It means to be "in favour of" paraphilias. Paraphilias are basically abnormal sexual attractions; there are hundreds of these. It includes many harmless things such as plushophilia or foot fetish, normalized things like BDSM etc, as well as extremes like pedophilia and zoophilia(aka furries). Basically, it is a catch-all term for sexual fetishism. It has historically included the dated term homophilia too, which nowadays of course we use homosexual. Arguably the entirety of LGBT was considered as "paraphilias" at some point; hence why this discussion is so prevalent in queer spaces.

The term paraphilia was coined only about 100ish years ago, by a friend of Freud.

>in favour of paraphilias

?-? That's something I feel like someone shouldn't declare on such a wide basis unless they specify exactly what they mean. For instance, when it comes to something like pedophilia I don't believe anyone chooses to have this attraction and it really should be treated like a mental disorder rather than a legitimate sexuality. I've seen some people claim the attraction itself is as valid as anything else in the LGBT community which I completely disagree. Are either of these pro-para stances? Both? Neither?

A lot of people have an all-or-nothing view on the subject. It comes with moral relativism that's popular in extremist far-left circles. It's the slippery slope argument made manifest as a legitimate political movement. You'll often see trans/homo-phobia being used as an excuse for why -phobia of paraphilias is "backwards and wrong". Also plenty of folks using the "it's a mental illness therefore you can't criticize these people" excuse.

Of course folks probably should discern what they mean, but plenty use the blanket statement and rally under such banners and are piggybacking off popular leftist ideology to push their extremist "all-inclusive" narratives.

Oh by the way, you're a Nazi if you disagree with them.

> "it's a mental illness therefore you can't criticize these people"

As an aside, I have unfortunately seen this type of sentiment when it comes to abusers who have personality disorders. Claiming things like narcissistic abuse doesn't exist. I feel like stuff like this is a combination of two things: 1. well-meaning people who want to extend empathy to others. 2. Abusers/potential abusers wanting to take advantage of the well-meaning people. These topics aren't black & white; nuance is import. I feel the same thing is true with a lot of this paraphilia talk.

Oh absolutely.
I hope I managed to answer your initial question though.

You gave me a lot more insight into this, thank you.

You're welcome hon. :3