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	__NOTOC__[[~~File~~:Tatchell ~~1972~~.jpg\|thumb\|~~L-R: Ted Brown, Noel Glynn, and~~ Peter Tatchell~~. Young Gay Liberation Front activists pictured in 1972.~~]]'''Peter Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is a British radical Gay and Human Rights Activist of Australian origin, who took many radical positions on Minor-Adult sexual relationships in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of issuing strongly worded clarifications to these statements, it seems that Tatchell has now settled on advocating for an an [[Age of Consent]] at 14.<ref>[https://lilymaynard.com/what-did-peter-tatchell-really-say/ Research article (with scoffing radfem commentary)]</ref> In 2023, London's Metropolitan Police announced a collaboration with Tatchell to prevent homophobia.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-london-police-partners-with-lgbt-activist-who-defended-sex-with-children/ Met Pol collaboration between Tatchell and Inclusivity framework]</ref>		__NOTOC__[[Image:Peter Tatchell by colin.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Tatchell]]'''Peter Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is a British radical Gay and Human Rights Activist of Australian origin, who took many radical positions on Minor-Adult sexual relationships in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of issuing strongly worded clarifications to these statements, it seems that Tatchell has now settled on advocating for an an [[Age of Consent]] at 14.<ref>[https://lilymaynard.com/what-did-peter-tatchell-really-say/ Research article (with scoffing radfem commentary)]</ref> In 2023, London's Metropolitan Police announced a collaboration with Tatchell to prevent homophobia.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-london-police-partners-with-lgbt-activist-who-defended-sex-with-children/ Met Pol collaboration between Tatchell and Inclusivity framework]</ref>

			===Gallery===

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			File:Tatchell 1972.jpg\|L-R: Ted Brown, Noel Glynn, and Peter Tatchell. Young Gay Liberation Front activists pictured in 1972.
			File:77717512-7-Days-cropped-865x1024.jpg\|BOY Review in print
			File:Tatchell14.png\|Tatchell argues for 14 in a 2002 Libertarian Alliance leaflet (with added caption from a radical feminist blogger)
			File:Nettie Tatchell 1.jpg\|Class of 72 (from left): Tom Robinson, Stuart Feather, Mair Twissell, Roz Kaveney, Peter Tatchell, Andrew Lumsden, Ted Brown and [[Nettie Pollard]]. Photograph: Simon Webb/The Guardian.

