Pro-paedo t-shirts on sale in Manchester

[DJLippy]

I saw this in Manchester Canal Street this afternoon. or those that don't know "boy love" is code for the sexual attraction of men to pubescent and adolescent boys.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Man/Boy_Love_Association

I am SICKENED. Paedophiles have no place in the LGBT community. The fact that this is being displayed in broad day light. Equally disgusted and dismayed.

I got so angry I compiled a tweet.

twitter.com/makemorenoise1/status/1138511812155072513

I am bisexual and I feel like my community is being hijacked by fetishists. I just saw this by chance in town today and I am appalled. Gay rights have NOTHING to do with this shit. We are being tarred with this brush. NO!

LGBT rights have been hard won. I am dismayed by the failure of gay right organisations to address this growing problem. If this scandal breaks who will take the blame? LGBT folk want nothing to do with these monsters. It's time our leaders put our house in order.

And I can see that the OP's twitter post has now attracted comments denouncing the LGBT community as a vehicle for child abuse, plus a threat of violence against anyone seen wearing that t-shirt.

Nice work OP.

“If you honestly think that paedophilia could never be normalised, you’re not paying attention.”

It is pretty close to being normalised on Twitter. With all the MAP Tweets giving age ranges, inviting DMs from anyone, all their dubious anime and manga avatars....

@TheRedBarrows

I'm sorry, but what are MAP tweets? I don't have Twitter... I'm assuming you're not referring to an actual map or MultiAnimatorProjects (or Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate)?

maim MAP stands for ‘Minor Attracted Person’ and is widely used as an acronym. Often extended to NOMAP which means No Offence MAP , I. E they acknowledge their paedophilia but claim not to commit anything illegal. They frequently list the age of child they are attracted to, and encourage DMs from strangers.

The Manga / Anime graphics are popular because apparently these comics / films often have themes and graphics that appeal to paedophiles.

Sorry, widely used as an acronym in people’s profiles on Twitter

thanks. So that's... I'm assuming they're straight up pedophiles?

It's not about a super skeevy but legal preference (vom) for minors that are however above the age of consent? (So: 16 to 18, for example?)

I really hope that these people don't associate themselves with the LGBT community.

People already believe that girls are somehow less of a target for child sexual assault (at least ime. Which may genuinely endangering girls!).

and then there's the harm this would do to decent gay people...
(I don't think they'll actually manage to normalise pedophilia, could they? Or maybe I'm wrong. The amount of times I've heard how girls supposedly mature faster snd that it's therefore not so bad when they're a bit 'on the young side'...)

No, not above the age of consent.

There's a lobby that want this to be included in Stonewall's LGBTQ+ alphabet soup as just another sexuality and thus gain credibility and acceptance.

I agree completely and you have every right to feel the way u do. It needs removing. Well said

maim no, they are explicit about being attracted sexually to children, and name age ranges such as 7-11.

They make no pretence that this is a rehab support network or anything like that. They are up front and defiant peadophiles claiming that they break no laws, whilst obviously creating networks.