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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Replying to @JolyonMaugham @Mermaids_Gender
Helen is absolutely able to speak for herself. Which is why I'm surprised you think she doesn't know what she's talking about.
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Hi Jo & Dan. I have a very poor opinion of Mermaids, based on evidence that is largely in the public domain. Other people can of course come to different conclusions, especially on a cursory reading. I hope Jo will look further into it - & thanks for kind words Jo! I’m a big fan.
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We certainly agree that their governance looks poor. I do want there to be a specialist charity helping children sensitively address questions they have about their gender. I do feel like I should know more about their CE but it's not easy finding disinterested information.
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Documented by whom, Kathleen? It's a serious charge, and alarming if true.
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I'd be surprised if you find anything to even close to an academic standard that bears out that contention, hence my observation about needing to delegate these judgments if we don't have the information ourselves.
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What that piece records is unnamed clinicians of an indeterminate numner making allegations denied by GIDS? I'm not saying the clinicians are wrong but I am saying it's not very good evidence.
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Again Jolyon you are setting a different standard of evidence for those raising concerns than for those dismissing them. This is what the reviewer at the BLF did. They accepted assurances from Mermaids and from senior management at GIDS.pic.twitter.com/Q33e6nxZ51
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As the data breach confirms there is an uncomfortably close relationship between GIDS & Mermaids, & strong pressure on GIDS (& others) not to criticise. Saying that whistleblower reports are weak evidence, & management denials are necessarily strong... can you see the problem?
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