Minor Attracted Person (archive research)

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Since 2021, we have conducted research on the origins of the commonly used term "Minor Attracted Person" (MAP), after what appeared to be erroneous claims made by various sources in the mainstream media. The origin of the term as used today was confirmed as the now defunct MAP-run ATC/ANU blog in early 2007. This article details and sources this research project in chronological order.

2001 as ground zero, but no takeoff

As noted by B4U-Act (founded in 2003) in their Twitter thread, in 2007 - they, some MAPs and academic authors had been using the similar term "Minor Attracted Adult" (MAA) for some time. This was after Heather Peterson (a Christian author/researcher who embedded herself in the BoyChat community) had coined MAA in 1998, using it repeatedly on her website in the following years.[1][2][3] The Internet Archive reveals mentions of the term "Minor Attracted Person/MAP", "Minor Attracted Homosexual" and 'Minor Attracted Men" as early as 2001.[4][5][6] It has been claimed that the present term "MAP" might have been put forward at an even earlier date by the late BoyChat user GhostWriter, although archives do not exist.[7] Despite the occasional use of "minor attracted" and adoption of "Minor Attracted Adult", there is an absence of archive evidence for the other specifier terms between 2001 and 2007. This is thought to be because the post-2006 brand of online youth MAP activism (second-wave MAP activism) was virtually nonexistent at that point.

2007 - full adoption as a discourse by ANU

In 2006/7, as the burgeoning MAP blogging movement got underway (primarily on blogger.com/blogspot), there were, as to be expected, further uses of the term "minor attraction" and "MAA". The first subsequent examples of "Minor Attracted Person" we can find were linked to the blog ATC/ANU[8] in Jan and Feb 2007, with the blog-author also submitting the term to a Guardian debate, Slashdot and Scienceblogs.[9][10][11][12][13] This slow pivot from "Minor Attracted Adult" and the generic "minor attraction" (as evidenced by BC archives[14]), to "Minor Attracted Person" was thought to be due to these bloggers' relatively young age (see gallery). For example, the most active authors on ANU were in their late teens, having experienced an attraction to minors before adulthood.[15][16][17] In addition to this, the first authors to use the term "Minor Attracted Person" (BLueRibbon and Daniel Lievre) were pedophilic and ephebophilic respectively (see gallery), so the more inclusive term suited their writings.[18]

On Jun 8, 2007, Newgon.com was founded (at that time a small website started by two censored bloggers, Daniel Lievre/Llort and Jillium - also of ANU), and the new term was visible in its ethos (belatedly captured on its blog arm, dated Jul 17).[19] B4U-Act began to use the term on June 22, 2007, incorporating it into their own lexicon.[20] It is likely they were aware of the new coinage by MAPs, and adopted it soon after. The late Michael Melsheimer (a MAP and founding member of B4U-Act), or prominent member Richard Kramer might have been somewhat responsible for popularizing the new language. Both individuals were in some kind of contact with the rest of the community (for example on BoyChat), and as documented earlier, Kramer had used "Minor Attracted Male" on MHAMic. Our predecessor, Newgon.com, created the first known dedicated article to define Minor Attracted People in September 2008 (see history).

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