group remains open to people of all faiths. In one article, the experiences of two LDS Virpeds are charted.<ref>[https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2022/07/experiences-of-latter-day-saint-virtuous-pedophiles/ Experiences of Latter-day Saint “Virtuous Pedophiles”]</ref>

The group's influence has occasionally been compared to [[Wikipedia:Side B Christians|Side B Christians]] within the homosexual movement.

===Levels of activity===

Insiders had reported a reduction in forum activity in 2021 and 2022 - including, but not limited to the absence of key representatives and their activist initiatives. Forum activity was nevertheless healthy by 2024, with over 100 posts per day exceeding its lifetime average.

==See also==

*[[Prostasia Foundation]]
*[[B4U-ACT]]
*[[Mu]]
*[[MEDAL]]
*[[Ipce]]
*[[Todd Nickerson]] and [[Gary Gibson]] - Examples of Virpeds who have gained publicity in the media.
*[[Operation Underground Railroad]] - Another organization with religious roots, including LDS, but on the opposite side of the debate.

==External links==

*[http://www.virped.org/ Official site]
:*[https://www.virped.org/our-supporters.html Supporters]
:*[https://celibatepedos.virped.org/categories/12-Pro-Legalization-arguments Pro-Legalization arguments] - A selection of essays by a founder of Virped, appearing to entertain limits and boundaries relating to [[minor-adult sex]]. Freak University and [https://thepword.net/age-difference.html The P Word] has [https://library.freak.university/celibatepedos.virped.org/archives/ archived] this and many of his writings.
::*[https://celibatepedos.virped.org/archives/74-How-things-change-when-the-girl-is-13-instead-of-8.html How things change when the girl is 13 instead of 8] ([https://library.freak.university/celibatepedos.virped.org/archives/74-How-things-change-when-the-girl-is-13-instead-of-8.html backup])<ref><small>Our emphasis:
<br>
''Unlike the 8-year-old, the 13-year-old is likely to think of sex a lot and be very interested. She understands roughly why the man is interested and the power of his desire. But whereas young women and men in their early 20s may find the presence or absence of a sex life as central to happiness, this is far less likely for the 13-year-old. Even if her desire is powerful, the admonition to wait until she is 16 is just not a huge burden on her.''
<br>
''I mentioned that adult women all too often feel coerced into sex they really didn't want. The 13-year-old is far more susceptible to this (though less susceptible than the 8-year-old). She may often want to feel more grown-up than she is -- not the best reason to have sex. A man is more likely to have things she cannot get for herself, such as a car and money, and sex can be a way to get them.''
<br>
''I argued <earlier> that women are typically configured to be very sensitive to betrayal by a man who she thinks is interested in a long-term relationship but who isn't. It is a greater risk for 13-year-olds for a number of reasons. The chances that a relationship will actually last are far lower. The girl will typically be less astute in figuring out whether a man is sincere and whether the relationship actually can last. She is also more emotionally fragile and likely to suffer more from abandonment. She may also think she is just playing around, but later find that sex has unleashed feelings far stronger than simple sexual desire.''
<br>
''Pro-contact pedophiles note that in many societies, girls at age 13 are routinely married. They are correct that the girls are (usually) physically ready for sexual intercourse. They are implicitly correct that such girls do not suffer serious psychological trauma that renders them ineffective adults.''
<br>
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''All that said, some young teen girls are legitimately attracted to adult men. Some know just what they want and go for it. They may later suffer but chalk it up to a learning experience. Even today, with severe penalties a possibility, such relationships are surely very common -- they just rarely make it to the attention of a willing prosecutor.''
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''How do we reconcile the young girl's greater vulnerability (and lower need for sex as part of the good life) with genuine interest and what is quite a common reality? '''The compromise I propose is that for girls of (say) age 13 and above, there should be no prosecution unless the girl herself wants it -- without heavy pressure from parents or law enforcement. This system leaves in place the most important protection -- if she was raped, there is no need to prove lack of consent.''' If it can be proven that sex happened, then if she says she did not consent she is automatically right. She could also admit she agreed to the sex but it was under false pretenses -- this should also result in a conviction, though a lighter sentence. But she also has the option to forgive the man and chalk it up to a learning experience. Of course, if she is enthusiastic about the relationship, she would not support prosecution.''
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''Her judgment that she wants the man prosecuted should not be required immediately -- she should have a few years at least to re-evaluate the experience.''
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''An intriguing alternative accomplishing some of the same purpose would be a <German-style age of consent law>. The age of consent is 14, but subject to certain restrictions involving abuse of power that apply up to age 18.''</ref>
*[https://www.boywiki.org/en/Virtuous_Pedophiles BoyWiki]
*[https://heretictoc.com/2013/11/22/virtuous-turkeys-vote-for-christmas/ Heretic TOC Article]

===Depictions of similarly aligned pedophiles===

These were popular in the mid-10s media, and include various NOMAP-sympathetic documentaries, such as ''[[I, Pedophile]]'' and ''The Pedophile Next Door''. Further examples:

*[https://www.vice.com/en/article/nn9b8d/can-we-ever-change-our-attitudes-towards-paedophilia-279 Daniel's World] - Czech [https://dafilms.com/film/9659-daniel-s-world documentary].
*Salon articles focusing on [[Todd Nickerson]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180601083040/https://medium.com/pedophiles-about-pedophilia/why-pedophilia-and-pedophiles-are-not-a-risk-to-children-4d00a935dd39 TNF.]

==References==

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MAPocalypse

2026-05-08T19:39:35Z

Jim Burton: /* 2026 */

__NOTOC__{{Template:Adj}}The '''"MAPocalypse"''' or in layman's terms, the '''normalization of pedophilia''' refers to a predicted series of events bringing about [[Wikipedia:Critical mass (sociodynamics)|critical mass]] for the acceptance of [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] as a "valid" identity. It aligns as roughly the fourth stage of a repeating [[moral panic]] over young peoples' sexuality in western society.

Various prophecies of "pedophile" normalisation have been made since roughly the 1990s - usually starting off among "moral majority" conservatives, sometimes infecting liberal-progressive and professional circles in the form of paranoia concerning supposed MAP > LGBT entryism, "pedophilia advocacy" in the [[Rind et al|sciences]], and other strategies. These prophecies follow the pattern of long-standing fears centering on the "recruitment" of youths within the early Gay Movement.

The most commonly suggested time for this event is the 2020s, 2030s and following decades, in which MAPs are projected to become more visible in the mainstream media/public conscience, becoming a contentious topic in and of their own right. In some countries, parliamentarians occasionally support the right of minors to [[consent]] to sex, and to refuse it.<ref name="montero">[https://www.outono.net/elentir/2022/09/22/a-spanish-minister-says-children-can-have-sexual-relations-with-whoever-they-want/ Irene Montero, Spanish politician makes pro-consent type comments]</ref> Brazil and Peru are two South American countries in which there has been a largely unbroken general trend towards reducing the [[Age of Consent]].

==Predictions past and present==

As the LGBT movement gained ground in the post-AIDS [[assimilationism|assimilationist]] struggles of the 80s and 90s, the right's focus moved away from recruitment of youth among the gay movement, to the threat of "pedophilia" - a "new evil" or "folk devil". This later infected the mainstream, as memories of [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|LGBT activism's history with MAPs]] faded. Predictions of a new dawn for the "normalization of pedophilia" among American Conservatives increased markedly in velocity from the mid-late 10s, as [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] gained exposure in the liberal media and pedophile conspiracy theories ushered in the culture wars of the Trump Era:

*'''1970s-90s:''' Various predictions from [[moral entrepreneur]]s such as [[Judith Reisman]] concerning the aims of the [[Alfred Kinsey|Kinsey]] Institute. "As early as 1977, author Judith A. Reisman says she learned of the existence of an "international academic pedophile movement" influenced by Kinsey's teachings."<ref name="come">[http://www.come-and-hear.com/editor/ca-wt-04-19-02/ Endorsement of adult-child sex on rise]</ref>
*"In '''1994''', as gay freedom was becoming a mainstream cause, the head of the right-leaning Rutherford Institute claimed that "the logical implication of American acceptance of homosexuality is the acceptance of pedophilia as simply another form of 'sexual orientation.'""<ref name="reason">[https://reason.com/2023/01/14/a-modern-history-of-groomer-politics/ Reason: A Modern History of 'Groomer' Politics]</ref>
*'''1995:''' ""I started saying seven years ago [in 1995] that there was a movement to make pedophilia an alternative lifestyle, and my colleagues looked at me like I was crazy," said Mrs. Reeves, who founded MASA after discovering that a relative had been sexually abused. "Here we are seven years later and that is exactly what's happening.""<ref name="come" />
*'''2002:''' "A trend toward normalizing pedophilia is the latest manifestation of a dangerous understanding of human sexuality that has become more prevalent over the last 30 years. That assertion was voiced by a leading analyst of cultural trends, Carson Holloway, a political science professor at the University of Nebraska, was reported by CNSNews.com July 11 from a Family Research Council symposium the previous day titled, “From Playboy to Pedophilia: How Adult Sexual Liberation Leads to Children’s Sexual Exploitation.”"<ref>[https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/pedophilia-to-be-next-result-of-sexual-permissiveness-prof-says/ Pedophilia to be next result of sexual permissiveness, prof says]</ref>
*'''2002:''' "Some people view children as the next sexual frontier" ([[Stephanie Dallam]], quoted in Washington Times<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/apr/19/20020419-042059-4124r/ Washington Times quotes Stephanie Dallam RN]</ref>)
*'''2002:''' "Those making the case aren't just fringe groups, such as the North American Man-Boy Love Association, but a handful of academics at mainstream universities [...] several contend that minors are capable of agreeing to and even initiating sex with adults. These academics seek to change the language, moving away from "pedophilia," which often evokes a charged negative response.... In its place would be more neutral terms such as "intergenerational sex" or "adult-child sex.""<ref>[http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/joint_custody_studies.html Mark O'Keefe, Newhouse News Service, wrote in an article published March 26, 2002].</ref>
*"In '''2004''', with gay marriage a central issue in the year's elections, the head of Liberty Counsel wrote that "Once the same-sex marriage barrier is broken, a wide range of sexual [[paraphilia]] rights are sure to follow, including, but not limited to, pedophilia.""<ref name="reason" />
*'''2011:''' "Normalizing the "last taboo" Pedophilia - sex between adults and children - is the goal of a conference in Baltimore" (Beliefnet<ref>[https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2011/08/academic-conference-seeks-to-normalize-pedophilia Beliefnet on B4U-ACT conference]</ref>)
*'''2011:''' "If another group of activists has their way, a behavior currently considered by American society to be both vile and criminal will one day join the ranks of homosexuality and trans-sexuality as just another accepted aspect of normal human sexual expression. The behavior in question: pedophilia"<ref>[https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/first-person-pedophilia-on-the-horizon/ FIRST-PERSON: Pedophilia on the horizon]</ref>
*'''2014:''' "Using the same tactics used by “gay” rights activists, pedophiles have begun to seek similar status arguing their desire for children is a sexual orientation no different than heterosexual or homosexuals."<ref>[https://www.eurochicago.com/2012/04/pedophiles-want-same-rights-as-homosexuals/ Jack Minor's piece] - originally published for ''Northern Colorado Gazette''</ref>
*'''2014:''' "Once considered taboo, psychologists are beginning to walk down the same path LGBT activists established more than 50 years ago, insisting that pedophilia is an inborn "sexual orientation," not a learned sexual behavior."<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2014/01/pedophilia-the-next-sexual-rights-revolution/ WND: Pedophilia the next 'sexual-rights' revolution?]</ref>
*'''2015/6''': "What’s going to happen with that is that ultimately things like bestiality is going to be approved and especially pedophilia,” [...] “Because like I said, how the progressives are attacking these issues in multiple ways. I really predict that in the next few years even pedophilia is going to be more and more accepted because two things are happening. One, we are saying any sexual urge is valid. So pedophilia, why is that any different than any other form of love? Love is love, right?" (Jenna Ellis - Conservative Policy figurehead<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/15/politics/jenna-ellis-kfile/ Jenna Ellis]</ref>)
*'''2019:''' "Pedophilia: The Next Frontier for Leftist Acceptance Ideology" (American ''Spectator''<ref>[https://spectator.org/pedophilia-the-next-frontier-for-leftist-acceptance-ideology/ American Spectator: Next frontier for leftist ideology]</ref>)
*'''2020:''' "Q-Anon and other Trump-aligned movements serve as a perfect foil to begin turning universal moral opposition to abusing kids into another controlled culture war conflict the right is bound to lose." (National Justice - anti-Jewish publisher<ref>[https://national-justice.com/opinion-and-analysis/authoritarians-and-jews-push-normalize-pedophilia Authoritarians and Jews: The Push to Normalize Pedophilia]</ref>)
*'''2023:''' "Everyone knows that pedophilia is the next deviant behavior the Left will seek to normalize. Everyone knows it’s coming. It’s the next progression from birth control to the sexual revolution to normalization of homosexuality to gay marriage to transgenderism. It’s pedophilia and then it’s bestiality after that."<ref>[https://thehayride.com/2023/04/what-marjorie-taylor-greene-did-to-the-democrats-yesterday-was-amazing/ The Hayride: What Marjorie Taylor Greene Did To The Democrats Yesterday Was Amazing]</ref>

==Realization of the panic from the late 10s==

In most years since 2021, multiple social and mainstream media-driven controversies have taken place in relation to the "normalization" of "pedophilia", or the fork towards ''Minor Attracted People''.

Early precedents such as the 1998-2001 [[Rind et al|Rind Report]] controversy, and 2015 [[Todd Nickerson|Salon articles]] had been seen prior to the 20s. More recent events detailed in [[grooming]] (including the massacre of 5 people) are also left out of our list, which focuses on examples where "normalization" of MAPs or "pedophilia" was the predominant concern. These gathered pace following the 2018 and 2019 [[MAP Flag]] controversies, and exploded in 2022, when "Minor Attracted Person" began to trend well ahead of the predominant 20th Century equivalent key-phrases such as [[NAMBLA]] on most social media:

===2019===

*In 2019, conservative christian news outlets ran the story of a LGBTQI California school curriculum that taught about [[Pederasty]] to 9th graders. The reaction was largely overblown, but set the tone for further controversies that were to take place, in that it invoked the normalization of "pedophilia" in an educational setting.<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-pedophilia-school/ Snopes: Pederasty in the classroom?]</ref>
*This year was notable for the first "[[grooming|groomer libel]]" attacks against drag queen story hours. This trend was to continue in the 20s, but we exclude it from the following notes.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/07/protest-seeks-to-stop-us-libraries-supporting-drag-queen-story-hour The guardian: Groomer Libel]</ref>

===2020===

*Throughout the first half of 2020, social media was lit up with controversy surrounding the film ''[[The Trouble with Being Born]]'', which depicts a man's relationship with a prepubescent android girl who resembles his missing daughter. Similar controversy had been seen the year before, concerning a "love has no age" Snapchat filter.<ref>[https://bigleaguepolitics.com/snapchat-releases-love-has-no-age-photo-filter-for-pride-month/ Love Has No Age filter]</ref> Later in 2020, #CancelNetflix began to trend, in response to the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Cuties|Cuties]]'', now considered a timeless masterpiece of pedophilia normalization "rated fresh" with 87% on [[Wikipedia:Rotten Tomatoes|Rotten Tomatoes]], but slated on [[Wikipedia:IMDb|IMDb]].<ref>[http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39816/ The Cuties Controversy: Prefiguration, ‘Sexualisation’, and the New Conspiracism]</ref>
*Later that year, [[Theo Sandfort]] is distanced by a New York Child Welfare agency after his (already well-publicized and freely available) research on "Pedophilia" (sic) is aired in the media.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/nyregion/nyc-foster-care-professor-pedophilia.html NY Times - Sandfort] [https://imprintnews.org/foster-care/new-york-foster-care-columbia-pedophilia-research/50287 Imprint News - Sandfort]</ref>

===2021===

*In April of this year, the [[ILGA]] was involved in a controversy over what was presented as renewed support for lowering [[Age of consent]] laws. Gript noted that it "signed a “Feminist Declaration” calling for the elimination of laws which limit the right of children as young as 10 to consent to sex".<ref>[https://gript.ie/allow-children-as-young-as-10-to-consent-to-sex-lgbt-ngo/ Allow children as young as 10 to consent to sex – LGBT NGO]</ref>
*In July 2021, '''[[San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus]]''' were involved in a gay-recruitment/[[grooming]] type controversy. Normalization of pedophilia was frequently invoked by their mainly conservative opponents. A further [[Monkey Mayhem Incident|controversy in the UK]] concerned a council's recruitment of a man in a rainbow monkey [[Child safety mascot|fursuit]] with an erect prosthetic phallus, in an attempt to educate children at a public library.
*In August of this year, Belgian poet [[Wikipedia:Delphine Lecompte|Delphine Lecompte]] made headlines when she made comments many said normalized pedophilia. According to a letter she wrote to a magazine, pedophiles were a "vulnerable, marginalized group that has been treated for years like sickly scum by the crowd of decent moralists." She also referred to the fact that "most pedophiles never commit pedophilic acts and that every human being is sometimes attracted to innocence and youth", fearing that a witch hunt against pedophiles could lead to more "pedophile excesses and child pornography, which we all want to avoid." She added "It seems wiser to me to learn to know and accept the pedophile. And to accept that pedophilia resides in each of us".<ref>See for the controversy, [https://www.standaard.be/binnenland/de-tien-nieuwsfeiten-van-de-dag/52924271.html De Standard] and [https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/societe/2021/08/12/elle-nuance-normalise-et-meme-excuse-la-pedophilie-la-poetesse-delphine-lecompte-au-centre-dune-vive-polemique-apres-des-declarations-sur-la-pedophilie-VUYIJWMCANGF3OFEAKQFQLA634/ La Libre].</ref>
*In late August 2021, '''Noah Berlatsky''' roused the ire of conservatives (Andy Ngo chiefly among them) and some liberals on social media, following his appointment as communications director at [[Prostasia Foundation]].<ref>[https://thepostmillennial.com/nbc-contributor-prostasia-normalizing-pedophilia Post Millennial]</ref>
*In November, 2021, '''[[Allyn Walker]]''' faced widespread social media and mainstream media outrage after participating in an interview with Prostasia, advocating for humane treatment for people with an attraction to minors, and using the term "[[Minor Attracted Person]]" to that effect.

===2022===

*In January 2022, the media outlet '''USA Today''' was the subject of their own social media controversy, following an article many conservatives felt attempted to "justify pedophilia".<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/usa-today-blasted-promoting-complicated-pedophilia-study FOX News: USA Today controversy], [https://fstube.net/w/cGeaX588heoYou6zAC3j68 see video]</ref>
*In February, 2022, '''[[Stephen Kershnar]]''' attracted wide opprobrium on social media after appearing to defend [[minor-adult sex]] as not being inherently wrong outside a moral framework. Regressive-conservative [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] influencer, ''[[LibsofTikTok]]'' was particularly important in amplifying this story, although it appears that her target was himself a libertarian.
*In April of 2022, '''[[David Finkelhor]]''' was involved in a similar LibsofTikTok-enabled social media controversy over comments made during a video forum the previous month.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-hampshire-professor-dont-presume-pedophilic-acts-start-with-a-predatory-or-criminally-inclined-adult FOX on Finkelhor controversy]</ref>
*In June 2022, '''[[Nelson Maatman]]''' (a [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]]) was arrested in Mexico, leading to widespread media and social media coverage. NGOs such as [[Operation Underground Railroad]] began to interact with the [[MAP Movement]].
*In July, the regressive feminist influencer and hoax artist "Posie Parker" claimed that she had been questioned by police about being "untoward about paedophiles" in a video. She was not arrested.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-womens-rights-campaigner-visited-by-police-for-being-untoward-about-pedophiles/ Reduxx: Untoward about paediphiles]</ref>
*In August, 2022, '''[[Karl Andersson]]''' (a publisher and academic) was involved in a social media outrage with [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] conservatives and radical feminists, surrounding a peer reviewed journal article, written for ''Qualitative Research''. This article concerned the topic of [[Lolicon|Shotacon]], or drawn images of [[boy]]s in sexual situations.
*Almost simultaneously, and as documented in [[Minor Attracted Person]], a controversy erupted surrounding a video made by '''Miranda Galbreath''', a licensed Sex Therapist who was attempting to challenge the [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigma]] on MAPs (and using the term herself).
*Also in August, Radical Conservative [[Feminism|Feminists]] inspired a social media controversy centering on '''[[Virtuous Pedophiles]]''' and their newly-recruited social-media manager's claim to have been leaving written letters in UK libraries.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-organization-placing-propaganda-letters-in-uk-libraries/ Reduxx on Virped]</ref> This eventually led to the organization's banning from Twitter.
*In mid-September, 2022, as detailed in [[Minor Attracted Person]], the Texas High School Teacher '''Amber Parker''', went viral on social media after she was filmed appearing to defend the idea of "MAPs" (as opposed to pedophiles - see our [[Media:PR2.pdf|Press Release]] on the subject). This incident was amplified on Twitter by ''[[Gays Against Groomers]]'' (a conservative radical feminist front group), TX Governor Greg Abbott and Matthew Kolken among others. The comments were said by students, parents, Parker's husband and a school administrator to have been taken out of context. She was later fired from her job.
*In mid-September, London's Newham Council was slated on social media for allowing a leaflet advertising a [[queer]] hangout event for 9-25 year olds.<ref>[https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/london-council-blasted-after-asking-25015682 London council blasted after asking 9 year olds to 'hang out' with adult strangers]</ref>
*Again in mid-September, [[Wikipedia:R._Kelly_sexual_abuse_cases|stating a case for leniency]] in a sentencing memorandum, R Kelly's attorneys made several technical arguments about the Chicago federal case but admitted to repeated sexual encounters with the testifying victims when they were underage. Arguing for mitigation, the memorandum included a passage written by expert witness Dr. Renée Sorrentino arguing that Kelly is not a pedophile. Sorrentino was criticised in the media for publishing a paper in which he argued "Minor Attracted People" were a neglected population, a major search result in Google.<ref>[https://www.mdedge.com/psychiatry/article/242357/minor-attracted-persons-neglected-population MDEdge article by Sorrentino]</ref>
*In late September, Spanish parliamentarian, Irene Montero stated that children ''"have the right to know that they can love or have sexual relations with whoever they want. Based, yes, on consent"'', leading to outcry on social media. An AP fact check straightened out... not much at all by establishing that ''"Montero’s comments make clear that she said '''unwanted''' sexual contact between children and adults amounts to violence"''.<ref name="montero" /><ref>[https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-spain-women-abortion-sex-education-978822725682 Spanish official’s comments on sex education mischaracterized]</ref>
*In early October, 2022, '''[[Jacob Breslow]]''' appeared to survive a social media and mainstream media firestorm over positions advocated in his academic works and his position as a trustee of Mermaids, a charity for transgender youth. This included his use of the term "Minor Attracted Person", and even caught the attention of J.K. Rowling. He was officially exonerated but left his post under a year later.
*In late October, 2022, '''[[James Cantor]]''' was removed from the list of witnesses at a hearing on "gender-affirming care" for [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans youth]]. The justification used (this time by liberals on Twitter) was his advocacy for pedophilia.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/gays-against-groomers/florida-expert-formerly-slated-testify-favor-trans-health-care-ban-once Media Matters: James Cantor controversy]</ref>
*If the previous controversies weren't enough, in late November 2022, '''Balenciaga''' (a fashion brand owned by Kering) were caught in a further such rumpus following adverts that featured a BDSM-gear-festooned teddy bear and a small child, along with allusions to the relaxation of child pornography laws.<ref>[https://tmj.news/balenciagacampaign/ TMJ: Balenciaga - moral decay]</ref>
*In December of that year, French cartoonist '''Bastien Vivès''' faced a petition of 100,000 signatures calling on the prestigious Angoulême International Comics Festival to revoke his invitation to participate the gathering. Among the criticisms were "displaying incestuous and pedophile images and scenes" and the promotion of "[[rape culture]]". The festival announced that it was forced to cancel his appearance, citing "physical threats" online against Vivès that could put both the cartoonist and festival goers at risk, as reported by Le Figaro.<ref>[https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/bastien-vives-cartoonist-pedophilia-incest Worldcrunch.com on the cancellation of Bastian Vives]. See also [https://www.liberation.fr/culture/accusations-contre-bastien-vives-le-festival-dangouleme-sous-pression-20221209_LPOJK6QEVJE2NFPQQFGY2SHXDM/ "Dessins de Bastien Vivès mis en cause : le Festival d'Angoulême sous pression". in ''Libération''], [https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/bd/festival-de-bd-d-angouleme/le-festival-de-bd-d-angouleme-annule-l-exposition-de-bastien-vives-accuse-de-promouvoir-la-pedopornographie-apres-des-menaces-contre-l-auteur_5543805.html "Le festival de BD d'Angoulême annule l'exposition de Bastien Vivès, accusé de promouvoir la pédopornographie, après des "menaces" contre l'auteur". in ''Franceinfo''], and [https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/12/14/le-festival-international-de-la-bande-dessinee-d-angouleme-annule-l-exposition-de-bastien-vives_6154430_3246.html "L'exposition de Bastien Vivès annulée par le Festival de la BD d'Angoulême pour raisons de « sécurité »". in ''Le Monde''.fr]. For background, see [https://www.actuabd.com/Le-cas-Vives Le cas Vivès]</ref> Much of the criticism was left-"progressive" slanted, focusing on the artist's supposedly reactionary background.
*Also in December, California Representative Katie Porter was accused of normalizing pedophilia as an "identity" in a context-devoid social media firestorm fanned by LibsOfTikTok, and bordering on a [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|hoax]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221215183558/https://notthebee.com/article/california-democratic-rep-katie-porter-says-pedophilia-is-an-identity California Rep. Katie Porter says pedophilia is an "identity" 😑], and [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N33613P/ U.S. Rep. Katie Porter did not say pedophilia was an ‘identity’]</ref>

===2023===

*In January 2023, '''Police Scotland''' and the '''European Union''' were hauled before the court of public opinion, after what appeared to be sympathetic use of the term "Minor Attracted Person" in official materials.<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/world-news/minor-attracted-person-scandal-inside-28858264 Scottish Daily Express scandal re. EU, Police Scotland using "Minor Attracted Person"]</ref> Despite the "standard" nature of this outrage, the story, and response from Police Scotland were viewed around 10 million times on Twitter alone.
*A further controversy took place in Spain, concerning a TV series depicting an intergenerational relationship involving a 15-year-old girl. The ''Christian Lawyers Foundation'' insisted that the series be pulled.<ref>[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253338/christian-lawyers-foundation-in-spain-demands-tv-series-promoting-pedophilia-be-pulled Christian Lawyers Foundation in Spain demands TV series promoting pedophilia be pulled]</ref>
*Throughout the preceding years, it has been a common taunt of Russian media and state officials, that "the west" is "normalizing pedophilia". In February 2023, President Vladimir Putin repeated these accusations in a rambling speech, one assumes, in a provocative attempt to force his opponents to defend initiatives such as the EU-funded 2PS project<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/anger-eu-project-sees-police-28841534?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar Scottish DM - EU 2PS Project]</ref> and [[B4U-ACT]], that has at times received state funding.<ref>[https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/3867443-the-hills-morning-report-biden-putin-frame-year-of-war-in-dueling-speeches/ Putin speech - The Hill]</ref>
*The Dutch '''Democratic Party''' (D66) and their youth wing, were embroiled in a further Feb 2023 controversy, when English-speaking social media users unearthed resolutions deemed to be sympathetic to "pedophiles".<ref>[https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/dutch-governing-party-advocates-accepting-pedophilia-and-teaching-it-in-schools/ Young Democrats: European Conservative]</ref>
*In March 2023, two students associated with the University of Chile ('''[[Leonardo_Arce_Vidal|Leonardo Arce Vidal]]'''<ref>[https://repositorio-uchile-cl.translate.goog/handle/2250/145147?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp#:~:text=La%20presente%20tesis%20es%20la,con%20voz%20o%20sujeto%20completo. Pedophiles and infants: folds and folds of desire (2016)]</ref> and [['''Mauricio Quiroz Muñoz''']]<ref>[https://repositorio-uchile-cl.translate.goog/handle/2250/179587?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp The pedagogue's denied wish: being a pedophile (2020)]</ref>) whose respective MA and BA theses problematized the figure of the pedophile and the notion of [[Intrinsic harm|intrinsic harm]] in relation to age-disparate sex, were (along with their supervisors) subject to university investigation. The familiar right-wing twitter storm had preceded and provoked these investigations, also leading to condemnation by university officials and organizations which speak on behalf of minors/youth. The university both condemned the works and pointed out the works were "''purely theoretical nature, which do not report intervention on human populations, and which, even taking into account how debatable their content turns out to be, met the requirements of the academic evaluation process''".<ref>[https://cooperativa-cl.translate.goog/noticias/pais/educacion/universidades/escandalo-por-tesis-pro-pedofilia-u-de-chile-investigara-eventuales/2022-12-26/203839.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Cooperativa: Scandal for pro-pedophilia thesis: U. de Chile will investigate eventual responsibilities]</ref>
*In the same month, conservative pundits attempted but failed to generate enough attention to scandalize historian '''[[Rachel Hope Cleves]]''' for using "intergenerational sex" in her treatment of [[Norman Douglas]]. Social media conservatives were outraged at clips from a book-launch interview that had been in the public domain for 3 years.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2023/03/21/rachel-hope-cleves-pedophilia-historian-intergenerational-sex-rape-10-year-old-boy-abuse/ Rachel Hope-Cleves: Daily Caller]</ref>
*April's controversy centered on the [[United Nations|UN]],<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/un-backed-legal-recommendations-normalize-sex-minors-critics-say New UN-backed legal recommendations normalize sex with minors, outraged critics say]</ref> following the publication of new legal principles problematizing the idea that adolescents are inherently unable to [[consent]], including to sex. American conservatives reacted by circulating the theory that such opinions represent an attempt to "soften up" the public prior to the release of supposedly "damning" information concerning [[Jeffrey Epstein]]'s high-profile visitors.
*Later in April, a Twitter user posted another [[MAP Flag]] concept, causing outrage on [[Alice Day]]. The event made the mainstream media and drew Elon Musk's condemnation.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12017643/Elon-Musk-suspends-Twitter-user-created-pedophile-flag.html Daily Mail on Zeeb's controversy]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/twitter-user-pedophile-flag-account-suspended FOX on Zeeb's controversy]</ref><ref>[https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-ex-ufc-fighter-rages-twitter-account-elon-musk-suspended-posting-pedophilia-flag UFC Fighter on Zeeb]</ref>
*Hysteria over MAPs hit a period of latency through the summer and fall of 2023, in part resulting from the failure of fringe conservatives to scandalize pro-MAP initiatives, research and advocacy, given the familiarity of the subject. Ngo did, however renew his war against Berlatsky, resulting in numerous hitpieces against the former [[Prostasia Foundation]] spokesman, following his negative review of [[Operation Underground Railroad]]'s ''Sound of Freedom'' film.<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-pedophile-advocacy-group-spokesman-writes-bloomberg-hit-piece-on-sound-of-freedom Daily Wire: Berlatsky's Bloomberg Hit Piece]</ref>