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	=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==		=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==
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	It was later revealed in 2021, by MAP Activist [[Thomas O'Carroll]]<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2022/05/17/maps-are-queer-but-are-we-in-here/ Thomas O'Carroll reveals how the daily Telegraph used his research in their story]</ref>, that Tatchell had written a review of the book in a June 1987 edition of ''7 days'', the newsletter of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In it, he opined:		It was later revealed in 2021, by MAP Activist [[Thomas O'Carroll]]<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2022/05/17/maps-are-queer-but-are-we-in-here/ Thomas O'Carroll reveals how the daily Telegraph used his research in their story]</ref>, that Tatchell had written a review of the book in a June 1987 edition of ''7 days'', the newsletter of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In it, he opined:
	~~[[File:77717512-7-Days-cropped-865x1024.jpg\|thumb\|BOY Review in print]]~~
	''<blockquote>"When Warren Middleton recently compiled his book on children's sexual rights, to which I made a brief contribution, he found it impossible to get a publisher. They were all too nervous. So he had to publish it himself. Even now, only a few bookshops - notably Gay's The Word in London - have had the courage to stock it. Indeed, I am only writing this review because it seems that no one else is willing to risk association with this taboo subject. Under Middleton's editorship, The Betrayal of Youth presents a diverse collection of essays by 16 different authors who offer a 'radical perspective' on the history, sociology, politics and ethics of 'childhood sexuality, inter-generational sex, and the social oppression of children and young people'. All the authors oppose coercive and exploitative child sexual abuse, and want both children, and adults, to be protected from forced, involuntary sexual acts by the laws covering rape and sexual assault. However, they also argue that [[Consent\|consenting]], victimless sexual relationships between younger and older people should not be penalised by the law, especially where the relationship is of a tender and caring nature.... In presenting these arguments, The Betrayal of Youth speaks coolly, clearly and radically about a subject which has far too long been shrouded in emotional hysteria and adult chauvinism."<ref>https://www.brongersma.info/Gilt_is_stripped_from_Saint_Peter_Tatchell%27s_halo</ref></blockquote>''		''<blockquote>"When Warren Middleton recently compiled his book on children's sexual rights, to which I made a brief contribution, he found it impossible to get a publisher. They were all too nervous. So he had to publish it himself. Even now, only a few bookshops - notably Gay's The Word in London - have had the courage to stock it. Indeed, I am only writing this review because it seems that no one else is willing to risk association with this taboo subject. Under Middleton's editorship, The Betrayal of Youth presents a diverse collection of essays by 16 different authors who offer a 'radical perspective' on the history, sociology, politics and ethics of 'childhood sexuality, inter-generational sex, and the social oppression of children and young people'. All the authors oppose coercive and exploitative child sexual abuse, and want both children, and adults, to be protected from forced, involuntary sexual acts by the laws covering rape and sexual assault. However, they also argue that [[Consent\|consenting]], victimless sexual relationships between younger and older people should not be penalised by the law, especially where the relationship is of a tender and caring nature.... In presenting these arguments, The Betrayal of Youth speaks coolly, clearly and radically about a subject which has far too long been shrouded in emotional hysteria and adult chauvinism."<ref>https://www.brongersma.info/Gilt_is_stripped_from_Saint_Peter_Tatchell%27s_halo</ref></blockquote>''

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	===''Dares To Speak''===		===''Dares To Speak''===
	[[File:Nettie Tatchell 1.jpg\|thumb\|Class of 72 (from left): Tom Robinson, Stuart Feather, Mair Twissell, Roz Kaveney, Peter Tatchell, Andrew Lumsden, Ted Brown and [[Nettie Pollard]]. Photograph: Simon Webb/The Guardian.]]
	In 1997 Tatchell wrote a [[Media:FRD4PebXIAIxuuQ.jpg\|letter]] to ''The Guardian'', defending an academic book about [[boylove]], composed mainly of [[Paidika]] articles: "The positive nature of some child–adult sexual relationships is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends – gay and straight, male and female – had sex with adults from the ages of nine to 13. None feel they were abused. All say it was their conscious choice and gave them great joy. While it may be impossible to condone paedophilia, it is time society acknowledged the truth that not all sex involving children is unwanted, abusive and harmful."<ref>https://www.brongersma.info/Tatchell_on_sex_with_children</ref> On Tatchell's personal website he clarifies "My ''Guardian'' letter cited examples of youths in Papuan tribes and some of my friends who, when they were under 16, had sex with adults (over 18s), but who do not feel they were harmed. I was not endorsing their viewpoint but merely stating that they had a different perspective from the mainstream opinion about inter-generational sex. They have every right for their perspective to be heard."		In 1997 Tatchell wrote a [[Media:FRD4PebXIAIxuuQ.jpg\|letter]] to ''The Guardian'', defending an academic book about [[boylove]], composed mainly of [[Paidika]] articles: "The positive nature of some child–adult sexual relationships is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends – gay and straight, male and female – had sex with adults from the ages of nine to 13. None feel they were abused. All say it was their conscious choice and gave them great joy. While it may be impossible to condone paedophilia, it is time society acknowledged the truth that not all sex involving children is unwanted, abusive and harmful."<ref>https://www.brongersma.info/Tatchell_on_sex_with_children</ref> On Tatchell's personal website he clarifies "My ''Guardian'' letter cited examples of youths in Papuan tribes and some of my friends who, when they were under 16, had sex with adults (over 18s), but who do not feel they were harmed. I was not endorsing their viewpoint but merely stating that they had a different perspective from the mainstream opinion about inter-generational sex. They have every right for their perspective to be heard."

