Paidika

Paidika: The Journal of Paedophilia (1987–1995) was a journal published by the Stichting Paidika Foundation whose purpose was to promote the normalization of pedophilia. Its editor was Joseph Geraci and the editorial board included articles by writers Frits Bernard, Edward Brongersma, Vern L. Bullough, and D. H. (Donald) Mader, some of whom campaigned as pro-pedophile activists.

The journal was predominantly concerned with male homosexual relations, and asserted that this behavior was normal, and healthy. It thus provides strong evidence for the connection between homosexuality and pedophilia.

Editorial Board

Editorial board Paidika was subject to academic peer-review. An incomplete list of people that appeared in the editorial board is given below. Their affiliation maybe not be currently valid.

Bill Andriette, editor, NAMBLA Bulletin Dr. Frits Bernard, psychologist, sexologist; Bernard Foundation Edward Brongersma, JD, jurist; Brongersma Foundation Vern L. Bullough, PhD, historian, sexologist; Professor Emeritus, State University of New York Joel Crawford, John P. DeCecco, PhD, psychologist; Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University; editor, Journal of Homosexuality Sjuul Deckwitz, author, journalist Wayne Dynes, PhD, Professor Emeritus, City University of New York; editor, Encyclopedia of Homosexuality Joseph Geraci, author Hans Hafkamp, Gert Hekma, PhD, University of Amsterdam Piper R. Hollier, Bruce S. Hopping, Kalos Kagathos Foundation Hubert Kennedy, historian, Providence College, RI Thijs Maasen, PhD D.H. (Donald) Mader, PhD (cand.), author, photographer Theo van der Meer, PhD, literary scholar A.L. van Naerssen, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Utrecht University Will H.L. Ogrinc, PhD, medievalist, Rotterdam Hogeschool Benjamin F. Rossen, MSc, psychologist Theo Sandfort, PhD, psychologist, Utrecht University Marjan Sax, political scientist, feminist sex activist Maarten Schild, PhD, editor, Abu Nuwas Society Newsletter Jan Schuijer, MA, legal adviser, Dutch Association for Sexual Reform and Dutch Association for Gay Integration Lawrence A. Stanley, lawyer Frank Torey, editor, Acolyte Press Daniel Tsang, librarian, University of California, Irvin

Contents

Contents In its twelve issues, Paidika published no less than thirty scholarly articles (in history, anthropology, psychology, and other disciplines), poetry, art, book and film reviews. It included interviews with academics studying sexuality (including Gunter Schmidt, Kenneth Plummer, John Money, Gilbert Herdt).

An incomplete (excluding book reviews, film reviews and other varia) table of contents for the twelve issues is given below:

Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987)

Editors, "Statement of Purpose" Joseph Geraci, "Interview: Monica Pieterse" "The Journals of Lewis Thompson" Lewis Thompson, "The Child" D.H. Mader, "The Entimos Pais of Matthew 8:5-1 3 and Luke 7:1-10" Nathaniel Parker Willis, "On Seeing a Beautiful Boy at Play" Hans Hafkamp, "The Life of a Christian Boy-Lover: The Poet Willem de Mérode (1887-1939)" Vol. 1, No. 2 (1987)

Joseph Geraci, "Interview: Rene Scherer" Lawrence A. Stanley, "The Hysteria Over Child Pornography and Paedophilia" Fritz Bernard, "The Dutch Paedophile Emancipation Movement" Fritz Bernard, "On Paedophilia" Fritz Bernard, "A Center for Paedophiles?" Fritz Bernard, "The Meaning of Paedophilia" Vol. 1, No. 3 (1988)

Joseph Geraci, "Interview: John DeCecco" John Henry Mackay, "Listen! Only a Moment! A Cry" Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg, "The Paedophile Impulse: Toward the Development of an Etiology of Child-Adult Sexual Contacts from an Ethological and Ethnological Perspective" Maarten Schild, "The Irresistible Beauty of Boys: Middle Eastern Attitudes About Boy-Love" D.H. Mader, "Sidney Smith and the Dragonfly Press" Vol. 1, No. 4 (1988)

H. J. Roethof, "Government and Good Morals" Lawrence A. Stanley, "A Legal Note: Paidika in Search Warrant" Edward Perry Warren, "The Boy-Lover" Edward Perry Warren, "Five Poems" Theo Sandford, "Constructive Questions Regarding Paedophilia" Will H.L. Ogrinc, "Neither to Laugh nor to Cry: A Failure in the End: Charles Filiger (1863-1928)" Haije Stobbe, "Two Lesson Plans about Paedophilia" Vol. 2, No. 1 (1989)

