Press Coverage - Mermaids
This post includes links to a selection of recent and relevant press coverage about Mermaids. These links are included without comment and are not endorsed by Tribunal Tweets. This is a sample of coverage only - it is not comprehensive. Please DM our main Twitter account to submit coverage from an established news outlet. Any paywalled article must be archived.
Articles are organised by publication date (may be approximate if articles have been updated) with most recent first.
28 May 2023
27 May 2023
The Telegraph - Trans lobby group Mermaids helped NHS plan treatment for children
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31 Jan 2023
The Telegraph - Trans charity Mermaids apologises for ‘discriminating against its own staff’
Mermaids website - Statement on EDI at Mermaids
20 Jan 2023
The Telegraph - NHS trust drops Mermaids training scheme after Telegraph expose
13 Jan 2023
The Telegrah - NHS Trust taking over trans children care from Tavistock ‘being trained by Mermaids’
12 Dec 2022
Mermaids Website - Mermaids appoints interim CEO
11 Dec 2022
[VIDEO] Spiked - The rise and fall of Mermaids
7 Dec 2022
The Telegraph - The Guardian is hiding the truth about trans
6th Dec 2022
Mail Online - Child transgender charity Mermaids 'refuses to let staff see report on ousted boss as there isn't a safe space to read it'
5 Dec 2022
The Telegraph - Hadley Freeman: ‘Atmosphere of fear’ governs Guardian trans coverage
[AUDIO] BBC Woman's Hour - Hardley Freeman on Guardian censorship
The Telegraph - Mermaids refuses to let staff see report on former chief amid ‘safe space’ fears
Christian Institute - Trans-activist group Mermaids faces statutory inquiry
4 Dec 2022
The News Letter - Mermaids: Transgender group for children now facing inquiry by Charity Commission
3 Dec 2022
The Telegraph - Trans children turn to dark web for puberty blockers claims Mermaids charity
The Telegraph - The Charity Commission’s new inquiry into Mermaids is long overdue
2 Dec 2022
Third Sector - Commission opens statutory inquiry into transgender rights charity Mermaids
The Telegraph - Mermaids boss ‘forced out’ as staff revolted against her ‘incapable leadership’
ITV - Regulator opens inquiry into transgender children’s charity Mermaids
The Guardian - Regulator escalates investigation into trans charity Mermaids
BBC - Mermaids: Commission opens inquiry into transgender charity
Morning Star Online - Inquiry opened into transgender children’s charity Mermaids
Independent - Watchdog launches investigation into trans rights charity Mermaids
Pink News - Mermaids: Charity Commission announces ‘statutory inquiry’ into trans children’s charity
Daily Mail - Charity Commission launches an inquiry into controversial transgender children's charity Mermaids
The Telegraph - Mermaids transgender charity under formal investigation
The Times - Formal inquiry launched into transgender charity Mermaids
Mermaids Website - Statement on Charity Commission inquiry
Gov.uk - Regulator announces statutory inquiry into Mermaids
29 Nov 2022
Unherd - Mermaids’ useful idiots
28 Nov 2022
Spiked - Is this the beginning of the end for Mermaids?
26 Nov 2022
The Telegraph - Mermaids chief Susie Green steps down after six years
Daily Mail - Mermaids chief executive resigns as the transgender charity faces watchdog probe after offering chest-flattening binders to girls as young as 13 against their parents' wishes
The Times - Mermaids charity chief Susie Green steps down
The Independent - Chief executive of transgender children’s charity Mermaids resigns
Evening Standard - Chief executive of transgender children’s charity Mermaids resigns
Northern Echo - Chief executive of transgender children’s charity Mermaids resigns
Yorkshire evening Post - Mermaids Leeds: Chief executive of transgender children’s charity resigns with no explanation given
25 Nov 2022
Mermaids Website - Susie Green leaves Mermaids
Pink News - CEO of trans youth charity Mermaids leaves after six years
Guardian - Head of trans children charity Mermaids resigns after six years
23 Nov 2022
Open Democracy - LGB Alliance tells tribunal it will ‘get around to’ helping LGB people
17 Nov 2022
Guardian - Mermaids: why has the trans charity been in the news?
14 Nov 2022
The Times - Nicola Sturgeon helped Mermaids charity get foothold in Scotland
The Critic - The making of an illusion
4 Nov 2022
Wales Online - UK Transgender charity Mermaids require police intervention after severe abuse and threats
3 Nov 2022
The Times - Guardian writer Hadley Freeman accuses it of censoring trans row
Pink News - Staff at trans children’s charity Mermaids having ‘nightmares’ over death threats and abuse
28 Oct 2022
24 Oct 2022
SEGM - The NHS Ends the "Gender-Affirmative Care Model" for Youth in England
21 Oct 2022
Mail online - Doctors will no longer encourage gender-curious children to use preferred pronouns or dress as opposite sex under NHS guidelines
18 Oct 2022
Halifax Courier - Calderdale Council removes Mermaids from list of recommended services on its website following controversy
17 Oct 2022
Graham Linehan Substack - Mermaids: What you need to know
Archbishop Cranmer - Mermaids and safeguarding: why is the Church of England not heeding the evidence?