	==Clarified positions on AoC laws since the late 1990s==		==Clarified positions on AoC laws since the late 1990s==

	~~[[File:Tatchell14.png\|thumb\|Tatchell argues for 14 in a 2002 Libertarian Alliance leaflet (with added caption from a radical feminist blogger)]]~~
	In the 1990s, Tatchell led an OutRage! campaign to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] in the UK to 14 years, to adjust for studies that showed nearly half of all young people had their first sexual experiences prior to 16 years old, regardless of sexuality. In 1995, he wrote the article "Beyond Equality" for the journal ''Socialist Lawyer'', which announces:		In the 1990s, Tatchell led an OutRage! campaign to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] in the UK to 14 years, to adjust for studies that showed nearly half of all young people had their first sexual experiences prior to 16 years old, regardless of sexuality. In 1995, he wrote the article "Beyond Equality" for the journal ''Socialist Lawyer'', which announces:

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	__NOTOC__[[File:~~Nettie~~ Tatchell 1.jpg\|thumb\|~~Class of 72 (from left)~~: ~~Tom Robinson~~, ~~Stuart Feather, Mair Twissell, Roz Kaveney~~, Peter Tatchell~~, Andrew Lumsden, Ted Brown and [[Nettie Pollard]]~~. ~~Photograph: Simon Webb/The Guardian~~.]]'''Peter Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is a British radical Gay and Human Rights Activist of Australian origin, who took many radical positions on Minor-Adult sexual relationships in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of issuing strongly worded clarifications to these statements, it seems that Tatchell has now settled on advocating for an an [[Age of Consent]] at 14.<ref>[https://lilymaynard.com/what-did-peter-tatchell-really-say/ Research article (with scoffing radfem commentary)]</ref> In 2023, London's Metropolitan Police announced a collaboration with Tatchell to prevent homophobia.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-london-police-partners-with-lgbt-activist-who-defended-sex-with-children/ Met Pol collaboration between Tatchell and Inclusivity framework]</ref>		__NOTOC__[[File:Tatchell 1972.jpg\|thumb\|L-R: Ted Brown, Noel Glynn, and Peter Tatchell. Young Gay Liberation Front activists pictured in 1972.]]'''Peter Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is a British radical Gay and Human Rights Activist of Australian origin, who took many radical positions on Minor-Adult sexual relationships in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of issuing strongly worded clarifications to these statements, it seems that Tatchell has now settled on advocating for an an [[Age of Consent]] at 14.<ref>[https://lilymaynard.com/what-did-peter-tatchell-really-say/ Research article (with scoffing radfem commentary)]</ref> In 2023, London's Metropolitan Police announced a collaboration with Tatchell to prevent homophobia.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-london-police-partners-with-lgbt-activist-who-defended-sex-with-children/ Met Pol collaboration between Tatchell and Inclusivity framework]</ref>

	=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==		=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==