Joseph Geraci, "Interview: Gunter Schmidt" Tariq Rahman, "Boy Love in the Urdu 'Ghazal'" Robert Bauserman, "Man-Boy Sexual Relationships in a Cross-Cultural Perspective" "Jerome Duquesnoy the Younger: Two Studies - Introduction" Georges Eekhoud, "A distinguished 17th Century Uranian: Jerome Duquesnoy: Flemish Sculptor" Geert Debeuckelaere, "For the reason that thou, Hieronymus Duquesnoy..." Vol. 2, No. 2 (1990)

Joseph Geraci, "Interview: Kenneth Plummer" Ingeborg Baldauf, "Boylove, Folksong, and Literature in Central Asia" Erick Pontalley, "Celtic Pederasty in Pre-Roman Gaul" Whitsun Eve, "Benjamin" Vol. 2, No. 3 (1991)

Joseph Geraci, "Interview: John Money" "Pasteur Joseph Doucé: 1945-1990" Casimer Elsen, "The CRIES Affaire in Belgium" Will H. L. Ogrinc, "Street Urchins: Antonio Mancini (1852-1930)" John Henry Mackay, "A Farewell: A Late Letter" Hubert Kennedy, "Hiding in the Open: John Henry Mackay's 'A Farewell'" Vol. 2, No. 4 (1992): Special Women's lssue

Marjan Sax and Sjuul Deckwilz, "Editors' Introduction" Marjan Sax and Sjuul Deckwilz, "Interview: Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg" Marjan Sax and Sjuul Deckwilz, "Interview: Martha Vicinus" Nora de Ronde, "A Crush on my Girl-Scout Leader" Gloria Wekker, "Girl, It's My Boobies You're Getting, No?" Pat Califia (now transitioned to Patrick Califia), "Feminism, Paedophilia, and Children's Rights" Theo Sandfort, "The World is Bursting with Adults, so I'm always Glad to See a Little Girl" Marjan De Ras, "The Domain of the Wandervogel Girls" Mark Blasius, "Sexual Revolution and the Liberation of Children. Interview: Kate Millett" Vol. 3, No. 1 (1993)

Joseph Geraci, "Interview: Hollida Wakefield and Ralph Underwager" Jan Schuijer, "The Netherlands Changes its Age of Consent Law" Theo Sandfort, "The Sexual Experiences of Children, Part I" Gert Hekma, "Francois Augieras (1925-1971) Vol. 3, No. 2 (1994)

Joseph Geraci, "Interview: Gilbert Herdt" Graham Ovenden, "Guest Editorial, Poems, and Drawings" Will H.L. Ogrinc, "A Shrine to Love and Sorrow: Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen (1880-1923)" Theo Sandfort, "The Sexual Experiences of Children, Part II" Vol. 3, No.3 (1994)

Gode Davis, "The Satanic Ritual Abuse Phenomenon"

• Norman Roth, "Boy-love in Medieval Arabic Verse"

Marina Knopf, "Sexual Contacts Between Women and Children" Hubert Kennedy, "Karol Szymanowski, his Boy-Love Novel, and the Boy he Loved" Hans Hafkamp, "Time of Youth, Time of Beauty: The Poet Jan Hanlo (1912-1969)" Jan Hanlo, "Karel and the Father of Ruins" Vol. 3, No. 4 (1995)

Morris Fraser, "Bara: Of Death, Desire and Drumsticks" Peter Lambourn Wilson, "Contemplation of the Unbearded: The Rubaiyyat of Awhadoddin Kermani" Awhadoddin Kermani, "Poems" O. Brunoz (pseud. of Edward Brongersma), "On Boy-love Paedophilia: historical and scientific perspectives" Jan Schuijer, "Recent Legal Developments in the Netherlands".

Book

In 1997, after Paidika was discontinued, Geraci and many of his fellow contributors to the magazine produced a book, Dares to Speak: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Boy-love, a defence of pederasty, that was published by the Gay Men’s Press. The fact that this book was written by male homosexuals and published by an LGBT publishing house, also widely praised by homosexuals such as Peter Tatchell, provides strong evidence for the links between homosexuality and pedophilia. Its title is a quotation from a poem by Lord Alfred Douglas a homosexual pederast, who was referring to homosexuality when he wrote it.