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'''MEDAL''' (minorattracted.org, f. 2023) is a third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] organization with a primarily US focus. | '''MEDAL''' (minorattracted.org, f. 2023) is a third-generation/third-wave [[Minor Attracted Person|MAP]] organization with a primarily US focus. | ||
It was set up by [[Katie Cruz]] and a committee | It was set up by Steve Carson, [[Katie Cruz]] and a committee.<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: | |||
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MEDAL includes both [[neutral-c]] and [[anti-contact]] members who participate in a range of initiatives online and in their local communities. | 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 held. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Mu]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://www.minorattracted.org/ Site splash] | *[https://www.minorattracted.org/ Site splash] | ||
*[https://www.mapcamp.net/ MAP Camp] | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]] | [[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Cyber Activism]][[Category:Organisations]][[Category:Organisations: Sympathetic]][[Category:Organisations: Web-based]][[Category:Organisations: Real-life]][[Category:Organisations: International]] |
Latest revision as of 15:45, 26 October 2024
MEDAL (minorattracted.org, f. 2023) is a third-generation/third-wave MAP organization with a primarily US focus.
It was set up by Steve Carson, Katie Cruz and a committee.[1]
A list of priorities endorsed by one committee member has been mentioned on their website:
- 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 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.[2]
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 held.