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	===''Dares To Speak''===		===''Dares To Speak''===
			[[File:Nettie Tatchell 1.jpg\|thumb\|Class of 72 (from left): Tom Robinson, Stuart Feather, Mair Twissell, Roz Kaveney, Peter Tatchell, Andrew Lumsden, Ted Brown and [[Nettie Pollard]]. Photograph: Simon Webb/The Guardian.]]
	In 1997 Tatchell wrote a [[Media:FRD4PebXIAIxuuQ.jpg\|letter]] to ''The Guardian'', defending an academic book about [[boylove]], composed mainly of [[Paidika]] articles: "The positive nature of some child–adult sexual relationships is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends – gay and straight, male and female – had sex with adults from the ages of nine to 13. None feel they were abused. All say it was their conscious choice and gave them great joy. While it may be impossible to condone paedophilia, it is time society acknowledged the truth that not all sex involving children is unwanted, abusive and harmful."<ref>https://www.brongersma.info/Tatchell_on_sex_with_children</ref> On Tatchell's personal website he clarifies "My ''Guardian'' letter cited examples of youths in Papuan tribes and some of my friends who, when they were under 16, had sex with adults (over 18s), but who do not feel they were harmed. I was not endorsing their viewpoint but merely stating that they had a different perspective from the mainstream opinion about inter-generational sex. They have every right for their perspective to be heard."		In 1997 Tatchell wrote a [[Media:FRD4PebXIAIxuuQ.jpg\|letter]] to ''The Guardian'', defending an academic book about [[boylove]], composed mainly of [[Paidika]] articles: "The positive nature of some child–adult sexual relationships is not confined to non-Western cultures. Several of my friends – gay and straight, male and female – had sex with adults from the ages of nine to 13. None feel they were abused. All say it was their conscious choice and gave them great joy. While it may be impossible to condone paedophilia, it is time society acknowledged the truth that not all sex involving children is unwanted, abusive and harmful."<ref>https://www.brongersma.info/Tatchell_on_sex_with_children</ref> On Tatchell's personal website he clarifies "My ''Guardian'' letter cited examples of youths in Papuan tribes and some of my friends who, when they were under 16, had sex with adults (over 18s), but who do not feel they were harmed. I was not endorsing their viewpoint but merely stating that they had a different perspective from the mainstream opinion about inter-generational sex. They have every right for their perspective to be heard."

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	__NOTOC__[[~~Image~~:~~Peter~~ Tatchell ~~by colin~~.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Tatchell]]'''Peter Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is a British radical Gay and Human Rights Activist of Australian origin, who took many radical positions on Minor-Adult sexual relationships in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of issuing strongly worded clarifications to these statements, it seems that Tatchell has now settled on advocating for an an [[Age of Consent]] at 14.<ref>[https://lilymaynard.com/what-did-peter-tatchell-really-say/ Research article (with scoffing radfem commentary)]</ref> In 2023, London's Metropolitan Police announced a collaboration with Tatchell to prevent homophobia.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-london-police-partners-with-lgbt-activist-who-defended-sex-with-children/ Met Pol collaboration between Tatchell and Inclusivity framework]</ref>		__NOTOC__[[File:Nettie Tatchell 1.jpg\|thumb\|Class of 72 (from left): Tom Robinson, Stuart Feather, Mair Twissell, Roz Kaveney, Peter Tatchell, Andrew Lumsden, Ted Brown and [[Nettie Pollard]]. Photograph: Simon Webb/The Guardian.]]'''Peter Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is a British radical Gay and Human Rights Activist of Australian origin, who took many radical positions on Minor-Adult sexual relationships in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of issuing strongly worded clarifications to these statements, it seems that Tatchell has now settled on advocating for an an [[Age of Consent]] at 14.<ref>[https://lilymaynard.com/what-did-peter-tatchell-really-say/ Research article (with scoffing radfem commentary)]</ref> In 2023, London's Metropolitan Police announced a collaboration with Tatchell to prevent homophobia.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-london-police-partners-with-lgbt-activist-who-defended-sex-with-children/ Met Pol collaboration between Tatchell and Inclusivity framework]</ref>

	=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==		=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==