The Christian Post - Liz Truss signals support for police investigation into trans charity Mermaids
16 Oct 2022
VIDEO: Spiked Podcast - Truss, trans and Big Tech censorship (15.52 mins in)
15 Oct 2022
Daily Mail - Transgender children's charity Mermaids makes more than £140,000 training schools, NHS services and even barber shops
14 Oct 2022
The Telegraph - NHS Scotland accused of failing to safeguard children by referring them to Mermaids
Pink News - Mermaids fundraiser cancelled ‘due to severe threats against staff from transphobes’
The Times - Charity watchdog ‘ignored alert from mother over trans service’
Huffington Post - Mermaids: Why Is The Trans Charity Under The Spotlight?
13 Oct 2022
The Telegraph - Police force facing calls to investigate Mermaids received trans training from the charity
Saddleworth Independent - Local authority removes trans gender children charity details from website
Scottish Daily Express- Scottish Government quango under fire for STILL using info from trans charity under investigation
Third Sector - Mermaids defends itself after MP calls for police investigation
Spiked - Why the trans lobby loves censorship
The Telegraph - Police force received trans training from Mermaids amid calls to investigate charity
Christian Institute - MP: ‘Mermaids’ unfettered access to vulnerable children must be investigated’
AUDIO: BBC Woman's Hour Radio 4 - Miriam Cates MP talks about why she raised Mermaids as a matter of police concern at Prime Minister's Questions (34.30 mins in)
The Times - Liz Truss signals support for investigation into trans charity Mermaids
The Times - Trans charity under investigation is still giving advice to Scottish pupils
12 Oct 2022
ITV - Conservative MP Miriam Cates calls for police to investigate trans charity Mermaids
Scottish Daily Express - Liz Truss backs call for criminal investigation into trans charity Mermaids
Pink News - Liz Truss says allegations against trans youth charity Mermaids ‘should be properly looked at’
The Telegraph - JK Rowling’s brave trans stand has been vindicated
GB News - Trans charity Mermaids removed from school resources after 'concerns' raised by watchdog
Lancashire Telegraph - PM appears to back call for police investigation of transgender charity Mermaids
VIDEO: UKPrime Minister's Questions - Miriam Cates asks PM for police investigation into Mermaids
Maya Forstater blog - This is not a culture war. It is a war on safeguarding
The Telegraph - Liz Truss supports calls for police investigation into Mermaids trans charity
Metro - Sending abuse to trans charities is only going to harm young people
The Independent - PM appears to back call for police investigation of transgender charity Mermaids
The Christian Institute - Mermaids employee posted sexual image of himself dressed as schoolgirl
Yahoo Life - PM appears to back call for police investigation of transgender charity Mermaids
Economic Times - Brave trans stand of JK Rowling seems vindicated. Here's how:
11 Oct 2022
Christian Institute - Feminist writer: ‘Mermaids has a history of endangering and sexualising children’
The Times - Trans charity worker ‘posed as schoolgirl in explicit pictures’
Schools Week - DfE removes trans charity Mermaids from school wellbeing resources
Christian Institute - CI disputes claim Mermaids’ dogma is ‘harmless’
Mermaids Website - A statement on recent events
The Christian Post - Parents demand Church of England schools immediately stop trans policies affecting kids as young as 5
10 Oct 2022
Spiked - Trans Ideology has spread far beyond Mermaids
9 Oct 2022
The Times - Mermaids’ fishy links cast stink on Scotland’s trans bill
Sunday Times - The online pharmacies selling ‘DIY’ transitions to children
The Telegraph - The scandal of trans charity Mermaids is a warning to us all
The Independent - Ian McEwan says JK Rowling’s transgender views are ‘hardly worth a death threat’
Holyrood Magazine - It's time we stopped allowing lobby groups to drive the debate on gender
VIDEO : Free Speech Nation on GB News - Andrew Doyle on Mermaids
8 Oct 2022
Spiked - Mermaids: is the trans house of cards finally falling?
