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  Trans charity Mermaids gave children chest binders without telling parents An inquiry by the Charity Commission found ‘serious regulatory concerns’ in the way the support service for young people was run James Beal , Social Affairs Editor Wednesday October 23 2024, 12.01am BST, The Times The Mermaids charity, which supports young trans people, was heavily criticised in a report by the Charity Commission WIKTOR SZYMANOWICZ/FUTURE PUBLISHING/GETTY IMAGES The transgender charity Mermaids gave chest binders to children as young as 13 against their parents’ wishes and wrongly claimed puberty blockers were reversible, a report by the regulator has found. The Charity Commission’s two-year inquiry discovered “systemic failings” and “mismanagement” at the organisation, whose chief executive, Susie Green, left abruptly in 2022. The regulator’s report, published on Thursday, reveals that Green was dismissed by the charity’s trustees after they lost confidence in her. It found that Mermaids ...

wednesday october 12 2022 UK NEWS 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 Fariha Karim Tuesday October 11 2022, 12.01am, 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. •  Lottery pauses cash for trans charity during ...

TIMES INVESTIGATION Families ‘exploited by gender lobby groups pushing for treatment’ Susie Green, of the charity Mermaids, with her daughter Jackie, who was born male KEN MCKAY/REX FEATURES Lucy Bannerman Monday April 08 2019, 12.01am, The Times Share Save Transgender lobby groups are encouraging vulnerable young people and their families to push for medical intervention regardless of whether specialists agree it is the best course of action, according to clinicians who have resigned in protest from the NHS’s leading gender identity clinic. Mermaids, the most prominent transgender pressure group, insists it does not “favour”, “lobby” or “push” for young people who identify as transgender to pursue medical intervention. Two other organisations, Gendered Intelligence, and the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (Gires) say they do not automatically support physical intervention. However, frontline clinicians who assessed the thousands of young people coming to the Gender Iden...