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	[[File:Tatchell14.png\|thumb\|Tatchell argues for 14 in a 2002 Libertarian Alliance leaflet (with added caption from a radical feminist blogger)]]		[[File:Tatchell14.png\|thumb\|Tatchell argues for 14 in a 2002 Libertarian Alliance leaflet (with added caption from a radical feminist blogger)]]
	In ~~1996~~, Tatchell led an OutRage! campaign to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] in the UK to 14 years, to adjust for studies that showed nearly half of all young people had their first sexual experiences prior to 16 years old, regardless of sexuality. ~~He stated~~ that he ~~wished~~ to exempt ~~these~~ people from being "treated as criminals by the law," ~~and that the~~ campaign claimed there should be no prosecution if the difference in ages of the sexual partners was no more than three years, provided that these youths are given a more comprehensive [[sex education]] at a younger date.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110616054348/http://www.petertatchell.net/age%20of%20consent/consent%20at%2014.htm</ref> He was quoted in the OutRage!'s press release as saying "Young people have a right to accept or reject sex, according to what they feel is appropriate for them".<ref name="OutRage! 1996">OutRage! press release, 21 February 1996</ref> Tatchell has confusingly, since reiterated that he does not condone teenagers having sex under the age of 16. On his personal website, he wrote "I do not advocate teenagers having sex before the age of 16. But if they do have sex before their 16th birthday, they should not be arrested, given a criminal record and put on the sex offenders register."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035120/http://petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/age_of_consent/index.htm</ref>		In the 1990s, Tatchell led an OutRage! campaign to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] in the UK to 14 years, to adjust for studies that showed nearly half of all young people had their first sexual experiences prior to 16 years old, regardless of sexuality. In 1995, he wrote the article "Beyond Equality" for the journal ''Socialist Lawyer'', which announces:

			::''Outrage have just launched a new campaign to reduce the age of consent to 14 for everyone. Peter Tatchell sets out the new queer agenda.''<ref>Peter Tatchell, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/42948997 “BEYOND EQUALITY.”] ''Socialist Lawyer'', no. 26, 1995, pp. 16–17. JSTOR.</ref>

			During this period, Tatchell argued that he wanted to exempt young people from being "treated as criminals by the law." The campaign claimed there should be no prosecution if the difference in ages of the sexual partners was no more than three years, provided that these youths are given a more comprehensive [[sex education]] at a younger date.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110616054348/http://www.petertatchell.net/age%20of%20consent/consent%20at%2014.htm</ref> He was quoted in the OutRage!'s press release as saying "Young people have a right to accept or reject sex, according to what they feel is appropriate for them".<ref name="OutRage! 1996">OutRage! press release, 21 February 1996</ref> Tatchell has confusingly, since reiterated that he does not condone teenagers having sex under the age of 16. On his personal website, he wrote "I do not advocate teenagers having sex before the age of 16. But if they do have sex before their 16th birthday, they should not be arrested, given a criminal record and put on the sex offenders register."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035120/http://petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/age_of_consent/index.htm</ref>

	On 10 March 2008, in the ''Irish Independent'', he repeated his call for a lower age of consent to end the criminalization of young people engaged in consenting sex and to remove the legal obstacles to upfront sex education, condom provision and safer sex advice.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20141220235234/http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/lowering-the-unrealistic-age-of-consent-will-help-teens-26429206.html</ref> In 1998 and 2008, he supported relaxation of the then strict laws against pornography, arguing that pornography can have some social benefits, and he has criticized what he calls the body-shame phobia against naturism, suggesting that nudity may be natural and healthy for society.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150421034328/http://www.petertatchell.net/pornography/whats_wrong.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100707021531/http://www.redpepper.org.uk/article723.html</ref>		On 10 March 2008, in the ''Irish Independent'', he repeated his call for a lower age of consent to end the criminalization of young people engaged in consenting sex and to remove the legal obstacles to upfront sex education, condom provision and safer sex advice.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20141220235234/http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/lowering-the-unrealistic-age-of-consent-will-help-teens-26429206.html</ref> In 1998 and 2008, he supported relaxation of the then strict laws against pornography, arguing that pornography can have some social benefits, and he has criticized what he calls the body-shame phobia against naturism, suggesting that nudity may be natural and healthy for society.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150421034328/http://www.petertatchell.net/pornography/whats_wrong.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100707021531/http://www.redpepper.org.uk/article723.html</ref>

