I think Helen, with whom I have a good relationship, is able to speak for herself. There's nothing disrespectful about my response to her.
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And just a reminder these were the concerns raised, on which BLF largely accepted Mermaids denials: A)favours & lobbies for medical pathway for children B)use of questionable suicide statistics C)gives misinformation & fails to distinguish opinion from fact in trainings...
...D) assumes that all GNC children/children experiencing dysphoria are trans
E) approach is not based on scientific evidence
F) encourages treatment from private practices that don't follow NHS guidance
G) encourages schools to allow 
children to use 
changing harming s
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There may not be peer reviewed journal articles either way, but there is clear evidence, including from Mermaids own public statements & the breached docs to make confidence in Mermaids denials on these 7 things hard to sustain, no?
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And saying "I don't have info to judge if this org is benign or not, but the BLF passed them as ok for a grant" is quite different from giving them your "huge respect". On what basis? If given info suggesting concerns are well founded would you reassess or wait for authority?
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