This is big. The UK Charity Commission has directed that Mermaids – the single most influential activist group regarding child transition in the UK – must “have regard to the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Cass Review.”
[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/poor-governance-at-mermaids-amounted-to-mismanagement-inquiry-reveals]

Cass found “the rationale for early puberty suppression remains unclear, with weak evidence regarding the impact on gender dysphoria, mental or psychosocial health. The effect on cognitive and psychosexual development remains unknown.” Mermaids disagreed:

Mermaids also sent out breast binders without parental consent. A 2015 study found that 97% of female users “reported at least one of 28 negative outcomes attributed to binding.” Mermaids has now been told to follow Cass Review findings re: binders.
[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691058.2016.1191675?journalCode=tchs20&]

The commission found that Mermaids failed to carry out sufficient due diligence checks when recruiting trustees. One of the trustees was Jacob Breslaw, who resigned it was revealed he’d participated in a conference for a paedophile support group.
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/06/celebrity-supporters-controversial-trans-charity-mermaids-gave/]

Then there was Darren Mew, Mermaids’ digital engagement officer, who dressed up as a schoolgirl and posted pictures of his genitals on social media.
[https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/trans-charity-worker-posed-as-schoolgirl-in-explicit-pictures-fd6s37f96]

It’s too soon to tell whether sanity is returning re: protection of vulnerable minors in the UK, but the reining in of Mermaids, which I believe to be one of the most dangerous organisations ever to receive celebrity, corporate and government backing, is a bloody good start.

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