===2024===

*In February 2024, X (Twitter) played host to a 3M+ impression conservative outrage thread concerning Google's AI Chatbot, its tolerance of pedophilia, and preference for the term ''[[Minor Attracted Person]]''.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/02/23/business/woke-google-gemini-refuses-to-say-pedophilia-is-wrong-after-diverse-historical-images-debacle-individuals-cannot-control-who-they-are-attracted-to/ NYP: ‘Woke’ Google Gemini refuses to say pedophilia is wrong after ‘diverse’ historical images debacle: ‘Individuals cannot control who they are attracted to’ ]</ref>
*In March, A Kentucky Democrat Senator, '''Karen Berg''', controversially suggested [[sex doll]]s styled to resemble children could help prevent pedophiles from abusing them, adding ''"there are what they call 'MAPS,' Minor Attracted Persons"''.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kentucky-dem-suggests-child-sex-dolls-protect-kids-pedophiles-gives-them-a-release Kentucky Dem suggests child sex dolls could protect kids from pedophiles: 'Gives them a release']</ref>
*In May, The City Council in Almería, Spain was criticized by conservative TV and social media personalities after launching a poster campaign on sexual consent. The campaign at one point featured a [[boy]], implying he could [[consent]] to sex by stating that he is able to say "no".<ref>[https://reduxx.info/if-he-says-no-its-not-sex-spanish-city-apologizes-for-pedophilic-sexual-consent-campaign/ “If He Says No, It’s Not Sex” : Spanish City Apologizes For “Pedophilic” Sexual Consent Campaign]</ref>
*2024 was a year in which various conservative political officials and media made strange claims about liberals, the LGBTQ+ community and their approach to MAPs. For example, Thomas Brough (Australia)<ref>[https://thewest.com.au/news/albany-advertiser/thomas-brough-who-claimed-minor-attracted-persons-part-of-lgbtq-community-wins-albany-lib-preselection-c-14505730 Thomas Brough, who claimed ‘minor-attracted’ persons part of LGBTQ+ community, wins Albany Lib preselection]</ref> and Dwayne Yunker (Oregon, US)<ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/01/gop-lawmaker-calls-lgbtq-people-pedophiles-says-pride-month-is-child-abuse/ GOP lawmaker calls LGBTQ+ people “pedophiles” & says Pride Month is “child abuse”]</ref> both made the LGBTQ+ MAP connection. The Daily Wire and other conservative media alleged that Democratic vice Presidential pick, Tim Walz "signed [a] bill stripping anti-pedophile language from Minnesota’s Human Rights Act".<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-signed-bill-stripping-anti-pedophile-language-from-minnesotas-human-rights-act Tim Walz Signed Bill Stripping Anti-Pedophile Language From Minnesota’s Human Rights Act]</ref>
*By September 2024, news of [[MAP Camp]] (formerly a project of [[MEDAL]]) had spread to social media users, leading to outrage threads, and news coverage including The Spectator, Libs of TikTok and Andy Ngo.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240918175058/https://www.timesargus.com/news/local/vsp-looking-into-possible-event-for-minor-attracted-persons/article_1742bcf8-753a-11ef-8fd9-e34b4898e965.html Times Argus - Police in Vermont looking into MAP Camp], [https://x.com/brainsturbator/status/1835667849697706315 thread by Brainsturbator], [https://x.com/brainsturbator/status/1836802888435179970 follow-up]. Later coverage by Libs of TikTok ([https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1836535078492737637 1], [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1836823945259143476 2]) and local media ([https://www.komonews.com/news/nation-world/vermont-state-police-monitoring-campground-gathering-of-acutely-marginalized-pedophiles-minor-attracted-persons-map-camp 1], [https://vtdigger.org/2024/09/19/marshfield-erupts-after-learning-of-apparent-camping-event-advertised-for-minor-attracted-persons/ 2]). Conspiracy media connected to Vermont included a podcast and Turning Point USA: [https://vermontdailychronicle.com/cops-at-local-school-following-public-concern-over-map-a-k-a-pedophile-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-76783 1], [https://vermontdailychronicle.com/state-police-know-of-social-media-claims-about-vt-pedophile-map-gathering-this-weekend/ 2], [https://vermontdailychronicle.com/vermont-pedophile-camp-in-planning-stages-since-july/ 3], [https://fstube.net/w/vcGDPNCJ8FA1R7Vp7tcmyp 3], [https://fstube.net/w/caMb6hrCE2e7MDsFvm7FJs 4]. Following day saw attention from Prostasia's nemesis, Andy Ngo ([https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837189153705926728 1], [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837177750722883749 2], [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837241058045923586 3]) and the [https://spectator.org/vermont-pedophile-weekend-retreat-draws-parental-ire/?utm_medium=twitter Spectator] (US). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEv5Cw-KUfI Vermont Daily Chronicle] Podcast. A later [https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/pedophile-group-claims-oppression-over-vt-camp-gathering-outrage-deeply-offensive-vermont-minor-attracted-persons-marshfield-montpelier-burlington-new-england-pedophilia-map-union-gender article] mentioned [[Mu]]</ref>
*That same month, online educator, Dr Lindsey Doe had also drawn fire from Libs of TikTok, for a video in which she espoused the benefits of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] to [[preventionism]] efforts against CSA. She was routinely mocked for her eye movements during the video.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/fd67QRVUsyzaPQt5RCjL8V Her Sexplanations video], and the [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1836877552121708642 X thread]</ref>
*In October, the use of "MAP" by another educator, Kerri Isham in British Columbia was highlighted throughout local and social media.<ref>[https://www.westernstandard.news/news/sexual-health-educator-slammed-for-referring-to-pedophiles-as-minor-attracted-persons-in-lecture-to-bc-grade-9ers/58713 Kerri Isham news article]</ref> Her use of the term was in fact highly condemnatory and intended to circulate common myths about people attracted to minors.
*November saw a [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy]] throughout social media, in which a liberal-slanted social network and Twitter/X competitor was slated as a haven for pedophiles, child pornography and self-identifying MAPs.

===2025===

*February 2025 featured a viral controversy in which Senator Jamie Pederson was said to have had comments taken out of context during a debate on parental rights. His insistence that laws protect girls' right to body autonomy at the age of 13 was presented as endorsement of reforms in attitudes towards MAPs on conservative social media.<ref>The controversy can be found on x. [https://web.archive.org/web/20250317135955/https://www.yakimaherald.com/wa-senator-sparks-fury-with-description-of-40-year-old-law-limiting-parental-rights/article_b8db893a-e8aa-11ef-b2ba-87a293d81bf3.html].</ref>
*Late March and April was the turn of NZ MP [[Wikipedia:Benjamin Doyle|Benjamin Doyle]] to face the wrath of conservatives, after concerns he was using a public Instagram account and pedophile "swirl symbols" to document his preparation of a trans child for anal sex. The witch-hunt had shades of McCarthyism about it, with the MP being presented in a similar manner to the earlier Zulock case in the US. Later that year, Doyle resigned, citing break-ins and threats to his safety following attention from other members of Parliament and right-wing online New Zealand conspiracy theorists/influencers.
*In late April, an X thread by the non-binary streamer and [[Anti]], Coffins gained many millions of views after "exposing" numerous spiral [[childlove]] symbols and supposed pedophile symbols/emoji codes. Viewers scarcely believed what they were seeing, although the graphics were from an actual MAP website, even if most were barely used.<ref>[https://x.com/CoffinsInBloom/status/1916161045380341977 Popular thread by Coffins]</ref>
*In May, a similar controversy dogged the annual conference of [[B4U-ACT]], with conservatives such as Andy Ngo amplifying a series of outraged takes.
*In June, long-time precious metals guru, Peter Schiff caused a controversy on X when he argued that Jeffrey Epstein was not a pedophile on the basis of his sexual activity with mature minors. He later pointed out that he had sex with such girls in his college years, and was accused of attempting to normalize pedophilia.<ref>[https://x.com/PeterSchiff/status/1930818380862505347 Tweet of Peter Schiff]</ref>
*Later in June, legal scholar, Alan Dershowitz was made an example of by [[anti]]s on X/Twitter after criticising high ages of consent in a way that users thought betrayed a Jewish conspiracy to normalize "pedophilia". His legal defense of Jeffrey Epstein was raked over by those attempting to prove the conspiracy.<ref>[https://x.com/AlanDersh/status/1938766702554005893 Tweet of Dershowitz]</ref>
*In July, an almost 10-year old article from the BBC describing pedophilia from an anonymous first person perspective, resurfaced. Critics said it normalized pedophilia and justified de-funding the public broadcaster.<ref>[https://x.com/Basil_TGMD/status/1941555223018996122 Thread on BBC article]</ref>
*In August, over 15 million people on X alone, saw a hoax claim that Barack Obama displayed a [[BLogo]] in a video call.<ref>[https://x.com/JeniFurbabies/status/1956263692313784354 BLogo hoax thread]</ref>
*Also in August, there were numerous false claims US President Donald Trump intended to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] to 14 in all states. This was off the back of popular conspiracy theories about the President's less-enthusiastic posture towards the [[Jeffrey Epstein]] saga.<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/08/12/trump-age-of-consent-marriage-14/ Trump Age of Consent conspiracy]</ref> An interesting development in 2025, was liberals' ironic use of the term "Minor Attracted Person" to describe Trump.
*In September, following his public assassination at an open-air debating event, various claims were circulated about the right-wing influencer and conspiracy theorist, [[Wikipedia:Charlie Kirk|Charlie Kirk]]. A list of negative character traits circulated by purportedly left-wing accounts led with the claim that he supported MAP rights, although this was based upon selective editing of a debate he took part in.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/emkM1qhfjK8kzEp4vnUJkx The video of Charlie Kirk attempting devils-advocate defence of pedophilia]</ref> In reality, Kirk was an [[Media:CharliekirkMAP.png|avowed opponent]] of MAPs, and a major figure in the amplification of MAPs as a right-wing online meme. One person who falsely claimed responsibility for Kirk's shooting was eventually charged for [[child pornography]] offences following the seizure of his devices.<ref>[https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/16/charlie-kirk-utah-george-zinn-child-porn-charges/ Fake Charlie Kirk Shooter Slapped With Kiddie Porn Charges ... After Confessing to FBI]</ref> Left-wing "blue-anon" conspiracy accounts had that same month used the [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy|social platform, Bluesky]] to claim that President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein had been involved in buying and selling children at auctions. A large community had appeared, dedicated to discussing these ideas in the wake of media attention towards the "Epstein Files".
*In April of 2025, before a controversy surrounding the Directors of [[Virtuous Pedophiles|Virped]], non-committee Virped member Connor Weston began sharing videos online, outing himself as a [[NOMAP|non-offending anti-contact pedophile]].<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/76wh2cm3y9bhyjTZ3jEuS7 Possibly Weston's first video]</ref> In October, he stormed the stage of a [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|Wikipedia]] Convention with a revolver, which he pointed at his head, leading to widespread panic in the audience. Weston was subdued, arrested and charged with firearms related offenses, amid concerns about his mental health.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2025/10/17/us-news/nyc-wikipedia-conference-halted-when-non-offending-pedophile-storms-stage-points-gun-at-own-head/ NYC Wikipedia conference halted when ‘non-offending pedophile’ storms stage, points gun at own head], [https://reduxx.info/pedophile-activist-who-disrupted-wikipedia-conference-was-member-of-influential-advocacy-group/], [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/19/ohio-man-wikipedia-conference], [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/nyregion/wikipedia-conference-gunman.html], [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/armed-man-upends-nyc-wikipedia-conference-rcna238250], [https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/17/gunman-waving-weapon-around-at-nyc-wikipedia-conference-nabbed/], [https://www.newsweek.com/nyc-wikipedia-conference-gun-threat-arrest-10897284], [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15204179/wikipedia-conference-gunman-volunteers-new-york.html], [https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/18/non-offending-pedophile-rainbow-flag-threatens-shoot-himself-wikipedia-conference-new-york-city/], [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/wikipedia-contributors-block-armed-man-from-shooting-self/amp/], [https://local12.com/news/nation-world/ohio-wikipedia-conference-suicide-threat-gun-kill-himself-pedophile-non-offending-maps-minor-attracted-person-shooting-threatens-threatened-convention-event-stage-stormed-climbed-attack-arrest-arrested], [https://thepostmillennial.com/man-declares-himself-a-non-contact-pedophile-puts-gun-to-his-head-during-nyc-wikipedia-conference], [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gunman-arrested-storming-stage-nyc-wikipedia-conference_n_68f3c144e4b085924979a793]</ref> Notable aspects of this controversy were the unusually broad coverage it was given in the liberal media, and the relatively minimal attention it was given on right-wing social media. Prior to this event it had often been claimed (by liberals) that MAP Activism was a "hoax" or "psyop" - a case that was harder to make in the wake of such a desperate act.
*In November, influencers continued the process of recycling old material to claim there was a sustained effort to normalize pedophilia. For example, a [[B4U-ACT]] video featuring Alexandra Roth (a psychotherapist) and edited by LibsOfTikTok, amassed almost a million impressions.<ref>[https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1986837535608230017 Libs of TikTok - Alexandra Roth via B4U-ACT]</ref> Roth's segment went on to be featured in various media such as the Patriot Post, and a local radio station, adding to the anti-MAP meme stock.<ref>[https://wbt.com/1539171/the-tj-ritchie-show-minor-attracted-people/ The TJ Ritchie Show: Minor Attracted People], [https://patriotpost.us/videos/122689-the-debate-no-one-should-be-having-2025-11-13 The Debate No One Should Be Having], [https://www.rifttv.com/left-wing-academics-are-working-behind-the-scenes-to-normalize-pedophilia/ Rift TV]</ref>
*Throughout this year, Conservatives continued to make rabid and unhinged comments about Democrats, with Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Nancy Mace among the most prominent of them. In December, Anna Paulina Luna claimed that Scott Weiner was pursuing a bill to reclassify pedophiles as MAPs, a claim that was completely false, and seen by over a million people without community-note or fact-checking.<ref>[https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2002215164221739209 "Scott Weiner is a pedophile-protecting weirdo in the California State House currently pushing a bill to reclassify pedophiles as “minor attracted persons.”"]</ref>

===2026===

*In January, the potential of the MAP meme to generate viral publicity was again affirmed when the X account DelusionPosting sent 5 million viewers to the screencap of a [[PCMA]] account's meme-post.<ref>[https://x.com/DelusionPosting/status/2008946917904912740 Post by DelusionPosting]</ref> This was in fact, the [[:File:Riv.png|3-year-old Tweet of a suspended account (previously 2.2 million views)]]. DelusionPosting is a part-automated influencer account, already known for sharing outdated material. Since the original post had been made in 2023, PCMA had almost ceased its activity on the X network, and MAPs had found it almost impossible to hold down an account on any of the major platforms without being banned.
*In February, Elon Musk drew over 60M impressions on a tweet criticizing the New York Times for their historical coverage of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] and pedophilia as a disorder/not a crime.<ref>[https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2026135632624652377 Tweet by Elon Musk]</ref>
*In April-May, [[Mu]] (and other MAP sites such as [[BoyChat]] and its French sub-forum) became the focus of an investigation by the citizen journalist, G Patrick.<ref>[https://www.gpatricksec.com/pedos-in-plain-site/ NAMBLA Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg], [https://www.gpatricksec.com/francerocks/ France Rocks], [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=4520 Thread documenting the various updates to G Patrick's investigation]</ref> This resulted in multiple call-outs on Reddit, in which Mu and various sites sharing the same server were presented as a "pedophile ring" without any evidence of illegal activity. The response even provoked governmental response in France (with media citing the High Commissioner for Children).<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/blog/press-release-france-has-no-right-to-call-us-pedocriminals Press Release: France has no right to call us 'pedocriminals']</ref> Attempts to remove the sites from the internet by lobbying providers were unsuccessful.

==Opinions among MAPs==

Predictions of significant social change have ranged from 5-50 years or so<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1579325.htm BoyChat thread documenting timescale for changes]</ref>. However, it is generally agreed that social indicators are pointing to a "fourth [[moral panic]]" taking place following similar scares in the Victorian and Postwar eras and then the 70s onward. The new panic, as we identified in 2021, appears to concern "normalization of pedophilia", and has snowballed since.

===Softening of liberal opposition towards minor attraction===

Since the late 00s, but particularly in the 20s, it has been observed that mainstream American Liberals are realizing child erotic symbolism and pedophile demonology can be used against them and their allies. The 2009 ''Hate Crimes Prevention Act'' is an often cited example in [[anti]]-pedophile conspiratorial circles. Democrats defeated an attempt by Republicans to exclude Pedophilia from the act. As Alcee Hastings famously put it:

<blockquote>''This bill addresses our resolve to end violence based on prejudice and to guarantee that all Americans, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability or all of these ‘philias’ and fetishes and ‘isms’ that were put forward need not live in fear because of who they are. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this rule.''<ref>[https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2009/07/16/hate-crimes-amendment-scheduled-for-vote-christian-groups-oppose-law-as-utter-evil/ Colorado Independent: Alcee Hastings - Hate Crimes Amendment]</ref></blockquote>

In 2023, Minnesota Democrats similarly pushed to have language excluding attraction to minors from anti discrimination laws altered.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/transgender-minnesota-lawmaker-introduces-bill-removing-anti-pedophile-language-states-human-rights-act Fox article about the bill], and [https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1655&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0 Minnesota bill]</ref>

===The tone of mainstream and conservative media===

The tone of conservative-identifying media is an important barometer, given that “liberal-progressive” corporations such as Google are arbiters of what is deemed to be acceptable conservatism. This control is exerted via algorithm changes and YouTube censorship for example. In gauging the tone of outlets such Glenn Beck’s YouTube-dependent ''TheBlaze'' network, we can see what Google deems to be the last bastion of acceptable conservatism in the Post-Trump era. In this case, when Beck’s (mainly very young) acolytes cover the familiar topic of [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans children]], minors' exposure to sexual content, MAPs, or any form of “[[degeneracy]]”, the tone tends to be either laughter, mocking or disbelief as opposed to the sharp moral/religious condemnation typical of the old "moral majority". This might indicate an openness in Silicon Valley towards the idea of immersing wider culture in sexual taboo topics. The result of this would be general desensitisation towards gay and trans politics, clearing the ground for MAPs to be used as the next contentious pawns in a binary culture war. The perpetuation of culture wars to divide and distract, is a tried and tested long-term strategy of establishments engaged in financial malpractice and corruption. Potential scandals such as the deliberate pursuit of inflationary policies, have the potential to unite both sides of the political spectrum ''against'' power elites, and thus need to be shut down with distractions.

===MAPs' arguable progress in the "battle to prevent the battle"===

By percolating into mainstream and social media, the politics and terminology of MAPs set forth in the mid-late 00s, appears to have achieved basic visibility in the late 10s and onward. This has been described as a "part success" in what [[Harris Mirkin]] described as anti-MAP's "battle to prevent the battle".<ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/J082v37n02_01 Harris Mirkin PhD (1999): The Pattern of Sexual Politics, Journal of Homosexuality, 37:2, 1-24]</ref>

Panic has been seen inside [[assimilationism|assimilationist]] parts of the the LGBTQ+ community, spanning from a fear of engaging with MAPs, lest they attempt to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|become part of their wider umbrella group again]]. MAP terminology is now widely visible in academia, and established culture war hobbyhorses such as the trans issue are starting to look tired, or are otherwise stimulating hot button MAP/Youth-Rights-adjacent themes such as a child’s right to choose hormone blockers or gender transition surgery.

At the same time, alternative-right trolls are pointing to the MAP topic as proof of moral relativism’s inevitable conclusion, and liberalism’s “next frontier”. Various alternative-right social media trolls have adopted the strategy of goading LGBTQ+ people to accept MAPs as the next persecuted minority – asserting it would only be consistent with their long-held principles. We have observed in-situ, some alternative-right trolls who are more thoroughly MAP-literate than some MAPs themselves!

==The coming years==

So, in summary, social conservatives and regressives have for a long time predicted the same kind of discursive shift for MAPs that took place around homosexuality in the postwar period. One possible implication of this theory, is that any publicity raising the awareness of MAPs (good or bad), might have a positive effect by accelerating this discursive breakout. For example, MAPs might benefit from posing as concerned citizens, distributing hysterical and implausible black propaganda leaflets and internet memes warning of MAP attempts to legitimize “child rape”. Similarly, they might benefit from having moles within the LGBTQ+ movement itself, circulating pro-MAP information from a purportedly pro-LGBTQ+ perspective, or simply asking peers for opinions on MAPs.

==Alternative names==

*'''P(a)edogeddon''' (probably coined in 2001 by the British satirist, Christopher Morris<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morris_(satirist) Chris Morris]</ref>).
*'''MAPnarök''' - Rare, mentioned by a [[Help:Joining PCMA chat|PCMA]] user.
*'''[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%23PedoSchwing2025 PedoSchwing2025]''' - See Urban Dictionary.
*'''PedoFloyd''' - A (cautionary) riff on James Lindsay's "Drag Floyd" notion, that forward motion from DQSH and push-back from anti-DQSH forces will lead, inevitably, to violence. [https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/dont-fall-for-drag-floyd-with-james-lindsay Don't fall for Drag Floyd!] James Lindsay and Charlie Kirk.

==References==

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MAPocalypse

2026-05-08T19:39:24Z

Jim Burton: /* 2026 */

__NOTOC__{{Template:Adj}}The '''"MAPocalypse"''' or in layman's terms, the '''normalization of pedophilia''' refers to a predicted series of events bringing about [[Wikipedia:Critical mass (sociodynamics)|critical mass]] for the acceptance of [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] as a "valid" identity. It aligns as roughly the fourth stage of a repeating [[moral panic]] over young peoples' sexuality in western society.

Various prophecies of "pedophile" normalisation have been made since roughly the 1990s - usually starting off among "moral majority" conservatives, sometimes infecting liberal-progressive and professional circles in the form of paranoia concerning supposed MAP > LGBT entryism, "pedophilia advocacy" in the [[Rind et al|sciences]], and other strategies. These prophecies follow the pattern of long-standing fears centering on the "recruitment" of youths within the early Gay Movement.

The most commonly suggested time for this event is the 2020s, 2030s and following decades, in which MAPs are projected to become more visible in the mainstream media/public conscience, becoming a contentious topic in and of their own right. In some countries, parliamentarians occasionally support the right of minors to [[consent]] to sex, and to refuse it.<ref name="montero">[https://www.outono.net/elentir/2022/09/22/a-spanish-minister-says-children-can-have-sexual-relations-with-whoever-they-want/ Irene Montero, Spanish politician makes pro-consent type comments]</ref> Brazil and Peru are two South American countries in which there has been a largely unbroken general trend towards reducing the [[Age of Consent]].

==Predictions past and present==

As the LGBT movement gained ground in the post-AIDS [[assimilationism|assimilationist]] struggles of the 80s and 90s, the right's focus moved away from recruitment of youth among the gay movement, to the threat of "pedophilia" - a "new evil" or "folk devil". This later infected the mainstream, as memories of [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|LGBT activism's history with MAPs]] faded. Predictions of a new dawn for the "normalization of pedophilia" among American Conservatives increased markedly in velocity from the mid-late 10s, as [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] gained exposure in the liberal media and pedophile conspiracy theories ushered in the culture wars of the Trump Era:

*'''1970s-90s:''' Various predictions from [[moral entrepreneur]]s such as [[Judith Reisman]] concerning the aims of the [[Alfred Kinsey|Kinsey]] Institute. "As early as 1977, author Judith A. Reisman says she learned of the existence of an "international academic pedophile movement" influenced by Kinsey's teachings."<ref name="come">[http://www.come-and-hear.com/editor/ca-wt-04-19-02/ Endorsement of adult-child sex on rise]</ref>
*"In '''1994''', as gay freedom was becoming a mainstream cause, the head of the right-leaning Rutherford Institute claimed that "the logical implication of American acceptance of homosexuality is the acceptance of pedophilia as simply another form of 'sexual orientation.'""<ref name="reason">[https://reason.com/2023/01/14/a-modern-history-of-groomer-politics/ Reason: A Modern History of 'Groomer' Politics]</ref>
*'''1995:''' ""I started saying seven years ago [in 1995] that there was a movement to make pedophilia an alternative lifestyle, and my colleagues looked at me like I was crazy," said Mrs. Reeves, who founded MASA after discovering that a relative had been sexually abused. "Here we are seven years later and that is exactly what's happening.""<ref name="come" />
*'''2002:''' "A trend toward normalizing pedophilia is the latest manifestation of a dangerous understanding of human sexuality that has become more prevalent over the last 30 years. That assertion was voiced by a leading analyst of cultural trends, Carson Holloway, a political science professor at the University of Nebraska, was reported by CNSNews.com July 11 from a Family Research Council symposium the previous day titled, “From Playboy to Pedophilia: How Adult Sexual Liberation Leads to Children’s Sexual Exploitation.”"<ref>[https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/pedophilia-to-be-next-result-of-sexual-permissiveness-prof-says/ Pedophilia to be next result of sexual permissiveness, prof says]</ref>
*'''2002:''' "Some people view children as the next sexual frontier" ([[Stephanie Dallam]], quoted in Washington Times<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/apr/19/20020419-042059-4124r/ Washington Times quotes Stephanie Dallam RN]</ref>)
*'''2002:''' "Those making the case aren't just fringe groups, such as the North American Man-Boy Love Association, but a handful of academics at mainstream universities [...] several contend that minors are capable of agreeing to and even initiating sex with adults. These academics seek to change the language, moving away from "pedophilia," which often evokes a charged negative response.... In its place would be more neutral terms such as "intergenerational sex" or "adult-child sex.""<ref>[http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/joint_custody_studies.html Mark O'Keefe, Newhouse News Service, wrote in an article published March 26, 2002].</ref>
*"In '''2004''', with gay marriage a central issue in the year's elections, the head of Liberty Counsel wrote that "Once the same-sex marriage barrier is broken, a wide range of sexual [[paraphilia]] rights are sure to follow, including, but not limited to, pedophilia.""<ref name="reason" />
*'''2011:''' "Normalizing the "last taboo" Pedophilia - sex between adults and children - is the goal of a conference in Baltimore" (Beliefnet<ref>[https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2011/08/academic-conference-seeks-to-normalize-pedophilia Beliefnet on B4U-ACT conference]</ref>)
*'''2011:''' "If another group of activists has their way, a behavior currently considered by American society to be both vile and criminal will one day join the ranks of homosexuality and trans-sexuality as just another accepted aspect of normal human sexual expression. The behavior in question: pedophilia"<ref>[https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/first-person-pedophilia-on-the-horizon/ FIRST-PERSON: Pedophilia on the horizon]</ref>
*'''2014:''' "Using the same tactics used by “gay” rights activists, pedophiles have begun to seek similar status arguing their desire for children is a sexual orientation no different than heterosexual or homosexuals."<ref>[https://www.eurochicago.com/2012/04/pedophiles-want-same-rights-as-homosexuals/ Jack Minor's piece] - originally published for ''Northern Colorado Gazette''</ref>
*'''2014:''' "Once considered taboo, psychologists are beginning to walk down the same path LGBT activists established more than 50 years ago, insisting that pedophilia is an inborn "sexual orientation," not a learned sexual behavior."<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2014/01/pedophilia-the-next-sexual-rights-revolution/ WND: Pedophilia the next 'sexual-rights' revolution?]</ref>
*'''2015/6''': "What’s going to happen with that is that ultimately things like bestiality is going to be approved and especially pedophilia,” [...] “Because like I said, how the progressives are attacking these issues in multiple ways. I really predict that in the next few years even pedophilia is going to be more and more accepted because two things are happening. One, we are saying any sexual urge is valid. So pedophilia, why is that any different than any other form of love? Love is love, right?" (Jenna Ellis - Conservative Policy figurehead<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/15/politics/jenna-ellis-kfile/ Jenna Ellis]</ref>)
*'''2019:''' "Pedophilia: The Next Frontier for Leftist Acceptance Ideology" (American ''Spectator''<ref>[https://spectator.org/pedophilia-the-next-frontier-for-leftist-acceptance-ideology/ American Spectator: Next frontier for leftist ideology]</ref>)
*'''2020:''' "Q-Anon and other Trump-aligned movements serve as a perfect foil to begin turning universal moral opposition to abusing kids into another controlled culture war conflict the right is bound to lose." (National Justice - anti-Jewish publisher<ref>[https://national-justice.com/opinion-and-analysis/authoritarians-and-jews-push-normalize-pedophilia Authoritarians and Jews: The Push to Normalize Pedophilia]</ref>)
*'''2023:''' "Everyone knows that pedophilia is the next deviant behavior the Left will seek to normalize. Everyone knows it’s coming. It’s the next progression from birth control to the sexual revolution to normalization of homosexuality to gay marriage to transgenderism. It’s pedophilia and then it’s bestiality after that."<ref>[https://thehayride.com/2023/04/what-marjorie-taylor-greene-did-to-the-democrats-yesterday-was-amazing/ The Hayride: What Marjorie Taylor Greene Did To The Democrats Yesterday Was Amazing]</ref>

==Realization of the panic from the late 10s==

In most years since 2021, multiple social and mainstream media-driven controversies have taken place in relation to the "normalization" of "pedophilia", or the fork towards ''Minor Attracted People''.

