"In reality, it represents a corner of the internet intent on appropriating LGBTQ+ culture, activism and rhetoric to promote paedophilia and child sexual abuse."
"Created in 2018 by a Tumblr user whose account has since been deleted, the flag represents minor-attracted persons (MAPs), a fringe group intent on trying to make paedophilia acceptable by claiming it is a section of the LGBTQ+ umbrella."
"MAPs also refer to themselves as NOMAPs, or non-offending minor-attracted persons, a sub-section of the group that expresses an attraction to underage children while denying ever committing the sexual abuse of a child."
"The pink and blue parts of the flag, the user wrote, represent "NOMAPs attracted to young boys [and] young girls," while the inner yellow and white stripes are meant to indicate "childhood and general attraction to minors, regardless of their gender" and "innocence and unwillingness to offend"."
The flag circulating online is commonly misrepresented as an LGBTQ+ Pride standard but instead symbolizes minor-attracted persons (MAPs) who seek to normalize paedophilia. The design was created in 2018 by a Tumblr user whose account was later deleted. The flag's pink and blue denote attraction to young boys and girls, while yellow and white signal childhood, attraction regardless of gender, and claimed unwillingness to offend. Some MAPs adopt the label NOMAPs to assert non-offending status. The term spread in fringe forums, provoked condemnation from LGBTQ+ communities, and was weaponized by right-wing boards to smear queer people.
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