B4U-ACT was co-founded in 2003 by convicted child rapist Michael Melsheimer. Melsheimer explicitly stated that the purpose of the organization was to normalize pedophilia where the National Association of Man-Boy Love (NAMBLA) had failed to do so.
While Melsheimer committed suicide in 2010, the co-founder and current head of B4U-ACT, Richard Kramer, who uses a pseudonym to conceal his identity, also has a long history of pro-pedophilia lobbying and has admitted to having a sexual attraction to boys.
Levitan has collaborated with B4U-Act since 2020, and, in the latest quarterly review, expressed her gratitude to both Kramer and another leading figure of the pro-pedophilia group, Allen Bishop, for their support. Her research is being funded by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.