Piccolo Boys Magazine Denmark
Floriana Monterroza
MAP-related magazines[1] have been published over many decades. Publications vary from erotica titles of the 1970s, thru first wave activist titles, and more recently, online copies which combine features with non-nude photography.
The first known publication devoted exclusively to minor-attraction was the scholary journal International Journal of Greek Love, edited in the USA between January 1965 and November 1966 by the famous numismatist Walter Breen.[2] According to the blurb inside the journal, IJGL was a "quarterly devoted to literary, historical, sociological, psychological and related studies centered around the phenomenon of Greek love, defined as the love between man and adolescent boy." Despite its small circulation, the IJGL managed to have a considerable impact on gay and lesbian scholarship. As expected, the best researched articles are those that have been most quoted. Jonathan Drake's article on boy prostitution in Turkey[3] remains one of the most cited sources for homosexuality in this country, while Hammond's article on Paidikion,[4] an anonymous 570 page pederasty manuscript ostensibly written by Kenneth Searight c. 1917,[5] and Bradley's survey of lesbian "Greek Love",[6] are two other contributions that have been discussed.
Between the late 1970s and early 1980s, in countries like Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and the United States, taking advantage of a loophole that allowed the distribution of Child Pornography, were published some legal child porn magazines as such Lolita,[7] Piccolo, Boy and others.[8] In some cases, commercial producers such as Color Climax Corporation took over its distribution.[9] In the US were produced magazines such as Nudist Moppets, which showed naked children three to twelve, and Lollitots, which showed naked girls eight to fourteen years old. The USA made illegal in 1977 using children for pornography, however, some of those magazines had never involved any kind of sex act in the first place. Commercial child pornography ceased in Denmark in 1980 when Danish laws against it were passed.[10] The last child pornography magazines out of the Netherlands appeared in 1982.
In 1979 appeared the first issue of PAN: A Magazine About Boy-Love,[11] an international non-pornographic magazine about boylove published in English in Amsterdam by Spartacus, containing articles, photos of boys and other content of interest for boylovers. In total, 21 issues were published until December 1985. Experts such as Frits Bernard and Edward Brongersma submitted contributions.
In 1987, Paidika: The Journal of Paedophilia was launched in the Netherlands - a scholarly journal, which took a positive scholarly approach towards the study of pedophilia (in the less age-bounded sense used by activists at the time).[14] From the beginning, Paidika was different from other pedophilia-related publications. It had a professional layout and an impressive editorial board which reviewed the submissions to the journal. During its nine years of publication, Paidika managed to remain faithful to Bullough's (1990, 320)[14] observation and publish a great number of well researched scholarly articles. D.H. Mader's study of pederasty in the Bible[15] and Robert Bauserman's cross-cultural study of boylove[16] are two much quoted pieces. Moreover, what we know about pedophiles like Karol Szymanowski[17] and Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen[18] are through articles published in Paidika. The journal was sometimes attacked and discredited as a "pedophile magazine".[19] The fact that it had an activist aspect allowed many people to downplay the importance of research published in the journal. Bullough and others were attacked for being in its editorial board, while "Dr" Laura Schlessinger and others tried to discredit academics that have published or given interviews in Paidika, like Bruce Rind, Robert Bauserman and Ralph Underwager.[20][21][22]
In 1993, the Amikejo Foundation of Netherlands published the first issue of Koinos, a bilingual magazine in English and German about the beauty of male adolescents. It contains articles on art and politics, academic essays,[23][24] interviews, reviews of books and films, stories and photos of boys, with contributions from several professional photographers. Its name refers to the Koine Greek, the common standard dialect used during the Hellenistic period. It was published every four months and could be purchased through international order and a limited number of distributors in the Netherlands and Germany.
Between 2006 and 2010, the Swede Karl Andersson edited Destroyer, a gay magazine focused exclusively on boys and younger men.[25] The magazine, containing features, photos, essays, interviews, reviews, columns, culture articles and fiction, was printed and officially published in the Czech Republic, but distributed globally through its website. It has received a lot of criticism from the media and child-protection professionals for allegedly "sexualising" children,[26] but Andersson has been quick to defend his publication and gives interviews to argue against his critics.
