NAMBLA - Revision history

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	== History ==		== History ==

	[[Image:Anti-nuc1982.jpg\|thumb\|left\|1982: Marching in an Anti-Nuclear demonstration]]NAMBLA had its beginnings in the 1970s during the height of the [[Sexual Revolution]]. Events such as Anita Bryant's 1977 homophobic (and [[Pedophobia\|MAP-phobic]]) "Save Our Children" campaign, and a police raid of a Toronto-area newspaper, ''The Body Politic'', for publishing [[Gerald Hannon]]'s article "''[[Text_of_Men_loving_boys_loving_men\|Men Loving Boys Loving Men]]''" set the stage for the founding of NAMBLA.<ref>Denizet-Lewis, Benoit (May 2001). [https://www.webcitation.org/6610eRu6g?url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/scripts/print/article.php?asset_idx=200857 "Boy Crazy"]. Boston. [http://www.bostonmagazine.com/home/articles/boy_crazy/ Archived] from the original on March 8, 2012.</ref> As stated above, the group was formed in the wake of the [[Boston-Boise affair]].		[[Image:Anti-nuc1982.jpg\|thumb\|left\|1982: Marching in an Anti-Nuclear demonstration. [[Bill Andriette]] is said to be towards the left of this image, at age 16.]]NAMBLA had its beginnings in the 1970s during the height of the [[Sexual Revolution]]. Events such as Anita Bryant's 1977 homophobic (and [[Pedophobia\|MAP-phobic]]) "Save Our Children" campaign, and a police raid of a Toronto-area newspaper, ''The Body Politic'', for publishing [[Gerald Hannon]]'s article "''[[Text_of_Men_loving_boys_loving_men\|Men Loving Boys Loving Men]]''" set the stage for the founding of NAMBLA.<ref>Denizet-Lewis, Benoit (May 2001). [https://www.webcitation.org/6610eRu6g?url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/scripts/print/article.php?asset_idx=200857 "Boy Crazy"]. Boston. [http://www.bostonmagazine.com/home/articles/boy_crazy/ Archived] from the original on March 8, 2012.</ref> As stated above, the group was formed in the wake of the [[Boston-Boise affair]].

	NAMBLA was, at first, central in the nascent gay political-activism community. The first Gay Pride parades in New York City featured boylove-themed entries. However, after the Anita Bryant episodes of the 1970s, the AIDS crisis and conservative governments of the 1980s (Ronald Raegan in the U.S. and Margaret Thatcher in the UK), media moral panic around child abduction ([[Moral_Panic_(book)\|Jenkins, 1998]]) and continual bi-partisan demonization of mutually willing age-gap sex as "molestation", NAMBLA became gradually less accepted by the leadership of the larger gay movement.<ref>On this decline, see our page on [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity]].</ref> By 1994, the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the NAMBLA entry in the NYC Gay Pride parade was met with catcalls and derision by some observers, though not by all: some of the men and teenage boys who marched that year were greeted with hugs and appreciation by a few of the onlookers. Note that this was the time that the same-gender oriented community became split. Many organizations such as NAMBLA and PROJECT TRUTH were no longer able to use the word "GAY". NAMBLA was banned from the Pride Days and the community centres as well as the Gay Anarchists and other sympathetic and likewise scorned groups; once so an important part of the early GAY movement. When Gay meant same-gender oriented. This split was a result of the International Lesbian and Gay Association's attempt to gain greater acceptance within the United Nations and also the threats of the United States to withhold U.N. dues in retaliation towards perceived Anti-American groups. NAMBLA was counted amongst these groups.		NAMBLA was, at first, central in the nascent gay political-activism community. The first Gay Pride parades in New York City featured boylove-themed entries. However, after the Anita Bryant episodes of the 1970s, the AIDS crisis and conservative governments of the 1980s (Ronald Raegan in the U.S. and Margaret Thatcher in the UK), media moral panic around child abduction ([[Moral_Panic_(book)\|Jenkins, 1998]]) and continual bi-partisan demonization of mutually willing age-gap sex as "molestation", NAMBLA became gradually less accepted by the leadership of the larger gay movement.<ref>On this decline, see our page on [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity]].</ref> By 1994, the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the NAMBLA entry in the NYC Gay Pride parade was met with catcalls and derision by some observers, though not by all: some of the men and teenage boys who marched that year were greeted with hugs and appreciation by a few of the onlookers. Note that this was the time that the same-gender oriented community became split. Many organizations such as NAMBLA and PROJECT TRUTH were no longer able to use the word "GAY". NAMBLA was banned from the Pride Days and the community centres as well as the Gay Anarchists and other sympathetic and likewise scorned groups; once so an important part of the early GAY movement. When Gay meant same-gender oriented. This split was a result of the International Lesbian and Gay Association's attempt to gain greater acceptance within the United Nations and also the threats of the United States to withhold U.N. dues in retaliation towards perceived Anti-American groups. NAMBLA was counted amongst these groups.

