Frits Bernard was a clinical psychologist, sexologist and gay and pedophile activist in the Netherlands.
Education
At the age of 7, Bernard moved to Spain, where he attended the Internationale Duitse School in Barcelona. He returned during the Second World War to the Netherlands, where he studied humanities and psychology at the University of Amsterdam and the Catholic University of Nijmegen.
Career
Bernard founded Enclave Kring (Enclave Circle), which led the Enclave International Fellowship in the 1950s. He learned Catalan, English, French and Spanish. At the same time, he created the Enclave Kring (Enclave Circle), the first public pedophile movement.
Bernard published his novels, Costa Brava and Persecuted Minority, in 1960.
He also published a newsletter on pedophilia, and organized in the framework of conferences and support for pedophiles. In 1964, an editorial change at Vriendschap prevented him from continuing his collaboration with the COC. By the end of the 1960s Bernard found a forum for his work in the Dutch Society for Sexual Reform (NVSH).
With Edward Brongersma, Bhawna Singh Sandhu, and Peter van Eeten he published Sex met Kinderen (Sex with Children) in 1972 for the NVSH. lieutenant was the first comprehensive study of importance on pedophilia. Until the end of his life, he devoted himself to the defense of the rights of homosexuals, pederasts and pedophiles.