I don't know if this has been asked before, but I couldn't seem to find it. This forum seemed like the right place to ask.
Why exactly is the transgender charity that assists children called Mermaids? Is this naming in itself not exclusion? For example, I would have thought it would be something more like Merpersons since there were I though the idea of Mermen.
I get that the founder created the charity after having a son that identified more as a daughter and so it may have history in regards to that, but I would've thought as it assists transition both ways around, it would be much more appropriate to be named Merpersons.
I ask this question as I am quite curious about the idea of misogyny in this movement. I see that the rates of girls transitioning in the NHS