Having looked at @UKScouting old guidance (written in partnership w @mermaids_gender) & how this changed when Scouts did their own review, its worth revisiting some of the issues raised (and dismissed) in the assessment of Mermaids by The Big Lotteryhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1erWqSnXp1OhvFLQK_jQU9Y_poaSRx8ix/view?usp=sharing …
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Does Mermaids lobby for surgical intervention? Mermaids say they don't favour, lobby or push for surgical transitionpic.twitter.com/oD2gdBrJLV
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The old Scout guidance, written in partnership with Mermaids is pretty clear about the single pathway it is describing. Blockers. Hormones. Surgery.pic.twitter.com/JBSwIHoeWd
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Mermaids says it does not encourage one pathway
. The Big Lottery Fund said that if it did it would not be an appropriate recipient of a grant. Certainly it does not look like Mermaids encouraged Scouts to envisage any other pathway.pic.twitter.com/Ol17b37Wic
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Mermaids says it does not encourage premature decision to transition. The old Scout Guidance in partnership with Mermaids said that children know their "true gender" and It is important to treat the young person as a member of their true gender (i.e. to undergo social transition)pic.twitter.com/Cc5ZhgYhq6
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Mermaids denies that it advocates for children to use toilets and changing facilities with the opposite sex. The old Scout guidance written with Mermaids said this was the "ideal".pic.twitter.com/VqkdRJVfHu
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The Big Lottery Fund said it found no evidence that Mermaids are advising any agency to operate outside the Equality Act.pic.twitter.com/K4k8JIW10x
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This is what the EHRC say in their technical guidance to schools. The EHRC do not say it is "ideal" for children to be able to self identify into facilities of the opposite sex. And on reflection neither did the Scouts.pic.twitter.com/bf44Z0yJB6
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Replying to @MForstater
Have you seen this document by the Crown Prosecution Services. I found it on the Mermaids website.. I emailed and tweeted at them. They also misrepresent the Equality Act. Who advised them?pic.twitter.com/9dBs5zFfvy
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