Help:FAQ

Welcome to NewgonWiki's FAQ! Frequently asked questions about NewgonWiki, Newgon Organization and the Yesmap website. For an FAQ of general relevance to Minor Attracted People, please head over to Mu.

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, with a policy platform that determines who volunteers for us, what we decide to publish, and some of our activities besides that. But 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 going wrong. 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: Does Newgon "circulate accounts justifying child molestation"?

A: No.

This slander originated from a Wikipedia article that included Newgon as one of its subjects. However, the same article relies on the claims of opinion journalists and also originated hoax claims such as the existence of a Yaweh child sex organisation and an Indian counterpart to NAMBLA.

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 these journalists were successfully convinced of something we are less certain about, but for starters most of the younger subjects in our lived experiences section are adolescents and not children. Our own ethos does not include prepubertal children in its proposal for age of consent reform.

Q: Is Newgon "pro pedophile"?

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

A better question here, is what does "pro-pedophile" even mean in this day and age?

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, prevention-focussed research, or even nonjudgmental therapies for 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 pedophiles. They are the victims of an unimaginable social stigma, just like those who are slandered as pedophiles and pedophile-defenders. But for the true pedophile, the burden can be lifelong and acutely internalized.

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 by mainly white liberals and then used derogatorily towards both groups by American conservatives.

Nowadays, the term refers to a person who is hyperaware of social justice issues, status-based, including racial injustice, and applies intersectionalism to their pursuit of justice.

But this is where it gets tricky.

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 fediverse instance have maliciously circulated these falsehoods, and 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 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 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: 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.