Group Rallies Against Genital Cutting
By DARLA M. YOUNGS
ONEONTA
A group known as the Bloodstained MenTM & Their Friends visited Oneonta on Sunday, July 22 as part of a 13-day New York State protest tour.
Based in Davis, California, the group typically travels to more than 60 cities annually, holding protests and educating the public about the rights of all children to keep all parts of their genitals.
According to the website, the purpose of these protests is three-fold:
- To warn the American people that circumcision is cruel, worthless and destructive.
- To provide parents with information and resources to help protect their children from those who would cut their genitals.
- To give a voice to the victims of genital mutilation who have thus far remained silent.
Press Spokesman Harry Guiremand wrote in an e-mail on Tuesday, July 25 that while the road crew on Sunday did not include anyone from Otsego County, a family from Tompkins County joined them in Oneonta.
When asked about the brief New York State Police presence during the protest, Guiremand said the police interaction was brief and cordial.
“We told them what we were doing and how long we’d be there, and we gave them info cards,” he said.
The New York State Circumcision Crisis Protests began on Friday, July 21 in Brooklyn and will end on Wednesday, August 2 in Flushing. Points in between include Binghamton, Buffalo, Rochester, Albany and Syracuse.
Bloodstained Men & Their Friends is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to giving victims of genital cutting a voice and to educating Americans about the harms of infant circumcision and the importance of the foreskin.
A recent press release reads: “Our bloodstained suit serves as an arresting visual reminder that circumcision affects its victims for life. When a baby boy is circumcised, so is the man he will become.”
The red bloodstain on the group’s “bloodstained suit” crotch symbolizes “the wound that American doctors inflicted on our genitals when we were too young to defend ourselves.”
“We received a very positive reaction from the motorists in Oneonta,” Guiremand said.
To learn more, visit: http://www.bloodstainedmen.com or https://www.facebook.com/BloodstainedMenTheirFriends.
Yes, and of course only in the USA are doctors making exaggerated claims and making money at sexual abuse at birth of boys. If it were a girl he’d be in jail.
Thank you for helping us educate the public.
Circumcision is barbaric and unnecessary.
All children deserve their basic human rights to be protected against any form of genital mutilation
Love how you titled this! Way better than using the euphemism “Circumcision.”