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	After an extensive and highly damaging [[Wikipedia:Curley v. NAMBLA\|lawsuit]] that ended in success for NAMBLA's defense, all that remained of the organization was a website, two postboxes, an archive and a loosely associated group of members.		After an extensive and highly damaging [[Wikipedia:Curley v. NAMBLA\|lawsuit]] that ended in success for NAMBLA's defense, all that remained of the organization was a website, two postboxes, an archive and a loosely associated group of members.

	NAMBLA was last seen making ~~and~~ informal appearance at a small [[RSO Activism]] protest outside [[Coalinga State Hospital]]. In 2009, NAMBLA was briefly and spuriously linked with death threats against Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]]<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03092009/news/columnists/perv_group_puts_10g_hit_on_andy_158663.htm PERV GROUP PUTS 10G ‘HIT’ ON ANDY - NYP]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090312042014/https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29593394 Pedophiles Gunning for Cuomo - MSNBC]</ref> Apparently unaware or ignorant of the fact that such claims were made frequently, and in similar mocking-tones on newsgroups, where NAMBLA is the butt of numerous jokes, American authorities used this threat as the launchpad for a criminal investigation, again, gleefully reported upon by the ''Post''.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102009/news/regionalnews/probe_fails_to_keep_price_off_cuomos_hea_158910.htm PROBE FAILS TO KEEP PRICE OFF CUOMO’S HEAD - NYP]</ref><ref>[http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=88255 Is NAMBLA Gunning (Literally) for New York AG? - EdgeBoston]</ref>		NAMBLA was last seen making an informal appearance at a small [[RSO Activism]] protest outside [[Coalinga State Hospital]]. In 2009, NAMBLA was briefly and spuriously linked with death threats against Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]]<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03092009/news/columnists/perv_group_puts_10g_hit_on_andy_158663.htm PERV GROUP PUTS 10G ‘HIT’ ON ANDY - NYP]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090312042014/https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29593394 Pedophiles Gunning for Cuomo - MSNBC]</ref> Apparently unaware or ignorant of the fact that such claims were made frequently, and in similar mocking-tones on newsgroups, where NAMBLA is the butt of numerous jokes, American authorities used this threat as the launchpad for a criminal investigation, again, gleefully reported upon by the ''Post''.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102009/news/regionalnews/probe_fails_to_keep_price_off_cuomos_hea_158910.htm PROBE FAILS TO KEEP PRICE OFF CUOMO’S HEAD - NYP]</ref><ref>[http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=88255 Is NAMBLA Gunning (Literally) for New York AG? - EdgeBoston]</ref>

