media portrayals

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all entries: jul 2014 to may 2025


			2 May 2025 the rest of the list bly A new podcast from the BBC highlights the gap between the popular assumption that known pedophiles are removed somehow from society and the reality that they are not. Why does this gap exist?

			22 April 2025 lawful good: writing a nomap character tom jones As I wrote the scenes where his attractions are revealed, it was my own coming out story all over again.

			8 April 2025 mouse trapped: i was channel 4's masked pedophile anonymous In 2023, I appeared anonymously with a Channel 4 panel talking about my sexual attraction to children. It's clear we don't yet know how to have this conversation.

			1 April 2025 is pedophilia an orientation or a disorder? bly The key question that public and experts are debating to understand the nature of attraction to children.

			4 February 2025 no dogs allowed discussed by three pedophiles markus No Dogs Allowed dares to tell a realistic story about us and breaks with a false image that has been painted too often.

			28 January 2025 review: no dogs allowed py A new film portrays the life of a teenager who discovers he is sexually attracted to children and how he tries to cope.

			21 January 2025 review: manticore rakkaus keksit Disgraced director's film brings an elevated aesthetic to a contemporary tragedy of dark desires, but does it get the situation right?

			14 November 2024 a note on the costs of self-hatred leonard johnston Empathy is important, especially for those who are most hated - even by me.

			11 April 2023 fantasies of adult-child sex disgust even the sex-positive public ethan edwards What are the limits pedophiles should self-impose on their sexual fantasies?

			18 January 2022 the chasm between celibate pedophiles and acceptance ethan edwards This may be a bleak picture, but we need to understand the reality gap we face.

			26 November 2021 let's talk about disgust leonard johnston Should we be disgusted by artificial CP or other ways pedophiles like me find sexual satisfaction?

			9 September 2021 reviews: safe from harm and let's talk: child sexual abuse bly A BBC radio drama and an online documentary from Channel 4 both open up the topic of non-offending pedophilia

			26 July 2020 review: dream children ethan edwards The book is fiction, but we can ask whether such a positive outcome is realistic, given Oliver as he is presented. I have my doubts.

			18 July 2020 review: my dark vanessa ethan edwards This book is a strong advertisement for the age of consent.

			1 January 2019 luke malone interview global prevention project In Season 2 of our Prevention Podcast, Candice has the privilege of interviewing Luke Malone, famous journalist and author of: You're 16. You're a Pedophile. You don't want to hurt anyone. What do you do now? Luke is a trailblazer in the world of journalism, writing about topics that are at times dicey, yet important...

			4 November 2018 you're a monster, piece of shit, danger to children, etc brett daywalker The god's honest truth of the matter is, hearing those types of things makes me feel nothing. Absolutely nothing at all.

			12 September 2018 coming out to a world that hates pedophiles gary gibson Earlier this year I did an interview for an article in The Sun, not realizing the impact it would have on our lives.

			15 January 2018 a moment in the sun ender We're out there in the open, we're identifying openly as pedophiles, as people who are attracted to children through no choice of ours, and you know we're there to raise awareness and education.

			1 September 2016 jacob wetterling's killer danny heinrich, and 14 year old me brett daywalker I'll never forget when I first learned of the Wetterling abduction. I was 14 years old at the time and was sitting in the Atlanta airport.

			9 October 2015 of monsters and mirrors ender Part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before I died, I would make some mirrors so that kids like me might see themselves reflected back.

			30 September 2015 i'm a pedophile, you're the monsters: my week inside the vile right-wing hate machine todd nickerson My pedophilia essay outraged the right. My attempt to humanize a real problem brought out their nastiest rage

			21 September 2015 i'm a pedophile, but not a monster todd nickerson I'm attracted to children but unwilling to act on it. Before judging me harshly, would you be willing to listen?

			9 August 2014 those other pedophiles ethan edwards This blog is called "Celibate Pedophiles". The core message is that many pedophiles never engage in any illegal activity. But then there are the other pedophiles, the ones who are not celibate.

			26 July 2014 how many 'pedophiles' are th— wait, why do you ask? ethan edwards Everyone wants to know how many pedophiles there are. Nobody really does.

			13 July 2014 the terminology mess ethan edwards There are unfortunate consequences to thinking of sexual interest in underage teens as the same thing as interest in prepubescents.

