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Aside from this likely violating the First Amendment because fiction is constitutionally protected, the government should spend less time "protecting" cartoons and more time protecting actual living human children. https://www.ltgov.texas.gov/2025/03/12/lt-gov-dan-patrick-statement-on-the-unanimous-passage-of-senate-bill-20-stopping-ai-generated-child-pornography/

Save the Children Denmark has launched TalMedOs, a new anonymous and specialized counseling service for young people concerned about their sexual thoughts and behaviors. https://talmedos.redbarnet.dk

"The male helpline has transformed support for male survivors in England and Wales over the last 9-years, yet when the Government need to make savings, support services for males are the first to be cut." https://safeline.org.uk/news/channel-4-news-report-on-the-ministry-of-justice-cutting-the-national-male-survivor-helpline/

While RAINN and NCMEC have both purged references to trans people from their websites, Prostasia reaffirms that we always have and always will support the trans community, through any change of government.

“There is no one ‘type’ of person who perpetrates sexual abuse, and there is no one ‘type’ of child at risk of experiencing abuse.” https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/why-language-matters/paedophile-problematic-caution

"In contrast, countries that lack these preventive programs often see higher recidivism rates among offenders. This raises the question: Should societies focus on punishment, or on prevention?" https://vocal.media/families/can-pedophilia-be-treated-what-science-says-and-what-it-doesn-t

New Project Coordinator Kristin Soooner joins the team: “I am eager to bring my skills, knowledge, and anti-stigma approach to our program” https://prostasia.org/newsletter/?email_id=134

"We're seeing loud calls for the new administration to use the Department of Justice to arrest alleged 'pornographers' — a designation increasingly applied to not just adult content creators, but writers, artists, and educators." https://www.xbiz.com/news/286792/oklahoma-state-senator-introduces-bill-to-criminalize-all-porn-jail-creators

"As a kid, there’s no one you can really talk to. No roadmap for how to grow up as a pedophile while being a good person. All the depictions in movies, TV, news, social media… everyone who’s like you is pure evil." https://www.readtangle.com/otherposts/living-with-an-attraction-to-children/

If the far right are praising the act, it’s time to condemn it and the person using it, and not subject it to media “objectivity” or debate. People fought in World War II so this would never happen again. https://www.wired.com/story/neo-nazis-love-elon-musk-nazi-like-salutes-trumps-inauguration/

Labelling non-sexual child nudity in art as “child porn” does more to sexualize children than the art itself does. https://dallasexpress.com/tarrant/exclusive-is-the-modern-art-museum-of-fort-worth-promoting-child-porn/

Aside from the fact that minors should not be putting themselves in danger by "hunting predators", it is abhorrent that minor teenagers are harassing gay men with the classic homophobic trope of calling them "pedophiles" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/teen-gangs-are-forcing-gay-men-to-confess-to-pedophilia-in-pedo-hunting-tiktok-trend/

"Colombia's Congress has approved a bill to ban child marriage, the first successful attempt after 17 years of efforts." 🥳 https://www.latintimes.com/colombia-finally-outlaws-law-allowing-marriages-children-young-14-568232

We need to call child sexual abuse what it is, and not use euphemisms in the news. The alleged behavior in this case is not "a relationship", it is abuse. https://www.weau.com/2024/11/25/former-hudson-teacher-plea-alleged-relationship-with-5th-grader/

"Bodden says she's not against sending sex offenders to prison, but doesn't believe incarceration alone will fix the problem." https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/child-sex-abuse-pedophile-treatment-1.7381743

Facts show child sexual abuse is:
- Preventable
- Done by people we know and trust from any background
- Like all trauma, victim/survivors react differently
We can prevent abuse, before it happens.

New research shows that ongoing concern about the resurfacing of sexual images varies considerably among CSAM survivors and strongly depends on whether they think the images are available. https://www.unh.edu/ccrc/sites/default/files/media/2024-11/persisting-concerns-paper.pdf

"The fight for health begins with the most fundamental right: clean air and water. Without them, all else falls away." https://theintercept.com/2024/11/14/rfk-jr-health-human-services-water-air-project-2025/

We need solid public health policies to prevent sexual violence.

"Advocates had warned Tennessee lawmakers during this year’s legislative session that the law would be particularly harmful for students prone to frequent outbursts or disruptive behavior as a result of a disability." https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-arresting-kids-with-disabilities

"To assist prevention efforts, we need to continue to debunk misconceptions about female sexual offending. We also need to challenge those who minimise the abuse of female perpetrators." https://buff.ly/4fpUXU4