	Opinions on whether the NAMBLA concept is worth progressing differ somewhat among [[boylove]]rs, with the organization remaining an important reference point among baby-boomers. In the 20s, use of the NAMBLA key phrase on modern social media is still very much alive, often eclipsing modern day [[MAP Movement]] organizations, but it now consistently lags behind the more current [[Minor Attracted Person\|Minor Attracted*]] key phrase. NAMBLA's present leadership recuses itself from social media on principled grounds, and focuses on archiving, education of boylovers, and protecting its historical legacy.		Opinions on whether the NAMBLA concept is worth progressing differ somewhat among [[boylove]]rs, with the organization remaining an important reference point among baby-boomers. In the 20s, use of the NAMBLA key phrase on modern social media is still very much alive, often eclipsing modern day [[MAP Movement]] organizations, but it now consistently lags behind the more current [[Minor Attracted Person\|Minor Attracted*]] key phrase. NAMBLA's present leadership recuses itself from social media on principled grounds, and focuses on archiving, education of boylovers, and protecting its historical legacy.

Jim Burton at 00:06, 5 June 2025

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	After an extensive and highly damaging [[Wikipedia:Curley v. NAMBLA\|lawsuit]] that ended in success for NAMBLA's defense, all that remained of the organization was a website, two postboxes, an archive and a loosely associated group of members.		After an extensive and highly damaging [[Wikipedia:Curley v. NAMBLA\|lawsuit]] that ended in success for NAMBLA's defense, all that remained of the organization was a website, two postboxes, an archive and a loosely associated group of members.

	NAMBLA was last seen making and informal appearance at a small [[~~sex offender activism~~]] protest outside [[Coalinga State Hospital]]. In 2009, NAMBLA was briefly and spuriously linked with death threats against Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]]<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03092009/news/columnists/perv_group_puts_10g_hit_on_andy_158663.htm PERV GROUP PUTS 10G ‘HIT’ ON ANDY - NYP]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090312042014/https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29593394 Pedophiles Gunning for Cuomo - MSNBC]</ref> Apparently unaware or ignorant of the fact that such claims were made frequently, and in similar mocking-tones on newsgroups, where NAMBLA is the butt of numerous jokes, American authorities used this threat as the launchpad for a criminal investigation, again, gleefully reported upon by the ''Post''.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102009/news/regionalnews/probe_fails_to_keep_price_off_cuomos_hea_158910.htm PROBE FAILS TO KEEP PRICE OFF CUOMO’S HEAD - NYP]</ref><ref>[http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=88255 Is NAMBLA Gunning (Literally) for New York AG? - EdgeBoston]</ref>		NAMBLA was last seen making and informal appearance at a small [[RSO Activism]] protest outside [[Coalinga State Hospital]]. In 2009, NAMBLA was briefly and spuriously linked with death threats against Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]]<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03092009/news/columnists/perv_group_puts_10g_hit_on_andy_158663.htm PERV GROUP PUTS 10G ‘HIT’ ON ANDY - NYP]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090312042014/https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29593394 Pedophiles Gunning for Cuomo - MSNBC]</ref> Apparently unaware or ignorant of the fact that such claims were made frequently, and in similar mocking-tones on newsgroups, where NAMBLA is the butt of numerous jokes, American authorities used this threat as the launchpad for a criminal investigation, again, gleefully reported upon by the ''Post''.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/03102009/news/regionalnews/probe_fails_to_keep_price_off_cuomos_hea_158910.htm PROBE FAILS TO KEEP PRICE OFF CUOMO’S HEAD - NYP]</ref><ref>[http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=88255 Is NAMBLA Gunning (Literally) for New York AG? - EdgeBoston]</ref>

	Opinions on whether the NAMBLA concept is worth progressing differ somewhat among [[boylove]]rs, with the organization remaining an important reference point among baby-boomers. In the 20s, use of the NAMBLA key phrase on modern social media is still very much alive, often eclipsing modern day [[MAP Movement]] organizations, but it now consistently lags behind the more current [[Minor Attracted Person\|Minor Attracted*]] key phrase. NAMBLA's present leadership recuses itself from social media on principled grounds, and focuses on archiving, education of boylovers, and protecting its historical legacy.		Opinions on whether the NAMBLA concept is worth progressing differ somewhat among [[boylove]]rs, with the organization remaining an important reference point among baby-boomers. In the 20s, use of the NAMBLA key phrase on modern social media is still very much alive, often eclipsing modern day [[MAP Movement]] organizations, but it now consistently lags behind the more current [[Minor Attracted Person\|Minor Attracted*]] key phrase. NAMBLA's present leadership recuses itself from social media on principled grounds, and focuses on archiving, education of boylovers, and protecting its historical legacy.

