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Re: Ping: someone who actually cares about b4u

Posted by Matthew Hutton on 2012-April-21 21:45:07 EDT, Saturday
In reply to Ping: someone who actually cares about b4u posted by Kissbyalice on 2012-April-21 21:09:21 EDT, Saturday
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Hi KBA

B4U-ACT was founded by a BL named Michael Melshiemer and a social worker in Baltimore Maryland who's e-mail address can be found on the B4U-ACT website if you have any questions for him. Sadly Michael Melshiemer passed away a couple of years ago, and it is now maintained by the social worker and a handful of CLs, some of which are volunteers from GC, although we don't have any official affiliation with the admin of the board.

Our long term goal is basically for the mental health community to have a better understanding of minor attracted people (MAPs), and recognize that we are just like everyone else, and may have the same mental health needs as the general population.

We don't ascribe to the notion that the attraction can be changed or that it needs to be, even though we believe all MAPs should abide by the law for everyones benefit.

The name B4U-ACT refers to everyone. Before mental health professionals act and invoke policies and make statements that stigmatize MAPs, before the general public acts and condemns people with these feelings.

We are a patient advocacy organization that wants to bridge the gap between the mental health community, psychologists, and sexologists about life as an MAP in the hopes that they will have a better understanding of us.

We don't believe therapy should be mandated or is for every MAP, but if one does want to see a therapist we'd like the average one to be able to discuss matters with them without fear of condemnation or judgment. Perhaps about issues related or unrelated to their attractions. Including young people who may be just learning this about themselves and have nowhere to turn.

If you have any more questions, feel free to e-mail me at mhutton@b4uact.org

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