So you see that Virped is not the only game in town for MAPs to engage the public, and that a MAP support group that compromises between public sentiment and available scientific data can accomplish a lot: B4U-ACT.

Note this alternative position to both taking an overt pro-choice or an overt anti-choice stance of this org:

"There are other issues on which thoughtful people have diverse opinions. Based on both our reading of the literature and our interactions with others, we are aware that researchers, clinicians, and minor-attracted people may disagree among themselves on their conceptions of childhood, adolescence, effects of sexual behavior, and morality. Attention to such issues is productive only when pursued with a desire for mutual understanding. Too often, however, it leads to contention that impedes dialog and diverts resources from addressing areas of agreement. Therefore, B4U-ACT focuses on the issues of agreement listed above."

Those "above" issues of agreement are these:

• disseminate accurate and hopeful information about minor-attracted people to clinicians, the public, and minor-attracted people;
• make hopeful and compassionate mental health services available to minor-attracted people;
• place top priority on the well-being of children and adolescents, including those who are developing an attraction to younger children, and protect them from harm;
• facilitate dialog among clinicians, researchers, and minor-attracted people toward mutual understanding and empathy;
• reduce stigmatization of people due to their feelings of attraction to minors;
• work cooperatively to address these needs.

Now please note the latest announcement on the front page of the website:

"On May 1, 2014, IDEAS with Paul Kennedy, a radio documentary program broadcast nationwide by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, premiered Born This Way?, an hour-long query into the nature of pedophilia, featuring interviews with Paul Christiano, B4U-ACT's Administrative Assistant, James Cantor of Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Paul Federoff of Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre's Sexual Behaviors Clinic, and "Jesse White," a patient of Dr. Federoff's."

So it seems Paul Christiano, the administrative assistant of B4U-ACT, and a well-known open MAP who has posted on GC in the past, was asked to provide an interview with this program from the Canadian Broadcasting Company as well as these individuals, including Dr. Cantor, one of the main MHP [mental health professional, IIRC] supporters of Virped! In fact, Paul has made more than one such interview in recent years.

So know this before anyone is convinced that a MAP support org needs to have an explicit anti-choice stance in order to achieve recognition in the media. Having a stance of no stance on such an issue is, IMO, far more intellectually honest, inclusive to participation, and conducive to a reasonable form of compromise to all involved, as I noted to Markie.