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	== Teenager bias ==		== Teenager bias ==

	[[Image:Jesse16nambla.JPG\|thumb\|16-year old Jesse speaks for NAMBLA, alongside [[Harry Hay]] and [[Jim Kepner]]]]NAMBLA is popularly considered a pedophilia organization. But the leadership and membership of the organization tend to be more interested in love between men and teenage boys, ephebophilia, than love of younger boys, pedophilia. [[Thomas Reeves]], spokesman for NAMBLA, said of the organization that <q>it’s homosexual, it’s about teenagers, and it’s about sex</q> in [[:File:Boy Love convention is protested 1982-10-11.png\|a 1982 telephone interview with ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'']].		[[Image:Jesse16nambla.JPG\|thumb\|16-year old Jesse speaks for NAMBLA, alongside [[Harry Hay]] and [[Jim Kepner]]]]NAMBLA is popularly considered a pedophilia organization. But the leadership and membership of the organization tend to be more interested in love between men and teenage boys, ephebophilia, than love of younger boys, pedophilia. [[Tom_Reeves\|Thomas Reeves]], spokesman for NAMBLA, said of the organization that <q>it’s homosexual, it’s about teenagers, and it’s about sex</q> in [[:File:Boy Love convention is protested 1982-10-11.png\|a 1982 telephone interview with ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'']].