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	[[File:Tatchell14.png\|thumb\|Tatchell argues for 14 in a 2002 Libertarian Alliance leaflet (with added caption from a radical ~~feminis~~ blogger)]]		[[File:Tatchell14.png\|thumb\|Tatchell argues for 14 in a 2002 Libertarian Alliance leaflet (with added caption from a radical feminist blogger)]]
	In 1996, Tatchell led an OutRage! campaign to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] in the UK to 14 years, to adjust for studies that showed nearly half of all young people had their first sexual experiences prior to 16 years old, regardless of sexuality. He stated that he wished to exempt these people from being "treated as criminals by the law," and that the campaign claimed there should be no prosecution if the difference in ages of the sexual partners was no more than three years, provided that these youths are given a more comprehensive [[sex education]] at a younger date.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110616054348/http://www.petertatchell.net/age%20of%20consent/consent%20at%2014.htm</ref> He was quoted in the OutRage!'s press release as saying "Young people have a right to accept or reject sex, according to what they feel is appropriate for them".<ref name="OutRage! 1996">OutRage! press release, 21 February 1996</ref> Tatchell has confusingly, since reiterated that he does not condone teenagers having sex under the age of 16. On his personal website, he wrote "I do not advocate teenagers having sex before the age of 16. But if they do have sex before their 16th birthday, they should not be arrested, given a criminal record and put on the sex offenders register."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035120/http://petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/age_of_consent/index.htm</ref>		In 1996, Tatchell led an OutRage! campaign to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] in the UK to 14 years, to adjust for studies that showed nearly half of all young people had their first sexual experiences prior to 16 years old, regardless of sexuality. He stated that he wished to exempt these people from being "treated as criminals by the law," and that the campaign claimed there should be no prosecution if the difference in ages of the sexual partners was no more than three years, provided that these youths are given a more comprehensive [[sex education]] at a younger date.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110616054348/http://www.petertatchell.net/age%20of%20consent/consent%20at%2014.htm</ref> He was quoted in the OutRage!'s press release as saying "Young people have a right to accept or reject sex, according to what they feel is appropriate for them".<ref name="OutRage! 1996">OutRage! press release, 21 February 1996</ref> Tatchell has confusingly, since reiterated that he does not condone teenagers having sex under the age of 16. On his personal website, he wrote "I do not advocate teenagers having sex before the age of 16. But if they do have sex before their 16th birthday, they should not be arrested, given a criminal record and put on the sex offenders register."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035120/http://petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/age_of_consent/index.htm</ref>

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			[[File:Tatchell14.png\|thumb\|Tatchell argues for 14 in a 2002 Libertarian Alliance leaflet (with added caption from a radical feminis blogger)]]
	In 1996, Tatchell led an OutRage! campaign to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] in the UK to 14 years, to adjust for studies that showed nearly half of all young people had their first sexual experiences prior to 16 years old, regardless of sexuality. He stated that he wished to exempt these people from being "treated as criminals by the law," and that the campaign claimed there should be no prosecution if the difference in ages of the sexual partners was no more than three years, provided that these youths are given a more comprehensive [[sex education]] at a younger date.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110616054348/http://www.petertatchell.net/age%20of%20consent/consent%20at%2014.htm</ref> He was quoted in the OutRage!'s press release as saying "Young people have a right to accept or reject sex, according to what they feel is appropriate for them".<ref name="OutRage! 1996">OutRage! press release, 21 February 1996</ref> Tatchell has confusingly, since reiterated that he does not condone teenagers having sex under the age of 16. On his personal website, he wrote "I do not advocate teenagers having sex before the age of 16. But if they do have sex before their 16th birthday, they should not be arrested, given a criminal record and put on the sex offenders register."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035120/http://petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/age_of_consent/index.htm</ref>		In 1996, Tatchell led an OutRage! campaign to reduce the [[Age of Consent]] in the UK to 14 years, to adjust for studies that showed nearly half of all young people had their first sexual experiences prior to 16 years old, regardless of sexuality. He stated that he wished to exempt these people from being "treated as criminals by the law," and that the campaign claimed there should be no prosecution if the difference in ages of the sexual partners was no more than three years, provided that these youths are given a more comprehensive [[sex education]] at a younger date.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110616054348/http://www.petertatchell.net/age%20of%20consent/consent%20at%2014.htm</ref> He was quoted in the OutRage!'s press release as saying "Young people have a right to accept or reject sex, according to what they feel is appropriate for them".<ref name="OutRage! 1996">OutRage! press release, 21 February 1996</ref> Tatchell has confusingly, since reiterated that he does not condone teenagers having sex under the age of 16. On his personal website, he wrote "I do not advocate teenagers having sex before the age of 16. But if they do have sex before their 16th birthday, they should not be arrested, given a criminal record and put on the sex offenders register."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035120/http://petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/age_of_consent/index.htm</ref>

