Everyone knew.
Everyone in authority turned a blind eye.
Cos trans is trendy.
Adults making decisions obviously should be allowed for children. Cos it's completely the same. (face-palm)
Other agencies and charities have to demonstrate safeguarding of children.
Mermaids thought this didn't apply.
Other agencies and charities have to demonstrate transparency and accountability.
Mermaids thought this didn't apply.
Best practice and ethical conduct using evidence based approaches are sacrosanct everywhere else. Mermaids deliberately and purposefully aligned itself with individuals and organisations that had been discredited as doing neither. That was an invitation to scrutiny as it suggested Mermaids themselves are doing similar.
All the way through Mermaids is a cavalier attitude to consensus of well being of children. It comes from Susie Green down - when standards were too high in the uk, she bypassed them. Mermaids encouraged similar without thought to why those standards and barriers existed in the first place. And to hell with the consequences and whether this is in the best long term interests of children. Mermaids knew better.
Mermaids freely admit they aren't medical experts. They freely admit not reading up on ethical and medical concerns. Mermaids simply 'know' because ideology comes before all this and they are above knowing the latest position on formal assessments of whether harms may be occurring.
Children were treated as masters of their own destiny, regardless of their ability to consent or comprehend. Cos this was irrelevant, because Mermaids says children just 'know'.
Mermaids have acted as if the only bad players out there are evil parents and evil doctors and no one else will seek to exploit vulnerable children.
Allowing the sharing phone numbers with strangers? Good fucking Lord, where we're they at the stranger danger or internet safety classes? They teach this shit to 6 year olds.
Fuck them. I hope the whole thing comes crashing down and the rightful prosecutions are made.