	== FBI infiltration/Glow Ops ==		== FBI infiltration/Glow Ops ==

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	[[Image:Nambla-logo.png\|thumb\|Current logo - small "b" symbolising the stature of a minor boy]]The '''North American Man/Boy Love Association''' (NAMBLA) (often de-capitalised as NAMbLA) is an organization working for men that love boys and vice versa. It was founded on December 2, 1978, by Gay [[Communism\|Left-Wing]] activist [[David Thorstad]] and other supporters of age-gap / [[Pederasty\|pederastic homosexuality]], following the [[Boston-Boise affair]] of 1977 (see Mitzel, 1980).<ref>''The Boston Sex Scandal''. Mitzel, Jon. Glad Day Books 1980.</ref> NAMBLA was inspired<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207121011/http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm "Gay Community Fights Back (1978)"]. We Raise Our Voices. Northeastern University. Archived from [http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm the original] on February 7, 2012.</ref> by the Boston/Boise Committee which had formed in 1977 to defend a group of men indicted for running a boy prostitution / sex "ring" which had been, in reality, a safe space where teen gay males could go to have consensual sex. After the committee disbanded, NAMBLA was founded, bringing with it [[Tom Reeves]], an anarchist Gay activist/organizer and key member of the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag_Rag Fag Rag] collective'',<ref>Reeves was involved in multiple gay organizations. In his own words: "I was involved with many new gay organizations: Gay Community News, Boston Area Gay & Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), the Gay Liberation Front, and much later Act Up." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves_writings.html Reeves, An Extraordinary Life. NAMBLA Website]. Reeves was a founder of the Boston/Boise Committee: "Garrett Byrne, Suffolk County district attorney, was running for reelection in 1977. He turned two series of arrests for public lewdness in Boston Public Library restrooms and for statutory rape at a house in Revere into an anti-gay crusade. Tom Reeves and his fellow Fag Rag members, ministers and congregants of the Metropolitan Community Church, and other gay leaders fought back, forming the Boston-Boise Committee." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Remembering Tom Reeves. NAMBLA Website].</ref> who would become a prominent spokesperson for the organization that "has been among the [[Historical_examples_of_LGBT-MAP_unity\|most controversial groups in LGBT history]]."<ref>https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/north-american-manboy-love-association-nambla</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Gay histories and cultures: an encyclopedia]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160413072025/https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Archived] April 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine By George E. Haggerty p. 628.</ref> NAMBLA campaigned for [[age of consent]] reform, and provided services such as a prisoners' program (which organized visits, correspondence, and news for the benefit of [[boylover]]s in prison), and published the ''[[Nambla Bulletin]]'' and ''NAMBLA News''.		[[Image:Nambla-logo.png\|thumb\|Current logo - small "b" symbolising the stature of a minor boy]]The '''North American Man/Boy Love Association''' (NAMBLA) (often de-capitalised as NAMbLA) is an organization working for men that love boys and vice versa. It was founded on December 2, 1978, by Gay [[Communism\|Left-Wing]] activist [[David Thorstad]] and other supporters of age-gap / [[Pederasty\|pederastic homosexuality]], following the [[Boston-Boise affair]] of 1977 (see Mitzel, 1980).<ref>''The Boston Sex Scandal''. Mitzel, Jon. Glad Day Books 1980.