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	__NOTOC__[[Image:Peter Tatchell by colin.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Tatchell]]'''Peter Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is a British radical Gay and Human Rights Activist of Australian origin, who took many radical positions on Minor-Adult sexual relationships in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of issuing strongly worded clarifications to these statements, it seems that Tatchell has now settled on advocating for an an [[Age of Consent]] at 14. In 2023, London's Metropolitan Police announced a collaboration with Tatchell to prevent homophobia.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-london-police-partners-with-lgbt-activist-who-defended-sex-with-children/ Met Pol collaboration between Tatchell and Inclusivity framework]</ref>		__NOTOC__[[Image:Peter Tatchell by colin.jpg\|thumb\|Peter Tatchell]]'''Peter Tatchell''' (born 25 January 1952) is a British radical Gay and Human Rights Activist of Australian origin, who took many radical positions on Minor-Adult sexual relationships in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of issuing strongly worded clarifications to these statements, it seems that Tatchell has now settled on advocating for an an [[Age of Consent]] at 14.<ref>[https://lilymaynard.com/what-did-peter-tatchell-really-say/ Research article (with scoffing radfem commentary)]</ref> In 2023, London's Metropolitan Police announced a collaboration with Tatchell to prevent homophobia.<ref>[https://reduxx.info/uk-london-police-partners-with-lgbt-activist-who-defended-sex-with-children/ Met Pol collaboration between Tatchell and Inclusivity framework]</ref>

	=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==		=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==

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	It was later revealed in 2021, by MAP Activist [[Thomas O'Carroll]]<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2022/05/17/maps-are-queer-but-are-we-in-here/ Thomas O'Carroll reveals how the daily Telegraph used his research in their story]</ref>, that Tatchell had written a review of the book in a June 1987 edition of ''7 days'', the newsletter of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In it, he opined:		It was later revealed in 2021, by MAP Activist [[Thomas O'Carroll]]<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2022/05/17/maps-are-queer-but-are-we-in-here/ Thomas O'Carroll reveals how the daily Telegraph used his research in their story]</ref>, that Tatchell had written a review of the book in a June 1987 edition of ''7 days'', the newsletter of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In it, he opined:
			[[File:77717512-7-Days-cropped-865x1024.jpg\|thumb\|BOY Review in print]]
	''<blockquote>"When Warren Middleton recently compiled his book on children's sexual rights, to which I made a brief contribution, he found it impossible to get a publisher. They were all too nervous. So he had to publish it himself. Even now, only a few bookshops - notably Gay's The Word in London - have had the courage to stock it. Indeed, I am only writing this review because it seems that no one else is willing to risk association with this taboo subject. Under Middleton's editorship, The Betrayal of Youth presents a diverse collection of essays by 16 different authors who offer a 'radical perspective' on the history, sociology, politics and ethics of 'childhood sexuality, inter-generational sex, and the social oppression of children and young people'. All the authors oppose coercive and exploitative child sexual abuse, and want both children, and adults, to be protected from forced, involuntary sexual acts by the laws covering rape and sexual assault. However, they also argue that [[Consent\|consenting]], victimless sexual relationships between younger and older people should not be penalised by the law, especially where the relationship is of a tender and caring nature.... In presenting these arguments, The Betrayal of Youth speaks coolly, clearly and radically about a subject which has far too long been shrouded in emotional hysteria and adult chauvinism."<ref>https://www.brongersma.info/Gilt_is_stripped_from_Saint_Peter_Tatchell%27s_halo</ref></blockquote>''		''<blockquote>"When Warren Middleton recently compiled his book on children's sexual rights, to which I made a brief contribution, he found it impossible to get a publisher. They were all too nervous. So he had to publish it himself. Even now, only a few bookshops - notably Gay's The Word in London - have had the courage to stock it. Indeed, I am only writing this review because it seems that no one else is willing to risk association with this taboo subject. Under Middleton's editorship, The Betrayal of Youth presents a diverse collection of essays by 16 different authors who offer a 'radical perspective' on the history, sociology, politics and ethics of 'childhood sexuality, inter-generational sex, and the social oppression of children and young people'. All the authors oppose coercive and exploitative child sexual abuse, and want both children, and adults, to be protected from forced, involuntary sexual acts by the laws covering rape and sexual assault. However, they also argue that [[Consent\|consenting]], victimless sexual relationships between younger and older people should not be penalised by the law, especially where the relationship is of a tender and caring nature.... In presenting these arguments, The Betrayal of Youth speaks coolly, clearly and radically about a subject which has far too long been shrouded in emotional hysteria and adult chauvinism."<ref>https://www.brongersma.info/Gilt_is_stripped_from_Saint_Peter_Tatchell%27s_halo</ref></blockquote>''

