said in the mid-1970s, there was widespread sympathy among homosexual activist groups for lowering the age of consent for all sexual activities with many gay publications discussing lowering it for boys.
[26] These tensions and antagonisms continued among activist circles until the 1980s; however, since the 1970s,
gay liberationist groups promoting frontline advocacy against the age of consent were falling into decline.
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A small number of voices continued into the 2000s among self-declared pedophiles on certain
internet websites and chatrooms.
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