</ref> NAMBLA was inspired<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207121011/http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm "Gay Community Fights Back (1978)"]. We Raise Our Voices. Northeastern University. Archived from [http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm the original] on February 7, 2012.</ref> by the Boston/Boise Committee which had formed in 1977 to defend a group of men indicted for running a boy prostitution / sex "ring" which had been, in reality, a safe space where teen gay males could go to have consensual sex. After the committee disbanded, NAMBLA was founded, bringing with it [[Tom Reeves]], an anarchist Gay activist/organizer and key member of the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag_Rag Fag Rag] collective'',<ref>Reeves was involved in multiple gay organizations. In his own words: "I was involved with many new gay organizations: Gay Community News, Boston Area Gay & Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), the Gay Liberation Front, and much later Act Up." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves_writings.html Reeves, An Extraordinary Life. NAMBLA Website]. Reeves was a founder of the Boston/Boise Committee: "Garrett Byrne, Suffolk County district attorney, was running for reelection in 1977. He turned two series of arrests for public lewdness in Boston Public Library restrooms and for statutory rape at a house in Revere into an anti-gay crusade. Tom Reeves and his fellow Fag Rag members, ministers and congregants of the Metropolitan Community Church, and other gay leaders fought back, forming the Boston-Boise Committee." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Remembering Tom Reeves. NAMBLA Website].</ref> who would become a prominent spokesperson for the organization that "has been among the [[Historical_examples_of_LGBT-MAP_unity\|most controversial groups in LGBT history]]."<ref>https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/north-american-manboy-love-association-nambla</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Gay histories and cultures: an encyclopedia]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160413072025/https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Archived] April 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine By George E. Haggerty p. 628.</ref> NAMBLA campaigned for [[age of consent]] reform, and provided services such as a prisoners' program (which organized visits, correspondence, and news for the benefit of [[boylover]]s in prison), and published the ''[[Nambla Bulletin]]'' and ''NAMBLA News''.

	*Read [[Media:The NAMBLA Constitution.pdf\|NAMBLA's Constitution and Position Papers]] (internal link).<ref>This [[File:The_NAMBLA_Constitution.pdf\|document archives NAMBLA's Constitution and Position Papers, revised August 21, 1992]]. The document shows the the various issues that NAMBLA as an organization took positions on, up until 1992, including opposition to corporeal punishment and female genital mutilation. The first page shows the organization's Constitution, which was adopted by the membership in December, 1980.</ref>		*Read [[Media:The NAMBLA Constitution.pdf\|NAMBLA's Constitution and Position Papers]] (internal link).<ref>This [[File:The_NAMBLA_Constitution.pdf\|document archives NAMBLA's Constitution and Position Papers, revised August 21, 1992]] document archives NAMBLA's Constitution and Position Papers, revised August 21, 1992. The document shows the the various issues that NAMBLA as an organization took positions on, up until 1992, including opposition to corporeal punishment and female genital mutilation. The first page shows the organization's Constitution, which was adopted by the membership in December, 1980.</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==