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	=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==		=="BOY" chapter, Dares To Speak and Paedophile Information Exchange==

	Tatchell has written an obituary in The Independent for [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] founder [[Ian Dunn]],<ref name="Indie1">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html</ref> as well as an essay for a pro-MAP activist and Paedophile Information Exchange member [[Warren Middleton]] in the book "''Betrayal of Youth (BOY)''". The actor and activist, John Connors described Tatchell as a "paedophile apologist" and other critics (such as the British National Party)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150118044606/http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/national/peter-tatchell-paedophile-or-simply-misunderstood</ref> have suggested that he is personally "pro-paedophile", which he strongly denies – stating that "I had no idea that [Middleton] was involved in paedophilia advocacy when I was asked to write my essay. [...] When I was invited to write a chapter, I was told it was a book about children's rights and asked if I could write about the age of consent. It seemed a reasonable request at the time".		Tatchell has written an obituary in The Independent for [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] founder [[Ian Dunn]],<ref name="Indie1">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html</ref> as well as an essay for a pro-MAP activist and Paedophile Information Exchange member [[Warren Middleton]] in the book [[The_Betrayal_of_Youth_(Book)\|"''Betrayal of Youth (BOY)''"]].<ref>[https://library.lol/main/D3E65600BCD53F898EE99AEBF6BCBC24 ''The Betrayal of Youth: Radical Perspectives on Childhood Sexuality, Intergenerational Sex, and the Social Oppression of Children and Young People'', ed. by Warren Middleton (London: CL Publications, 1986)]. Libgen link.</ref> The actor and activist, John Connors described Tatchell as a "paedophile apologist" and other critics (such as the British National Party)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150118044606/http://www.bnp.org.uk/news/national/peter-tatchell-paedophile-or-simply-misunderstood</ref> have suggested that he is personally "pro-paedophile", which he strongly denies – stating that "I had no idea that [Middleton] was involved in paedophilia advocacy when I was asked to write my essay. [...] When I was invited to write a chapter, I was told it was a book about children's rights and asked if I could write about the age of consent. It seemed a reasonable request at the time".

	It was later revealed in 2021, by MAP Activist [[Thomas O'Carroll]]<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2022/05/17/maps-are-queer-but-are-we-in-here/ Thomas O'Carroll reveals how the daily Telegraph used his research in their story]</ref>, that Tatchell had written a review of the book in a June 1987 edition of ''7 days'', the newsletter of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In it, he opined:		It was later revealed in 2021, by MAP Activist [[Thomas O'Carroll]]<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2022/05/17/maps-are-queer-but-are-we-in-here/ Thomas O'Carroll reveals how the daily Telegraph used his research in their story]</ref>, that Tatchell had written a review of the book in a June 1987 edition of ''7 days'', the newsletter of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In it, he opined: