Trans charity worker ‘posed as schoolgirl in explicit pictures’

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Trans charity worker ‘posed as schoolgirl in explicit pictures’

Darren Mew is said to have taken part on a photo shoot for a gay magazine
Darren Mew is said to have taken part on a photo shoot for a gay magazine
Fariha Karim
The Times

Parents of children who have used the transgender youth charity Mermaids have complained to the watchdog after a worker posted explicit images and sexualised pictures “as a schoolgirl” online.

Darren Mew, digital engagement officer at the children’s charity and who identifies as “they/them”, posted an image of himself on Instagram with an upwards view through his short skirt with the words “Sorry I can’t hear you. I’m just out here living my fantasy” and the hashtag “nonbinaryfinery”.

Mew was also featured in a collage of six pictures of himself naked, holding his erect penis, from the rear and with pairs of breasts with penises protruding from them for a shot for Haus Magazine, an LGBT publication.

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The worker lists himself on LinkedIn as the digital engagement officer at Mermaids . Mew has featured in campaign material for the charity, and until recently on the Mermaids website under a staff profile saying: “Darren joined Mermaids in 2021. They have many years of experience working in the LGBT+ and charity sectors, and believe in the power of community and bringing people together.

“When they aren’t working, you’ll often find them reading magazines, watching videos or at a drag show.”

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Mew was nominated for a positive role model award at the 2020 National Diversity Awards. As digital engagement officer, Mew’s role could involve attending residential weekends.

The image of Mew wearing a skirt was on his public Instagram page and was posted in February last year. The other collage image was tweeted by the magazine in 2020. Mew has made the Instagram profile private within the past few days. A parent whose daughter was once a user of Mermaids said that she had serious safeguarding concerns about Mew, given the explicit content and his role at the charity which enables him to attend residential events.

She said in her complaint to the Charity Commission that in the pictures, Mew was “seemingly hairless like a young boy… the graphic clearly presents the imagery of amputated breasts. In another Darren wears a Hentai style schoolgirl skirt and adopts a provocative pose and appears to be broadcasting sexualised little girl vibes.” She called for an investigation.

Last week Jacob Breslow, one of Mermaids’ trustees, quit after it emerged that he was linked to an organisation that aims to help paedophiles “live in truth and dignity”.

The National Lottery has paused a £500,000 grant while the Charity Commission investigates Mermaids for handing out potentially harmful breast binders to girls as young as 13 behind their parents’ backs, and other claims.

A Mermaids source claimed that Mew is no longer employed there, however the charity refused to confirm this

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