Early precedents such as the 1998-2001 [[Rind et al|Rind Report]] controversy, and 2015 [[Todd Nickerson|Salon articles]] had been seen prior to the 20s. More recent events detailed in [[grooming]] (including the massacre of 5 people) are also left out of our list, which focuses on examples where "normalization" of MAPs or "pedophilia" was the predominant concern. These gathered pace following the 2018 and 2019 [[MAP Flag]] controversies, and exploded in 2022, when "Minor Attracted Person" began to trend well ahead of the predominant 20th Century equivalent key-phrases such as [[NAMBLA]] on most social media:

===2019===

*In 2019, conservative christian news outlets ran the story of a LGBTQI California school curriculum that taught about [[Pederasty]] to 9th graders. The reaction was largely overblown, but set the tone for further controversies that were to take place, in that it invoked the normalization of "pedophilia" in an educational setting.<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-pedophilia-school/ Snopes: Pederasty in the classroom?]</ref>
*This year was notable for the first "[[grooming|groomer libel]]" attacks against drag queen story hours. This trend was to continue in the 20s, but we exclude it from the following notes.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/07/protest-seeks-to-stop-us-libraries-supporting-drag-queen-story-hour The guardian: Groomer Libel]</ref>

===2020===

*Throughout the first half of 2020, social media was lit up with controversy surrounding the film ''[[The Trouble with Being Born]]'', which depicts a man's relationship with a prepubescent android girl who resembles his missing daughter. Similar controversy had been seen the year before, concerning a "love has no age" Snapchat filter.<ref>[https://bigleaguepolitics.com/snapchat-releases-love-has-no-age-photo-filter-for-pride-month/ Love Has No Age filter]</ref> Later in 2020, #CancelNetflix began to trend, in response to the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Cuties|Cuties]]'', now considered a timeless masterpiece of pedophilia normalization "rated fresh" with 87% on [[Wikipedia:Rotten Tomatoes|Rotten Tomatoes]], but slated on [[Wikipedia:IMDb|IMDb]].<ref>[http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39816/ The Cuties Controversy: Prefiguration, ‘Sexualisation’, and the New Conspiracism]</ref>
*Later that year, [[Theo Sandfort]] is distanced by a New York Child Welfare agency after his (already well-publicized and freely available) research on "Pedophilia" (sic) is aired in the media.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/nyregion/nyc-foster-care-professor-pedophilia.html NY Times - Sandfort] [https://imprintnews.org/foster-care/new-york-foster-care-columbia-pedophilia-research/50287 Imprint News - Sandfort]</ref>

===2021===

*In April of this year, the [[ILGA]] was involved in a controversy over what was presented as renewed support for lowering [[Age of consent]] laws. Gript noted that it "signed a “Feminist Declaration” calling for the elimination of laws which limit the right of children as young as 10 to consent to sex".<ref>[https://gript.ie/allow-children-as-young-as-10-to-consent-to-sex-lgbt-ngo/ Allow children as young as 10 to consent to sex – LGBT NGO]</ref>
*In July 2021, '''[[San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus]]''' were involved in a gay-recruitment/[[grooming]] type controversy. Normalization of pedophilia was frequently invoked by their mainly conservative opponents. A further [[Monkey Mayhem Incident|controversy in the UK]] concerned a council's recruitment of a man in a rainbow monkey [[Child safety mascot|fursuit]] with an erect prosthetic phallus, in an attempt to educate children at a public library.
*In August of this year, Belgian poet [[Wikipedia:Delphine Lecompte|Delphine Lecompte]] made headlines when she made comments many said normalized pedophilia. According to a letter she wrote to a magazine, pedophiles were a "vulnerable, marginalized group that has been treated for years like sickly scum by the crowd of decent moralists." She also referred to the fact that "most pedophiles never commit pedophilic acts and that every human being is sometimes attracted to innocence and youth", fearing that a witch hunt against pedophiles could lead to more "pedophile excesses and child pornography, which we all want to avoid." She added "It seems wiser to me to learn to know and accept the pedophile. And to accept that pedophilia resides in each of us".<ref>See for the controversy, [https://www.standaard.be/binnenland/de-tien-nieuwsfeiten-van-de-dag/52924271.html De Standard] and [https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/societe/2021/08/12/elle-nuance-normalise-et-meme-excuse-la-pedophilie-la-poetesse-delphine-lecompte-au-centre-dune-vive-polemique-apres-des-declarations-sur-la-pedophilie-VUYIJWMCANGF3OFEAKQFQLA634/ La Libre].</ref>
*In late August 2021, '''Noah Berlatsky''' roused the ire of conservatives (Andy Ngo chiefly among them) and some liberals on social media, following his appointment as communications director at [[Prostasia Foundation]].<ref>[https://thepostmillennial.com/nbc-contributor-prostasia-normalizing-pedophilia Post Millennial]</ref>
*In November, 2021, '''[[Allyn Walker]]''' faced widespread social media and mainstream media outrage after participating in an interview with Prostasia, advocating for humane treatment for people with an attraction to minors, and using the term "[[Minor Attracted Person]]" to that effect.

===2022===

*In January 2022, the media outlet '''USA Today''' was the subject of their own social media controversy, following an article many conservatives felt attempted to "justify pedophilia".<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/usa-today-blasted-promoting-complicated-pedophilia-study FOX News: USA Today controversy], [https://fstube.net/w/cGeaX588heoYou6zAC3j68 see video]</ref>
*In February, 2022, '''[[Stephen Kershnar]]''' attracted wide opprobrium on social media after appearing to defend [[minor-adult sex]] as not being inherently wrong outside a moral framework. Regressive-conservative [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] influencer, ''[[LibsofTikTok]]'' was particularly important in amplifying this story, although it appears that her target was himself a libertarian.
*In April of 2022, '''[[David Finkelhor]]''' was involved in a similar LibsofTikTok-enabled social media controversy over comments made during a video forum the previous month.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-hampshire-professor-dont-presume-pedophilic-acts-start-with-a-predatory-or-criminally-inclined-adult FOX on Finkelhor controversy]</ref>
*In June 2022, '''[[Nelson Maatman]]''' (a [[MAP Movement|MAP Activist]]) was arrested in Mexico, leading to widespread media and social media coverage. NGOs such as [[Operation Underground Railroad]] began to interact with the [[MAP Movement]].
*In July, the regressive feminist influencer and hoax artist "Posie Parker" claimed that she had been questioned by police about being "untoward about paedophiles" in a video. She was not arrested.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-womens-rights-campaigner-visited-by-police-for-being-untoward-about-pedophiles/ Reduxx: Untoward about paediphiles]</ref>
*In August, 2022, '''[[Karl Andersson]]''' (a publisher and academic) was involved in a social media outrage with [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] conservatives and radical feminists, surrounding a peer reviewed journal article, written for ''Qualitative Research''. This article concerned the topic of [[Lolicon|Shotacon]], or drawn images of [[boy]]s in sexual situations.
*Almost simultaneously, and as documented in [[Minor Attracted Person]], a controversy erupted surrounding a video made by '''Miranda Galbreath''', a licensed Sex Therapist who was attempting to challenge the [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigma]] on MAPs (and using the term herself).
*Also in August, Radical Conservative [[Feminism|Feminists]] inspired a social media controversy centering on '''[[Virtuous Pedophiles]]''' and their newly-recruited social-media manager's claim to have been leaving written letters in UK libraries.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-organization-placing-propaganda-letters-in-uk-libraries/ Reduxx on Virped]</ref> This eventually led to the organization's banning from Twitter.
*In mid-September, 2022, as detailed in [[Minor Attracted Person]], the Texas High School Teacher '''Amber Parker''', went viral on social media after she was filmed appearing to defend the idea of "MAPs" (as opposed to pedophiles - see our [[Media:PR2.pdf|Press Release]] on the subject). This incident was amplified on Twitter by ''[[Gays Against Groomers]]'' (a conservative radical feminist front group), TX Governor Greg Abbott and Matthew Kolken among others. The comments were said by students, parents, Parker's husband and a school administrator to have been taken out of context. She was later fired from her job.
*In mid-September, London's Newham Council was slated on social media for allowing a leaflet advertising a [[queer]] hangout event for 9-25 year olds.<ref>[https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/london-council-blasted-after-asking-25015682 London council blasted after asking 9 year olds to 'hang out' with adult strangers]</ref>
*Again in mid-September, [[Wikipedia:R._Kelly_sexual_abuse_cases|stating a case for leniency]] in a sentencing memorandum, R Kelly's attorneys made several technical arguments about the Chicago federal case but admitted to repeated sexual encounters with the testifying victims when they were underage. Arguing for mitigation, the memorandum included a passage written by expert witness Dr. Renée Sorrentino arguing that Kelly is not a pedophile. Sorrentino was criticised in the media for publishing a paper in which he argued "Minor Attracted People" were a neglected population, a major search result in Google.<ref>[https://www.mdedge.com/psychiatry/article/242357/minor-attracted-persons-neglected-population MDEdge article by Sorrentino]</ref>
*In late September, Spanish parliamentarian, Irene Montero stated that children ''"have the right to know that they can love or have sexual relations with whoever they want. Based, yes, on consent"'', leading to outcry on social media. An AP fact check straightened out... not much at all by establishing that ''"Montero’s comments make clear that she said '''unwanted''' sexual contact between children and adults amounts to violence"''.<ref name="montero" /><ref>[https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-spain-women-abortion-sex-education-978822725682 Spanish official’s comments on sex education mischaracterized]</ref>
*In early October, 2022, '''[[Jacob Breslow]]''' appeared to survive a social media and mainstream media firestorm over positions advocated in his academic works and his position as a trustee of Mermaids, a charity for transgender youth. This included his use of the term "Minor Attracted Person", and even caught the attention of J.K. Rowling. He was officially exonerated but left his post under a year later.
*In late October, 2022, '''[[James Cantor]]''' was removed from the list of witnesses at a hearing on "gender-affirming care" for [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans youth]]. The justification used (this time by liberals on Twitter) was his advocacy for pedophilia.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/gays-against-groomers/florida-expert-formerly-slated-testify-favor-trans-health-care-ban-once Media Matters: James Cantor controversy]</ref>
*If the previous controversies weren't enough, in late November 2022, '''Balenciaga''' (a fashion brand owned by Kering) were caught in a further such rumpus following adverts that featured a BDSM-gear-festooned teddy bear and a small child, along with allusions to the relaxation of child pornography laws.<ref>[https://tmj.news/balenciagacampaign/ TMJ: Balenciaga - moral decay]</ref>
*In December of that year, French cartoonist '''Bastien Vivès''' faced a petition of 100,000 signatures calling on the prestigious Angoulême International Comics Festival to revoke his invitation to participate the gathering. Among the criticisms were "displaying incestuous and pedophile images and scenes" and the promotion of "[[rape culture]]". The festival announced that it was forced to cancel his appearance, citing "physical threats" online against Vivès that could put both the cartoonist and festival goers at risk, as reported by Le Figaro.<ref>[https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/bastien-vives-cartoonist-pedophilia-incest Worldcrunch.com on the cancellation of Bastian Vives]. See also [https://www.liberation.fr/culture/accusations-contre-bastien-vives-le-festival-dangouleme-sous-pression-20221209_LPOJK6QEVJE2NFPQQFGY2SHXDM/ "Dessins de Bastien Vivès mis en cause : le Festival d'Angoulême sous pression". in ''Libération''], [https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/bd/festival-de-bd-d-angouleme/le-festival-de-bd-d-angouleme-annule-l-exposition-de-bastien-vives-accuse-de-promouvoir-la-pedopornographie-apres-des-menaces-contre-l-auteur_5543805.html "Le festival de BD d'Angoulême annule l'exposition de Bastien Vivès, accusé de promouvoir la pédopornographie, après des "menaces" contre l'auteur". in ''Franceinfo''], and [https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/12/14/le-festival-international-de-la-bande-dessinee-d-angouleme-annule-l-exposition-de-bastien-vives_6154430_3246.html "L'exposition de Bastien Vivès annulée par le Festival de la BD d'Angoulême pour raisons de « sécurité »". in ''Le Monde''.fr]. For background, see [https://www.actuabd.com/Le-cas-Vives Le cas Vivès]</ref> Much of the criticism was left-"progressive" slanted, focusing on the artist's supposedly reactionary background.
*Also in December, California Representative Katie Porter was accused of normalizing pedophilia as an "identity" in a context-devoid social media firestorm fanned by LibsOfTikTok, and bordering on a [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|hoax]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221215183558/https://notthebee.com/article/california-democratic-rep-katie-porter-says-pedophilia-is-an-identity California Rep. Katie Porter says pedophilia is an "identity" 😑], and [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N33613P/ U.S. Rep. Katie Porter did not say pedophilia was an ‘identity’]</ref>

===2023===

*In January 2023, '''Police Scotland''' and the '''European Union''' were hauled before the court of public opinion, after what appeared to be sympathetic use of the term "Minor Attracted Person" in official materials.<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/world-news/minor-attracted-person-scandal-inside-28858264 Scottish Daily Express scandal re. EU, Police Scotland using "Minor Attracted Person"]</ref> Despite the "standard" nature of this outrage, the story, and response from Police Scotland were viewed around 10 million times on Twitter alone.
*A further controversy took place in Spain, concerning a TV series depicting an intergenerational relationship involving a 15-year-old girl. The ''Christian Lawyers Foundation'' insisted that the series be pulled.<ref>[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253338/christian-lawyers-foundation-in-spain-demands-tv-series-promoting-pedophilia-be-pulled Christian Lawyers Foundation in Spain demands TV series promoting pedophilia be pulled]</ref>
*Throughout the preceding years, it has been a common taunt of Russian media and state officials, that "the west" is "normalizing pedophilia". In February 2023, President Vladimir Putin repeated these accusations in a rambling speech, one assumes, in a provocative attempt to force his opponents to defend initiatives such as the EU-funded 2PS project<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/anger-eu-project-sees-police-28841534?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar Scottish DM - EU 2PS Project]</ref> and [[B4U-ACT]], that has at times received state funding.<ref>[https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/3867443-the-hills-morning-report-biden-putin-frame-year-of-war-in-dueling-speeches/ Putin speech - The Hill]</ref>
*The Dutch '''Democratic Party''' (D66) and their youth wing, were embroiled in a further Feb 2023 controversy, when English-speaking social media users unearthed resolutions deemed to be sympathetic to "pedophiles".<ref>[https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/dutch-governing-party-advocates-accepting-pedophilia-and-teaching-it-in-schools/ Young Democrats: European Conservative]</ref>
*In March 2023, two students associated with the University of Chile ('''[[Leonardo_Arce_Vidal|Leonardo Arce Vidal]]'''<ref>[https://repositorio-uchile-cl.translate.goog/handle/2250/145147?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp#:~:text=La%20presente%20tesis%20es%20la,con%20voz%20o%20sujeto%20completo. Pedophiles and infants: folds and folds of desire (2016)]</ref> and [['''Mauricio Quiroz Muñoz''']]<ref>[https://repositorio-uchile-cl.translate.goog/handle/2250/179587?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp The pedagogue's denied wish: being a pedophile (2020)]</ref>) whose respective MA and BA theses problematized the figure of the pedophile and the notion of [[Intrinsic harm|intrinsic harm]] in relation to age-disparate sex, were (along with their supervisors) subject to university investigation. The familiar right-wing twitter storm had preceded and provoked these investigations, also leading to condemnation by university officials and organizations which speak on behalf of minors/youth. The university both condemned the works and pointed out the works were "''purely theoretical nature, which do not report intervention on human populations, and which, even taking into account how debatable their content turns out to be, met the requirements of the academic evaluation process''".<ref>[https://cooperativa-cl.translate.goog/noticias/pais/educacion/universidades/escandalo-por-tesis-pro-pedofilia-u-de-chile-investigara-eventuales/2022-12-26/203839.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Cooperativa: Scandal for pro-pedophilia thesis: U. de Chile will investigate eventual responsibilities]</ref>
*In the same month, conservative pundits attempted but failed to generate enough attention to scandalize historian '''[[Rachel Hope Cleves]]''' for using "intergenerational sex" in her treatment of [[Norman Douglas]]. Social media conservatives were outraged at clips from a book-launch interview that had been in the public domain for 3 years.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2023/03/21/rachel-hope-cleves-pedophilia-historian-intergenerational-sex-rape-10-year-old-boy-abuse/ Rachel Hope-Cleves: Daily Caller]</ref>
*April's controversy centered on the [[United Nations|UN]],<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/un-backed-legal-recommendations-normalize-sex-minors-critics-say New UN-backed legal recommendations normalize sex with minors, outraged critics say]</ref> following the publication of new legal principles problematizing the idea that adolescents are inherently unable to [[consent]], including to sex. American conservatives reacted by circulating the theory that such opinions represent an attempt to "soften up" the public prior to the release of supposedly "damning" information concerning [[Jeffrey Epstein]]'s high-profile visitors.
*Later in April, a Twitter user posted another [[MAP Flag]] concept, causing outrage on [[Alice Day]]. The event made the mainstream media and drew Elon Musk's condemnation.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12017643/Elon-Musk-suspends-Twitter-user-created-pedophile-flag.html Daily Mail on Zeeb's controversy]</ref><ref>[https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/twitter-user-pedophile-flag-account-suspended FOX on Zeeb's controversy]</ref><ref>[https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-ex-ufc-fighter-rages-twitter-account-elon-musk-suspended-posting-pedophilia-flag UFC Fighter on Zeeb]</ref>
*Hysteria over MAPs hit a period of latency through the summer and fall of 2023, in part resulting from the failure of fringe conservatives to scandalize pro-MAP initiatives, research and advocacy, given the familiarity of the subject. Ngo did, however renew his war against Berlatsky, resulting in numerous hitpieces against the former [[Prostasia Foundation]] spokesman, following his negative review of [[Operation Underground Railroad]]'s ''Sound of Freedom'' film.<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-pedophile-advocacy-group-spokesman-writes-bloomberg-hit-piece-on-sound-of-freedom Daily Wire: Berlatsky's Bloomberg Hit Piece]</ref>

===2024===

*In February 2024, X (Twitter) played host to a 3M+ impression conservative outrage thread concerning Google's AI Chatbot, its tolerance of pedophilia, and preference for the term ''[[Minor Attracted Person]]''.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/02/23/business/woke-google-gemini-refuses-to-say-pedophilia-is-wrong-after-diverse-historical-images-debacle-individuals-cannot-control-who-they-are-attracted-to/ NYP: ‘Woke’ Google Gemini refuses to say pedophilia is wrong after ‘diverse’ historical images debacle: ‘Individuals cannot control who they are attracted to’ ]</ref>
*In March, A Kentucky Democrat Senator, '''Karen Berg''', controversially suggested [[sex doll]]s styled to resemble children could help prevent pedophiles from abusing them, adding ''"there are what they call 'MAPS,' Minor Attracted Persons"''.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kentucky-dem-suggests-child-sex-dolls-protect-kids-pedophiles-gives-them-a-release Kentucky Dem suggests child sex dolls could protect kids from pedophiles: 'Gives them a release']</ref>
*In May, The City Council in Almería, Spain was criticized by conservative TV and social media personalities after launching a poster campaign on sexual consent. The campaign at one point featured a [[boy]], implying he could [[consent]] to sex by stating that he is able to say "no".<ref>[https://reduxx.info/if-he-says-no-its-not-sex-spanish-city-apologizes-for-pedophilic-sexual-consent-campaign/ “If He Says No, It’s Not Sex” : Spanish City Apologizes For “Pedophilic” Sexual Consent Campaign]</ref>
*2024 was a year in which various conservative political officials and media made strange claims about liberals, the LGBTQ+ community and their approach to MAPs. For example, Thomas Brough (Australia)<ref>[https://thewest.com.au/news/albany-advertiser/thomas-brough-who-claimed-minor-attracted-persons-part-of-lgbtq-community-wins-albany-lib-preselection-c-14505730 Thomas Brough, who claimed ‘minor-attracted’ persons part of LGBTQ+ community, wins Albany Lib preselection]</ref> and Dwayne Yunker (Oregon, US)<ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/01/gop-lawmaker-calls-lgbtq-people-pedophiles-says-pride-month-is-child-abuse/ GOP lawmaker calls LGBTQ+ people “pedophiles” & says Pride Month is “child abuse”]</ref> both made the LGBTQ+ MAP connection. The Daily Wire and other conservative media alleged that Democratic vice Presidential pick, Tim Walz "signed [a] bill stripping anti-pedophile language from Minnesota’s Human Rights Act".<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-signed-bill-stripping-anti-pedophile-language-from-minnesotas-human-rights-act Tim Walz Signed Bill Stripping Anti-Pedophile Language From Minnesota’s Human Rights Act]</ref>
*By September 2024, news of [[MAP Camp]] (formerly a project of [[MEDAL]]) had spread to social media users, leading to outrage threads, and news coverage including The Spectator, Libs of TikTok and Andy Ngo.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240918175058/https://www.timesargus.com/news/local/vsp-looking-into-possible-event-for-minor-attracted-persons/article_1742bcf8-753a-11ef-8fd9-e34b4898e965.html Times Argus - Police in Vermont looking into MAP Camp], [https://x.com/brainsturbator/status/1835667849697706315 thread by Brainsturbator], [https://x.com/brainsturbator/status/1836802888435179970 follow-up]. Later coverage by Libs of TikTok ([https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1836535078492737637 1], [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1836823945259143476 2]) and local media ([https://www.komonews.com/news/nation-world/vermont-state-police-monitoring-campground-gathering-of-acutely-marginalized-pedophiles-minor-attracted-persons-map-camp 1], [https://vtdigger.org/2024/09/19/marshfield-erupts-after-learning-of-apparent-camping-event-advertised-for-minor-attracted-persons/ 2]). Conspiracy media connected to Vermont included a podcast and Turning Point USA: [https://vermontdailychronicle.com/cops-at-local-school-following-public-concern-over-map-a-k-a-pedophile-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-76783 1], [https://vermontdailychronicle.com/state-police-know-of-social-media-claims-about-vt-pedophile-map-gathering-this-weekend/ 2], [https://vermontdailychronicle.com/vermont-pedophile-camp-in-planning-stages-since-july/ 3], [https://fstube.net/w/vcGDPNCJ8FA1R7Vp7tcmyp 3], [https://fstube.net/w/caMb6hrCE2e7MDsFvm7FJs 4]. Following day saw attention from Prostasia's nemesis, Andy Ngo ([https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837189153705926728 1], [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837177750722883749 2], [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837241058045923586 3]) and the [https://spectator.org/vermont-pedophile-weekend-retreat-draws-parental-ire/?utm_medium=twitter Spectator] (US). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEv5Cw-KUfI Vermont Daily Chronicle] Podcast. A later [https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/pedophile-group-claims-oppression-over-vt-camp-gathering-outrage-deeply-offensive-vermont-minor-attracted-persons-marshfield-montpelier-burlington-new-england-pedophilia-map-union-gender article] mentioned [[Mu]]</ref>
*That same month, online educator, Dr Lindsey Doe had also drawn fire from Libs of TikTok, for a video in which she espoused the benefits of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] to [[preventionism]] efforts against CSA. She was routinely mocked for her eye movements during the video.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/fd67QRVUsyzaPQt5RCjL8V Her Sexplanations video], and the [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1836877552121708642 X thread]</ref>
*In October, the use of "MAP" by another educator, Kerri Isham in British Columbia was highlighted throughout local and social media.<ref>[https://www.westernstandard.news/news/sexual-health-educator-slammed-for-referring-to-pedophiles-as-minor-attracted-persons-in-lecture-to-bc-grade-9ers/58713 Kerri Isham news article]</ref> Her use of the term was in fact highly condemnatory and intended to circulate common myths about people attracted to minors.
*November saw a [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy]] throughout social media, in which a liberal-slanted social network and Twitter/X competitor was slated as a haven for pedophiles, child pornography and self-identifying MAPs.

===2025===

*February 2025 featured a viral controversy in which Senator Jamie Pederson was said to have had comments taken out of context during a debate on parental rights. His insistence that laws protect girls' right to body autonomy at the age of 13 was presented as endorsement of reforms in attitudes towards MAPs on conservative social media.<ref>The controversy can be found on x. [https://web.archive.org/web/20250317135955/https://www.yakimaherald.com/wa-senator-sparks-fury-with-description-of-40-year-old-law-limiting-parental-rights/article_b8db893a-e8aa-11ef-b2ba-87a293d81bf3.html].</ref>
*Late March and April was the turn of NZ MP [[Wikipedia:Benjamin Doyle|Benjamin Doyle]] to face the wrath of conservatives, after concerns he was using a public Instagram account and pedophile "swirl symbols" to document his preparation of a trans child for anal sex. The witch-hunt had shades of McCarthyism about it, with the MP being presented in a similar manner to the earlier Zulock case in the US. Later that year, Doyle resigned, citing break-ins and threats to his safety following attention from other members of Parliament and right-wing online New Zealand conspiracy theorists/influencers.
*In late April, an X thread by the non-binary streamer and [[Anti]], Coffins gained many millions of views after "exposing" numerous spiral [[childlove]] symbols and supposed pedophile symbols/emoji codes. Viewers scarcely believed what they were seeing, although the graphics were from an actual MAP website, even if most were barely used.<ref>[https://x.com/CoffinsInBloom/status/1916161045380341977 Popular thread by Coffins]</ref>
*In May, a similar controversy dogged the annual conference of [[B4U-ACT]], with conservatives such as Andy Ngo amplifying a series of outraged takes.
*In June, long-time precious metals guru, Peter Schiff caused a controversy on X when he argued that Jeffrey Epstein was not a pedophile on the basis of his sexual activity with mature minors. He later pointed out that he had sex with such girls in his college years, and was accused of attempting to normalize pedophilia.<ref>[https://x.com/PeterSchiff/status/1930818380862505347 Tweet of Peter Schiff]</ref>
*Later in June, legal scholar, Alan Dershowitz was made an example of by [[anti]]s on X/Twitter after criticising high ages of consent in a way that users thought betrayed a Jewish conspiracy to normalize "pedophilia". His legal defense of Jeffrey Epstein was raked over by those attempting to prove the conspiracy.<ref>[https://x.com/AlanDersh/status/1938766702554005893 Tweet of Dershowitz]</ref>
*In July, an almost 10-year old article from the BBC describing pedophilia from an anonymous first person perspective, resurfaced. Critics said it normalized pedophilia and justified de-funding the public broadcaster.<ref>[https://x.com/Basil_TGMD/status/1941555223018996122 Thread on BBC article]</ref>
*In August, over 15 million people on X alone, saw a hoax claim that Barack Obama displayed a [[BLogo]] in a video call.<ref>[https://x.com/JeniFurbabies/status/1956263692313784354 BLogo hoax thread]</ref>
*Also in August, there were numerous false claims US President Donald Trump intended to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] to 14 in all states. This was off the back of popular conspiracy theories about the President's less-enthusiastic posture towards the [[Jeffrey Epstein]] saga.<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/08/12/trump-age-of-consent-marriage-14/ Trump Age of Consent conspiracy]</ref> An interesting development in 2025, was liberals' ironic use of the term "Minor Attracted Person" to describe Trump.
*In September, following his public assassination at an open-air debating event, various claims were circulated about the right-wing influencer and conspiracy theorist, [[Wikipedia:Charlie Kirk|Charlie Kirk]]. A list of negative character traits circulated by purportedly left-wing accounts led with the claim that he supported MAP rights, although this was based upon selective editing of a debate he took part in.<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/emkM1qhfjK8kzEp4vnUJkx The video of Charlie Kirk attempting devils-advocate defence of pedophilia]</ref> In reality, Kirk was an [[Media:CharliekirkMAP.png|avowed opponent]] of MAPs, and a major figure in the amplification of MAPs as a right-wing online meme. One person who falsely claimed responsibility for Kirk's shooting was eventually charged for [[child pornography]] offences following the seizure of his devices.<ref>[https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/16/charlie-kirk-utah-george-zinn-child-porn-charges/ Fake Charlie Kirk Shooter Slapped With Kiddie Porn Charges ... After Confessing to FBI]</ref> Left-wing "blue-anon" conspiracy accounts had that same month used the [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy|social platform, Bluesky]] to claim that President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein had been involved in buying and selling children at auctions. A large community had appeared, dedicated to discussing these ideas in the wake of media attention towards the "Epstein Files".
*In April of 2025, before a controversy surrounding the Directors of [[Virtuous Pedophiles|Virped]], non-committee Virped member Connor Weston began sharing videos online, outing himself as a [[NOMAP|non-offending anti-contact pedophile]].<ref>[https://fstube.net/w/76wh2cm3y9bhyjTZ3jEuS7 Possibly Weston's first video]</ref> In October, he stormed the stage of a [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|Wikipedia]] Convention with a revolver, which he pointed at his head, leading to widespread panic in the audience. Weston was subdued, arrested and charged with firearms related offenses, amid concerns about his mental health.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2025/10/17/us-news/nyc-wikipedia-conference-halted-when-non-offending-pedophile-storms-stage-points-gun-at-own-head/ NYC Wikipedia conference halted when ‘non-offending pedophile’ storms stage, points gun at own head], [https://reduxx.info/pedophile-activist-who-disrupted-wikipedia-conference-was-member-of-influential-advocacy-group/], [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/19/ohio-man-wikipedia-conference], [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/nyregion/wikipedia-conference-gunman.html], [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/armed-man-upends-nyc-wikipedia-conference-rcna238250], [https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/17/gunman-waving-weapon-around-at-nyc-wikipedia-conference-nabbed/], [https://www.newsweek.com/nyc-wikipedia-conference-gun-threat-arrest-10897284], [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15204179/wikipedia-conference-gunman-volunteers-new-york.html], [https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/18/non-offending-pedophile-rainbow-flag-threatens-shoot-himself-wikipedia-conference-new-york-city/], [https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/wikipedia-contributors-block-armed-man-from-shooting-self/amp/], [https://local12.com/news/nation-world/ohio-wikipedia-conference-suicide-threat-gun-kill-himself-pedophile-non-offending-maps-minor-attracted-person-shooting-threatens-threatened-convention-event-stage-stormed-climbed-attack-arrest-arrested], [https://thepostmillennial.com/man-declares-himself-a-non-contact-pedophile-puts-gun-to-his-head-during-nyc-wikipedia-conference], [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gunman-arrested-storming-stage-nyc-wikipedia-conference_n_68f3c144e4b085924979a793]</ref> Notable aspects of this controversy were the unusually broad coverage it was given in the liberal media, and the relatively minimal attention it was given on right-wing social media. Prior to this event it had often been claimed (by liberals) that MAP Activism was a "hoax" or "psyop" - a case that was harder to make in the wake of such a desperate act.
*In November, influencers continued the process of recycling old material to claim there was a sustained effort to normalize pedophilia. For example, a [[B4U-ACT]] video featuring Alexandra Roth (a psychotherapist) and edited by LibsOfTikTok, amassed almost a million impressions.<ref>[https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1986837535608230017 Libs of TikTok - Alexandra Roth via B4U-ACT]</ref> Roth's segment went on to be featured in various media such as the Patriot Post, and a local radio station, adding to the anti-MAP meme stock.<ref>[https://wbt.com/1539171/the-tj-ritchie-show-minor-attracted-people/ The TJ Ritchie Show: Minor Attracted People], [https://patriotpost.us/videos/122689-the-debate-no-one-should-be-having-2025-11-13 The Debate No One Should Be Having], [https://www.rifttv.com/left-wing-academics-are-working-behind-the-scenes-to-normalize-pedophilia/ Rift TV]</ref>
*Throughout this year, Conservatives continued to make rabid and unhinged comments about Democrats, with Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Nancy Mace among the most prominent of them. In December, Anna Paulina Luna claimed that Scott Weiner was pursuing a bill to reclassify pedophiles as MAPs, a claim that was completely false, and seen by over a million people without community-note or fact-checking.<ref>[https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2002215164221739209 "Scott Weiner is a pedophile-protecting weirdo in the California State House currently pushing a bill to reclassify pedophiles as “minor attracted persons.”"]</ref>

===2026===

*In January, the potential of the MAP meme to generate viral publicity was again affirmed when the X account DelusionPosting sent 5 million viewers to the screencap of a [[PCMA]] account's meme-post.<ref>[https://x.com/DelusionPosting/status/2008946917904912740 Post by DelusionPosting]</ref> This was in fact, the [[:File:Riv.png|3-year-old Tweet of a suspended account (previously 2.2 million views)]]. DelusionPosting is a part-automated influencer account, already known for sharing outdated material. Since the original post had been made in 2023, PCMA had almost ceased its activity on the X network, and MAPs had found it almost impossible to hold down an account on any of the major platforms without being banned.
*In February, Elon Musk drew over 60M impressions on a tweet criticizing the New York Times for their historical coverage of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]] and pedophilia as a disorder/not a crime.<ref>[https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2026135632624652377 Tweet by Elon Musk]</ref>
*In April-May 2026, [[Mu]] (and other MAP sites such as [[BoyChat]] and its French sub-forum) became the focus of an investigation by the citizen journalist, G Patrick.<ref>[https://www.gpatricksec.com/pedos-in-plain-site/ NAMBLA Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg], [https://www.gpatricksec.com/francerocks/ France Rocks], [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=4520 Thread documenting the various updates to G Patrick's investigation]</ref> This resulted in multiple call-outs on Reddit, in which Mu and various sites sharing the same server were presented as a "pedophile ring" without any evidence of illegal activity. The response even provoked governmental response in France (with media citing the High Commissioner for Children).<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/blog/press-release-france-has-no-right-to-call-us-pedocriminals Press Release: France has no right to call us 'pedocriminals']</ref> Attempts to remove the sites from the internet by lobbying providers were unsuccessful.

