The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) is a New York City and San Francisco-based unincorporated organization that advocates the legalization of pedophilia sexual relations between adult males and young boys. It has resolved to “end the oppression of men and boys who have freely chosen mutually consenting relationships,” in spite of the overwhelming consensus that such relationships are child sexual abuse where the minor is unable to give consent. It also calls for “the adoption of laws that both protect children from unwanted sexual experiences and at the same time leave them free to determine the content of their own sexual experiences.”

A NAMBLA logo. The capital M and lowercase b symbolize a man and a boy.

In December 1977, police raided a house in the Boston suburb of Revere. Twenty-four men were arrested and indicted on over 100 felony counts of the statutory rape of boys aged eight to fifteen. Suffolk County District Attorney Garrett Byrne alleged that the men used drugs and video games to lure the boys into a house, where they photographed them as they engaged in sexual activity. Byrne accused the men of being members of a “sex ring,” and said that the arrest was only “the tip of the iceberg.” [12] The arrests sparked intense media coverage, and local newspapers published the photographs and personal information of the accused men. More recently, media reports have suggested that for practical purposes the group no longer exists and that it consists only of a web site maintained by a few enthusiasts.[citation needed] NAMBLA maintains a web site that shows addresses in New York and San Francisco and a phone contact in New York, and offers publications for sale, including the NAMBLA Bulletin.

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