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	[[Image:Nambla-logo.png\|thumb\|Current logo - small "b" symbolising the stature of a minor boy]]The '''North American Man/Boy Love Association''' (NAMBLA) (often de-capitalised as NAMbLA) is an organization working for men that love boys and vice versa. It was founded on December 2, 1978, by Gay [[Communism\|Left-Wing]] activist [[David Thorstad]] and other supporters of age-gap / [[Pederasty\|pederastic homosexuality]], following the [[Boston-Boise affair]] of 1977 (see Mitzel, 1980).<ref>''The Boston Sex Scandal''. Mitzel, Jon. Glad Day Books 1980.</ref> NAMBLA was inspired<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207121011/http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm "Gay Community Fights Back (1978)"]. We Raise Our Voices. Northeastern University. Archived from [http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm the original] on February 7, 2012.</ref> by the Boston/Boise Committee which had formed in 1977 to defend a group of men indicted for running a boy prostitution / sex "ring" which had been, in reality, a safe space where teen gay males could go to have consensual sex. After the committee disbanded, NAMBLA was founded, bringing with it [[Tom Reeves]], an anarchist Gay activist/organizer and key member of the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag_Rag Fag Rag] collective'',<ref>Reeves was involved in multiple gay organizations. In his own words: "I was involved with many new gay organizations: Gay Community News, Boston Area Gay & Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), the Gay Liberation Front, and much later Act Up." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves_writings.html Reeves, An Extraordinary Life. NAMBLA Website]. Reeves was a founder of the Boston/Boise Committee: "Garrett Byrne, Suffolk County district attorney, was running for reelection in 1977. He turned two series of arrests for public lewdness in Boston Public Library restrooms and for statutory rape at a house in Revere into an anti-gay crusade. Tom Reeves and his fellow Fag Rag members, ministers and congregants of the Metropolitan Community Church, and other gay leaders fought back, forming the Boston-Boise Committee." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Remembering Tom Reeves. NAMBLA Website].</ref> who would become a prominent spokesperson for the organization that "has been among the [[Historical_examples_of_LGBT-MAP_unity\|most controversial groups in LGBT history]]."<ref>https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/north-american-manboy-love-association-nambla</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Gay histories and cultures: an encyclopedia]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160413072025/https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Archived] April 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine By George E. Haggerty p. 628.</ref> NAMBLA campaigned for [[age of consent]] reform, and provided services such as a prisoners' program (which organized visits, correspondence, and news for the benefit of [[boylover]]s in prison), and published the ''[[Nambla Bulletin]]'' and ''NAMBLA News''.		[[Image:Nambla-logo.png\|thumb\|Current logo - small "b" symbolising the stature of a minor boy]]The '''North American Man/Boy Love Association''' (NAMBLA) (often de-capitalised as NAMbLA) is an organization working for men that love boys and vice versa. It was founded on December 2, 1978, by Gay [[Communism\|Left-Wing]] activist [[David Thorstad]] and other supporters of age-gap / [[Pederasty\|pederastic homosexuality]], following the [[Boston-Boise affair]] of 1977 (see Mitzel, 1980).<ref>''The Boston Sex Scandal''. Mitzel, Jon. Glad Day Books 1980.</ref> NAMBLA was inspired<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207121011/http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm "Gay Community Fights Back (1978)"]. We Raise Our Voices. Northeastern University. Archived from [http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm the original] on February 7, 2012.</ref> by the Boston/Boise Committee which had formed in 1977 to defend a group of men indicted for running a boy prostitution / sex "ring" which had been, in reality, a safe space where teen gay males could go to have consensual sex. After the committee disbanded, NAMBLA was founded, bringing with it [[Tom Reeves]], an anarchist Gay activist/organizer and key member of the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag_Rag Fag Rag] collective'',<ref>Reeves was involved in multiple gay organizations. In his own words: "I was involved with many new gay organizations: Gay Community News, Boston Area Gay & Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), the Gay Liberation Front, and much later Act Up." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves_writings.html Reeves, An Extraordinary Life. NAMBLA Website]. Reeves was a founder of the Boston/Boise Committee: "Garrett Byrne, Suffolk County district attorney, was running for reelection in 1977. He turned two series of arrests for public lewdness in Boston Public Library restrooms and for statutory rape at a house in Revere into an anti-gay crusade. Tom Reeves and his fellow Fag Rag members, ministers and congregants of the Metropolitan Community Church, and other gay leaders fought back, forming the Boston-Boise Committee." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Remembering Tom Reeves. NAMBLA Website].</ref> who would become a prominent spokesperson for the organization that "has been among the [[Historical_examples_of_LGBT-MAP_unity\|most controversial groups in LGBT history]]."<ref>https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/north-american-manboy-love-association-nambla</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Gay histories and cultures: an encyclopedia]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160413072025/https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Archived] April 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine By George E. Haggerty p. 628.</ref> NAMBLA campaigned for [[age of consent]] reform, and provided services such as a prisoners' program (which organized visits, correspondence, and news for the benefit of [[boylover]]s in prison), and published the ''[[Nambla Bulletin]]'' and ''NAMBLA News''.

