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latest: dec 2018 to apr 2025


			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 January 2025 pedophiles who don't excuse child sexual abuse the p word What is this website? A place where you can hear a voice that is rarely allowed to speak. But people who love free speech do not love ours.

			31 December 2024 what we tried to say on bluesky and twitter bly VirPed's accounts have been banned (twice) from Twitter and once from BlueSky. We had one main thing to say...

			19 April 2023 in which leonard processes his feelings leonard johnston 2 of 4: I was skeptical about the claims of those saying they'd been "silenced". And then it happened to me.

			2 January 2023 what does chatgpt think the world thinks of us? leonard johnston ChatGPT answers questions about pedophilia differently depending on what and how you ask it.

			30 October 2022 what made quora change its mind? leonard johnston 1 of 4: With over 1m views on 141 answers over six years, my Quora account was banned. Why?

			13 December 2020 twitter's take on pedophiles is complicated (and i think wrong) leonard johnston Twitter recently prohibited referring to pedophilia as an orientation or identity. Could this actually harm kids?

			30 September 2020 is artificial child pornography a good outlet? leonard johnston 2 of 6: Is artificial CP moral? Might it lead to more harm?

			11 August 2020 celebrating 400,000 quora posts leonard johnston My Quora posts have now reached over 400,000 views!

			15 July 2020 thread: risk or risk factor? bly Does the distinction matter? Yes, so much that it could be the difference between child abuse and no crime.

			2 July 2020 thread: window shoppers and thieves bly People say that all we want to do is rape children. But this doesn't describe us well.

			26 April 2020 thread: could pedophiles appear on stage? bly Representation for us is very difficult in film or using our own identities. Could theatre have a solution?

			21 April 2020 thread: things you're overlooking bly Get help! It isn't normal! Stay away from kids! Thanks for the suggestions, but...

			12 April 2020 thread: the narrative of situational offenders bly Are sexual offenders against children really divided neatly into 'pedophilic' and 'situational'?

			11 April 2020 thread: welcome, pandemic maps! bly Advice based on three years of social media maptivism.

			4 January 2020 thread: are prevention programmes effective? bly Many professional efforts to support us are based on the idea of preventing crimes. Do they actually work?

			15 November 2019 thread: autopedophilia and pedophilia bly Is there a difference between being attracted to a child and wanting to be a child? Yes. But there is also overlap.

			28 October 2019 thread: normalizing pedophilia? bly The term "normalization" has come to mean "shut up" when used against us on social media.

			9 October 2019 thread: why don't anti-cs talk about the age of consent? bly It's taboo to start a discussion about this among anti-contacts. Here's why.

			20 September 2019 thread: what rights do pedophiles lack? bly Don't pedophiles already have all the rights they need?

			23 June 2019 thread: mutual coming out is hard bly It's hard to come out to regular people, but it can even be hard to come out to another pedophile.

			13 May 2019 thread: normalization? hardly bly People both overestimate our influence and underestimate our humanity.

			4 May 2019 thread: pedo-hunters bly Vigilantes are much feared and hated by non-offending pedophiles as well as by offenders. Why?

			19 April 2019 thread: i'm gay but not in lgbtq+ bly No, we don't want to join LGBT+, but some of us are lesbian, gay, trans and/or one of the other letters.

			29 March 2019 thread: a new pedophile was just born bly A future pedophile is born every 45 seconds. What do we do when they come of age?

			25 March 2019 thread: what doesn't harm kids? bly It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

			23 March 2019 thread: where do anti-contacts come from? bly Thanks to the label anti-contact there is a new way for pedophiles to identify.

			6 February 2019 thread: better sex education bly A short Twitter thread on how sex education could be in the future

			11 December 2018 thread: what help? bly In response to the many accounts that simply tweeted, Get Help!

			9 December 2018 thread: common misconceptions bly Many people believe many things about us, but most are wrong.

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 January 2025

pedophiles who don't excuse child sexual abuse
the p word

What is this website? A place where you can hear a voice that is rarely allowed to speak. But people who love free speech do not love ours.