This is far from an exhaustive list, and is biased towards English-language publications. See, for example, Frits Bernard's list of publications in 1985, mentioned in our external links at the foot of the page.
Centre de Recherche et d'Information sur l'Enfance et la Sexualit (CRIES), 1982-1986. Founded by Philippe Charpentier. It was destroyed in a sensational conspiracy trial which resulted in the extinction of any pedophile movement in Belgium and France. The group published the magazine L'Espoir.[28]
Australian 80s magazine named after the local slang, equivalent to "nonce". Activism and defiance. Colin Nugent had what may or may not be the last copies seized by the government. AMBLA may also have had a publication.
Modern online magazines tend to cater to MAPs with a low pedohebephilic AoA. This is thought to be because various "teen" publications such as XY Magazine, instagram accounts and popular culture outlets more effectively cater to high hebephilic AoAs, or are covertly designed with hebephilic MAPs in mind. In rough, reverse chronological order:
Little is known (or, perhaps shared) about these titles from the 1960s and 70s, however many such publications were circulated, featuring both boys and girls. Within Scandinavia in particular, they were said to operate openly and on a commercial scale, prior to Child Pornography legislation. Color Climax Corporation produced legal youth erotica in this era. Inside the pages of child porn magazines sold in the seventies and eighties at sex shops you could find the publishing company address and contact phone number as well as a copyright notice. Due to the small number of printed issues, it is believed that there wasn't a huge demand for them.
MAP-related magazines have been published over many decades. Publications vary from erotica titles of the 1970s, thru first wave activist titles, and more recently, online copies which combine features with non-nude photography. The variety of material aimed at MAPs appears to be as diverse and sometimes cereberal as that found in the mainstream, if not more so.
Where nudist and erotic titles are mentioned, all such publications have ceased their activities. We mention their titles only in service of the historical record and advise against any attempts to obtain copies of material that may violate local statutes.
Teen-boy content. Nominally a gay magazine. Karl Andersson also published Breaking Boy News and The Lover which were oriented as low and high-brow alternatives to Destroyer at later dates.
Australian 80s magazine named after the local slang, equivalent to "nonce". Activism and defiance. Published by the Australian Paedophile Support Group, Colin Nugent had what may or may not be the last copies, which were seized by the government and destroyed. AMBLA and BLAZE may have had publications.
Publication of the Paedophile Information Exchange. They also distributed offshoots such as Understanding Paedophilia and Childhood Rights.[30] It's hard to find copies, but we suggest readers look here for archives and excerpts.
Signe de Piste ("Track Sign", 1976-circa 1984) was a French boy scout magazine published in Montral, Canada. It featured scantily clad, non-nude photography and art of boy scouts, accompanied by text about scout activities. The same publisher also created Art Jeunesse (Youth Art), a series of non-nude photo-only booklets featuring named boy scouts who appear to be intended as attractive to readers.[33] The magazine is extremely obscure, and bears the same name and logo as a longstanding publisher (since 1937) of popular adventure stories aimed at youth. The publisher's website shows 1976, the year these publications began, as a gap in the their history, where "Des associations similarities vioent le jour en Belgique, en Suisse, au Canada" (Similar associations have emerged in Belgium, Switzerland and Canada).[34] While future research may determine the answer, it remains unclear, confusing, and open to debate about which organization / group in-fact published Signe de Piste and Art Jeunesse during this time.[35]
Boy-watcher type content, running close to 100 issues. Based around user-submitted fiction on boys' mildly titillating early experiences with other boys. Also features music, movies, humor, video games etc of interest to BLs, but uses the term "LGBT"/"Gay" in place of "Boylove", much like the forums and community surrounding it. Said small community seems to focus on utilizing what is already legally available to boy-admirers, rather than entertaining social change - which our reviewer suspects is banned from the community. First launched in August, 2011 and was created by members of the Shack Forum.[37]
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