==Opinions among MAPs==

Predictions of significant social change have ranged from 5-50 years or so<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1579325.htm BoyChat thread documenting timescale for changes]</ref>. However, it is generally agreed that social indicators are pointing to a "fourth [[moral panic]]" taking place following similar scares in the Victorian and Postwar eras and then the 70s onward. The new panic, as we identified in 2021, appears to concern "normalization of pedophilia", and has snowballed since.

===Softening of liberal opposition towards minor attraction===

Since the late 00s, but particularly in the 20s, it has been observed that mainstream American Liberals are realizing child erotic symbolism and pedophile demonology can be used against them and their allies. The 2009 ''Hate Crimes Prevention Act'' is an often cited example in [[anti]]-pedophile conspiratorial circles. Democrats defeated an attempt by Republicans to exclude Pedophilia from the act. As Alcee Hastings famously put it:

<blockquote>''This bill addresses our resolve to end violence based on prejudice and to guarantee that all Americans, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability or all of these ‘philias’ and fetishes and ‘isms’ that were put forward need not live in fear because of who they are. I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this rule.''<ref>[https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2009/07/16/hate-crimes-amendment-scheduled-for-vote-christian-groups-oppose-law-as-utter-evil/ Colorado Independent: Alcee Hastings - Hate Crimes Amendment]</ref></blockquote>

In 2023, Minnesota Democrats similarly pushed to have language excluding attraction to minors from anti discrimination laws altered.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/transgender-minnesota-lawmaker-introduces-bill-removing-anti-pedophile-language-states-human-rights-act Fox article about the bill], and [https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1655&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0 Minnesota bill]</ref>

===The tone of mainstream and conservative media===

The tone of conservative-identifying media is an important barometer, given that “liberal-progressive” corporations such as Google are arbiters of what is deemed to be acceptable conservatism. This control is exerted via algorithm changes and YouTube censorship for example. In gauging the tone of outlets such Glenn Beck’s YouTube-dependent ''TheBlaze'' network, we can see what Google deems to be the last bastion of acceptable conservatism in the Post-Trump era. In this case, when Beck’s (mainly very young) acolytes cover the familiar topic of [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|trans children]], minors' exposure to sexual content, MAPs, or any form of “[[degeneracy]]”, the tone tends to be either laughter, mocking or disbelief as opposed to the sharp moral/religious condemnation typical of the old "moral majority". This might indicate an openness in Silicon Valley towards the idea of immersing wider culture in sexual taboo topics. The result of this would be general desensitisation towards gay and trans politics, clearing the ground for MAPs to be used as the next contentious pawns in a binary culture war. The perpetuation of culture wars to divide and distract, is a tried and tested long-term strategy of establishments engaged in financial malpractice and corruption. Potential scandals such as the deliberate pursuit of inflationary policies, have the potential to unite both sides of the political spectrum ''against'' power elites, and thus need to be shut down with distractions.

===MAPs' arguable progress in the "battle to prevent the battle"===

By percolating into mainstream and social media, the politics and terminology of MAPs set forth in the mid-late 00s, appears to have achieved basic visibility in the late 10s and onward. This has been described as a "part success" in what [[Harris Mirkin]] described as anti-MAP's "battle to prevent the battle".<ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.1300/J082v37n02_01 Harris Mirkin PhD (1999): The Pattern of Sexual Politics, Journal of Homosexuality, 37:2, 1-24]</ref>

Panic has been seen inside [[assimilationism|assimilationist]] parts of the the LGBTQ+ community, spanning from a fear of engaging with MAPs, lest they attempt to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|become part of their wider umbrella group again]]. MAP terminology is now widely visible in academia, and established culture war hobbyhorses such as the trans issue are starting to look tired, or are otherwise stimulating hot button MAP/Youth-Rights-adjacent themes such as a child’s right to choose hormone blockers or gender transition surgery.

At the same time, alternative-right trolls are pointing to the MAP topic as proof of moral relativism’s inevitable conclusion, and liberalism’s “next frontier”. Various alternative-right social media trolls have adopted the strategy of goading LGBTQ+ people to accept MAPs as the next persecuted minority – asserting it would only be consistent with their long-held principles. We have observed in-situ, some alternative-right trolls who are more thoroughly MAP-literate than some MAPs themselves!

==The coming years==

So, in summary, social conservatives and regressives have for a long time predicted the same kind of discursive shift for MAPs that took place around homosexuality in the postwar period. One possible implication of this theory, is that any publicity raising the awareness of MAPs (good or bad), might have a positive effect by accelerating this discursive breakout. For example, MAPs might benefit from posing as concerned citizens, distributing hysterical and implausible black propaganda leaflets and internet memes warning of MAP attempts to legitimize “child rape”. Similarly, they might benefit from having moles within the LGBTQ+ movement itself, circulating pro-MAP information from a purportedly pro-LGBTQ+ perspective, or simply asking peers for opinions on MAPs.

==Alternative names==

*'''P(a)edogeddon''' (probably coined in 2001 by the British satirist, Christopher Morris<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morris_(satirist) Chris Morris]</ref>).
*'''MAPnarök''' - Rare, mentioned by a [[Help:Joining PCMA chat|PCMA]] user.
*'''[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%23PedoSchwing2025 PedoSchwing2025]''' - See Urban Dictionary.
*'''PedoFloyd''' - A (cautionary) riff on James Lindsay's "Drag Floyd" notion, that forward motion from DQSH and push-back from anti-DQSH forces will lead, inevitably, to violence. [https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/dont-fall-for-drag-floyd-with-james-lindsay Don't fall for Drag Floyd!] James Lindsay and Charlie Kirk.

==References==

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Mu

2026-05-08T19:37:29Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Mu2.png|thumb|Mu black symbol]]
'''Mu (μ)''' (map-union.org, f. 25 Jun, 2024) is an international, third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] umbrella organization with a primarily European and Asian focus. It hosts an online forum for MAPs/AAMs and Allies, and releases statements and information resources intended to represent a broad range of opinions within the MAP Community. Translation into multiple languages is an ultimate aim of Mu's information strategy.

Signature features of Mu's approach include a focus on seeking publicity and engaging with media via press releases (i.e. "visibility"), and an attempt to foster communication between parts of the community with [[Anti-contact|fundamentally different views on consent]].

==Founding==

Mu was set up by way of a 4-person "enclave circle" committee, with further committee members or guests to be invited by unanimous agreement. Two committee members had previously attended [[Ipce]] and [[Newgon]]-related functions, and a further two were unaffiliated with those groups:

*Brian Ribbon [Strategist]
*Percy Shelley [Communications Officer]
*Jim Burton [Content]
*Tommaso Battista [Languages Editor]

Mu plans to meet once a year.

==Coverage==

Mu achieved US national and social media coverage for its thoroughgoing defense of [[MAP Camp]] in 2024, and has been featured by Andy Ngo, Libs of TikTok, a former Member of the European Parliament, ''The Conversation'' (online copy), and on multiple occasions by [[Gays Against Groomers]].<ref>[https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/pedophile-group-claims-oppression-over-vt-camp-gathering-outrage-deeply-offensive-vermont-minor-attracted-persons-marshfield-montpelier-burlington-new-england-pedophilia-map-union-gender Pedophile group claims 'oppression' over Vt. camp gathering outrage: 'Deeply offensive']</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/26/activists-defend-canceled-minor-attracted-persons-camp-in-vermont-next-to-school/ Federalist article]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1875624426613698594 LGBTQ...P?], [https://x.com/ladyonorato/status/1875846959598313869 Follow up by Francesca Donato]</ref><ref>[https://theconversation.com/teenagers-and-younger-kids-are-learning-coded-predator-phrases-like-map-online-long-before-their-parents-have-even-heard-of-it-277460 Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it]</ref> Various false claims about positions espoused by the group were presented in the Italian newsmagazine Gaeta.it, alongside claims "demonstrations were held in several cities, with signs and slogans in favor of the safety of children and against any form of legitimization of sexual acts with minors", leading to outcry on social media.<ref>[https://www.gaeta.it/nuova-organizzazione-map-union-chiede-diritti-per-i-pedofili-proteste-e-interrogativi-sulla-sicurezza-dei-minori Nuova organizzazione MAP-Union chiede diritti per i pedofili: proteste e interrogativi sulla sicurezza dei minori]</ref><ref>For social mentions, see [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=945 GAG], [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1838703424008753227 Libs] and [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837189153705926728 Andy Ngo].</ref>

Almost a year after the initial controversy over MAP Camp, former ''[[Wikipedia:Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]'' actor, [[Wikipedia:Kelli Hollis|Kelli Hollis]] posted an angry TikTok in which she attacked statements made by Mu and one of its editors, Brian Ribbon.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/short-takes/laughing-at-the-angry-white-lady Laughing at the angry white lady]</ref><ref>[https://fstube.net/w/h9peVKgvgkbgF5HtihgZKd FST archive of the TikTok]</ref>

For a short time in the fall of 2024, Mu ran a highly successful [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy|Bluesky]] account under the "Mu HQ" handle, interacting with MAPs and members of the public. Mu plans to return to social media when an opportunity presents itself.

===Attempts at censorship===

In April-May 2026, Mu (and other MAP sites such as [[BoyChat]] and its French sub-forum) became the focus of an investigation by the citizen journalist, G Patrick.<ref>[https://www.gpatricksec.com/pedos-in-plain-site/ NAMBLA Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg], [https://www.gpatricksec.com/francerocks/ France Rocks], [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=4520 Thread documenting the various updates to G Patrick's investigation]</ref> This resulted in multiple call-outs on Reddit, in which Mu and various sites sharing the same server were presented as a "pedophile ring" without any evidence of illegal activity. The response even provoked governmental response in France (with media citing the High Commissioner for Children).<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/blog/press-release-france-has-no-right-to-call-us-pedocriminals Press Release: France has no right to call us 'pedocriminals']</ref> Attempts to remove the sites from the internet by lobbying providers were unsuccessful.

==Features==

Mu organizes the updating content on its website into three streams. On the homepage, are any statements made by the group, including analysis articles and news updates. Mu runs content classes such as fact checks (Mu Verify), news and press releases. Another page on the website entitled "perspectives" is home to opinion pieces, easy-reading clickbait pieces (Mu Lowdown) and conversation starters (Mu Conversations). Guest blogs have their own page, but positioned less prominently below the "perspectives" section.

The website's editor, Jim Burton has stated that he wants it to be used by others as the inspiration for a fully designed online "MAP Lifestyle Magazine", which would combine features on more low-brow content such as YouTube celebrities, youth in cinema, and popular girls on social media.

==Forum==

Upon its opening, Mu set up a forum modelled loosely on [[B4U-ACT|B4um]], but intended to be viewable by members of the public (bar politics and sensitive offsite operations).

It has been received as a successful project by most observers, with activity levels approaching those of other forums such as [[BoyChat]] and somewhat short of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]]. There are ongoing plans to relocate and rebrand this forum, which began with a restructuring to make available more private peer support spaces, this time modeling Virped itself, but trying to avoid some of its issues with duplication of function. The reskinning plans are due to be fully acted upon in 2026 with a full rebranding and new domain name to break away from Mu while retaining the support of its staff.

==See also==

*[[MEDAL]] - MAP Equality, Dignity and Liberation.

==External links==

*[https://map-union.org Home]
*[https://forum.map-union.org/index.php Forum]
*[https://archive.ph/TqRiG Bluesky (Mu HQ social media)]

==References==

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Mu

2026-05-08T19:35:55Z

Jim Burton: /* Forum */

__NOTOC__[[File:Mu2.png|thumb|Mu black symbol]]
'''Mu (μ)''' (map-union.org, f. 25 Jun, 2024) is an international, third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] umbrella organization with a primarily European and Asian focus. It hosts an online forum for MAPs/AAMs and Allies, and releases statements and information resources intended to represent a broad range of opinions within the MAP Community. Translation into multiple languages is an ultimate aim of Mu's information strategy.

Signature features of Mu's approach include a focus on seeking publicity and engaging with media via press releases (i.e. "visibility"), and an attempt to foster communication between parts of the community with [[Anti-contact|fundamentally different views on consent]].

==Founding==

Mu was set up by way of a 4-person "enclave circle" committee, with further committee members or guests to be invited by unanimous agreement. Two committee members had previously attended [[Ipce]] and [[Newgon]]-related functions, and a further two were unaffiliated with those groups:

*Brian Ribbon [Strategist]
*Percy Shelley [Communications Officer]
*Jim Burton [Content]
*Tommaso Battista [Languages Editor]

Mu plans to meet once a year.

==Coverage==

Mu achieved US national and social media coverage for its thoroughgoing defense of [[MAP Camp]] in 2024, and has been featured by Andy Ngo, Libs of TikTok, a former Member of the European Parliament, ''The Conversation'' (online copy), and on multiple occasions by [[Gays Against Groomers]].<ref>[https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/pedophile-group-claims-oppression-over-vt-camp-gathering-outrage-deeply-offensive-vermont-minor-attracted-persons-marshfield-montpelier-burlington-new-england-pedophilia-map-union-gender Pedophile group claims 'oppression' over Vt. camp gathering outrage: 'Deeply offensive']</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/26/activists-defend-canceled-minor-attracted-persons-camp-in-vermont-next-to-school/ Federalist article]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1875624426613698594 LGBTQ...P?], [https://x.com/ladyonorato/status/1875846959598313869 Follow up by Francesca Donato]</ref><ref>[https://theconversation.com/teenagers-and-younger-kids-are-learning-coded-predator-phrases-like-map-online-long-before-their-parents-have-even-heard-of-it-277460 Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it]</ref> Various false claims about positions espoused by the group were presented in the Italian newsmagazine Gaeta.it, alongside claims "demonstrations were held in several cities, with signs and slogans in favor of the safety of children and against any form of legitimization of sexual acts with minors", leading to outcry on social media.<ref>[https://www.gaeta.it/nuova-organizzazione-map-union-chiede-diritti-per-i-pedofili-proteste-e-interrogativi-sulla-sicurezza-dei-minori Nuova organizzazione MAP-Union chiede diritti per i pedofili: proteste e interrogativi sulla sicurezza dei minori]</ref><ref>For social mentions, see [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=945 GAG], [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1838703424008753227 Libs] and [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837189153705926728 Andy Ngo].</ref>

Almost a year after the initial controversy over MAP Camp, former ''[[Wikipedia:Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]'' actor, [[Wikipedia:Kelli Hollis|Kelli Hollis]] posted an angry TikTok in which she attacked statements made by Mu and one of its editors, Brian Ribbon.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/short-takes/laughing-at-the-angry-white-lady Laughing at the angry white lady]</ref><ref>[https://fstube.net/w/h9peVKgvgkbgF5HtihgZKd FST archive of the TikTok]</ref>

For a short time in the fall of 2024, Mu ran a highly successful [[Bluesky pedophilia controversy|Bluesky]] account under the "Mu HQ" handle, interacting with MAPs and members of the public. Mu plans to return to social media when an opportunity presents itself.

==Features==

Mu organizes the updating content on its website into three streams. On the homepage, are any statements made by the group, including analysis articles and news updates. Mu runs content classes such as fact checks (Mu Verify), news and press releases. Another page on the website entitled "perspectives" is home to opinion pieces, easy-reading clickbait pieces (Mu Lowdown) and conversation starters (Mu Conversations). Guest blogs have their own page, but positioned less prominently below the "perspectives" section.

The website's editor, Jim Burton has stated that he wants it to be used by others as the inspiration for a fully designed online "MAP Lifestyle Magazine", which would combine features on more low-brow content such as YouTube celebrities, youth in cinema, and popular girls on social media.

==Forum==

Upon its opening, Mu set up a forum modelled loosely on [[B4U-ACT|B4um]], but intended to be viewable by members of the public (bar politics and sensitive offsite operations).

It has been received as a successful project by most observers, with activity levels approaching those of other forums such as [[BoyChat]] and somewhat short of [[Virtuous Pedophiles]]. There are ongoing plans to relocate and rebrand this forum, which began with a restructuring to make available more private peer support spaces, this time modeling Virped itself, but trying to avoid some of its issues with duplication of function. The reskinning plans are due to be fully acted upon in 2026 with a full rebranding and new domain name to break away from Mu while retaining the support of its staff.

==Attempts at censorship==

In April-May 2026, Mu (and other MAP sites such as [[BoyChat]] and its French sub-forum) became the focus of an investigation by the citizen journalist, G Patrick.<ref>[https://www.gpatricksec.com/pedos-in-plain-site/ NAMBLA Was Just the Tip of the Iceberg], [https://www.gpatricksec.com/francerocks/ France Rocks], [https://forum.map-union.org/viewtopic.php?t=4520 Thread documenting the various updates to G Patrick's investigation]</ref> This resulted in multiple call-outs on Reddit, in which Mu and various sites sharing the same server were presented as a "pedophile ring" without any evidence of illegal activity. The response even provoked governmental response in France (with media citing the High Commissioner for Children).<ref>[https://www.map-union.org/blog/press-release-france-has-no-right-to-call-us-pedocriminals Press Release: France has no right to call us 'pedocriminals']</ref> Attempts to remove the sites from the internet by lobbying providers were unsuccessful.

==See also==

*[[MEDAL]] - MAP Equality, Dignity and Liberation.

==External links==

*[https://map-union.org Home]
*[https://forum.map-union.org/index.php Forum]
*[https://archive.ph/TqRiG Bluesky (Mu HQ social media)]

==References==

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B4U-ACT

2026-05-08T12:42:03Z

Jim Burton:

[[File:B4.png|thumb|Logo]]
__NOTOC__'''B4U-ACT''' is a non-profit organization whose stated goal is:

<blockquote>
"''to make effective and compassionate mental health care available to individuals who self-identify as [[minor attracted people]] and who are seeking assistance in dealing with issues in their lives that are challenging to them.''"
</blockquote>

It was founded in 2003. The organization has held workshops and hosted online forums to facilitate communication between mental health professionals and minor-attracted persons and to promote awareness and understanding of issues related to minor attraction.

B4U-ACT was crucial in the popularization of "Minor Attracted Person" as a neologism - with [[Richard Kramer]] and the late [[Michael Melsheimer]] (who co-founded the organization with mental health professional, Russell Dick<ref>https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/carrollcountytimes/name/michael-melsheimer-obituary?pid=144094084</ref>) being possible conduits between the [[minor attracted community]] and the mental health professionals, academics and even journalists who went on to adopt and promote the term. They had used the term "Minor Attracted Adult" in their workshops, soon adopting the person-centered version used by some online MAPs at the time, after setting up their website in 2007.

B4U-ACT has authorized and promoted many studies for online [[MAP]] samples, and tends to hold a lot of sway over a study's deemed authenticity for a wider sample of MAPs. In 2020, it was also given a clean bill of health by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation.<ref>[https://ecsa.lucyfaithfull.org/b4u-act B4U-ACT: Lucy Faithfull]</ref>

==History==

===2003-10 - State-funded nonprofit===

B4U-ACT was a Maryland-based 501(c)(3) organization for seven years. While B4U-ACT currently maintains its non-profit status, Behavioral Health System Baltimore (formerly, Baltimore Mental Health Systems) withdrew its annual funding in 2010 following the death of Melsheimer, and financial cutbacks.

During its seven-year stint as a state-funded organization, B4U-ACT facilitated six annual workshops, inviting mental health professionals and minor-attracted people to convene on neutral territory to discuss the biases, apprehensions, and other obstacles to achieving mutual understanding between the two groups. Nearly thirty minor-attracted people and sixty mental health practitioners participated over the course of seven years to address issues ranging from the difficulties of living in secret with attractions to minors, the shortcomings of forensics-based treatment programs, the public [[Research: The Dangers of Stigma|stigma]] surrounding minor-attraction, as well as the collegial stigma faced by clinicians who openly express sympathy for minor-attracted people. The vast majority of mental health professionals in attendance responded with an enlightened sense of compassion toward their minor-attracted counterparts, while many of the latter voiced how simultaneously liberating and terrifying it was to speak so frankly about their sexuality in mixed company, considering the lengths they routinely go to understate these aspects of their identities in everyday life.

A website, B4UACT.org appeared in 2007.

===2010 Symposium===

In June 2010, B4U-ACT organized a symposium (one of many it has hosted in its history) to debate issues surrounding proposed revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) entry on “Pedophilia,” recruiting researchers from Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical School, University of Illinois, University of Louisville, and London School of Economics and Political Science. The symposium marked B4U-ACT’s crowning effort in an ongoing crusade (which included attending the 163rd Annual American Psychiatric Association Convention in New Orleans, in addition to the daily circulation of fifteen appeals written by minor-attracted people amongst members of the DSM-5 Subworkgroup on the Paraphilias for three straight months) to hold the American Psychiatric Association to its own standards of development for diagnostic criteria, specifically "Pedophilia" (i.e., drawing from a wide variety of studies and fields of science, as well as consulting stakeholders for input).

===10s era===
[[File:B4uact.jpg|thumb|AI prompted to describe B4U-ACT and the KKK.]]
Following the financial cutbacks, the organization continued its work online with Mental Health professionals and researchers. It has been mentioned in numerous online copies, see for example, [[Minor Attracted Person (archive research)]].

===20s===

Notable delelopments in the later era included the setting up of a review journal for the growing body of professional literature relevant to MAPs, and a group for relatives of people attracted to minors.

The controversy surrounding [[Jacob Breslow]] heralded a new set of challenges for the organization in the social-media era. Later, the 2025 conference survived a doxing attempt by radical conservative X users, Andy Ngo particularly active in amplifying the controversy. Kevin McCullough penned a ''Townhall'' column in which he employed end-times rhetoric to denounce the organisation as a front for the unthinkable.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2025/05/05/another-sign-the-left-hates-children-n2656559 Column by McCullough]</ref>

==Historical parallels==

B4U-ACT, and to a lesser extent, [[Virtuous Pedophiles|Virped]] have been compared to early gay rights organizations, although the comparison is probably inaccurate to the point of being premature. Their focus on therapeutic dignity for the Minor Attracted Person, is somewhat evocative the early 20th Century gay underground's embrace of medicine and psychiatry (their ideas went further, however, building on preexisting conceptions of Homosexuals as the "androgyne"). Indeed, this brand of [[medicalism]] was visible in the early concepts for Bachelors Anonymous/The [[Mattachine Society]], featured in [[Harry Hay]]'s article.

==B4um==

B4U-ACT also hosts an online community known as B4um (a portmanteau of B4U-ACT and Forum, pronounced BEE·for·um). It operates as an extension of the organization, with the intention of providing a place for peer support, and fellowship between MAPs.

==See also==

*[[Prostasia Foundation]]
*[[Newgon]]
*[[Mu]]
*[[MEDAL]]
*[[Ipce]]
*[[Virtuous Pedophiles]]
*[[NARSOL]]
*[[Jacob Breslow]] - His attendance at a B4U-ACT symposium is the subject of a social media controversy

==External links==

===MAP community===

*[http://www.b4uact.org Homepage]
*[https://www.b4uact.org/b4qr/ Quarterly Review] - Publication in which B4U-ACT participants review recently published academic literature
*[https://www.boywiki.org/en/B4U-ACT BoyWiki Article]
*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1393047.htm Some history] - by Barry Casper
*[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1420317.htm Misguided Criticism] - On BC, which stimulates further discussion of the org

===Mainstream===

*[https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/article/the-client-no-one-wants-to-treat/ Psychotherapy Networker article on the organization's origins]
*[https://slate.com/technology/2012/09/stop-childhood-sexual-abuse-how-to-treat-pedophilia.html Slate: How can we stop pedophiles?]
*[http://www.sexarchive.info/BIB/B4U.htm Letter to the editor of the Harvard Mental Health Letter.] by B4U-ACT, Inc. in [[Erwin Haeberle|Haeberle]]'s Archive for sexology. (a response to the stigmatizing article from Harvard Medical School)

==References==

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Nelson Maatman

2026-05-07T23:41:44Z

Jim Burton: /* Dramatic arrest in Mexico, and prospects of deportation */

__NOTOC__
[[File:Maatman.jpg|thumb|Nelson Maatman]][[File:Nelson.png|thumb|Campaign poster: [[:File:Nelson.png|see inside for Spanish version]]]]
'''Nelson Maatman''' is a young, second-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] activist from the Netherlands, nonexclusive [[boylove]]r and former chair of the dissolved [[PNVD]]. He is currently incarcerated in Mexico.

In 2022, he was threatened with jail for continuing the activities of the banned political organization, [[Vereniging MARTIJN]], which ceased operation before he became active as a campaigner. He has been known leave the Netherlands at various points, and this has sometimes characterized as "fleeing" the country in light of his legal struggles. In 2022, it was revealed that he was seeking political asylum in Mexico, following the inconclusive results of the above-mentioned trial in the Netherlands.<ref>Free Speech Tube: Nelson Maatman. Now erased from Web Archive. [https://archive.is/MBkVT Remaining archive].</ref> He has since been arrested, and appears to have lost control of the information narrative surrounding his case, making occasional posts on FreeSpeechTube appealing for help. His dramatic ensnarement was carried out in front of multiple camera men, and his arrest was aided at the operational level by an NGO with suspected links to Q-Anon, and followed by multiple inaccurate and defamatory news articles.

Since his arrest, multiple accounts and reports concerning Nelson Maatman and his daily life have emerged from a third party who has control his channel on FreeSpeechTube. Nelson's support network back in the Netherlands have confirmed that they are in touch with Nelson, have verified that it is not an impersonator, and that the third party running the FST channel is in touch with Nelson.

==Background==

Maatman first came to the public's attention after he sought to make an appearance at Amsterdam’s annual Pride march in the summer of 2019. He had devised a social experiment whereby he attempted to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|bring back the tradition]] of advocating for minor and MAP rights at Pride events. Maatman has taken part in a number of "pride walks" carrying a flag that bares the [[Childlove|CLogo]]. He has been officially barred from pride events however, and has since appealed to human rights organizations. Maatman also took part in a viral television interview, in which he made provocative statements about sexual relationships between adults and minors.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBC5X8l4uOU YouTube (Dutch)] and '''freespeechtube.org/v/16bl''' English Translation - No apparent archive</ref> Soon-after this interview, he was arrested under statutes on illegal images, but no solid evidence has thus far been indicated.

==2021 Prosecution==

In March 2021, [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]] announced that he, Maatman, [[Norbert de Jonge]] and [[Ad van den Berg]] were being prosecuted for allegedly participating in a criminal organization. The evidence offered by the prosecution was spurious, alleging that [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] comments and the maintenance of an academic archive constituted the continuation of an organization deemed 'criminal' under a highly controversial Dutch law.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210320201505/https://marthijn.nl/p/218 I am being prosecuted - Marthijn.nl Archive]</ref> On 12 March, 2022, a Dutch court sentenced both De Jonge and Uittenbogaard to prison for continuing Martijn's political activities. Maatman had to be assigned new judges because of a mistake by the district court, but then left the country and openly sought asylum in Mexico, residing at an address in Mexico City for 3-4 months.<ref>[https://nltimes.nl/2022/03/12/members-banned-pedophile-association-sentenced-prison NL Times - Court Decision]</ref> It later emerged that Uittenbogaard and and his partner had also fled for South America, but in a more covert manner - not disclosing their location.

===Dramatic arrest in Mexico, and prospects of deportation===

:''For updates, see: [[Essay:The Gruesome Consequences of a Hysterical Witch Hunt|The Gruesome Consequences of a Hysterical Witch Hunt]].''

