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*[[Jim Kepner]], founder of the [[Barney/Carpenter Lesbian and Gay Archives]]<ref name=sanfrancisco/> | *[[Jim Kepner]], founder of the [[Barney/Carpenter Lesbian and Gay Archives]]<ref name=sanfrancisco/> | ||
*[[Morris Kight]], longtime gay activist from Los Angeles<ref name=sanfrancisco/> | *[[Morris Kight]], longtime gay activist from Los Angeles<ref name=sanfrancisco/> | ||
| + | *[[Bob Rhodes]]<ref name=losangeles>[http://www.nambla.org/losangeles1986.htm NAMBLA website: Harry Hay, Los Angeles, 1985]</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Dan Tsang]]<ref name=losangeles/> | ||
==Supporters== | ==Supporters== | ||
Revision as of 01:38, 3 February 2010
The North American Man/Boy Love Association was founded in 1978, claiming to have been inspired by "the success of a campaign based in Boston's gay community to defend against a local witchhunt".[1] Unlike most other websites containing descriptions or depictions of an explicit sexual nature, the NAMBLA website provides no such warning, containing photos and pictures of boys and men in sexualized or nude positions as well as lengthy stories and fantasies of man/boy love situations.
Mission
On its website NAMBLA states that it exists to end the "extreme oppression" of men and boys in mutually consensual relationships by,
- Building understanding and support for such relationships.
- Educating the general public on the benevolent nature of man/boy love.
- Cooperating with lesbian, gay, feminist, and other liberation movements.
- Supporting the liberation of persons of all ages from sexual prejudice and oppression.[1]
Members
- David Thorstad, co-founder of NAMBLA and former president of New York’s Gay Activists Alliance[2]
The following are very likely members:
- Jim Kepner, founder of the Barney/Carpenter Lesbian and Gay Archives[2]
- Morris Kight, longtime gay activist from Los Angeles[2]
- Bob Rhodes[3]
- Dan Tsang[3]
Supporters
The NAMBLA Bulletin
The NAMBLA Bulletin contains news, fiction, feature articles, pictures, reviews of films, recordings and books, and a regular column of letters from boys and boy-lovers. It is available on newsstands and at gay and lesbian bookstores throughout the United States and Europe.
Contributors
The following is a list of people listed as contributors to the NAMBLA Bulletin:[5]
Resources
The following is a selection of publications stocked by NAMBLA,[6] available for sale to members and the general public:
- KOINOS: "An excellent publication featuring fiction, stories, articles, photography and art. Photographs are in color and black and white printed on fine quality glossy paper. - published four times annually. (magazine cover features nude boy curled up)
- Made in the USA: "A series of photos depicting boys of many cultures in their everyday pursuits. Some photos are of nude boys but are well within Federal laws governing prohibited images"
- Alcibiades the Schoolboy: Described as the first gay novel, this 17th Century Italian work of fiction is an erotic dialogue between a boy and his tutor where the latter seduces the boy.
- Boys Speak Out on Man/boy Love (July 1996): A book of interviews with boys who have had "positive emotional and sexual relationships with men", the youngest of these are eleven years old.