	*Read [[Media:The NAMBLA Constitution.pdf\|NAMBLA's Constitution and Position Papers]] (internal link).		*Read [[Media:The NAMBLA Constitution.pdf\|NAMBLA's Constitution and Position Papers]] (internal link).<ref>This [[File:The_NAMBLA_Constitution.pdf\|document archives NAMBLA's Constitution and Position Papers, revised August 21, 1992]]. The document shows the the various issues that NAMBLA as an organization took positions on, up until 1992, including opposition to corporeal punishment and female genital mutilation. The first page shows the organization's Constitution, which was adopted by the membership in December, 1980.</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==

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	[[Image:Nambla-logo.png\|thumb\|Current logo - small "b" symbolising the stature of a minor boy]]The '''North American Man/Boy Love Association''' (NAMBLA) (often de-capitalised as NAMbLA) is an organization working for men that love boys and vice versa. It was founded on December 2, 1978, by Gay [[Communism\|Left-Wing]] activist [[David Thorstad]] and other supporters of age-gap / [[Pederasty\|pederastic homosexuality]], following the [[Boston-Boise affair]] of 1977 (see Mitzel, 1980).<ref>''The Boston Sex Scandal''. Mitzel, Jon. Glad Day Books 1980.</ref> NAMBLA was inspired<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207121011/http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm "Gay Community Fights Back (1978)"]. We Raise Our Voices. Northeastern University. Archived from [http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm the original] on February 7, 2012.</ref> by the Boston/Boise Committee which had formed in 1977 to defend a group of men indicted for running a boy prostitution / sex "ring" which had been, in reality, a safe space where teen gay males could go to have consensual sex. After the committee disbanded, NAMBLA was founded, bringing with it [[Tom Reeves]], an anarchist Gay activist/organizer and key member of the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag_Rag Fag Rag] collective'',<ref>Reeves was involved in multiple gay organizations. In his own words: "I was involved with many new gay organizations: Gay Community News, Boston Area Gay & Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), the Gay Liberation Front, and much later Act Up." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves_writings.html Reeves, An Extraordinary Life. NAMBLA Website]. Reeves was a founder of the Boston/Boise Committee: "Garrett Byrne, Suffolk County district attorney, was running for reelection in 1977. He turned two series of arrests for public lewdness in Boston Public Library restrooms and for statutory rape at a house in Revere into an anti-gay crusade. Tom Reeves and his fellow Fag Rag members, ministers and congregants of the Metropolitan Community Church, and other gay leaders fought back, forming the Boston-Boise Committee." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Remembering Tom Reeves. NAMBLA Website].</ref> who would become a prominent spokesperson for the organization that "has been among the [[Historical_examples_of_LGBT-MAP_unity\|most controversial groups in LGBT history]]."<ref>https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/north-american-manboy-love-association-nambla</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Gay histories and cultures: an encyclopedia]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160413072025/https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Archived] April 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine By George E. Haggerty p. 628.</ref> NAMBLA campaigned for [[age of consent]] reform, and provided services such as a prisoners' program (which organized visits, correspondence, and news for the benefit of [[boylover]]s in prison), and published the [[''Nambla Bulletin'']] and ''NAMBLA News''.		[[Image:Nambla-logo.png\|thumb\|Current logo - small "b" symbolising the stature of a minor boy]]The '''North American Man/Boy Love Association''' (NAMBLA) (often de-capitalised as NAMbLA) is an organization working for men that love boys and vice versa. It was founded on December 2, 1978, by Gay [[Communism\|Left-Wing]] activist [[David Thorstad]] and other supporters of age-gap / [[Pederasty\|pederastic homosexuality]], following the [[Boston-Boise affair]] of 1977 (see Mitzel, 1980).<ref>''The Boston Sex Scandal''. Mitzel, Jon. Glad Day Books 1980.</ref> NAMBLA was inspired<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207121011/http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm "Gay Community Fights Back (1978)"]. We Raise Our Voices. Northeastern University. Archived from [http://www.lib.neu.edu/archives/voices/gl_sexual2.htm the original] on February 7, 2012.</ref> by the Boston/Boise Committee which had formed in 1977 to defend a group of men indicted for running a boy prostitution / sex "ring" which had been, in reality, a safe space where teen gay males could go to have consensual sex. After the committee disbanded, NAMBLA was founded, bringing with it [[Tom Reeves]], an anarchist Gay activist/organizer and key member of the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag_Rag Fag Rag] collective'',<ref>Reeves was involved in multiple gay organizations. In his own words: "I was involved with many new gay organizations: Gay Community News, Boston Area Gay & Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), the Gay Liberation Front, and much later Act Up." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves_writings.html Reeves, An Extraordinary Life. NAMBLA Website]. Reeves was a founder of the Boston/Boise Committee: "Garrett Byrne, Suffolk County district attorney, was running for reelection in 1977. He turned two series of arrests for public lewdness in Boston Public Library restrooms and for statutory rape at a house in Revere into an anti-gay crusade. Tom Reeves and his fellow Fag Rag members, ministers and congregants of the Metropolitan Community Church, and other gay leaders fought back, forming the Boston-Boise Committee." - [https://www.nambla.org/tom_reeves.html Remembering Tom Reeves. NAMBLA Website].</ref> who would become a prominent spokesperson for the organization that "has been among the [[Historical_examples_of_LGBT-MAP_unity\|most controversial groups in LGBT history]]."<ref>https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/north-american-manboy-love-association-nambla</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Gay histories and cultures: an encyclopedia]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160413072025/https://books.google.com/books?id=L9Mj7oHEwVoC&pg=PA628 Archived] April 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine By George E. Haggerty p. 628.</ref> NAMBLA campaigned for [[age of consent]] reform, and provided services such as a prisoners' program (which organized visits, correspondence, and news for the benefit of [[boylover]]s in prison), and published the ''[[Nambla Bulletin]]'' and ''NAMBLA News''.

			*Read [[Media:The NAMBLA Constitution.pdf\|NAMBLA's Constitution and Position Papers]] (internal link).

	== History ==		== History ==