On 5 June, 2022, 27 year old Maatman was arrested near his address in Mexico City, following an early March press-release, petition and social media campaign from the Netherlands-based ''[[Free A Girl]] Foundation'', in which unsupported statements were made about him.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220301085524/https://www.freeagirl.nl/nelson Free a Girl petition]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220301085608/https://www.freeagirl.nl/app/uploads/2022/03/Press-Release-Petition-Free-a-Girl.pdf Free a Girl Press Release as of 01 Mar]</ref><ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10893199/Fugitive-Dutch-child-predator-arrested-Mexico-City.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline Dutch 'pedophile', 27, who set up party that tried to legalize adults having sex with 12-year-olds is arrested in Mexico after being 'found with a gun, cocaine and child porn' - Daily Mail]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/pedophilia-activist-arrested-mexico-city-after-months-run-1713922 Newsweek Article on arrest in Mexico]</ref> A [[Research: Commercial and online sexual exploitation|pro-conspiratorialist trafficking charity]], [[Operation Underground Railroad]] have also been mentioned in some reports as a "partner" of Free A Girl, and claim to have carried out a sting on Maatman and then provided a sniffer dog for use at his apartment.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/OURrescue/videos/our-assists-with-arrest-of-international-predator-nelson-maatman/961280537874973/ OUR Facebook update]</ref><ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/06/17/electronic-sniffing-dog-pedophile-arrest/7656868001/ USA Today on OUR's electronic sniffer dog, "Hidu"]</ref> News reports then erroneously claimed that he was a suspected "child predator" who "founded" the [[PNVD]] (in fact set up in 2006, when he was 11 years old). The Daily Mail and Newsweek also suggested Maatman (at that point broke and known only as an activist) was thought to be leader of a far-reaching [[Child Pornography|Youth Erotica]] ring - echoing the claims of Mexican authorities. Police claimed to have initially found cocaine and a gun on Maatman. The dog - property of the aforementioned conspiratorialist trafficking charity, was said to have located large amounts of Youth Erotica in "hard to reach places" after a warrant was obtained for a search on Maatman's apartment.<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/06/17/electronic-sniffing-dog-pedophile-arrest/7656868001/ Story from AP/USA Today claims porn found in "hard to reach places" by a dog belonging to a questionable NGO]</ref> These claims might be somewhat questionable given Maatman would have been aware he was at risk. Mexican Law Enforcement are [[Wikipedia:Police corruption in Mexico|notoriously corrupt]], and this is known to extend to planting evidence on suspects that matches their "suspicious behavior".<ref>[https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/2011/08/13/mexican-panel-decries-abuses/21438238007/ Colom' Tribune - Mexican Police Corruption]</ref>

One-time associate, [[Norbert de Jonge]] stated in a comment thread that the accusations re. drugs and gun possession are likely to be correct. Maatman has produced videos in the past suggesting that he was planning to purchase a gun (in Mexico) in order to protect himself. De Jonge agreed (in comments that are no longer visible, due to his own legal troubles) that CP evidence may well have been planted. The claim that Maatman was somehow leader of a Child Porn trading operation is thought to be highly implausible by those closest to him. In the years leading up to his arrest, Maatman's online activity consisted of posting his face, full identity and thoughts on a public website (Free Speech Tube) originally set up by a friend (De Jonge). He seemingly took this upon himself for the benefit of only 500 views and 6-8 "likes" per video, and yet is accused of also running a covert trading operation on a grand scale.

====Gallery====

<gallery>
File:FAGMisinfo.png|Free A Girl Social Media Activity as of 01 Mar, accompanied by petition template
</gallery>

====Defamatory article at Reduxx.info====

On June 11, Reduxx, a radical-feminist alt-news website co-founded by [[Anna Slatz]], (an admirer of Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard), released a defamatory article that claimed Maatman had been seeking to "purchase a child". This claim was made without further substantiation.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/dutch-pro-pedophilia-activist-arrested-in-mexico-after-attempting-to-purchase-child/ Reduxx: Dutch “Pro-Pedophilia” Activist Arrested in Mexico After Attempting to Purchase Child]</ref> These claims are probably based upon statements made by Mexican Public Prosecutor Laura Angelina Borbolla Moreno - said in turn, to be based upon the unsubstantiated words of an "anonymous reporter" in an earlier story.<ref>[https://nltimes.nl/2022/06/09/dutch-man-held-child-pornography-trying-buy-adolescent-says-prosecutor NL Times article, with "purchasing an adolescent" claims.]</ref>

====Other misinformation/defamation====

It has variously been claimed in "news" sources that Maatman is the "Founder of a Children's Liberation Front", and was caught "making an [sic] grownup video with a toddler". At one point, mainstream news sources such as the UK's Daily Mail started referring to him as "Jason Maatman".<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10926375/Electronic-sniffing-dog-helps-pedophilia-arrest-Mexico.html "Jason Maatman" error] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220617093528/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10926375/Electronic-sniffing-dog-helps-pedophilia-arrest-Mexico.html archive]</ref> In late June, 2022, Maatman was again mentioned in media stories, following the further arrests of PNVD old-guard who had fled to Ecuador. In this instance, it was alleged that Maatman was involved in the grand-scale orchestration of [[Child Sexual Abuse]] in the country, despite having left for Central and South America, only months earlier.<ref>[https://www-leidschdagblad-nl.translate.goog/cnt/dmf20220624_66241666?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp Translation: Leiden Pedophile Marthijn U. arrested in Ecuador, lured village children to his hotel on the coast]</ref> In July, one suspect News Site claimed that Maatman had been raped in his jail cell, although this appears to be based on claims from his lawyer that he was facing "immoral humiliations".<ref>[https://blijned.nl/actueel/32569/pedo-activist-nelson-m-verkrcht-in-mexicaanse-cel/ "Rape" claim (in Dutch).]</ref><ref>[https://panorama-nl.translate.goog/artikel/482711/pedoactivist-nelson-m-in-mexicaanse-cel-onzedelijke-vernederingen-door-medegevangen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Dutch News article in which Hiddema (Maatman's Lawyer) is quoted on contact made with Nelson]</ref>

====Resumed account activity on FST====

Since his incarceration, Maatman has communicated with a "third party", who has in turn posted to Free Speech Tube using Maatman's account. According to Nelson's now-defunct FST account, all the allegations are false, and he was set-up by [[Operation Underground Railroad|Tim Ballard]]. He denies he was raped, but alleges mistreatment. The account has at points relayed a somewhat harsher interpretation of Maatman's experiences, in a series of dramatic accounts of daily life. These include celebration of Nazism among the Mexican Police, an unlikely fight scene, and accounts of Nelson's sexual relations.<ref><small>"As I look up I see about 10 inmates with pipes and sticks, ready to attack me. They drag the guy away. They're yelling at me. I'm pissed off as hell. "Which one of you motherfuckers wants to fight me next? Come at me friend!" I yell at them in Spanish. They point their weapons at me, but each one that comes near I toss to the floor. One guy throws a wooden beam at me. He misses and it lands at my feet. I pick it up. Walk to the guy, grab his collar and raise the beam above him. "What are you doing? You just gave me a weapon you fucking idiot." I say in Spanish. I push the guy to the other inmates and toss the wooden beam away. "Go! Leave!" I yell in Spanish. They finally listen. [...] Then there is this cute as fuck 19-year-old Mexican guy. It takes me so much effort to understand anything he's saying. My Spanish sucks, I mainly know how to verbally fight, how to swear and scold people. I want to say sweet things to him, but on the other hand I don't want to talk about the future, he obviously does. Maybe not being able to talk about much has it's benefits. We go to the prison gym, there is a place where we can have some privacy. He's sweet, and has quite the ... appetite."</small> seen on FST, 23 Jan, 2023 - no archive.</ref> Former colleagues have publicly doubted the veracity of some claims made via the account, and his fundraising efforts, but have importantly not questioned his innocence, deeming him largely incapable of organizing within criminal circles. Owing to the scarcity of reliable evidence, Maatman could be deported to The Netherlands, without charges being initiated in Mexico, but according to the account, this would require legal and financial assistance.

====Preparation for trial====

Early signs suggest that police are not relying on any electronic evidence, running counter to what was originally claimed in the media. They have instead, invented a claim that Maatman dropped a "folder full of child porn prints" at the scene of his arrest. This porn was said to feature girls. Maatman is gay, and video evidence from O.U.R. appears to suggest that Maatman did not drop any such folder at the point he was said to.

==External Links==

*[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ Tom O'Carroll] - With some information in English - source used in this article.

==References==

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Norbert de Jonge

2026-05-07T23:41:06Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[Image:Dejonge.jpg|thumb|Norbert de Jonge in the mid 00s]]'''Norbert de Jonge''', is a late 1st-wave [[MAP]] Activist, former secretary and secretary-treasurer of the disbanded [[PNVD]] and founder of video sharing website '''[[FreeSpeechTube|freespeechtube.org]]'''. He also has [[Vereniging MARTIJN]] links, having once been active in the now banned association. Like close friend, [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]], he came out<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100420224546/http://www.martijn.org/info/OK87_EN_2.html OK 87, En. Trans]</ref> as a Pedophile (in his case, a Girl Lover - incredibly rare for an activist linked to a [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|former ILGA-Affiliate]] organization). De Jonge is also a highly assertive and organized online activist - for example, using his web space to upload an archive of podcasts and various materials. In 2020, he used a baseball bat to fight off a mentally disturbed knife man inside the home of his friend, [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]]. The intruder escaped, and was later apprehended with a bloody hand.<ref>https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/</ref>

De Jonge had initially cofounded the [[PNVD]] in 2006 along with his associates, due to a lack of support for early 2nd wave MAP initiatives such as '''Clogo.org''' - an attempt to rebrand the movement, which was faltering at the time.

==University Controversy==

In June 2006, Norbert de Jonge was expelled from his pedagogy degree course at the Radboud University Nijmegen, owing to his involvement with the party and identification as a pedophile.<ref>[https://www.nu.nl/algemeen/755682/nijmeegse-universiteit-verwijdert-pedofiele-student.html?redirect=1 NU.NL concerning expulsion]</ref><ref>[http://www.nieuwnieuws.nl/archives/2006/06/nijmegen_verwijdert_pedofiel.html "Nijmegen verwijdert pedofïel"], NieuwNieuws, 15 June 2006.</ref> He sought legal action against the university<ref>[http://media.libsyn.com/media/pedologues/pl_06062402_48.mp3 International Town Hall Meeting with PNVD], part 2, IBLD. (Recorded for Pedologues)</ref> but this was ruled against, on the grounds that Radboud was a Catholic university that was allowed to uphold "Catholic Morals". In 2007, de Jonge was refused admittance as a orthopedagogy student by the university in Leiden, which has no religious background. De Jonge's appeal against this was rejected by the College of Appeal for higher education CBHO. They ruled that the university has a right to ban him, ''because of the damage it would suffer to its reputation'' and relationship with pedagogical institutions.<ref>Newsfact on Trajectum [http://www.trajectum.hu.nl/?q=nieuws/7727& CBHO ruling Leiden University against De Jonge], magazine and site of Utrecht University </ref> De Jonge's only option to appeal against this ruling was at the European Court of Human Rights. In earlier statements De Jonge stated he would keep fighting to the bitter end, something he did in the European Court of Human Rights, following the latter described struggles with Utrecht.<ref>Another article on De Jonge's [http://www.advalvas.vu.nl/nieuws/2-algemeen-nieuws/190-pedofiel-terecht-geweigerd-door-universiteit-leiden.html lost appeal of june 2008] on newssite of VU</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220215074956/http://www.pnvd.nl/NL_NDJ/04_NL_NDJ.pdf De Jonge ECHR 1]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220215075001/http://www.pnvd.nl/NL_NDJ/01_NL_NDJ.pdf De Jonge ECHR 2]</ref>

===Third time unlucky===

De Jonge was rejected by Utrecht University in 2009, owing to his activism.

==Lawsuit==

In 2020, Dutch police raided his home because the Public Prosecution Service suspected him of continuing the activities of [[Vereniging MARTIJN]], which was earlier banned for its political positions. He wrote:

:''"Later that day, after rocks had been thrown through my windows, I fled. I've since moved to another city, leaving my ground floor apartment in Arnhem that I'd lived in for almost fourteen years. Last month, I published an open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, urging them to scrutinize their discriminatory "Child protection" policy."''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200518110706/https://www.norbertdejonge.nl/pdf/My_Second_Twenty-One_Years.pdf My Second Twenty-One Years (13 May 1999 - 12 May 2020) © 18 May 2020 Norbert de Jonge - Via Web Archive]</ref>

He later decided not to contest these charges for political and personal reasons, and signaled his intent to emigrate after he has served whatever sentence results.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220624104809/https://www.norbertdejonge.nl/pdf/No_Defense_At_2022_Show_Trial.pdf No Defense At 2022 Show Trial © 12 October 2021 Norbert de Jonge - Via Web Archive]</ref> On 12 March, 2022, a Dutch court sentenced both De Jonge and Uittenbogaard to 4 and 6 month prison sentences for continuing Martijn's political activities.<ref>[https://nltimes.nl/2022/03/12/members-banned-pedophile-association-sentenced-prison NL Times - Court Decision]</ref> Following these developments, the PNVD disbanded for a second time in the summer of that year.

===Ecuador tangent===

:''For updates, see: [[Essay:The Gruesome Consequences of a Hysterical Witch Hunt|The Gruesome Consequences of a Hysterical Witch Hunt]].''

In June, 2022, following an investigation into [[Nelson Maatman]], who had been arrested in Mexico after seeking asylum there, it was revealed that Uittenbogaard had moved to Ecuador with his partner, supposedly purchasing a hotel - something he denies. Allegations have been made against Uittenbogaard and his partner, concerning "parties" with minors at his residence, and Youth Erotica. De Jonge gained clearance from The Netherlands to visit Uittenbogaard, but was soon arrested in Ecuador and deported back to his home country, where he served his sentence.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220624104809/https://www.norbertdejonge.nl/pdf/Access_Denied.pdf De Jonge testimony re. vacation in Ecuador]</ref><ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-activist-arrested-in-ecuador-after-allegedly-sexually-abusing-dozens-of-children/ Pro-Pedophile Activist Arrested in Ecuador After Allegedly Sexually Abusing “Dozens” of Children]</ref><ref>[https://www-leidschdagblad-nl.translate.goog/cnt/dmf20220624_66241666?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp Leiden pedo Marthijn U. arrested in Ecuador lured village children to his hotel on the coast (Google Translation)]</ref><ref>[https://pledgetimes.com/former-chairman-of-the-banned-pedophile-association-martijn-arrested-in-ecuador-for-child-abuse/ ‘Former chairman of the banned pedophile association Martijn arrested in Ecuador for child abuse’]</ref><ref>[https://www-telegraaf-nl.translate.goog/nieuws/302805065/gevluchte-nederlandse-pedofielen-opgepakt-in-ecuador?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp 'Refugee Dutch pedophiles arrested in Ecuador' (Google Translation)]</ref> Concomitant with the [[Operation Underground Railroad|third-tier reputation]] of the NGO "partnership", legal systems and media organs from which these accusations against De Jonge's associates have emerged, they must be viewed with a great deal of suspicion at this stage. Images were supposedly found on Uittenbogaard's device in spite of his 20-year non-offending career as an activist, 2 weeks after the arrest of Maatman - giving him plentiful time to ensure he was compliant. Reactions within the [[Minor attracted community|MAP community]] have ranged from muted, to incredulous, with respect to the decision of Maatman and Uittenbogaard to leave the Netherlands to avoid justice.

De Jonge was imprisoned for 4 months in the Netherlands, a period in which he was subjected to hostility, only being put into solitary confinement after deliberately causing damage to his cell.<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2022/11/10/after-ten-years-time-to-take-the-chair After ten years, time to take the chair - HTOC]</ref>

==See also==

*[[FreeSpeechTube]] - The video-sharing site he founded, and left in 2022 following his legal troubles.

==External links==

*[https://fstube.net/w/s5S9cYUow8FjGC3DTxP6c4 CAS is Wonderful] - Video posted after his incarceration for continuing with MARTIJN.

==References==

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Marthijn Uittenbogaard

2026-05-07T23:38:16Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[Image:Marth.png|thumb|Marthijn Uittenbogaard]]'''Marthijn Uittenbogaard''' (b. Leiden, 21 April 1972) is an [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] activist of the first wave, who is still presently active, but currently incarcerated in Ecuador with his partner. He is former chairman and cofounder of the Dutch political party - [[PNVD]], and has also long held positions in the now banned [[Vereniging MARTIJN]] (including being chair). He gained some fame after he came out as a [[Pedophilia|pedophile]] (a [[Boylove|Boylover]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100110013043/http://www.martijn.org/info/OK87_EN_1.html</ref>), however he is also attracted to adults and has an adult partner. Uittenbogaard, the son of a Farmer, is known for his lack of fear and uncompromising style of activism - preferring to stand his ground according to a firm set of values rather than seek compromise or appeasement.

Uittenbogaard was born into a prosperous Leiden Christian family with four children. His mother was 26 years younger than his father, who was the stricter parent. In 2009, together with co-PNVD founder [[Norbert de Jonge]], he published the book, ''De rede in het nauw''. In addition, he has participated in debates, contributed to the weblog of ''de Volkskrant'', appeared in videos on YouTube, contributed to numerous TV programs, news media columns, and his own wiki. Uittenbogaard was guest editor of the May 6 2021 issue of ''Propria Cures'', a Dutch Magazine well-known for taking a hard line on freedom of expression.

==Harassment==

Uittenbogaard's positions have often inspired extreme harassment. Uittenbogaard had to deal with graffiti, demonstrations, vandalism, assault and threats against him. He has regularly received death threats, and windows of his home were smashed with fireworks, on one occasion causing a facial injury. He has installed a camera at his home and mounted polycarbonate sheets on his windows in response to one event involving a 200-strong mob, assembled with the permission of his local Mayor. Both Rabobank and ABN AMRO have refused him a bank account.

===Pre-2021 Timeline===

*In 2006, a debate between him and Michiel Smit was canceled because the organizer could not guarantee the safety of participants and visitors.
*In July 2011, after ongoing abuse, he asked Prime Minister Mark Rutte for protective measures. In his own words, he has asked for camera security several times but has never received it, although he did receive a panic button so he could alert the police if he was under attack.
*In 2013, he had to be released by the police after he was attacked in Deventer. That same month, the police responded to a demonstration at a flat in Deventer where Uittenbogaard was located.
*In May, 2020, his friend [[Norbert de Jonge]] repelled the attentions of a knife-wielding, maniacal intruder at Uittenbogaard's flat in Hengelo. The intruder escaped, but was later found with a bloody hand and received a small sentence.

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Marthijn4.jpg|Protest gathered outside of the house
File:Marthijn2.jpg|Graffiti
File:Marthijn3.jpg|Vigilance Campaign
</gallery>

===2021 Prosecution and following events===

:''For updates, see: [[Essay:The Gruesome Consequences of a Hysterical Witch Hunt|The Gruesome Consequences of a Hysterical Witch Hunt]].''

In March 2021, Uittenbogaard announced that he, de Jonge, [[Ad van den Berg]] and [[Nelson Maatman]] were being prosecuted for allegedly participating in a criminal organisation. The evidence offered by the prosecution is spurious, alleging that [[MAP visibility on Twitter|Twitter]] comments and the maintenance of an academic website constitute the continuation of an organisation deemed 'criminal' under a highly controversial Dutch law.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210320201505/https://marthijn.nl/p/218 I am being prosecuted - Marthijn.nl Archive]</ref> On 12 March, 2022, a Dutch court sentenced both De Jonge and Uittenbogaard to 4 and 6 month prison sentences for continuing Martijn's political activities.<ref>[https://nltimes.nl/2022/03/12/members-banned-pedophile-association-sentenced-prison NL Times - Court Decision]</ref> Uittenbogaard was said to have fled to Mexico, along with his partner, Lesley (Maatman had already fled and started the asylum process).<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2022/04/16/vorsprung-durch-online-technik/ Heretic TOC - Post Trial]</ref>

In June, 2022, following an investigation into [[Nelson Maatman]], who had been arrested in Mexico after seeking asylum there, it was revealed that Uittenbogaard and his partner Lesley had moved to Ecuador, supposedly purchasing a hotel. Allegations have been made against Uittenbogaard and his partner, concerning "parties" with minors at his residence, and Youth Erotica.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/pro-pedophile-activist-arrested-in-ecuador-after-allegedly-sexually-abusing-dozens-of-children/ Pro-Pedophile Activist Arrested in Ecuador After Allegedly Sexually Abusing “Dozens” of Children]</ref><ref>[https://www-leidschdagblad-nl.translate.goog/cnt/dmf20220624_66241666?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=wapp Leiden pedo Marthijn U. arrested in Ecuador lured village children to his hotel on the coast (Google Translation)]</ref><ref>[https://pledgetimes.com/former-chairman-of-the-banned-pedophile-association-martijn-arrested-in-ecuador-for-child-abuse/ ‘Former chairman of the banned pedophile association Martijn arrested in Ecuador for child abuse’]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220624093725/https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/302805065/gevluchte-nederlandse-pedofielen-opgepakt-in-ecuador 'Refugee Dutch pedophiles arrested in Ecuador']</ref> Concomitant with the [[Operation Underground Railroad|third-tier reputation]] of the NGO "partnership" and legal systems/media organs from which these accusations have emerged, they must be viewed with a great deal of suspicion at this stage. Images were supposedly found on Uittenbogaard's device in spite of having never been convicted of a "sexual" offense during his roughly 20-year career as an activist. His arrest was also 2 weeks after the arrest of Maatman - giving him plentiful time to ensure he was legally compliant. It has already been revealed that De Jonge did not flee the Netherlands, and had clearance to visit the political refugees.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220624104809/https://www.norbertdejonge.nl/pdf/Access_Denied.pdf De Jonge Statement re. visits to Ecuador]</ref> Uittenbogaard, still under detention, has also since stated that the charges are completely false:

<blockquote>[Translation from Dutch Twitter comments on Jul 17, 2022] ''"Woman finds out who I am. Make up fantasy story on Facebook about swimming pool. Building doesn't even have a pool. Children found in same building but different apartment. Just lived there. [...] Locked up without charge. Without seeing a judge. Without calling a lawyer for weeks. Innocent fixed. @amnestynl does nothing. [...] The Netherlands started criminalizing me because of citing scientific studies. Telling the truth is a crime. @amnestynl does nothing. Subsidy guzzling binoculars. [...] I don't want to die at fifty. I'm totally innocent. Prisoners no problem except the M. who are in charge here."''<ref>Twitter comments on 17 Jul 2022: [https://web.archive.org/web/20220717161527/https://twitter.com/MHUittenbogaard/status/1548702676501807106 1] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20220717203739/https://twitter.com/MHUittenbogaard/status/1548768727235264514 2]</ref></blockquote>

Reactions within the [[Minor attracted community|MAP community]] have ranged from muted, to incredulous, with respect to the decision of activists to flee the Netherlands as fugitives. One contact of Uittenbogaard stated:

<blockquote>''I remember meeting him very well. He was, at the time at least, an extremely calm, focused and level-headed person who suppressed his emotions very well. People can go insane over time, especially when faced with the stress that Marthijn had to deal with, but I find it very hard to imagine him, with such a target on his back, buying a hotel and using it to lure children for sex.''<ref>2022 Email correspondence between the Newgon Strategist and a confirmed historical contact of Marthijn Uittenbogaard.</ref></blockquote>

Uittenbogaard's Twitter account was cited as suspended on the 27th of August, despite containing important testimony concerning what he claims is an injustice. His personal site was then suspended by his service provider, following what he claims was a court order months earlier in the wake of the MARTIJN case. It is unclear whether Uittenbogaard informed others before persisting with the banned website.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1600744.htm Removal of website]</ref>

According to Uittenbogaard's partner Lesley (incarcerated with him on similar trumped-up charges in Ecuador, courtesy of O.U.R.):

<blockquote>''I heard that the children were detained by the police for 24 hours when I was arrested. And that they were repeatedly threatened with being beaten with batons. When they were hungry, they were not given food. Police were eating in front of the children, and laughing at them. Their parents sat outside crying. And it is understood that the police here are known to be violent. Tim Ballard was always there. And he threatened the parents several times. The problem is that if you report these things publicly, it is very risky. Tim Ballard can operate with impunity in these countries. With the money he has, he can wrap the police and the OM around his finger. And people don't dare stand up for themselves.''<ref name=Dautzenberg>A.H.J. Dautzenberg (2023): [[Essay:The Gruesome Consequences of a Hysterical Witch Hunt|The Gruesome Consequences of a Hysterical Witch Hunt]] (english trans)</ref></blockquote>

Investigative Journalist, A.H.J. Dautzenberg has revealed that Tim Ballard received a national award from the wife of the president of Mexico for dismantling 'the network' of Marthijn, Lesley and Nelson. In a February 2023 article, he went on to state: ''"Reports also reached Martijn and Lesley that Ballard had paid witnesses to give false statements; if they refused - these friends had pointed out that Lesley and Marthijn were innocent - he threatened them with trial and imprisonment. They also heard that Americans in contact with Ballard were offering money to have them killed."'' According to Lesley, Ballard, a conservative Mormon, was present at his arrest, dressed in a police uniform and equipped with a machine gun.<ref name=Dautzenberg />

Uittenbogaard, along with his partner was handed 10 a year prison sentence in June 2023<ref>[https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/06/dutch-pedophiles-sentenced-to-10-years-jail-in-ecuador/ DutchNews - 10 year sentence]</ref> for images found on a hard drive and phone. Dautzenberg has published material revealing that authorities classified [[Wikipedia:TikTok|TikTok]] videos as illegal, and a [[Wikipedia:Pornhub|Pornhub]] video as [[Child Pornography]].<ref name="AHJD Follow up">[https://www.ahjdautzenberg.nl/2023/07/persbericht-gevangen-in-ecuador-we-zijn-onschuldig/ PERSBERICHT – gevangen in Ecuador, ‘We zijn onschuldig’] and [https://www.ahjdautzenberg.nl/2023/07/teksten-van-marthijn-uittenbogaard/ Teksten van Marthijn Uittenbogaard].</ref> The multiple claims made by NGOs such as [[Operation Underground Railroad]] (used in a lucrative film), and the Dutch state-funded [[Free A Girl]] were found in court to be without credit. The men are appealing the decision.<ref name="AHJD Follow up" />

Following news of the conviction, numerous commenters rejoiced on the Dutch Newsblog, Geenstijl, celebrating in graphic terms their wish to see Uittenbogaard, who they had derogatorily nicknamed the "Polderpedo" (owing to his farming background) violently raped in jail.<ref>[https://www.geenstijl.nl/5171149/te-weinig-zeep-in-de-wereld-voor-deze-smerigheid/ Geenstijl blog]</ref>

==Video==

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPgtVn53gaQ Short segment in English.]

==External Links==

*Personal site: '''marthijn.nl''' (currently censored, may be archived). Currently seeking legal advice re linking an archive.
*[https://nl-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Marthijn_Uittenbogaard?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc Wikipedia] - Translated from NL Wikipedia. Dutch sources within.
*[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ Tom O'Carroll] - 2020 article in English.
*[https://decorrespondent-nl.translate.goog/323/wij-trekken-een-grens-een-pedo-is-geen-mens/30630413-c2ab6a03?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Google translation] - With some background from around 2013, when he was under considerable physical threat. Journalist: Joris van Casteren.

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Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics

2026-05-07T23:34:35Z

Jim Burton: /* Richard Weiss controversy */

__NOTOC__<div style="margin-left: 25px; float: right; width:360px">__TOC__</div>
Online encyclopedia [['''Wikipedia''']] (founded in January 2001 by current head [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]] and former head [[Wikipedia:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]]) is famous for claiming to be neutral and "consensus driven". The experience of online MAPs instead shows that material is frequently deleted at the behest of Wales<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Role_of_Jimmy_Wales Role Of Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia documentation]</ref> and select administrators (Arbitration Committee) when it is deemed to be politically unfavorable or harmful to its image. This flouting of principles, is particularly obvious in relation to articles on the subjects of [[Research: Youth sexuality|child and youth sexuality]] and [[paraphilia]]s. Wikipedia's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on MAP editors has been cited as the inspiration for a gun prank by Connor Weston in 2025, where no one was hurt.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/nyregion/wikipedia-conference-gunman.html NYT on Connor Weston's stunt]</ref>

==Background to controversies==

Sanger himself stated in 2020 that Wikipedia had by then become "badly biased" and completely abandoned its original neutrality policy.<ref>[https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/ Wikipedia is badly biased]. Personal website of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger. May 14, 2020.</ref> Because of this, most Wikipedia articles that focus on [[Minor Attracted People|MAPs]] and [[Minor-adult sex]] tended to have a medical/psychiatric bias - expressed thru a combination of undue weight, cherry-picked advocacy science and weasel words.

While much of the material now removed from Wikipedia appears to be legitimate, sourced content from a neutral or contrarian perspective,<ref>See for example, archives of [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pedophilia_Article_Watch&oldid=1086334416#2011 pages removed from under the auspices of Pedophile Article Watch]</ref> previous bans on a small number self-identifying [[pedophile]] editors (in late 2006 and early 2007) exacerbated perceptions of any editing that may be considered similar in style. Users who "may bring the project into disrepute" were blocked "per directive"<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=125487687&diffonly=1 Discussion of blocking as per directive of ArbCom]</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:VigilancePrime&oldid=208864891 VigilancePrime UserTalk log]</ref> by the arbitration committee - a select group of site administrators who converse in private. In 2010, a policy was enacted to formalize ostracism of "pedophiles" and their apologists. For many months, this policy made no reference to children, and openly advised administrators to cover-up accusations of "pedophilia" and pro-pedophile editing patterns. This document was later revised as a child-protection policy, despite having never previously referred to children's safety, only the banning of pedophiles due to the publicity "damage" they may cause.<ref name="PEDOpolicy" />

In practise, it is common for [[anti]]-pedophile administrators to simply block editors who they dislike (or deem to be pedophiles), with the full knowledge that ArbCom will not oppose their actions. For example, the Administrator seicer re-affirmed an appealed block on 12 February 2009 by simply stating that he did not like the editor involved. This is not exceptional behavior among Wikimedia administrators, even to this day.<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=block&user=&page=User%3A86sedan&wpdate=&tagfilter=&subtype= Surjection perma-banned LegitSock 86Sedan] for factual edits that [https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=MAP&diff=prev&oldid=63949483 did no more than make two longstanding controversial articles consistent with one another], accusing "advocacy of illegal activity".</ref>

==Timeline of events==
:''We refer to some editors as MAPs or MAP aligned for clarity. Please note that this term was not even coined or widely used until 2007 and 2018 respectively.''

