Mermaids

Mermaids logo

Mermaids is a group which promotes gender ideology for teenagers and children. It was formed in 1995 by a group of parents.

They promote potentially harmful breast binding for children who identify as trans males . In 2021 they commenced legal action against LGBAlliance claiming that organisation should not have been given Charity status. In 2022 the organisation came under investigation by the Charities Commission regarding the promotion of breast binding for children and associated safe guarding issues . In Oct 2022 one of their trustees resigned following revelation of his participation in a conference hosted by an organisation that promotes services to paedophiles .

In July 2023 Mermaids lost their action against LGBAlliance .

Play based on the Mermaids action against the LGB Alliance July 2023

In 2024 the Charity Commission investigation into Mermaids said that they must rewrite guidance on puberty blockers and also said that there had been mismanagement within Mermaids . Mermaids was also told by the Charity Commission that it must not resume a service providing chest binders to teenagers with gender dysphoria, without parental involvement. The watchdog also found that the charity had failed to carry out sufficient due diligence checks when recruiting trustees, which resulted in the recruitment of someone the charity said should “never have been appointed” – a reference to a former trustee who had previously spoken at a conference organised by a paedophile support group.