"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 falls under 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". Before the account was deleted, the creator of the flag changed their name to "y'all need a therapist, not a community" and claimed to be a victim of child sexual abuse."
The flag originated on Tumblr in 2018 and was created to represent minor-attracted persons (MAPs), a fringe community seeking to portray paedophilia as acceptable within the LGBTQ+ umbrella. The design uses pink and blue to signal attraction to young boys and girls, with yellow and white stripes indicating childhood and claims of innocence or non-offending status (NOMAPs). The creator later deleted the account, renamed themselves provocatively, and claimed to be an abuse survivor. NOMAP terminology spread in fringe forums in the late 2010s and prompted condemnation from LGBTQ+ communities while being distorted by right-wing boards to fuel homophobic myths.
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