31 December 2024

what we tried to say on bluesky and twitter
bly

VirPed's accounts have been banned (twice) from Twitter and once from BlueSky. We had one main thing to say...

19 April 2023

in which leonard processes his feelings
leonard johnston

2 of 4: I was skeptical about the claims of those saying they'd been "silenced". And then it happened to me.

2 January 2023

what does chatgpt think the world thinks of us?
leonard johnston

ChatGPT answers questions about pedophilia differently depending on what and how you ask it.

30 October 2022

what made quora change its mind?
leonard johnston

1 of 4: With over 1m views on 141 answers over six years, my Quora account was banned. Why?

13 December 2020

twitter's take on pedophiles is complicated (and i think wrong)
leonard johnston

Twitter recently prohibited referring to pedophilia as an orientation or identity. Could this actually harm kids?

30 September 2020

is artificial child pornography a good outlet?
leonard johnston

2 of 6: Is artificial CP moral? Might it lead to more harm?

11 August 2020

celebrating 400,000 quora posts
leonard johnston

My Quora posts have now reached over 400,000 views!

15 July 2020

thread: risk or risk factor?
bly

Does the distinction matter? Yes, so much that it could be the difference between child abuse and no crime.

2 July 2020

thread: window shoppers and thieves
bly

People say that all we want to do is rape children. But this doesn't describe us well.

26 April 2020

thread: could pedophiles appear on stage?
bly

Representation for us is very difficult in film or using our own identities. Could theatre have a solution?

21 April 2020

thread: things you're overlooking
bly

Get help! It isn't normal! Stay away from kids! Thanks for the suggestions, but...

12 April 2020

thread: the narrative of situational offenders
bly

Are sexual offenders against children really divided neatly into 'pedophilic' and 'situational'?

11 April 2020

thread: welcome, pandemic maps!
bly

Advice based on three years of social media maptivism.

4 January 2020

thread: are prevention programmes effective?
bly

Many professional efforts to support us are based on the idea of preventing crimes. Do they actually work?

15 November 2019

thread: autopedophilia and pedophilia
bly

Is there a difference between being attracted to a child and wanting to be a child? Yes. But there is also overlap.

28 October 2019

thread: normalizing pedophilia?
bly

The term "normalization" has come to mean "shut up" when used against us on social media.

9 October 2019

thread: why don't anti-cs talk about the age of consent?
bly

It's taboo to start a discussion about this among anti-contacts. Here's why.

20 September 2019

thread: what rights do pedophiles lack?
bly

Don't pedophiles already have all the rights they need?

23 June 2019

thread: mutual coming out is hard
bly

It's hard to come out to regular people, but it can even be hard to come out to another pedophile.

13 May 2019

thread: normalization? hardly
bly

People both overestimate our influence and underestimate our humanity.

4 May 2019

thread: pedo-hunters
bly

Vigilantes are much feared and hated by non-offending pedophiles as well as by offenders. Why?

19 April 2019

thread: i'm gay but not in lgbtq+
bly

No, we don't want to join LGBT+, but some of us are lesbian, gay, trans and/or one of the other letters.

29 March 2019

thread: a new pedophile was just born
bly

A future pedophile is born every 45 seconds. What do we do when they come of age?

25 March 2019

thread: what doesn't harm kids?
bly

It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

23 March 2019

thread: where do anti-contacts come from?
bly

Thanks to the label anti-contact there is a new way for pedophiles to identify.

6 February 2019

thread: better sex education
bly

A short Twitter thread on how sex education could be in the future

11 December 2018

thread: what help?
bly

In response to the many accounts that simply tweeted, Get Help!

9 December 2018

thread: common misconceptions
bly

Many people believe many things about us, but most are wrong.

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