Change of CEO at mermaids…

[backaftera2yearbreak]

mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/susie-green-leaves-mermaids/

Yikes. Mind you, Ruth Hunt ended up in the House of Lords after all the damage she caused.

Yes. Ruth Hunt is still active.

'The member receives free or reduced cost copies of the book ‘The Transgender Issue’ from Penguin Random House for distribution to members of both Houses'

members.parliament.uk/member/4725/registeredinterests

Well that's just a headfuck.

But JJ and EW will simply say the CC are transphobic; and SG left because of the Terven.

Same old, same old.

They wouldn't publicly denounce Mermaids or SG with a gun to their head.

What about the puberty blockers that this child was given? Where did they come from? Which doctor prescribed them, if any??
Was this legal?
So many questions.

Dr Norman Spack

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Spack

The FGM legislation refers specifically to the relevant body parts. Clitoris, labia menora and labia majora.

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/31/contents

Dr Norman Spack, who was 'salivating' when he first came across the idea of experimenting on children with hormone treatment.

One of the first and biggest hormone programs for young teenagers in the United States is led by a Harvard-affiliated pediatric endocrinologist, Dr. Norman Spack, at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Spack recalled being at a meeting in Europe about 15 years ago, when he learned that the Dutch were using puberty blockers in transgender early adolescents.

“I was salivating,” he recalled. “I said we had to do this.”

www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/nyregion/transgender-minors-gender-reassignment-surgery.html

Behind a paywall, but archived here:
archive.ph/pfCqw

Thx @DaughterOfPsychiatrist .
If these drugs were not approved/not available for this use in Britain, is this an ok thing to do??
One would think that someone should be investigating. After all, the damage that these drugs do is not a minor matter...

I always wondered about the designated safeguarding lead. My assumption was probably not Susie but named lead not on policy or someone who left (policy not updated).

A lot of charities get generic policy and procedures documents from great places like CVS but don’t bother to read them or understand them.

Bet Mermaids got theirs from Stonewall.

Yes Beware. BEAT eating disorders page linked below is what rigorous policies look like from an ethical charity that supports children. This has links to their safeguarding policy and others. Their guidelines for forum usage are rigorous and designed to support (not exploit) children.
Safeguarding should be the priority for every organisation.. Not something that comes second to the political demands of adults:

www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/privacy/

"Salivating" at the thought of doing irreversible harm to children? Dr Mengele much?

Just noticed the resignation was covered by the Mail, and Times:

Mermaids boss resigns as transgender charity faces watchdog probe
mol.im/a/11471797

Mermaids charity chief Susie Green steps down

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/97fa10de-6d0e-11ed-8143-e644f9e96fa0?shareToken=b75641919126f7f2659e3254e2712b21

SG took leave during the LGBA court case that Mermaids initiated. Was a decision made that she was not going to be a witness? Was she not needed to brief her colleagues? After all she is the one, if anyone, who would know the detail.

There must be a back story around the decision to take the Charity Commission to court. It would be very interesting to know how this shit show happened. SG carrying the can. SG leaving?

I came on to say this but will repost @Torunette who said it more eloquently than I would have.

@Torunette
Great post!

It's like a Greek Tragedy via the medium of LinkedIn

@Birdsweepsin

That's for real! I had to double check!

Unemployed, eh?

Oh my god that's hilarious 😂

I dont know for sure. But this looks like it might be... ("this brilliant charity", but no details at all about what they do, start ASAP and hit the ground running...)

archive.ph/2022.11.26-204259/www.office-angels.com/Job/interim-md-charity-leeds?ID=71f14f44-9dd6-4605-8365-810407d6e185

@Happylittlechicken time for your application to go in

Oh hang on that vacancy requires a full dbs check so it can't be mermaids

‘Joining at a busy time’. Nobody wants to be this busy.

It says "whilst their Executive Director is on extended leave". That's some extended leave!

Available to start within the next month? Surely anyone suitable for that level of responsibility would have a full month's notice at the absolute minimum?