The censorship of MAP-related information from Wikipedia has a long history, which can be broken down into roughly three distinct eras. For the first part of its life, from 2001 to the "Pedo Wars" of the late 00s, Wikipedia took a pragmatic approach to editors who self-identified as MAPs, displayed sympathies, or shared content that might be deemed [[Child Pornography|child pornography]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/tech/wikipedia-distributing-child-porn-co-founder-tells-fbi Wikipedia Distributing Child Porn, Co-Founder Tells FBI]</ref> At this point, the publicity risks were considerably lower, and the need for a growing base of quality content was first priority. This was the era before organized 2nd-wave MAP activism, so examples of dissent were limited to productive editors who had made controversial statements.<ref>[https://infogalactic.com/info/Wikipedia_and_pedophilia Infogalactic: Wikipedia and Pedophilia]</ref>

===Activism begins===
The first MAP activists to edit Wikipedia (2004 onward) didn't attempt to hide the fact. Users such as [[Rookiee]]<ref>[https://www.ipce.info/sites/ipce.info/files/biblio_attachments/goode-paedophiles_in_society.pdf Goode, section 2/3]</ref> (the host of [[Pedologues]]), Zanthalon ([[AP]]) and Clayboy were blocked because of the publicity risk they posed to the project. One controversy involved a "userbox/template" which identified an editor as a Pedophile on their user page<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pedophilia_userbox_wheel_war Pedo userbox war]</ref> - leading to arguments among Wikipedians over freedom of speech and the temporary banning of admins who opposed the template. This would be considered a near-impossibility nowadays. The crucial period of this 2nd era, started with an uptick in the level of anonymous editing in 2007. This was a period in which numerous edit wars raged, information was removed due to the perceived ''motivation or bad faith'' of editors, and the associated publicity risks. This was the "witch hunt" we refer to as the "Pedo Wars", and our narrative of that period continues after the short commentary below.

====Analysis - Jim Burton, 2021, revised 2025 following attack on convention====
<blockquote>
One inherent weakness of collaborative online information resources such as Wikipedia is a vulnerability to special interest groups and their lobbying efforts. In general, moderate editors (with no partisan leanings), will be less enthused about hot-button subjects, have less knowledge, and be less likely to contest attempts to revert their edits.

Unlikely consensus, therefore, has to be found on emotive, polarizing topics such as [[Child Sexual Abuse]]. Negative bias can also creep in to some articles on topics such as [[MAP Movement|MAP activism]], since any perception of "objectivity" towards topics that elicit visceral reactions might lead to self-censorship. There is also a tendency of editorial to default towards outdated sources that discuss now-folded initiatives with little relevance to the present-day debate.

When MAP activists first appeared on Wikipedia, there was a psychiatric/victimological bias throughout most of the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Pedophilia_Article_Watch Pedophilia Article Watch]" suite of articles. This was due to a general unwillingness of specialist editors to cite a range of sources, particularly scientific treatments outside the sphere of western medicine, such as sociology, psychology, and ethnology. There was also a marked naivety among high-ranking non-specialist editors, towards lobbyist imposters posing as CSA specialists - usually to peddle grifts such as [[repressed memory]] - something that is now acknowledged in the culture of Wikipedia.
</blockquote>

====Pedo Wars====

It was around late 2006/early 2007, that pro-MAP activists responded to the previous blocks en-masse by creating anonymous accounts and attempting to alter editorial consensus. Favored edits introduced citations refuting the pathological theory of [[Pedophilia]], and cited examples of [[CSA]] research contesting the narrative of universal harm (material such as [[Rind et al]]). This sparked a number of edit-wars and confrontations, attracting both administrators and [[anti]]-pedophile activists to the articles and their discussion pages. At this point, some high level Wikipedians personally contacted some of the more influential activist editors, attempting to explain the publicity risks of rampant, polarized special interest editing. This was of course a just warning, albeit against ''exactly'' the type of editing Wikipedia had tolerated for many years from victimological, therapeutic-interventionist and traumatology-led editors posing as disinterested specialists. It was for this reason, the appeals fell on deaf ears. The reaction that followed, towards "inclusionist" pro-MAP editing patterns - was sometimes indiscriminate, leading to arbitrary accusations of sockpuppetry and "pro-pedophile disruption" - an often stated rationale for blocking. As this "witch-hunt" reaction snowballed, accounts were often blocked regardless of activist affiliation, for editing patterns no more outlandish than citations of peer-reviewed research on related articles. It is also believed that highly abusive (i.e. "simultaneous") sock-puppetry was used on multiple occasions by [[anti]]-MAP activists in order to skirt around the "three revert rule" and to fabricate editor consensus. Many pro-MAP activists fought on, creating new identities after their initial bans - some getting through 10 or more identities before giving up. According to one editor, it was a running joke to compare the number of edits they got to before being banned, with 150 the marque of a skillful activist editor. In one particularly egregious incident, Administrator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dominic Dominic Byrd-McDevitt] claimed that he had forensic evidence to link two accounts and justify a block by east718. We knew immediately, this was incorrect (see Louisa Petit-Ladoumegue in the list below), as both users were on our list of activists, but had never met one another. If McDevitt did indeed fabricate this evidence, it must then follow he lied to other sysops to cover himself.

====[[Richard Weiss]] controversy====

The pinnacle of the Pedo-Wars controversy and a major turning point, was the politically-influenced decision to retain the services of the British-born, renowned [[anti]]-pedophile edit warrior, [[Richard Weiss]] (Squeakbox) and his sockpuppets. This remains to this day, one of the all-time most blatant abuses of administrative privilege on the encyclopedia - if it is to be held that Jimbo Wales was not behind the decision.

Through various suspected sock puppet reports, it was established that accounts were being used throughout ''Pedophilia Article Watch'' to fabricate consensus and escape the three-revert-rule. These edits, particularly by the account Pol64, always reverted to the initial edits of Weiss, an avowed fighter of "pedophile disruption" known for previous sock puppetry and attempts to silence other editors by labeling them pedophiles. Interestingly, these edits also contained grammatical/typographical errors that uncannily resembled those made by Weiss. It was noted by investigating editors, that Pol64 would typically compile a list of edits that appended perfectly on to the end of Weiss' earlier session, and vice versa. These concerns were initially ignored due to Weiss' use of geographically unrelated proxy IPs to evade detection.<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/SqueakBox Squeakbox (Weiss) request for checkuser]</ref> This inspired the user '''Dyskolos''' (Daniel Lievre) to compile an exhaustive list of timed edit sessions, effectively proving that Richard Weiss was regularly and frantically switching between his main account and Pol64.<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/SqueakBox_(3rd) SqueakBox (Weiss) suspected sock puppet log]</ref> Indeed, as the detailed list revealed, Weiss was barely leaving enough time between these puppeteering vacations to afford himself a simple tea break. The report, was nevertheless dismissed out of hand, confirming that Wikipedia would now not be willing to punish even the most obvious examples of abuse, lest it be seen as supporting the "pedophile point of view". One editor familiar with these exchanges recalls seeing at least one admin's comments expressing skepticism towards Weiss' activities being "rolled back", strongly suggesting the involvement of oversight from ArbCom or above.

It is a comic irony, that in a belated 2010 investigation<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/tech/exclusive-pedophiles-find-a-home-on-wikipedia FOX News: Pedophiles find a home on Wikipedia]</ref> into pedophile-related editing activity on Wikipedia, Fox News implied that Weiss (Squeakbox) had posted on [[BoyChat]] soliciting votes against the deletion of [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]]'s article. Of course, a BoyChat user had ironically used Weiss' screen name to troll him on BC, and prevent his own Wikipedian identity from being revealed.

====2008: Adult-Child Sex - the last stand====
Having effectively lost the war over editing privileges, there was one last significant attempt by MAP-aligned or amenable Wikipedians to incorporate value-neutral information on CSA. This was the [[minor-adult sex|Adult-child sex]] article - the concept being to create a new article as opposed to altering an existing one. Amazingly, this article (which we took over, and edit to this day) survived one deletion vote handsomely, and hung on for a few months until new [[anti]]-MAP activist editors appeared to be called in to the vote.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Adult-child_sex Adult-child sex 1st deletion vote]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Adult-child_sex_(2nd_nomination) Adult-child sex 2nd deletion vote]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Adult-child_sex Adult-child sex deletion review]</ref> Editors on, or roughly aligned to our activist network continued to be active all the way through 2008, but were eventually swamped by further blocks, article protections and the appearance of special interest editors such as [[James Cantor]].

===A return to the old normal===

The Pedophilia Article Watch is now inactive after the cessation of MAP activist editing, and MAPs are frequently warned against editing Wikipedia without taking precautions such as computer security and checking their edit pattern. The events of 2007 are frequently used as a precedent to suppress "tendentious" editing, and most articles are now policed and sanitized as a matter of course. One positive outcome, is that due in part to the events of 2007, regular Wikipedia editors are now far more aware of the special interest editing patterns that led to the poisoning of many psychology, psychiatry and sexology related topics in the preceding era. In this sense, we are now able to link to a number of less contentious Wikipedia articles that are unlikely to fall foul of advocacy editing, and thus reduced the burden on our own content producers.

==List of notable editors==
All of the following editors were involved in the 2007/8 controversy. Some notables from <2006 and 2009> have been excluded.
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===Deletionist/Special Interest/Anti-MAP===
Editors with the black dot are known to have been sockpuppets.
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*'''Richard Weiss☻''' - (at the time, his screen name was SqueakBox). Multiple abusive simultaneous sock puppeteer with his own section in this article. His sock, '''Pol64☻''' was allegedly a female former police officer - eventually banned in early 2008, but astoundingly, never officially linked to Weiss.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive359 Pol64 Blocked, Weiss continues to support his own sockpuppet]</ref>
*'''AbuseTruth☻''' aka '''ResearchEditor☻''' (3000 edits, special interest, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/ResearchEditor/Archive multiple socks], [[Leadership Council]]?)
*'''AWeidman☻''' aka '''DPeterson☻''' (Dr Arthur Becker Weidman, Anti-ped Attachment Therapist who eventually got a lifetime block in 07 for ban evasion. Associated with [[Phillip John Eide]] on wiki)
*'''East718''', '''El_C''' (Pedophobic Admins)
*'''Jack-A-Roe''' (Highly tendentious special interest editor and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civil_POV_pushing Civil POV pusher])
*'''Fred Bauder''' (Admin who was hugely influential in policing pedophilia and enacting blocks)
*'''PetraSchelm''' (Typical Jack/PhDarts style victimological agenda-pusher, possible $$ grift)
*'''Phdarts☻''' aka '''HeadleyDown☻''' (Similar to the above, one was reincarnation of the other)
*'''SeattleJoe''' (vile character who started threatening editors with police action, for editing)
*'''Will Beback''' (William McWhinney, disingenuous admin who supported harsh and excessive permanent blocks of other editors, while expressing no corresponding objection to them in normal editing)
*'''[[Phillip John Eide|XavierVE]]''' (Phillip John Eide) - of [[Perverted Justice]].

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===Inclusionist/MAP Activist/Adjacent===
All of these editors were banned, and got only limited support from established Wikipedians such as Springeragh and Homologeo. Editors with the black dot are known to have been sockpuppets, although some are not linked explicitly for their security. The usual form of sockpuppetry was creation of a new account after banning. Simultaneous abuse was rare among this group. [[Wikisposure]] did their own research at the time, and got some of it right.<ref> [https://edramatica.com/Evil-unveiled.com/Wikipedia_Campaign ED: Wikipedia Campaign] (originally a [[Wikisposure]] article)</ref>

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*'''[[VigilancePrime]]''' (Disgraceful block of a productive editor)
*'''Dfpc'''
*'''Barry Jameson☻''' (171 edits)
*'''Catherine N.X.''' (Activist who helped the logic section of our [[Debate Guide]])
*'''BLueRibbon☻''' (BL Activist, one of our contributors early on)
*'''Silent War'''
*'''Digital Emotion☻''' (123 edits - profiled on [[Wikisposure]])
*'''Enrico Dirac☻''' aka '''Hermitian☻''' (Often seen, likely connected accounts, reasonable editing style)
*'''Farenhorst☻'''
*'''GroomingVictim☻''' (176 Edits)
*'''[https://www.boywiki.org/en/User:Meco Meco]'''
*'''Jillium☻''' (our former Web Admin/Producer of research lists) ran '''Tryckfelsnisse☻''' and '''Paroxysm☻'''.
*'''Jim Burton☻''' (Highly successful MAP-aligned editor, almost 1000 edits, defended right of editors to self-identify as pedophiles, and described them as ideal editors of articles related to themselves on a provocative [[Jim Burton userpage (Wikipedia)|userpage]])
*'''Karla Lindstrom☻''' (46 edits) was a sock of '''Dyskolos☻''' and '''Samantha Pignez☻''' ('''Daniel Lievre☻''' - our cofounder who had operated over 10 accounts by 2008 and ran a private email list).
*'''Louisa Petit-Ladoumegue☻''' (This alleged sock puppet of '''Voice of Britain☻''' was actually Samantha Pignez/Lievre instead. We know '''both''' individuals who operated these accounts! Administrative abuse by East718. This<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Louisa_Petit-Ladoumegue User Talk: Louisa_Petit-Ladoumegue]</ref> is where they were caught lying)
*'''Voice of Britain☻'''
*'''Jovin Lambton☻''' (Almost 1000 edits)
*'''Roman Czyborra''' (Czyborra.com - a Unix Administrator from Berlin, Germany, who threatened to sue Wikimedia)
*'''Strichmann☻''' (66 edits and sources provided for [[Adult-child sex]] in co-operation with the below, which seemingly outraged Admins)
*'''TlatoSMD''' (High quality editor with 2000+ edits - sparred with Jack-A-Roe, calling him out as a pusher. Banned incorrectly as "single purpose")
*'''AnotherSolipsist☻'''
*'''Foresticpig☻''' (over 1000)
*'''Tyciol''' (edits [[user:tyciol|here]])
*'''MikeD78☻''' (around 500 edits)
*'''A.Z.'''
*'''Equilibrist☻'''
*'''Bow Ty☻'''
*'''Leucosticte☻'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220625172936/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2018-06-14/ty-article/.premium/this-hitler-loving-pedophile-running-for-u-s-congress/0000017f-e5e1-dc7e-adff-f5ede6500000 Nathan Larson on Wikipedia]</ref>
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====What does this all mean?====

From looking at logs and known/likely socks and reincarnation of banned editors, it looks like each side had between 3 and 4 highly biased activist editors on PAW at any one time, through most of 2007 and part of 2008. These editors would contribute roughly half of the counting edits during that time.

==Pedo Wars II (2023 MAP article controversy)==

A second much shorter, but more damaging controversy took place in mid-May, 2023. Administrators on the popular online encyclopedia were seen by some to have condoned pedophilia by exhibiting indecision over the deletion of an article on [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]]. Others instead accused that Wikipedia had conducted a [[Wikipedia:Witch-hunt|witch-hunt]] on two researchers and the former head of a [[Prostasia Foundation|child protection charity]] deemed to be engaged in "pedophile advocacy".<ref><small>The banned editors went by the usernames 22Spears, 86Sedan (apparently researchers), and [[Jeremy Malcolm]] (User:Qirtaiba). Observer42436 (a one-time use account) and R alvarez02 were blocked immediately for supporting one of the researchers and Malcolm in a deletion discussion. User:Pokelova was threatened with a ban for openly supporting the first two of these editors, as can be seen in the gallery, but escaped unscathed before going on to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pokelova#June_2023 lose his account] after an editor complained of him being a [[hebephilia|hebephilic]] furry with a baraag.net [[Pediverse]] account [see the Wikipediocracy thread]. Another editor banned was [[Allyn Walker]] article contributor, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:So47009 So47009] (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1132 AN/I discussion])</small></ref><ref name="Spears" /><ref name="Sedan" /><ref name="Malcolm" />

These events took place around a "deletion discussion"<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Minor-attracted_person_(2nd_nomination) AfD: Deletion discussion for "Minor-attracted person"], not to be confused with a previous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Minor-attracted_person AfD for Minor-attracted person], in which the article took the form of a disambiguation page</ref> for a controversial, newly-created article describing the term "[[Minor Attracted Person]]".<ref>[https://archive.is/q1ttr MAP Article - Archive]</ref> Initially, numerous editors chimed in, supporting the idea of keeping the article. With high-ranking editors and admins rattled, a series of bizarre events then unfolded. A brand new editor going by the name of "MrPinkingShears" randomly accused one of the MAP research editors of "personally knowing" [[Thomas O'Carroll]], simply because he had described him as "Tom" in an edit summary. MrPinkingShears was subsequently banned, but then reinstated after other administrators revolted, and the two MAP researchers were banned.

Other articles written by one of the researchers (including a review of Predator Poachers - a [[Predator Poachers|discredited vigilante operation]]) were deleted, as canvassing at Wikipediocracy<ref>[https://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12957 Wikipediocracy thread], see also [https://wikipediasucks.co/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2809&start=10 Wikipediasucks]</ref> and most probably the Wikipedia Review forum was followed by a campaign of paranoia, hyper-vigilance, arbitration-committee-enforced bans and a [[Wikipedia:chilling effect|chilling effect]].<ref>[https://archive.is/UB6RP Stigma of Pedophilia (archive)] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stigma_of_pedophilia AfD: Stigma of Pedophilia]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Predator_Poachers AfD: Predator Poachers]</ref> Another article that was significantly effected by the bans was [[Wikipedia:Operation Underground Railroad|Operation Underground Railroad]]. Editors removed large amounts of sourced material deemed to be [[Operation Underground Railroad|potentially compromising]] to this Conservative Mormon missionary organization known (much like Predator Poachers) for conducting stings using real minors.

Another article that was deleted and redirected with little warning or explanation referred exclusively to the "Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse", but in an unusual example of [[Debate Guide: Logical fallacies and intergenerational sexuality|guilt-by-association]], was supposedly deemed far-too inappropriate, as it was written principally by one of the banned editors.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primary_prevention_of_child_sexual_abuse&oldid=1153613334 Primary Prevention of CSA (old version)], [https://archive.is/qjnfy Primary Prevention of CSA (archive)] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primary_prevention_of_child_sexual_abuse&oldid=1154985384 redirect]</ref> [[Allyn Walker]]'s article was also cut significantly, following the bans<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230418183010/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allyn_Walker Archive of Allyn Walker's article as-was], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allyn_Walker&diff=prev&oldid=1154991578 Diff showing removal of material from Allyn Walker's lengthly article]</ref> and was deleted. Wikipedia's treatment of [[Chronophilia]] was cut to under half its size following the ban of 22Spears.

The Minor-Attracted Person article was reworded to suit the agenda of remaining editors.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230517010441/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor-attracted_person Sanitized version of the MAP article, after it was "taken over" by two non-banned weak-keep editors who wanted to tackle the topic from an almost exclusively critical angle]</ref> It was nevertheless deleted following the protracted discussion and silencing of editors who wanted to keep it in its original, neutral format. Jeremy Malcolm went on to criticize the application of Wikipedia's child protection policies in a blog.<ref>[https://jere.my/three-guidelines-for-child-exploitation-policies/ Jeremy Malcolm Blog]</ref> [[Prostasia Foundation]] also addressed a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, signed and submitted by their new head, [[Gilian Tenbergen]].<ref>[https://prostasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Wikimedia-Foundations-Child-sexual-exploitation-policy-project.pdf Prostasia - letter on Wikimedia CSE Policy]</ref>

===Gallery===

Detailing the 2023 controversy, these screengrabs present a chronology of those events, and document how [[anti]]-MAP extremism<ref>[https://jere.my/three-guidelines-for-child-exploitation-policies/ Jeremy Malcolm identified the presence of self-describing untrained "pedophile hunters" in high-ranking positions at Wikipedia, orchestrating their efforts via offsite forums]</ref> has become weaponized within Wikipedia's internal culture of bureaucracy and lawyering.

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Wikipediahawk1.png|The controversy was initiated by Red-tailed hawk's blanking and redirection of the MAP article
File:Wikipediasurfer.png|Another editor repeats the above trick, after next-to-no constructive efforts to add to the article
File:Keepopinion.png|Initial rash of "keep" opinions. Notice strike-throughs, signifying the "chilling effect" of anti-pedophile consensus, and deliberate tagging of editors signatures by other editors
File:Wikipediasedan.png|86Sedan debate interjection and defense of suspicious editor voting "Keep"
File:Wikipediashears2.png|Editor drags [[Thomas O'Carroll]] into the discussion in what first looked like a hilarious black-propaganda attempt, but soon became a bizarrely and somewhat worryingly successful argument in 22Spears' blocking<ref name="ANI" /><ref name="Spears">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:22spears 22Spears talk page with block and appeals]</ref><ref name="Sedan">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:86sedan 86sedan talk page with block and appeal]</ref>
File:Wikipedo.png|A user contests the potential reinstatement of accused propagandist 22Spears on the basis of his creepy interest in ancient Greek history, which by extension must mean [[Pederasty|faggotry]]
File:Wikipediahawk.png|Red-tailed hawk revises the [[Wiktionary:wikiality|Wikiality]] definition of [[Newgon]] Organization, on [[Wikipedia:List of pedophile advocacy organizations|another article]]
File:Wikipediajoeroe.png|Yet another ''unusual'' edit implying that [[Newgon]]'s [[Accounts and Testimonies]] project has been even more successful than was first intended
File:Wikipediaignore.png|This is normal... A ''delete'' editor enlightens us that it's probably best to ''ignore all rules'', then disappears
File:Wikipediamalcolm.png|The painfully short-lived [[Jeremy Malcolm]]/[[Prostasia Foundation|Prostasia]] cameo in all its glory. Banned following this contribution.<ref name="Malcolm">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Qirtaiba Jeremy Malcolm talk page, ban and appeals]</ref>
File:Wikipediamalcolmblock.png|Confirmed: Wikipedia just blocked the most hopelessly milquetoast personality ever connected to "[[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]]", for the timelessly obscure "pedophile advocacy"
File:Wikipediavalpol.png|<small>After having their way with Jeremy Malcolm, Wikipedians deliberate over erasing his image, only for it to devolve into [[Validity Policing]] over personal interest in [[Lolicon]]. Could there be anything more archetypically Wikipedia than this?</small>
File:Bbb23.png|The inquisition begins for the administrator who had the ''temerity'' to block an account for harassment! And yes, this did blow out into a full struggle-session, complete with forced confession.<ref name="ANI">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1127 Bbb23's struggle session]</ref>
File:Wikipediavalarian.png|Part of the deletion discussion for "Stigma of pedophilia". Move along now...
File:Wikipedos.png|Raytheon vs CSA prevention example
</gallery>

==Summary and commentaries==

In addition to the above-mentioned reactions of Jeremy Malcolm and Prostasia, some extended critiques have been written concerning the 2023 addendum to the controversy, for example, on BC.<ref>[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1611869.htm BC - Talix criticism of 2023 Wiki cabal censorship efforts]</ref>

The incompetence and unethical behavior of Wikimedia's Administration, and Arbitration Committee on topics related to CSA, Pedophilia and attraction to [[minor]]s can be summarized in roughly 5 points, all sourced elsewhere in this article:

# The initial '''failure of Wikipedia from its inception to 2006/7/8 to detect and suppress blatant special-interest editing''' on topics in relation to Psychiatry, Memory, Dissociation, Pedophilia and Sexology in general, resulting in highly biased treatments and an incursion of avowed pedophile edit warriors who would then later respawn as sock accounts.
# Various highly-questionable, unethical, likely Arbitration committee enforced decisions - namely the use of '''false forensics to publicly link two geographically unrelated users''' engaged in inconvenient editing, initial '''failure to link the sock puppet accounts of serial harasser, Richard Weiss''', and subsequent refusal to acknowledge the long-proven link upon the sock account's banning.
# The subsequent '''creation in 2010 of a policy on "Child Protection" that in fact started as a poorly-worded essay detailing Wikipedia's erstwhile unofficial policy of banning ''self-describing'' "pedophiles"''' because of the publicity risk they posed.<ref name="PEDOpolicy">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection Wikipedia's Child Protection Policy] started not as a well thought-out trust-and-safety exercise, but as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Child_protection&oldid=358570794 formalization of an extant witch-hunt against "advocates" of "pedophilia".] The document itself was entitled ''"Wikipedia:Pedophilia"'' during April, May and June, 2010. Further copies [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Child_protection&oldid=370715125 introduced] the concept of "pedophiles" "damaging" the project's image, before the idea of protecting children was introduced. Only in early-July 2010, did the document even start referring to [[Child Sexual Abuse]]. It was then [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Child_protection&action=history&dir=prev&offset=20100704052637%7C371656605 redirected] to "Child Protection" following extensive talk-page discussion ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Child_protection/Archive_3], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Child_protection/Archive_4], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Child_protection/Archive_5], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Child_protection/Archive_6]).</ref>
# Failure in the 10s to uniformly address '''misuse of the term "pedophile", for example on the pages of rapists and serial killers''', followed by the initial Wiktionary '''block of 86Sedan by Surjection for "advocating illegal activity", when her single article edit did nothing remotely of the sort'''.
# Carrying out a '''witch-hunt on researchers and the former head of a child protection charity in 2023''', following the publicly visible emergence of [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] identities and research in the previous five years, and introduction of notable, peer-reviewed research topics to Wikipedia. Complicity in encouraging what were multiple offsite attempts to obtain dox information on participants; repeatedly formally acting on said information and then '''systematically silencing the accused'''.

===Commentary following initial actions in the 00s===

We also reproduce some earlier criticism of Wikipedia's self-censorship mechanisms, in the wake of point 2 above. One anonymous '''Wikipedia Admin''' (via perma-banned ex-editor, Karla Lindstrom - probably a sock alias of Daniel Lievre):

<blockquote>
''I don't believe that Wikipedia is going to have a paedophile related article that is neutral in the proper sense of the word now or in the forseeable future. It appears to be an editorial decision that the subject matter is too sensitive, and the risk of appearing to condone (that is, not to condemn but appear impartial) the practice is one that the Foundation, Board, etc. are not prepared to take.''
</blockquote>

IP comment (probably former editor, Enrico Dirac):<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Pedophilia_Article_Watch&oldid=188506074 IP comment from Enrico Dirac]</ref>

<blockquote>
''It seems to me that characterizing criticism of the plethora of biased and misleading Wikipedia articles on sex and kids as "editors claiming adult/child sex is not harmful to children" just mirrors the tactics used by those pushing the CSA moral panic in regular society. Publish a paper debunking bogus numbers on the incidence of child porn and child abuse, propose a population-based peer-reviewed study which might produce an unpopular result, or suggest a change in the extremely value-laden terminology presently used in the CSA field, and no matter what your academic reputation, the usual Dr Lauras and Judith Reismans and "family values" organizations of the world will bombard the media with claims that "so-and-so says sexual abuse isn't harmful" and "so-and-so is pro-pedophile" and "so-and-so wants to legalize adult/child sex." This is always tremendously successful, and the resulting noise completely obscures any attempt to discuss the research on its merits.''

''Given that tremendously sucessful political strategies generally manage to get adopted in new venues, it's hardly a huge surprise that Wikipedia now has its own little cadre of True Believers, beating their little sex abuse drum, and running around shouting "pro-pedophile activism" every time they see something which violates the party line on the topic. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to notice that what currently passes for NPOV* in some of these articles reads like a press release from some conservative religious pressure group.''

''Sexual abuse is certainly a bad thing, but the type of hypervigilance that leads to sex abuse witch hunts like Wenatchee and the daycare scandals of the 1980's, which put scores of people in prison based on fabricated evidence, is also a bad thing.''

''I can't ever remember anyone getting banned from Wikipedia for turning a sex abuse article into a hateful pejorative-laden rant. But I've seen a lot of people banned after their edits annoyed the current Kiddie Sex Cabal that has arrogated to themselves the right to make sure that all such articles on Wikipedia contain the approved amount of [[anti]]-pedophile innuendo and vitriol. Some are banned with vague references to Pro-Pedophile POV, whatever that is. Others just disappear at the hands of Arbcom after secret proceedings. Entire articles which have been worked on by hundreds of editors, and which certainly represent community consensus, just arbitrarily disappear if someone high up decides they don't have enough anti-pedophile innuendo in them. This isn't an open and transparent process, where actions may be reviewed and commented upon. It is a fiat process in which talk pages get protected, and replaced by Wikipedia's version of what Wikipedia alleges transpired.''

''Now Wikipedia is a privately owned resource, with complete and total control over what it publishes. Oh, there's a lot of handwaving about consensus, and how it's actually run by the editors, and editorials making fun of anyone who suggests a Cabal exists. But in point of fact, Wikipedia has a certain political tone, and although anyone is free to contribute, it is a hierarchy of plebian editors, admins, Arbcom members, with Jimbo Wales at the top, and each level learns what the level above it wants, and exerts veto power over the levels below it.''

''NPOV is in reality the official Wikipedia POV, and the official Wikipedia POV on Child Sexual Abuse is fully supportive of the current hysteria and moral panic, and cares not a whit about what the actual facts are, and will always favor innacurate "mainstream perspective" over the truth. Wikiality and Truthiness aren't just amusing words on late night TV. They are an accurate description of what is produced by the Wikipedia process''
</blockquote>

<nowiki>*</nowiki><small>The term "NPOV" ([[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral Point Of View]]) refers to a Wikipedia policy whereby encyclopaedia content must be nonpartisan, even in relation to moderate or centrist points of view.</small>

==External links==

*[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/05/child-pornography-at-the-center-of-intra-wikipedia-warfare Child Pornography at the Center of Intra-Wikipedia Warfare]
*[https://phys.org/news/2010-04-wikipedia-blasts-child-porn-website.html Wikipedia blasts talk of child porn at website]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Censorship]][[Category:Websites]][[Category:Websites: Academic]][[Category:Websites: Generic]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: International]][[Category:History & Events: 2000s]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:History & Events: 2000s]][[Category:History & Events]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T23:12:54Z

Jim Burton: /* "The Gay Myth" */

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''; '''gays''' if they are male, and '''lesbians''' if they are female. Preferential gay [[boylove]]rs and [[Intergenerational Lesbianism|lesbian]] [[girllove]]rs can therefore be described as homosexuals. [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities, and the gay/lesbian (LGBTQ+) community - particularly in the post-1994 western world (see below section on "gay").

==Genetics==

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> Support for gay rights has (among other political traits) been correlated with genetic factors.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQ+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK as hate speech.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]], which often went well beyond simply equalizing the gay age of consent.

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T23:12:43Z

Jim Burton: /* "The Gay Myth" */

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''; '''gays''' if they are male, and '''lesbians''' if they are female. Preferential gay [[boylove]]rs and [[Intergenerational Lesbianism|lesbian]] [[girllove]]rs can therefore be described as homosexuals. [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities, and the gay/lesbian (LGBTQ+) community - particularly in the post-1994 western world (see below section on "gay").

==Genetics==

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> Support for gay rights has (among other political traits) been correlated with genetic factors.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQ+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK as hate speech.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]], which often went well beyond simply equalizing the gay age of consnet.

