Alice Day (observance)

Alice Day is an unofficial observance held on April 25 in some pro-pedophile groups on the internet.[1][2][3][4]

History

The observance was named after Alice Liddell, a then 12-year-old girl who Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll met and debatably fell in love with on April 25, 1856.[4][1][5] The date then started to be celebrated by pedophile advocates.[6][3][7]

The date has not been considered dangerous by law enforcement agencies and the notion that it is an annual date when people engage in child molestation has been questioned.[8] According to Jesse Bach, a former director of the Imagine Foundation, an organization that develops research and recovery for sex-trafficking victims, Alice Day is a real phenomenon, but instances of child sexual abuse can occur at any date.[2][9] Alice Day falls in the middle of the child abuse awareness month.[3][6] According to Snopes, the event was first conceptualized on internet forums, but is not widely celebrated by child molesters every year.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Evon, Dan (2015-04-20). "Alice Day". Snopes.
  2. ^ a b "Expert warns of child predators on 'Alice Day'". News 5 Cleveland WEWS. 2017-04-25.
  3. ^ a b c "Anonymous Just Took Down NAMBLA's Homepage to Protest Pedophilia Pride Day". Gizmodo. 2013-04-25.
  4. ^ a b Galaviz, Daisy (2019). "Experto de redes estadounidense investiga desde hace un año a Belankazar". El Pitazo.
  5. ^ Castillo, Adayris (2023-04-27). "Elon Musk suspende a usuario de Twitter por publicar bandera de pedofilia". Miami Diario (in Spanish).
  6. ^ a b "Anonymous hacks NAMBLA website in protest of 'pedophile day'". News.com.au. April 26, 2013.
  7. ^ "Elon Musk suspende cuenta de usuario que creó bandera de pedofilia". El Salvador (in Spanish). 2023.
  8. ^ Evon, Dan (2015-04-20). "Alice Day". Snopes. ...many commenters have scoffed at the suggested notion that child molesters are a relatively well-behaved lot until the occurrence of an annual "it's okay to sexually assault children" day provides them sanctioned license to give into their urges.
  9. ^ "Pedophiles use Alice Day for victim networking". News 5 Cleveland WEWS. 2018-04-25.