About the project

Following the record male survivors were left with.

What About the Boys? is an independent reporting project examining how boys and men who survived sexual violence were recognized, described, prosecuted around, treated, ignored, or misclassified by the institutions that encountered them.

The reporting centers documentary records and historical context. Court decisions, government publications, medical literature, archival newspapers, and contemporary reporting are placed beside the work when publication rights and format allow.

The project is an editorial publication. It does not provide legal, medical, or crisis services.