Former Mermaids Trustee gives trans advice to private school headteachers

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From the article:

'The Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference, which is a leading body of headteachers of elite UK private schools, held a closed event for its spring conference including a speech from Bobbi Pickard, chief executive of Trans in the City and a former trustee of trans charity Mermaids, titled “The Gift of Trans”.

Bayswater Support Group have written to raise concerns. Thank goodness.

Former Mermaids trustee gives trans advice to private school headteachers (msn.com)

The Times are also covering this along with a case of a parent having been refused access to content her child was exposed to: Sex lesson provider urges children to become ‘activists’ (thetimes.co.uk)

According to that article:

She urged heads to be more supportive, denied that children were being pressured into taking puberty-blocking drugs and said that in the tiny minority of cases when children were given drugs, it gave them space and time to think. Pickard, a trans woman, said she had experienced menopause, misogyny, mansplaining and harassment.

The menopause?!!!

You can read the Bayswater letter here: https://www.bayswatersupport.org.uk/hmc-spring-conference-2023-our-letter-to-heads-on-ideological-talks/

It sounds as though they'd get more sense from a pigeon chasing tramp in the park.

Pfft, he's only experienced mansplaining and misogyny because he's going around doing it himself.

Apparently being a woman is all about wearing earrings, growing long hair, getting electrolysis and growing breasts, according to this prick: https://www.bobbipickard.com/transitioning.html

His views on children and transition are frightening:

https://www.bobbipickard.com/children-and-growing-up.html

I did a Twitter thread here (well I did many Twitter threads but this was the main one)

https://twitter.com/rogdmum/status/1652929244983328768?s=61&t=8CxL28ZCFDq66yuIWhY6_Q

And do less damage with the pigeon's advice.