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T23:11:39Z

Jim Burton: /* Gay */

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''; '''gays''' if they are male, and '''lesbians''' if they are female. Preferential gay [[boylove]]rs and [[Intergenerational Lesbianism|lesbian]] [[girllove]]rs can therefore be described as homosexuals. [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities, and the gay/lesbian (LGBTQ+) community - particularly in the post-1994 western world (see below section on "gay").

==Genetics==

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> Support for gay rights has (among other political traits) been correlated with genetic factors.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQ+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK as hate speech.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]].

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T23:10:50Z

Jim Burton: /* Genetics */

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''; '''gays''' if they are male, and '''lesbians''' if they are female. Preferential gay [[boylove]]rs and [[Intergenerational Lesbianism|lesbian]] [[girllove]]rs can therefore be described as homosexuals. [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities, and the gay/lesbian (LGBTQ+) community - particularly in the post-1994 western world (see below section on "gay").

==Genetics==

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> Support for gay rights has (among other political traits) been correlated with genetic factors.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQ+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize as hate speech, comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]].

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T23:08:17Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''; '''gays''' if they are male, and '''lesbians''' if they are female. Preferential gay [[boylove]]rs and [[Intergenerational Lesbianism|lesbian]] [[girllove]]rs can therefore be described as homosexuals. [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities, and the gay/lesbian (LGBTQ+) community - particularly in the post-1994 western world (see below section on "gay").

==Genetics==

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> In some cases, support for gay rights on the other hand, has been correlated with genetics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQ+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize as hate speech, comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]].

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T23:07:16Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''; '''gays''' if they are male, and '''lesbians''' if they are female. Preferential gay [[boylove]]rs and lesbian [[girllove]]rs can therefore be described as homosexuals. [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities, and the gay/lesbian (LGBTQ+) community - particularly in the post-1994 western world (see below section on "gay").

==Genetics==

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> In some cases, support for gay rights on the other hand, has been correlated with genetics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQ+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize as hate speech, comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]].

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Predator Poachers

2026-05-07T21:32:17Z

Jim Burton: /* External links */

[[File:Ppmich.png|thumb|Logo for a local affiliate, of which there are many]]
__NOTOC__'''Predator Poachers''' (PP) is a Houston-based American [[Vigilantism|vigilante]] group founded by controversial, anti-LGBT online influencer and banned YouTuber [[Wikipedia:Alex Rosen|Alex Rosen]] in 2019. PP is mainly known for its shocking confrontations with suspected "[[Sexual Predator|predator]]s", which are filmed and then posted on the internet. Humiliation and vulgar humor are central to the videos, and Rosen, known for his conspiracy theories and disrupting political events, has stated that he plans his stings with this in mind.<ref name="Four">[https://fox40.com/news/local-news/vigilante-predator-poachers-come-to-sacramento/ FOX 40: Vigilante ‘Predator Poachers’ come to Sacramento.] [https://archive.is/EQH4E Archived].</ref><ref name="rape" /><ref name="Seven">[https://news.yahoo.com/youtuber-2-million-subscribers-accused-213402848.html Yahoo: A YouTuber with 2 million subscribers was accused of messaging a fake 13-year-old in a vigilante sting operation]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230323190807/https://news.yahoo.com/youtuber-2-million-subscribers-accused-213402848.html Archived].</ref><ref name="Two">[https://www.insider.com/edp445-allegations-messages-chet-goldstein-youtube-removed-what-did-2021-4 Insider: A predator hunting YouTuber and a man seemingly caught in a sting both had their channels removed by the platform]. [https://archive.is/LCtPP Archived].</ref><ref name="Six">[https://www.clevescene.com/news/armed-with-cell-phones-not-badges-amateur-predator-catcher-groups-are-sprouting-up-across-northeast-ohio-33639919 Armed With Cell Phones, Not Badges, Amateur Predator Catcher Groups Are Sprouting Up Across Northeast Ohio]. [https://archive.is/zNmiv Archived].</ref>

In one interview, Rosen stated: "I've been threatened with a gun — not pointed at me, but threatened. (...) It's a risk we're willing to take. (...) In the end, if you want to make the world around you better, you've got to sacrifice something or be willing to sacrifice something. There's no reward if there's no risk."<ref name="Seven" /> In 2020, PP had 14 affiliates, but had to cut to 7 due to the COVID-19 lockdowns.<ref name="Eight" /> Rosen has stated that the group (after a full two years of operation) had only 10 pending or successful convictions vs over 300 "potential predators" exposed.<ref name="Hansen">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAdvOjOQNTQ Have A Seat With Chris Hansen ft. Wes Moast, CC Unit, Alex, & Daniel Warner discussing].</ref>

==Stings, and controversy==

PP has conducted multiple sting operations against suspected "child predators" in the US.<ref name="Six" /> During these operations, the group, composed of volunteers, would pose as [[minor]]s on social media for the purpose of contacting and then confronting potential "predators" in real life, often while recording the encounter. Rosen said that a big part of making PP's videos was to make them entertaining.<ref name="Eight">[https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/predator-poachers-publicly-shame-adults-accused-of-trying-to-prey-on-young-kids-08-21-2019 "Predator Poachers" publicly shame adults accused of trying to prey on young kids].</ref><ref name="Six" /> Those confrontations have included the use of racist language ("Nigger"),<ref name="Six" /><ref name="Seven" /><ref name="Two" /><ref name="rape">[https://fstube.net/w/jLRjbV9edyr5aJAxeVgfkt FST archived video of vulgar language in use]</ref> the use of real minors as decoys,<ref name="Two" /> verbal attacks<ref name="Six" /><ref name="Eight" /> and deliberately instigated fights.<ref name="Six" /> The group is also known for its confrontation with online influencer Deyione Eason (known online as ''EDP445''), causing controversy resulting in PP's suspension from [[YouTube]] for the second time, as well as for Eason.<ref name="Seven" /><ref name="Two" />

Aside from conducting sex stings, the group has also produced videos and livestreams on social media, where its founder uttered racist slurs, including while prank-calling a [[Wikipedia:Black Lives Matter|Black Lives Matter]] hotline,<ref name="Two" /><ref name="Seven" /> as well as one video where he joked about giving a 3-year-old child "plenty of D".<ref name="Zero">[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/youtuber-edp445-predator-poaches-video/ Daily Dot: Video: Popular YouTuber caught by ‘Predator Poachers’ allegedly trying to meet with 13-year-old girl].</ref> PP has had two accounts banned from YouTube and one removed from Instagram.<ref name="Zero" /><ref name="Two" /> The group was also criticized by the director of the Special Victims Unit from Kentucky's Office of the Attorney General due to its "terribly dangerous" conduct.<ref name="One">[https://www.wkyt.com/2022/05/26/wkyt-investigates-vigilante-justice/ WKYT Investigates Vigilante justice]. [https://archive.is/KYGjW Archived].</ref>

On July 24, 2024, Rosen stated that a 60-year-old man had died by suicide after Rosen and his team accused him of viewing child pornography. According to court documents, the man, named Donald Anthony Letcher, had been previously accused of child molestation in the 1990s in a criminal case that was ultimately dismissed by the prosecution after the South Dakota Supreme Court overturned the man's conviction due to concerns regarding the credibility of the witnesses and another evidence-related issue that, the court stated, "severely prejudiced [his] ability to defend" himself. Rosen and his team were detained by police during the incident.<ref name="Nine">[https://www.ibtimes.sg/south-dakota-man-allegedly-kills-self-after-predator-hunting-group-accuses-him-watching-child-75419/ South Dakota Man Allegedly Kills Self After Predator Hunting Group Accuses Him of Watching Child Pornography]. [https://archive.ph/37q76 Archived].</ref>

Rosen has also been criticized for focusing on the gay dating app [[Wikipedia:Grindr|Grindr]] for his stings, and providing deliberately thin excuses in the wake of these criticisms.

==Use of minors==

[[File:Rosenmug.jpg|thumb|Alex Rosen, aka. Chet Goldstein of Predator Poachers has the unenviable distinction of being one of the few [[anti]]s to feature in his own [[KiwiFarms]] thread]]
Rosen stated that he had been using minors as baits for his videos.

During one sting operation, a minor that PP had used as a decoy said the target was "touching and kissing me and trying to hold my hand." A 2020 video of a sting operation by PP also contained footage of Alex Rosen's 16-year-old cousin unbuckling and taking off his pants in front of a suspected "predator".<ref name="Two" />

==Quotes==

Rosen is known for a no-holds-barred approach to expressing the once latent [[pedophobia]] developed earlier on in his tortured existence:

<blockquote>
''I literally just yell in someone’s face and make them feel shitty.''

'''Rosen''', 2020.<ref name="Four" />
</blockquote>

==See also==

*[[Perverted Justice]]
*[[Vigilantism]]
*[[Pedophobia]]
*[[List of CSA/anti-pedophile proponents]]

==External links==

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Rosen Alex Rosen]
*[https://archive.is/wip/vp85p Wikipedia] - Even more meticulously detailed analysis (archived, as cowardly administrators deleted it).

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Censorship]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Anti-Pedophile culture]][[Category:TV & Media]]
[[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Unsympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Vigilante & Hate]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: American]][[Category:Law/Crime]][[Category:Law/Crime: American]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 2010s]][[Category:History & Events: 2020s]][[Category:History & Events: Real Crime]]
[[Category:Extremism]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T21:25:36Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''; '''gays''' if they are men, and '''lesbians''' if they are women. Preferential gay [[boylove]]rs and lesbian [[girllove]]rs can therefore be described as homosexuals. [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities, and the gay/lesbian (LGBTQ+) community - particularly in the post-1994 western world (see below section on "gay").

==Genetics==

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> In some cases, support for gay rights on the other hand, has been correlated with genetics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQ+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize as hate speech, comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]].

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T21:24:06Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''; '''gays''' if they are men, and '''lesbians''' if they are women. Preferential gay [[boylove]]rs and lesbian [[girllove]]rs can therefore be described as homosexuals. [[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities, and the gay/lesbian community - particularly in the post-1994 western world (see below section on "gay").

==Genetics==

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> In some cases, support for gay rights on the other hand, has been correlated with genetics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQQIA+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize as hate speech, comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]].

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T21:21:02Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''. Preferential Gay [[boylove]]rs and Lesbian [[girllove]]rs can therefore be counted among this group.

[[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities, and the gay community - particularly in the post-1994 western world.

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> In some cases, support for gay rights on the other hand, has been correlated with genetics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQQIA+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize as hate speech, comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]].

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T21:19:39Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Those preferentially attracted in such a way are '''homosexuals'''. Preferential Gay [[boylove]]rs and Lesbian [[girllove]]rs can thus be counted among the group known as ''homosexuals''.

[[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities - particularly in the post-1994 western world.

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> In some cases, support for gay rights on the other hand, has been correlated with genetics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQQIA+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize as hate speech, comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]].

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Homosexuality

2026-05-07T21:17:17Z

Jim Burton:

__NOTOC__[[File:Dick Leitsch-of-mattachine-Dec30-1965.jpg|thumb|Dick Leitsch of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Mattachine Society] - an early Gay-Rights organization often held up as an excellent model for activist movements in their infancy. The society and its many proxies employed what we would now refer to as a decentralized model, similar to modern pro-c [[MAP Movement|MAP Activists]].]]'''Homosexuality''' refers to any erotic attraction towards the same sex, whether expressed or not. Gay [[boylove]]rs and Lesbian [[girllove]]rs can be counted among the group known as ''homosexuals'', if they express a ''preference'' towards members of the same sex.

[[Minor Attracted Person|Minor Attracted People]] are nevertheless generally excluded from discussions of homosexualities - particularly in the post-1994 western world.

Despite many attempts to locate (and politically mobilize) a "gay gene", it appears that genetics are unable to accurately predict homosexuality, since it is a complex phenomenon with social, cultural and behavioral components.<ref>[https://www.science.org/content/article/genetics-may-explain-25-same-sex-behavior-giant-analysis-reveals Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals]</ref> In some cases, support for gay rights on the other hand, has been correlated with genetics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324184420/http://www.matthewckeller.com/16.Hatemi.et.al.2010.Nuc.fam.ajps.pdf Hatemi, Peter K., et al. “Not by Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 3, 2010, pp. 798–814. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27821953. Accessed 29 Oct. 2023.]</ref>

==Gay==

"'''Gay'''" is a term now used to describe roughly same-age attracted homosexual men. Gay is also used in reference to cultural identities and political movements which have now diverged from the radicalism of [[Queer Theory|queer]] and [[Pederasty|pederastic]] politics. Today, gays and most of the modern '''LGBTQQIA+ Movement''' are generally associated with moderate liberal attempts to [[Assimilationism|assimilate]] with mainstream society and enhance their status as a socially acceptable minority, for example, the modern LGBTQ+ lobby has even attempted to criminalize as hate speech, comparisons with [[pedophilia]] in the UK.

===[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|"The Gay Myth"]]===

Central to the mainstreaming/assimilation attempts of modern gay activists is the denial, if not outright revision of their movement's former manifestations against the [[Age of Consent]].

===Victims of [[Pedophobia]]===

Anti-MAP prejudice has been disproportionately used against gay men and [[queer]] MAPs, meaning that while queer people may stand to benefit from educating the public about MAP issues, the risk of doing so is high.

Numerous [[vigilantism|vigilante]] groups such as [[Predator Poachers]] have been known to use anti-MAP prejudice as [[Special_Article:_Adverse_effects_of_hysteria#Racist_and_homophobic_scratching-post|cover]] for their homophobic motivations.

==External links==

*For an array of articles concerning gender, sexuality, gay culture and politics, visit our [[Wikipedia censorship of MAP related topics|good friends]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:LGBT Wikipedia].

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Facts of life]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: Popular]]

Debate Guide: Queers and the Left

2026-05-07T17:28:12Z

Jim Burton: /* MAPs can be Queer, or a part of the LGBTQ+ community */

[[File:Bgfgfbfgb.png|thumb|PinkNews went so far as to create this graphic]]
__NOTOC__
<blockquote>
<font color="green">'''''We are only talking about "MAP Rights" because this was all an attempt by queer-loving [[degeneracy|DEGENERATE]] liberals in the DEMONICRAT Party to NORMALIZE their perversion!'''''</font>
</blockquote>

It is a common myth that liberals in the US Democratic Party started the modern [[MAP Movement]] in an attempt to "legitimize pedophilia", and often one that is used to attack LGBT people by crude association.

Yet there is not a single document in existence that demonstrates a Democratic Party official using the term "MAP" or its extension, in an approving context.<ref><small>Karen Berg is often cited as the exception. In its full context, this was not an endorsement, and she was attributing the term as opposed to utilizing it.</small></ref> LGBTQ+ media has explicitly rejected use of the [[MAP Flag]], even going so far as to circulate myths about the intentions of MAPs, or call the whole thing a hoax.<ref>Many examples of this exist in the gay media: [https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/26/minor-attracted-person-lgbtq-explainer/], [https://hornet.com/stories/minor-attracted-persons-flag-hoax/], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190321133619/https:/www.gaystarnews.com/article/no-this-isnt-a-real-pride-flag-it-represents-pedophiles/#gs.k4gift], [https://www.thegayuk.com/paedophiles-have-created-their-own-pride-flag/], [https://web.archive.org/web/20220916162653/https://attitude.co.uk/article/paedophiles-want-to-be-accepted-by-the-lgbt-community-claiming-they-are-minorities/18461/]. See also the Snopes etc "Fact Checks" gone awry in [[MAP Flag]].</ref> Should MAP Rights become part of some broader left-wing or radical agenda, this will be a [[Alternative Initialism|future development]], likely in deliberate defiance of right-wing conspiracy theorists who would claim that "normalizing pedophilia" is the ultimate sign of "civilizational collapse".

There does exist historical evidence linking MAP and LGBT groups, but this association [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|ends in the 1990s]]. This is something that has been acknowledged by deep-dive academic researchers such as David Paternotte, i.e. historians who came to this subject from no particular bias or perspective.

==MAPs can be Queer, or a part of the LGBTQ+ community==

Some MAPs are ultimately [[Queer]] identifying, or a part of LGBTQ+ communities, regardless of what "official" queers say about any flag they might hypothetically stand under. MAP Pride itself remains largely a hypothesis, because MAPs are forced to remain in the closet about their MAP Identity. Closeting was something the gay community once agitated against, with their strategic [[Wikipedia:Outing|outing]] campaigns (when it suited their political goals), yet modern examples such as [[Beyond the Plus]] reveal instances of LGBTQ+ people insisting that queer MAPs remain in the closet, to "protect" other queers.

MAP Identity groups have sought to snap back against the erasure of MAPs from the LGBTQ+ community, and queerness from MAPs.

*[https://www.map-union.org/blog/are-maps-queer Are MAPs queer?] - Mu (organization).
*[[Beyond the Plus]] - Organization that embraced MAP identities as a form of queerness, while eschewing the LGBTQ+ mainstream. Closed due to pressure from the LGBTQ+ mainstream.

==See also==

*[[Conspiratorialism]] - This argument is conspiracy-adjacent to put it lightly.
*[[Anti]] - As can be seen, many conspiracy theorists and vigilantes use [[child pornography]] or have offences for unlawful sex with a minor, demonstrating possible reaction formation.

There exist many examples of left-liberal and LGBT people opposing advancement of MAP rights:

*[[Debate Guide: MAPs are invalid]] - Argument commonly made by LGBT people.
*[[Validity Policing]] - Activity within fandoms in which liberals try to distance other less-acceptable leftists and liberals.
*[[Republicans are the real pedophiles]] - Numerous examples of left wing media accusing Republicans of being pedophiles, or being obsessed with pedophilia.
*[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity]] - The alliances between MAP and LGBT groups, that have now broken down.
*[[MAPocalypse]] - Today's discourse on MAPs is driven by the "normalization" concern raised in this article, but liberals do not buy it.
*[[Rainbow Revisionism]] - Revisionism within the mainstream LGBTQ movement.
*[[Memes_and_Graphics#Responding_to_Liberals/Leftists_(and_their_hypocrisy)|Memes and Graphics]]
*[[Censorship]]
*[[Moral panic]]
*[[Allyn Walker]] and [[Thomas Hubbard]] are two LGBTQ+ academics who were attacked by different types of leftist/liberal anti for work they had done on minor attraction.

==References==

[[Category:Debate]][[Category:Debating Points: Minor-Attracted]][[Category:Debating Points: Sociological]]

Debate Guide: Queers and the Left

2026-05-07T17:27:04Z

Jim Burton:

[[File:Bgfgfbfgb.png|thumb|PinkNews went so far as to create this graphic]]
__NOTOC__
<blockquote>
<font color="green">'''''We are only talking about "MAP Rights" because this was all an attempt by queer-loving [[degeneracy|DEGENERATE]] liberals in the DEMONICRAT Party to NORMALIZE their perversion!'''''</font>
</blockquote>

It is a common myth that liberals in the US Democratic Party started the modern [[MAP Movement]] in an attempt to "legitimize pedophilia", and often one that is used to attack LGBT people by crude association.

Yet there is not a single document in existence that demonstrates a Democratic Party official using the term "MAP" or its extension, in an approving context.<ref><small>Karen Berg is often cited as the exception. In its full context, this was not an endorsement, and she was attributing the term as opposed to utilizing it.</small></ref> LGBTQ+ media has explicitly rejected use of the [[MAP Flag]], even going so far as to circulate myths about the intentions of MAPs, or call the whole thing a hoax.<ref>Many examples of this exist in the gay media: [https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/26/minor-attracted-person-lgbtq-explainer/], [https://hornet.com/stories/minor-attracted-persons-flag-hoax/], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190321133619/https:/www.gaystarnews.com/article/no-this-isnt-a-real-pride-flag-it-represents-pedophiles/#gs.k4gift], [https://www.thegayuk.com/paedophiles-have-created-their-own-pride-flag/], [https://web.archive.org/web/20220916162653/https://attitude.co.uk/article/paedophiles-want-to-be-accepted-by-the-lgbt-community-claiming-they-are-minorities/18461/]. See also the Snopes etc "Fact Checks" gone awry in [[MAP Flag]].</ref> Should MAP Rights become part of some broader left-wing or radical agenda, this will be a [[Alternative Initialism|future development]], likely in deliberate defiance of right-wing conspiracy theorists who would claim that "normalizing pedophilia" is the ultimate sign of "civilizational collapse".

There does exist historical evidence linking MAP and LGBT groups, but this association [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|ends in the 1990s]]. This is something that has been acknowledged by deep-dive academic researchers such as David Paternotte, i.e. historians who came to this subject from no particular bias or perspective.

==MAPs can be Queer, or a part of the LGBTQ+ community==

Some MAPs are ultimately [[Queer]] identifying, or a part of LGBTQ+ communities, regardless of what "official" queers say about any flag they might hypothetically stand under. MAP Pride itself remains largely a hypothesis, because MAPs are forced to remain in the closet about their MAP Identity. Closeting was something the gay community once agitated against, with their strategic [[Wikipedia:Outing|outing]] campaigns (when it suited their political goals), yet modern examples such as [[Beyond the Plus]] reveal examples of LGBTQ+ people insisting that queer MAPs remain in the closet, to "protect" other queers.

MAP Identity groups have sought to snap back against the erasure of MAPs from the LGBTQ+ community, and queerness from MAPs.

*[https://www.map-union.org/blog/are-maps-queer Are MAPs queer?] - Mu (organization).
*[[Beyond the Plus]] - Organization that embraced MAP identities as a form of queerness, while eschewing the LGBTQ+ mainstream. Closed due to pressure from the LGBTQ+ mainstream.

==See also==

*[[Conspiratorialism]] - This argument is conspiracy-adjacent to put it lightly.
*[[Anti]] - As can be seen, many conspiracy theorists and vigilantes use [[child pornography]] or have offences for unlawful sex with a minor, demonstrating possible reaction formation.

There exist many examples of left-liberal and LGBT people opposing advancement of MAP rights:

*[[Debate Guide: MAPs are invalid]] - Argument commonly made by LGBT people.
*[[Validity Policing]] - Activity within fandoms in which liberals try to distance other less-acceptable leftists and liberals.
*[[Republicans are the real pedophiles]] - Numerous examples of left wing media accusing Republicans of being pedophiles, or being obsessed with pedophilia.
*[[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity]] - The alliances between MAP and LGBT groups, that have now broken down.
*[[MAPocalypse]] - Today's discourse on MAPs is driven by the "normalization" concern raised in this article, but liberals do not buy it.
*[[Rainbow Revisionism]] - Revisionism within the mainstream LGBTQ movement.
*[[Memes_and_Graphics#Responding_to_Liberals/Leftists_(and_their_hypocrisy)|Memes and Graphics]]
*[[Censorship]]
*[[Moral panic]]
*[[Allyn Walker]] and [[Thomas Hubbard]] are two LGBTQ+ academics who were attacked by different types of leftist/liberal anti for work they had done on minor attraction.

==References==

[[Category:Debate]][[Category:Debating Points: Minor-Attracted]][[Category:Debating Points: Sociological]]

Minor attracted neologisms

2026-05-07T13:00:02Z

Jim Burton: /* 2nd/3rd wave (2007 onward, or ongoing long term use) */

{{MAI}}__NOTOC__Some people more or less involved in the [[minor attracted community]] have coined neologisms for attractions between adults and younger people. The primary intention of such coinages is to avoid the negative connotations of the term "pedophile", and also its misuse.

The terms see limited use in on-line communities, websites and literature, including academia.

==2nd/3rd wave (2007 onward, or ongoing long term use)==

[[File:Kinderfolk.png|200px|thumb|left|Kinderfolk ('''Kind''') Flag - Unadopted idea proposed by [[Steve Diamond]] - 2019]]
* '''Minor-attracted''' is a popular predominantly social-political, gender-neutral term with some popular variations as used in academia and on websites such as this one. Since it has been around in some form since 1998 - it is not really a neologism, but continues to produce new forks. Critics have noted that these obvious terms may serve to draw more, not less, attention to the negative connotations they seek to avoid. There is also debate around the use of "minor", with some seeing it as belittling to youth and others seeing it as a self-critiquing legal term, carrying little-to no naturalistic prejudice (as opposed to "[[child]]").

:*'''[[Minor Attracted Person]]''' (abbreviated MAP) - A generic/inclusive term first utilized in early 2007 by British MAP Activists for anybody who is sexually attracted to legal minors. The term draws meaning from legal statutes as well as personal feelings, and is therefore excellent for social-political uses but a poor specifier. For these reasons the term is currently in use by the groups [[B4U-ACT]] and [[Newgon]].

:*'''[[NOMAP|Non-Offending Minor Attracted Person]]''' (NOMAP) - An identity that places emphasis on socially acceptable conduct - some of these individuals feel they need to use drawn erotica or [[Childlike sex doll|sex dolls]]. Sometimes extended to Anti-Contact Non-Offending Minor Attracted Person (ACNOMAP), or alternatively ACMAP, which MAP Wiki identifies with Instagram. The term is often criticized because the "Non-Offending" qualifier implies MAPs by default are offenders. The usage of NOMAP has fallen by the wayside in recent years.

:*'''[[Adult Attracted Minor]]''' (abbreviated AAM) - The term has been in use since the early 00s, and was also used by Californian MAP activist, [[Rookiee]]. AAM appears to have become more popular in online social media communities around 2018-20, at the same time MAP was more widely used.

:*'''Minor Attracted Adult''' (abbreviated MAA) - A term that was sometimes used as a social/clinical concept in academia (e.g. [[Sarah Goode]]), prior to the better-known MAP variant. Critics had argued that the term excluded many younger persons who aren't yet adults and also does not accurately describe people in places where the age of majority is quite low. [[AttractedToChildren.org|ANU]] therefore started to use Minor Attracted Person as an alternative, [[Minor Attracted Person (archive research)|as did others]]. Variants such as '''Minor-Attracted Man, Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors, Minor-Attracted Individual and Child-Attracted Person''' can sometimes be seen in academia.

:*'''[[Wikipedia:Cartography|Cartographer]]''' is a play on the term "MAP", and sometimes features on social media and online chats.<ref>[https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/twitter-elon-musk-child-sexual-abuse-exploitation-porn-content-moderation-automate-3140966 Mention of "cartographer"]</ref>

:*'''[[Youth Attracted Person]]''' was seen in 2022 and 2023, when it featured in a controversy involving [[Wikipedia:Elon Musk|Elon Musk]].

:*'''[[Minor MAP]]''' refers to any MAP below the age of 18, or the [[Age of Consent]] if higher.

*'''[[Youthlove]] (YL)''' is used by some people as an extra-legal alternative to MAP. Whereas youthlove refers to the love of youth, the term youthlover refers to a person who loves youth. While some do use it within their circles, there is no evidence of widespread public-facing use.

*'''Kind''' was a term (equivalent to MAP) with translingual appeal, promoted by the Irish author [[Thomas O'Carroll]]. Attached graphic was a development of the idea by [[Steve Diamond|Steve D]].

*'''Neophile''' has been suggested as another MAP equivalent. It appears to have already been used for other purposes.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neophile Wikipedia: Neophile]</ref>

*'''[[Enbylove]]''' entered use in 2019, describing attractions to gender non-binary youth.

*'''Phen''' (Pedophile, Hebephile, Ephebophile or Nepiophile) circa 2018.

==Early 2nd wave (2000-2007)==

*'''Adult Friend (AF)''' and '''Young Friend (YF)'''.

* '''[[Childlove]]''' - A unifying term that was particularly popular in the early online communities (pre-2010) of [[minor attracted people]] - even among some early second-wave MAP Activists. This term still sees some use, but is usually confined to peer support communities due to its reading as non-objective. It has been used in various forms as shorthand for [[boylove]]/[[girllove]] or an anglicized version of [[pedophilia]], so may in a stricter sense go back to the 1st-wave era - 80s, or earlier.

* '''Responsible Boylove''' - A term invented by the late American MAP author [[David Riegel]], who felt strongly that the term "[[boylove]]r" was employed by "irresponsible" men, who sometimes intended harm to boys. Leading the charge for responsible boylove via a number of pioneering 00s networking websites, Riegel intended to distinguish himself and his followers from other boy-attracted males. Critics of this term alleged that it implied boylove was somehow inherently ''irresponsible''. Others have described the term as a "laughably naive oxymoron", as it appears to make the assumption that true love may be at all responsible.

* '''Puersexual''' - A recoinage of "pedophile" using the Latinate root for "boy." Critics note that this term suffers from many of the same problems as "pedosexual" in addition to being more obscure.

* '''Amaros, Amarso, Amarsi''' - Identifying that "[m]any have pointed out that there is no terminology that refers collectively to both the younger and older parties in an adult-minor relationship.", [[AP]] has proposed '''A'''ttraction between '''M'''inors and '''A'''dults that is '''R'''omantic '''O'''r '''S'''exual and '''A'''dult or '''M'''inor '''A'''ttracted '''R'''omantically or '''S'''exually to the '''O'''ther. The plural of Amarso is Amarsi. Both terms are closely related to the verb “to love”. In Spanish, amar is the infinitive of the verb “to love”, whilst amaros means “to love one another” in Spanish. Amarsi has the same meaning in Italian. See [[Puellula]].

* '''Toybox''' - A term analogous to "[[Wikipedia:Closeted|closet]]".

==1st Wave (pre-00s)==

*Regardless of their debatable origins, [[Boylove]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924021844950/page/n13/mode/2up Boy Love (Paiderastia) has long been coined into the English Language - one early example is John Addington Symonds, 1901.]</ref> and [[Girllove]] became considerably more popular due to the bastardization of [[pedophilia]] by mainstream media, officials and politicians in the 1980s and 1990s. We classify these as 1st-wave, because while they were popularized considerably via the internet, they existed well before that era - for example in scans of old magazines (see [[Archive]]).

* '''[[Pedosexuality|Pedosexual]]''' - An attempt to standardize pedophilia as a sexual preference or orientation, coined by analogy with the terms heterosexual and homosexual. Has existed since at least the 80s, but appears to have been [["Pedophile Activism" hoaxes|co-opted by 4Chan trolls]]. Critics of this term note that neologisms tend to alienate readers and listeners, and the obvious resonance with the term "pedophile" does not succeed in redefining the connotation. Where the term "sexuality" is assumed to refer exclusively to gender, the term also suffers in the same way as [[Zoophilia|Zoosexuality]]. Similarly, commenters often try to remind MAPs that, [[chronophilia]] (animals or age ranges are not sexes).

* '''[[Girllove|Heteroped/Hetped]]''' - A self-explanatory term that has fallen out of use in the internet era.