2 May 2025

the rest of the list
bly

A new podcast from the BBC highlights the gap between the popular assumption that known pedophiles are removed somehow from society and the reality that they are not. Why does this gap exist?

22 April 2025

lawful good: writing a nomap character
tom jones

As I wrote the scenes where his attractions are revealed, it was my own coming out story all over again.

8 April 2025

mouse trapped: i was channel 4's masked pedophile
anonymous

In 2023, I appeared anonymously with a Channel 4 panel talking about my sexual attraction to children. It's clear we don't yet know how to have this conversation.

1 April 2025

is pedophilia an orientation or a disorder?
bly

The key question that public and experts are debating to understand the nature of attraction to children.

4 February 2025

no dogs allowed discussed by three pedophiles
markus

No Dogs Allowed dares to tell a realistic story about us and breaks with a false image that has been painted too often.

28 January 2025

review: no dogs allowed
py

A new film portrays the life of a teenager who discovers he is sexually attracted to children and how he tries to cope.

21 January 2025

review: manticore
rakkaus keksit

Disgraced director's film brings an elevated aesthetic to a contemporary tragedy of dark desires, but does it get the situation right?

14 November 2024

a note on the costs of self-hatred
leonard johnston

Empathy is important, especially for those who are most hated - even by me.

11 April 2023

fantasies of adult-child sex disgust even the sex-positive public
ethan edwards

What are the limits pedophiles should self-impose on their sexual fantasies?

18 January 2022

the chasm between celibate pedophiles and acceptance
ethan edwards

This may be a bleak picture, but we need to understand the reality gap we face.

26 November 2021

let's talk about disgust
leonard johnston

Should we be disgusted by artificial CP or other ways pedophiles like me find sexual satisfaction?

9 September 2021

reviews: safe from harm and let's talk: child sexual abuse
bly

A BBC radio drama and an online documentary from Channel 4 both open up the topic of non-offending pedophilia

26 July 2020

review: dream children
ethan edwards

The book is fiction, but we can ask whether such a positive outcome is realistic, given Oliver as he is presented. I have my doubts.

18 July 2020

review: my dark vanessa
ethan edwards

This book is a strong advertisement for the age of consent.

1 January 2019

luke malone interview
global prevention project

In Season 2 of our Prevention Podcast, Candice has the privilege of interviewing Luke Malone, famous journalist and author of: You're 16. You're a Pedophile. You don't want to hurt anyone. What do you do now? Luke is a trailblazer in the world of journalism, writing about topics that are at times dicey, yet important...

4 November 2018

you're a monster, piece of shit, danger to children, etc
brett daywalker

The god's honest truth of the matter is, hearing those types of things makes me feel nothing. Absolutely nothing at all.

12 September 2018

coming out to a world that hates pedophiles
gary gibson

Earlier this year I did an interview for an article in The Sun, not realizing the impact it would have on our lives.

15 January 2018

a moment in the sun
ender

We're out there in the open, we're identifying openly as pedophiles, as people who are attracted to children through no choice of ours, and you know we're there to raise awareness and education.

1 September 2016

jacob wetterling's killer danny heinrich, and 14 year old me
brett daywalker

I'll never forget when I first learned of the Wetterling abduction. I was 14 years old at the time and was sitting in the Atlanta airport.

9 October 2015

of monsters and mirrors
ender

Part of what inspired me, was this deep desire that before I died, I would make some mirrors so that kids like me might see themselves reflected back.

30 September 2015

i'm a pedophile, you're the monsters: my week inside the vile right-wing hate machine
todd nickerson

My pedophilia essay outraged the right. My attempt to humanize a real problem brought out their nastiest rage

21 September 2015

i'm a pedophile, but not a monster
todd nickerson

I'm attracted to children but unwilling to act on it. Before judging me harshly, would you be willing to listen?

9 August 2014

those other pedophiles
ethan edwards

This blog is called "Celibate Pedophiles". The core message is that many pedophiles never engage in any illegal activity. But then there are the other pedophiles, the ones who are not celibate.

26 July 2014

how many 'pedophiles' are th— wait, why do you ask?
ethan edwards

Everyone wants to know how many pedophiles there are. Nobody really does.

13 July 2014

the terminology mess
ethan edwards

There are unfortunate consequences to thinking of sexual interest in underage teens as the same thing as interest in prepubescents.