==See also==

*[[Alternative Initialism]]
*[[Transage]] - Not a MAP Neologism, but shows considerable overlap in terms of the community.

==External links==

*[https://archive.is/0d2k0 MAP-Wiki] - Some less heard of examples.

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Terminology: MAP]][[Category:History & Events: British]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: International]][[Category:History & Events: 1990s]][[Category:History & Events: 2000s]][[Category:History & Events: 2010s]][[Category:History & Events: 2020s]]

Beyond the Plus

2026-05-07T12:54:37Z

Jim Burton: /* Online */

[[File:Btp 1.png|thumb|A Bt+ logo]]__NOTOC__
'''Beyond the Plus''' (Bt+) was a Seattle-based [[Alternative Initialism|Radqueer]] membership organization and community founded in 2025, closed 17 February 2026.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20260217074016/https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Web Archive of closure]</ref>

It was shut down due to concerns about safety, following a social media thread and news article by [[Reduxx Magazine]]. A local queer group, ''Cat House'', said to be popular with age-regressors, was allegedly involved in the intimidation of local MAP members of Bt+, with later accusations that the instrumental ''Cat House'' member had previous far-right connections.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/home/the-sorry-capitulation-of-beyond-the-plus-and-bl-talk The sorry capitulation of Beyond the Plus and BL Talk]</ref>

Ally Kotetsu, who led Bt+ continues to post independently at '''allykotetsu.com''', with the previous core of the organization remaining visible online.

==Relationship with LGBTQ+ community==

On their website, Bt+ claimed to be against gatekeeping in the LGBTQ+ community and for the inclusion of groups such as [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]] within their own organization. While they also stated they are inclusive towards LGBTQ+ people, they did not present themselves as pushing for their own inclusion within the mainstream LGBTQ+ community. MAP groups have (see [[ILGA]]) been officially excluded from LGBTQ+ umbrella organizations and some pride festivities since around 1994.

==Outreach==

Via their social media, Bt+ had posted about their work at pride events in their local area, which included setting up information tents and handing out badges featuring symbolism from traditional and radical queer identities such as [[Transage]] identity.

==Online==

The organization has had a mixed reception on social media, with one Mastodon account getting banned for vague reasons. Bluesky has also taken action to ban the organization, but has since stated that it will adopt rules in October 2025 that do not forbid anything it posts. Its founder responded that the organization can not be banned from real life and stated their intent to continue promoting their work at public events.

The first real attention the organization gained outside of their own events, was in the form of a highly hostile [[Reduxx Magazine]] commentary. This was later followed up on by the ''Post Millennial''.<ref>[https://thepostmillennial.com/pro-pedophile-activists-campaign-in-seattle-to-normalize-adults-being-sexually-attracted-to-children Pro-pedophile group campaigns in Seattle to 'normalize' adults being sexually attracted to children]</ref> As above, this attention led to the group's closure.

==Beliefs==
On their website they have stated that their beliefs as an organization are:

'''Autonomy:'''
Autonomy is respecting that everyone is in charge of their own person. It means that consent is important, that everyone gets to decide what standards they hold for their own consent, and that those standards should be respected. It means that if someone identifies a certain way, then they should have the resources to transition however they see fit. This core belief is what drives us to fight for orientation and identity.

'''Equality:'''
Lots of groups in the world are oppressed. Stigma against love of an oppressed group is emplaced because people want to maintain control over that group. The only path to liberation is equality, and that means that the ones we love need the rights they deserve, and that everyone should have equal opportunity no matter what.

'''Sex Positivity:'''
Sex positivity is the belief that sex is a natural part of our lives as reproductive animals, and that there shouldn't be a stigma around it. We believe that resources for sex and relationships should be available to everyone who wants it, and that sex education is important to having positive sexual experiences.

'''Queerness:'''
Queer means weird, and that's something you can't define. We believe that anyone can be queer in their own way, and that telling someone their orientation or identity isn't valid isn't right. First it was gender sexuality, then transgender people, and to this day various groups are trying to justify why their initial should be added to "LGBT", but if we continue letting in one group at a time, we'll never see a day where everyone accepted. It's time to end the gatekeeping and just be "queer".

'''Love:'''
One group on their own can make change, but when two groups of similar people are fighting for the same rights, it spreads out what could be a larger movement. We believe that by sticking to a general cause, we can unite more people than an organization fighting for one group. By banding together over the beliefs of Autonomy, Equality, Sex Positivity, Queerness, Love, and Unity, we can do more together than we can apart.

==See also==

*[[Mu]]
*[[MEDAL]]
*[[B4U-ACT]]

==External links==

*[https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Official site] (former address of "beliefs" section at '''/about/beliefs''')
*'''bsky.app/profile/beyondtheplus.org''' - Bluesky - former

==Notes==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Defunct]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]][[Category:Organisations: American]][[Category:Gay]]

Beyond the Plus

2026-05-07T12:53:27Z

Jim Burton: /* Online */

[[File:Btp 1.png|thumb|A Bt+ logo]]__NOTOC__
'''Beyond the Plus''' (Bt+) was a Seattle-based [[Alternative Initialism|Radqueer]] membership organization and community founded in 2025, closed 17 February 2026.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20260217074016/https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Web Archive of closure]</ref>

It was shut down due to concerns about safety, following a social media thread and news article by [[Reduxx Magazine]]. A local queer group, ''Cat House'', said to be popular with age-regressors, was allegedly involved in the intimidation of local MAP members of Bt+, with later accusations that the instrumental ''Cat House'' member had previous far-right connections.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/home/the-sorry-capitulation-of-beyond-the-plus-and-bl-talk The sorry capitulation of Beyond the Plus and BL Talk]</ref>

Ally Kotetsu, who led Bt+ continues to post independently at '''allykotetsu.com''', with the previous core of the organization remaining visible online.

==Relationship with LGBTQ+ community==

On their website, Bt+ claimed to be against gatekeeping in the LGBTQ+ community and for the inclusion of groups such as [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]] within their own organization. While they also stated they are inclusive towards LGBTQ+ people, they did not present themselves as pushing for their own inclusion within the mainstream LGBTQ+ community. MAP groups have (see [[ILGA]]) been officially excluded from LGBTQ+ umbrella organizations and some pride festivities since around 1994.

==Outreach==

Via their social media, Bt+ had posted about their work at pride events in their local area, which included setting up information tents and handing out badges featuring symbolism from traditional and radical queer identities such as [[Transage]] identity.

==Online==

The organization has had a mixed reception on social media, with one Mastodon account getting banned for vague reasons. Bluesky has also taken action to ban the organization, but has since stated that it will adopt rules in October 2025 that do not forbid anything it posts. Its founder responded that the organization can not be banned from real life and stated their intent to continue promoting their work at public events.

The first real attention the organization gained outside of their own events, was in the form of a highly hostile [[Reduxx Magazine]] commentary. This was later followed up on by the ''Post Millennial''.<ref>[https://thepostmillennial.com/pro-pedophile-activists-campaign-in-seattle-to-normalize-adults-being-sexually-attracted-to-children Pro-pedophile group campaigns in Seattle to 'normalize' adults being sexually attracted to children]</ref>

==Beliefs==
On their website they have stated that their beliefs as an organization are:

'''Autonomy:'''
Autonomy is respecting that everyone is in charge of their own person. It means that consent is important, that everyone gets to decide what standards they hold for their own consent, and that those standards should be respected. It means that if someone identifies a certain way, then they should have the resources to transition however they see fit. This core belief is what drives us to fight for orientation and identity.

'''Equality:'''
Lots of groups in the world are oppressed. Stigma against love of an oppressed group is emplaced because people want to maintain control over that group. The only path to liberation is equality, and that means that the ones we love need the rights they deserve, and that everyone should have equal opportunity no matter what.

'''Sex Positivity:'''
Sex positivity is the belief that sex is a natural part of our lives as reproductive animals, and that there shouldn't be a stigma around it. We believe that resources for sex and relationships should be available to everyone who wants it, and that sex education is important to having positive sexual experiences.

'''Queerness:'''
Queer means weird, and that's something you can't define. We believe that anyone can be queer in their own way, and that telling someone their orientation or identity isn't valid isn't right. First it was gender sexuality, then transgender people, and to this day various groups are trying to justify why their initial should be added to "LGBT", but if we continue letting in one group at a time, we'll never see a day where everyone accepted. It's time to end the gatekeeping and just be "queer".

'''Love:'''
One group on their own can make change, but when two groups of similar people are fighting for the same rights, it spreads out what could be a larger movement. We believe that by sticking to a general cause, we can unite more people than an organization fighting for one group. By banding together over the beliefs of Autonomy, Equality, Sex Positivity, Queerness, Love, and Unity, we can do more together than we can apart.

==See also==

*[[Mu]]
*[[MEDAL]]
*[[B4U-ACT]]

==External links==

*[https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Official site] (former address of "beliefs" section at '''/about/beliefs''')
*'''bsky.app/profile/beyondtheplus.org''' - Bluesky - former

==Notes==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Defunct]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]][[Category:Organisations: American]][[Category:Gay]]

Beyond the Plus

2026-05-07T12:44:58Z

Jim Burton: /* External links */

[[File:Btp 1.png|thumb|A Bt+ logo]]__NOTOC__
'''Beyond the Plus''' (Bt+) was a Seattle-based [[Alternative Initialism|Radqueer]] membership organization and community founded in 2025, closed 17 February 2026.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20260217074016/https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Web Archive of closure]</ref>

It was shut down due to concerns about safety, following a social media thread and news article by [[Reduxx Magazine]]. A local queer group, ''Cat House'', said to be popular with age-regressors, was allegedly involved in the intimidation of local MAP members of Bt+, with later accusations that the instrumental ''Cat House'' member had previous far-right connections.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/home/the-sorry-capitulation-of-beyond-the-plus-and-bl-talk The sorry capitulation of Beyond the Plus and BL Talk]</ref>

Ally Kotetsu, who led Bt+ continues to post independently at '''allykotetsu.com''', with the previous core of the organization remaining visible online.

==Relationship with LGBTQ+ community==

On their website, Bt+ claimed to be against gatekeeping in the LGBTQ+ community and for the inclusion of groups such as [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]] within their own organization. While they also stated they are inclusive towards LGBTQ+ people, they did not present themselves as pushing for their own inclusion within the mainstream LGBTQ+ community. MAP groups have (see [[ILGA]]) been officially excluded from LGBTQ+ umbrella organizations and some pride festivities since around 1994.

==Outreach==

Via their social media, Bt+ had posted about their work at pride events in their local area, which included setting up information tents and handing out badges featuring symbolism from traditional and radical queer identities such as [[Transage]] identity.

==Online==

The organization has had a mixed reception on social media, with one Mastodon account getting banned for vague reasons. Bluesky has also taken action to ban the organization, but has since stated that it will adopt rules in October 2025 that do not forbid anything it posts. Its founder responded that the organization can not be banned from real life and stated their intent to continue promoting their work at public events.

The first real attention the organization gained outside of their own events, was in the form of a highly hostile [[Reduxx Magazine]] commentary. This was reported in the Post Millennial.<ref>[https://thepostmillennial.com/pro-pedophile-activists-campaign-in-seattle-to-normalize-adults-being-sexually-attracted-to-children Pro-pedophile group campaigns in Seattle to 'normalize' adults being sexually attracted to children]</ref>

==Beliefs==
On their website they have stated that their beliefs as an organization are:

'''Autonomy:'''
Autonomy is respecting that everyone is in charge of their own person. It means that consent is important, that everyone gets to decide what standards they hold for their own consent, and that those standards should be respected. It means that if someone identifies a certain way, then they should have the resources to transition however they see fit. This core belief is what drives us to fight for orientation and identity.

'''Equality:'''
Lots of groups in the world are oppressed. Stigma against love of an oppressed group is emplaced because people want to maintain control over that group. The only path to liberation is equality, and that means that the ones we love need the rights they deserve, and that everyone should have equal opportunity no matter what.

'''Sex Positivity:'''
Sex positivity is the belief that sex is a natural part of our lives as reproductive animals, and that there shouldn't be a stigma around it. We believe that resources for sex and relationships should be available to everyone who wants it, and that sex education is important to having positive sexual experiences.

'''Queerness:'''
Queer means weird, and that's something you can't define. We believe that anyone can be queer in their own way, and that telling someone their orientation or identity isn't valid isn't right. First it was gender sexuality, then transgender people, and to this day various groups are trying to justify why their initial should be added to "LGBT", but if we continue letting in one group at a time, we'll never see a day where everyone accepted. It's time to end the gatekeeping and just be "queer".

'''Love:'''
One group on their own can make change, but when two groups of similar people are fighting for the same rights, it spreads out what could be a larger movement. We believe that by sticking to a general cause, we can unite more people than an organization fighting for one group. By banding together over the beliefs of Autonomy, Equality, Sex Positivity, Queerness, Love, and Unity, we can do more together than we can apart.

==See also==

*[[Mu]]
*[[MEDAL]]
*[[B4U-ACT]]

==External links==

*[https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Official site] (former address of "beliefs" section at '''/about/beliefs''')
*'''bsky.app/profile/beyondtheplus.org''' - Bluesky - former

==Notes==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Defunct]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]][[Category:Organisations: American]][[Category:Gay]]

Beyond the Plus

2026-05-07T12:42:31Z

Jim Burton:

[[File:Btp 1.png|thumb|A Bt+ logo]]__NOTOC__
'''Beyond the Plus''' (Bt+) was a Seattle-based [[Alternative Initialism|Radqueer]] membership organization and community founded in 2025, closed 17 February 2026.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20260217074016/https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Web Archive of closure]</ref>

It was shut down due to concerns about safety, following a social media thread and news article by [[Reduxx Magazine]]. A local queer group, ''Cat House'', said to be popular with age-regressors, was allegedly involved in the intimidation of local MAP members of Bt+, with later accusations that the instrumental ''Cat House'' member had previous far-right connections.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/home/the-sorry-capitulation-of-beyond-the-plus-and-bl-talk The sorry capitulation of Beyond the Plus and BL Talk]</ref>

Ally Kotetsu, who led Bt+ continues to post independently at '''allykotetsu.com''', with the previous core of the organization remaining visible online.

==Relationship with LGBTQ+ community==

On their website, Bt+ claimed to be against gatekeeping in the LGBTQ+ community and for the inclusion of groups such as [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]] within their own organization. While they also stated they are inclusive towards LGBTQ+ people, they did not present themselves as pushing for their own inclusion within the mainstream LGBTQ+ community. MAP groups have (see [[ILGA]]) been officially excluded from LGBTQ+ umbrella organizations and some pride festivities since around 1994.

==Outreach==

Via their social media, Bt+ had posted about their work at pride events in their local area, which included setting up information tents and handing out badges featuring symbolism from traditional and radical queer identities such as [[Transage]] identity.

==Online==

The organization has had a mixed reception on social media, with one Mastodon account getting banned for vague reasons. Bluesky has also taken action to ban the organization, but has since stated that it will adopt rules in October 2025 that do not forbid anything it posts. Its founder responded that the organization can not be banned from real life and stated their intent to continue promoting their work at public events.

The first real attention the organization gained outside of their own events, was in the form of a highly hostile [[Reduxx Magazine]] commentary. This was reported in the Post Millennial.<ref>[https://thepostmillennial.com/pro-pedophile-activists-campaign-in-seattle-to-normalize-adults-being-sexually-attracted-to-children Pro-pedophile group campaigns in Seattle to 'normalize' adults being sexually attracted to children]</ref>

==Beliefs==
On their website they have stated that their beliefs as an organization are:

'''Autonomy:'''
Autonomy is respecting that everyone is in charge of their own person. It means that consent is important, that everyone gets to decide what standards they hold for their own consent, and that those standards should be respected. It means that if someone identifies a certain way, then they should have the resources to transition however they see fit. This core belief is what drives us to fight for orientation and identity.

'''Equality:'''
Lots of groups in the world are oppressed. Stigma against love of an oppressed group is emplaced because people want to maintain control over that group. The only path to liberation is equality, and that means that the ones we love need the rights they deserve, and that everyone should have equal opportunity no matter what.

'''Sex Positivity:'''
Sex positivity is the belief that sex is a natural part of our lives as reproductive animals, and that there shouldn't be a stigma around it. We believe that resources for sex and relationships should be available to everyone who wants it, and that sex education is important to having positive sexual experiences.

'''Queerness:'''
Queer means weird, and that's something you can't define. We believe that anyone can be queer in their own way, and that telling someone their orientation or identity isn't valid isn't right. First it was gender sexuality, then transgender people, and to this day various groups are trying to justify why their initial should be added to "LGBT", but if we continue letting in one group at a time, we'll never see a day where everyone accepted. It's time to end the gatekeeping and just be "queer".

'''Love:'''
One group on their own can make change, but when two groups of similar people are fighting for the same rights, it spreads out what could be a larger movement. We believe that by sticking to a general cause, we can unite more people than an organization fighting for one group. By banding together over the beliefs of Autonomy, Equality, Sex Positivity, Queerness, Love, and Unity, we can do more together than we can apart.

==See also==

*[[Mu]]
*[[MEDAL]]
*[[B4U-ACT]]

==External links==

*[https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Official site]
*[https://bsky.app/profile/beyondtheplus.org Bluesky]
*[https://www.beyondtheplus.org/about/beliefs Beliefs of Bt+]

==Notes==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Defunct]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]][[Category:Organisations: American]][[Category:Gay]]

Beyond the Plus

2026-05-07T12:41:33Z

Jim Burton:

[[File:Btp 1.png|thumb|A BtP logo]]__NOTOC__
'''Beyond the Plus''' (Bt+) was a Seattle-based [[Alternative Initialism|Radqueer]] membership organization and community founded in 2025, closed 17 February 2026.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20260217074016/https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Web Archive of closure]</ref>

It was shut down due to concerns about safety, following a social media thread and news article by [[Reduxx Magazine]]. A local queer group, ''Cat House'', said to be popular with age-regressors, was allegedly involved in the intimidation of local MAP members of Bt+, with later accusations that the instrumental ''Cat House'' member had previous far-right connections.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/home/the-sorry-capitulation-of-beyond-the-plus-and-bl-talk The sorry capitulation of Beyond the Plus and BL Talk]</ref>

Ally Kotetsu, who led Bt+ continues to post independently at '''allykotetsu.com''', with the previous core of the organization remaining visible online.

==Relationship with LGBTQ+ community==

On their website, Bt+ claimed to be against gatekeeping in the LGBTQ+ community and for the inclusion of groups such as [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]] within their own organization. While they also stated they are inclusive towards LGBTQ+ people, they did not present themselves as pushing for their own inclusion within the mainstream LGBTQ+ community. MAP groups have (see [[ILGA]]) been officially excluded from LGBTQ+ umbrella organizations and some pride festivities since around 1994.

==Outreach==

Via their social media, Bt+ had posted about their work at pride events in their local area, which included setting up information tents and handing out badges featuring symbolism from traditional and radical queer identities such as [[Transage]] identity.

==Online==

The organization has had a mixed reception on social media, with one Mastodon account getting banned for vague reasons. Bluesky has also taken action to ban the organization, but has since stated that it will adopt rules in October 2025 that do not forbid anything it posts. Its founder responded that the organization can not be banned from real life and stated their intent to continue promoting their work at public events.

The first real attention the organization gained outside of their own events, was in the form of a highly hostile [[Reduxx Magazine]] commentary. This was reported in the Post Millennial.<ref>[https://thepostmillennial.com/pro-pedophile-activists-campaign-in-seattle-to-normalize-adults-being-sexually-attracted-to-children Pro-pedophile group campaigns in Seattle to 'normalize' adults being sexually attracted to children]</ref>

==Beliefs==
On their website they have stated that their beliefs as an organization are:

'''Autonomy:'''
Autonomy is respecting that everyone is in charge of their own person. It means that consent is important, that everyone gets to decide what standards they hold for their own consent, and that those standards should be respected. It means that if someone identifies a certain way, then they should have the resources to transition however they see fit. This core belief is what drives us to fight for orientation and identity.

'''Equality:'''
Lots of groups in the world are oppressed. Stigma against love of an oppressed group is emplaced because people want to maintain control over that group. The only path to liberation is equality, and that means that the ones we love need the rights they deserve, and that everyone should have equal opportunity no matter what.

'''Sex Positivity:'''
Sex positivity is the belief that sex is a natural part of our lives as reproductive animals, and that there shouldn't be a stigma around it. We believe that resources for sex and relationships should be available to everyone who wants it, and that sex education is important to having positive sexual experiences.

'''Queerness:'''
Queer means weird, and that's something you can't define. We believe that anyone can be queer in their own way, and that telling someone their orientation or identity isn't valid isn't right. First it was gender sexuality, then transgender people, and to this day various groups are trying to justify why their initial should be added to "LGBT", but if we continue letting in one group at a time, we'll never see a day where everyone accepted. It's time to end the gatekeeping and just be "queer".

'''Love:'''
One group on their own can make change, but when two groups of similar people are fighting for the same rights, it spreads out what could be a larger movement. We believe that by sticking to a general cause, we can unite more people than an organization fighting for one group. By banding together over the beliefs of Autonomy, Equality, Sex Positivity, Queerness, Love, and Unity, we can do more together than we can apart.

==See also==

*[[Mu]]
*[[MEDAL]]
*[[B4U-ACT]]

==External links==

*[https://www.beyondtheplus.org/ Official site]
*[https://bsky.app/profile/beyondtheplus.org Bluesky]
*[https://www.beyondtheplus.org/about/beliefs Beliefs of Bt+]

==Notes==

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MAP Camp

2026-05-06T19:52:40Z

Jim Burton:

[[File:Mapcam.png|thumb|MAP Camp logo superimposed on background]]
'''MAP Camp''' (formerly at mapcamp.net) was a meeting of [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]] in 2024 that led to public outcry over speculation as to its location in Vermont, US. It was planned by [[MEDAL]], prior to being administered and organized by a private individual within the [[Minor attracted community|MAP Community]].

The controversy took place over a number of days on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) in September, 2024, when the meeting was meant to be taking place at an undisclosed campsite in Vermont. However, no physical meeting took place at the location reported by media as being the likely venue, after there was outcry over its proximity to a school. This led to at least two meetings being held within the local community, and new boundaries being drawn between the school and the campsite.

MAP Camp is an example of ''Freedom of Assembly'' as part of a MAP Rights agenda in the US. [[Mu]] (unrelated to MAP Camp) attempted to defend those rights in the wake of the controversy, and was quoted in national media after issuing defenses of the event.

==Legacy of anger==

MAP Camp went on to be shared frequently on X and other social media well into 2025, often with no acknowledgement that it was a historical story. For example, almost a year after the initial controversy after the MAP Camp, former ''[[Wikipedia:Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]'' actor, [[Wikipedia:Kelli Hollis|Kelli Hollis]] posted an angry TikTok in which she attacked MAP Camp, statements made by Mu and it's former spokesman, Brian Ribbon.<ref>[https://www.brianribbon.com/short-takes/laughing-at-the-angry-white-lady Laughing at the angry white lady]</ref><ref>[https://fstube.net/w/h9peVKgvgkbgF5HtihgZKd FST archive of the TikTok]</ref>

There are currently no further indications as to whether a similar event will be held.

==Coverage==

*[https://x.com/brainsturbator/status/1835667849697706315 First thread on X], and [https://x.com/brainsturbator/status/1836802888435179970 follow-up]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20240918175058/https://www.timesargus.com/news/local/vsp-looking-into-possible-event-for-minor-attracted-persons/article_1742bcf8-753a-11ef-8fd9-e34b4898e965.html Initial Times Argus Story]
*[https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1836535078492737637 Libs of Tiktok] and [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1836823945259143476 follow-up], and [https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1838703424008753227 a further follow up featuring Mu]. [https://x.com/againstgrmrs/status/1839264668600217708 GAG follow-up].
*[https://www.komonews.com/news/nation-world/vermont-state-police-monitoring-campground-gathering-of-acutely-marginalized-pedophiles-minor-attracted-persons-map-camp Komonews story]
*[https://vtdigger.org/2024/09/19/marshfield-erupts-after-learning-of-apparent-camping-event-advertised-for-minor-attracted-persons/ Another story]
*[https://vermontdailychronicle.com/cops-at-local-school-following-public-concern-over-map-a-k-a-pedophile-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-76783 VDC story], [https://vermontdailychronicle.com/state-police-know-of-social-media-claims-about-vt-pedophile-map-gathering-this-weekend/ follow-up] and [https://vermontdailychronicle.com/vermont-pedophile-camp-in-planning-stages-since-july/ follow up] ([https://fstube.net/w/vcGDPNCJ8FA1R7Vp7tcmyp their podcast])
*[https://fstube.net/w/caMb6hrCE2e7MDsFvm7FJs TPUSA video]
*[https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837189153705926728 Andy Ngo coverage], [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837177750722883749 follow-up] and [https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1837241058045923586 follow-up]
*[https://spectator.org/vermont-pedophile-weekend-retreat-draws-parental-ire/?utm_medium=twitter Spectator article]
*[https://www.map-union.org/blog/press-release-mu-denounces-the-hysterical-and-violent-response-to-map-camp Initial Mu press release]
:*[https://www.map-union.org/blog/mus-response-to-social-media-coverage-mu-and-map-camp Follow-up]
*[https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/pedophile-group-claims-oppression-over-vt-camp-gathering-outrage-deeply-offensive-vermont-minor-attracted-persons-marshfield-montpelier-burlington-new-england-pedophilia-map-union-gender News coverage mentioning Mu]
:*[https://hardwickgazette.org/2024/09/24/school-communities-respond-to-map-concerns/ Hardwick Gazette]
*[https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/26/activists-defend-canceled-minor-attracted-persons-camp-in-vermont-next-to-school/ The Federalist]

==References==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:TV & Media]][[Category:History & Events]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 2020s]][[Category:History & Events: Moral controversies]]

MEDAL

2026-05-06T19:48:44Z

Jim Burton:

[[File:Medal2-300x159.png|thumb|Logo]]
'''MEDAL''' (MAP Equality Dignity and Liberation, [https://minorattracted.org minorattracted.org], f. Oct, 2023) is a third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] organization with a primarily US focus.

It was set up by Steve Carson, [[Katie Cruz]] and a committee, including the [[MAP Camp]] founder.<ref>[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/MEDAL MAP Wiki: MEDAL]</ref> The group was mentioned in a ''Metro'' exposé of the MAP community in 2025 (republished 2026), with the author saying their focus on MAP Pride was one of the things that left her conflicted about the fork in language.<ref>[https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/09/discovered-murky-world-minor-attracted-people-even-disturbing-think-23594331/ Daisy Maskell's Metro piece]</ref>

A list of priorities endorsed by one committee member has been mentioned on their website:

<blockquote>
*Build the MAP community, including reaching MAPs who are unaware of the community.
*Achieve protected class status.
*Access to compassionate, empathetic mental healthcare.
*Access to legal services.
*Remove “pedophilic disorder” from the DSM and ICD.
*Social justice – differentiating between rape/assault/coercion/violent crimes and statutory crimes.
*Social justice for minor MAPs, and those close in age.
*Ban conversion therapy.
*Meet the physiological needs of MAPs facing injustice/discrimination.
*High-quality factual MAP media for public consumption.
*Continued honest research into the various aspects of minor-attraction.
*Improved sex education that also talks about minor attractions.
*Legalization of all fictional sexual outlets, including loli/shota and [[Childlike sex doll|dolls]].
*Social Justice – reform the sex offender registry.
*Combat false accusations, doxing, and myths of stranger danger.
*Defeat the stigma
*A credible organization to speak on and represent these goals to the public.<ref>[https://www.minorattracted.org/2023/12/07/the-simple-list/ The Simple List: MEDAL]</ref>
</blockquote>

MEDAL includes both [[neutral-c]] and [[anti-contact]] members who participate in a range of initiatives online and in their local communities.

In 2024, MEDAL revealed plans for an in-person meeting of MAPs at a campsite; a so-called "[[MAP Camp]]" to run over three days. This then became an independent initiative before the first meeting was famously attempted.

==See also==

*[[Mu]]
*[[Beyond the Plus]]
*[[B4U-ACT]]
*[[Virtuous Pedophiles]]

==External links==

*[https://www.minorattracted.org/ Site splash]

==Notes==

[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]]

MEDAL

2026-05-06T19:45:52Z

Jim Burton:

[[File:Medal2-300x159.png|thumb|Logo]]
'''MEDAL''' (MAP Equality Dignity and Liberation, [https://minorattracted.org minorattracted.org], f. Oct, 2023) is a third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] organization with a primarily US focus. The group was mentioned in a ''Metro'' exposé of the MAP community in 2025 (republished 2026).<ref>[https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/09/discovered-murky-world-minor-attracted-people-even-disturbing-think-23594331/ Daisy Maskell's Metro piece]</ref>

It was set up by Steve Carson, [[Katie Cruz]] and a committee, including the [[MAP Camp]] founder.<ref>[https://map-wiki.com/index.php/MEDAL MAP Wiki: MEDAL]</ref>

A list of priorities endorsed by one committee member has been mentioned on their website:

<blockquote>
*Build the MAP community, including reaching MAPs who are unaware of the community.
*Achieve protected class status.
*Access to compassionate, empathetic mental healthcare.
*Access to legal services.
*Remove “pedophilic disorder” from the DSM and ICD.
*Social justice – differentiating between rape/assault/coercion/violent crimes and statutory crimes.
*Social justice for minor MAPs, and those close in age.
*Ban conversion therapy.
*Meet the physiological needs of MAPs facing injustice/discrimination.
*High-quality factual MAP media for public consumption.
*Continued honest research into the various aspects of minor-attraction.
*Improved sex education that also talks about minor attractions.
*Legalization of all fictional sexual outlets, including loli/shota and [[Childlike sex doll|dolls]].
*Social Justice – reform the sex offender registry.
*Combat false accusations, doxing, and myths of stranger danger.
*Defeat the stigma
*A credible organization to speak on and represent these goals to the public.<ref>[https://www.minorattracted.org/2023/12/07/the-simple-list/ The Simple List: MEDAL]</ref>
</blockquote>

MEDAL includes both [[neutral-c]] and [[anti-contact]] members who participate in a range of initiatives online and in their local communities.

In 2024, MEDAL revealed plans for an in-person meeting of MAPs at a campsite; a so-called "[[MAP Camp]]" to run over three days. This then became an independent initiative before the first meeting was famously attempted.

==See also==

*[[Mu]]
*[[Beyond the Plus]]
*[[B4U-ACT]]
*[[Virtuous Pedophiles]]

==External links==

*[https://www.minorattracted.org/ Site splash]

==Notes==

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