The Telegraph - NHS staff told not to promote Mermaids trans charity
Julie Bindel podcast & writing - Here's how Mermaids operate
7 Oct 2022
Third Sector - Lottery fund pauses Mermaids payments amid Charity Commission compliance case
Civil Society - Mermaids charity files serious incident report with the Charity Commission
ITV - Leeds transgender charity Mermaids closes helpline after 'abuse'
The Times - Drop ‘illegal’ trans advice to schools, Welby urged
The Telegraph- Parents blocked from checking their child’s trans sex education lessons
Liverpool Echo - Trans charity closes helpline after receiving 'intolerable abuse'
6 Oct 2022
The Times - Lottery pauses cash for trans charity Mermaids during investigation
The Telegraph - Celebrity supporters of controversial trans charity Mermaids gave it ‘unprecedented influence’ -
GB News - JK Rowling challenges trans charity Mermaids to sue her in Twitter spat
The Express - JK Rowling challenges transgender presenter to sue her in LGBT Twitter spat
The Critic - It is not reactionary to protect children
Pink News - Trans charity Mermaids forced to suspend ‘life-saving’ helpline due to ‘intolerable abuse’
Scottish Daily Express - Scottish Government urged to 'come clean' about Mermaids' influence on gender policy
Pink News - Mermaids says trustee who quit over paedophile group links ‘should never have been appointed’
AUDIO: Spiked - The trouble with Mermaids
Sky News - Trans and gender diverse charity suspends helpline after 'intolerable abuse'
Courier Mail - J.K. Rowling hits out at ‘certain celebrities’ who support transgender charity after bombshell report
Yahoo News - Trustee of transgender kids' charity resigns after unearthed speech to group for 'minor-attracted persons'
New York Post - Transgender kids’ charity trustee resigns after ‘minor-attracted persons’ speech
5 Oct 2022
The Critic - Gender sirens
Unherd - Mermaids is endangering children
Mermaids Website - Statement on Trustee appointment
4 Oct 2022
The Times - Trustee of the transgender charity Mermaids quits after speech to paedophile aid group
Spiked - Another shocking scandal at Mermaids
Pink News - Trans charity Mermaids addresses trustee who quit over speech to paedophile support group
BBC - Mermaids trustee quits over paedophile-group links
3 Oct 2022
AUDIO: BBC Radio 2 Woman's Hour - BBC LGBT & Identity Correspondent, Lauren Moss discusses Mermaids investigation/LGBA case (Time: 17.47 into programme)
Third Sector - Commission investigates transgender youth support charity Mermaids
2 Oct 2022
The Guardian - If Labour is truly the party of equality, it wouldn’t shut down the trans debate
VIDEO: Free Speech Nation on GB News - Trans youth charity Mermaids is being investigated by Charity Commission for unethical practices
1 Oct 2022
The Times - Trans charity’s chatroom for children condemned as irresponsible free-for-all
Pink News - Top surgery dramatically improves quality of life for young trans adults, study finds
The Spectator - Is sanity returning to the trans debate?The tide is turning against Mermaids
Pink News - The Telegraph’s attacks on Mermaids are damaging trust – and young people will pay the price
The Telegraph - The public is fed up with wacky gender ideology. So why is it still being forced on us?
The Telegraph - Taxpayer-funded Oxford study into puberty blockers is ‘hardline trans activism’
30 Sept 2022
The Times - Mermaids: Trans youth group faces scrutiny by charity watchdog
The Guardian - Trans charity Mermaids investigated over ‘breast binders given to children’
Sky News - Trans charity Mermaids investigated after 'offering chest binders without parental consent'
The Independent - Transgender charity Mermaids being investigated over chest binders for children claims
Mermaids Website - An update on the week
The Telegraph - Trans charity Mermaids helps 16-year-olds legally change names in secret
Christian Institute - Charity Commission is investigating controversial trans group Mermaids
29 Sept 2022
The Telegraph - Exclusive: Trans charity Mermaids to be investigated by Charity Commission
BBC - Transgender charity Mermaids under investigation
Pink News - No, trans youth charity Mermaids is STILL not being investigated by the Charity Commission
Marca - Meghan and Harry's latest controversy: Supporting charity accused of child abuse
28 Sept 2022
Spiked Online - How has Mermaids escaped scrutiny for so long?
Daily Mail - Trans charity Mermaids faces watchdog probe childrens chest flattening binders
Pink News - JK Rowling rages against supporters of trans youth charity Mermaids – such as Emma Watson and AOC
Pink News - No, trans youth charity Mermaids isn’t being investigated by the Charity Commission
Mail Plus - Why critics say trans charity Mermaids is a scandal unfolding before our eyes
Pink News - No, offering breast binders to trans kids isn’t ‘child abuse’
27 Sept 2022
The Telegraph - Chest binding could be child abuse, say police amid ‘mounting horror’ at Mermaids trans charity
The Telegraph - It’s not transphobic to question child chest binding
The Times - Trans charity accused of offering chest binders without parental consent
26 Sept 2022
The Telegraph - Trans charity faces watchdog scrutiny amid child chest-binding revelations
Daily Mail - Trans charity Mermaids accused sending chest binders teenage girls against parents wishes
The Canary - Transphobia reaches new heights as trans charity mermaids is targeted on social media
Pink News - Trans youth charity Mermaids responds to The Telegraph ‘investigation’ amid breast binder row
Scottish Daily Express - Scottish MP calls for trans charity to be investigated after breast binding reveal
National Review - Why Do Trans Activists Hold Parents in Contempt?
Care - Trans charity offering dangerous chest binders to children
25 Sept 2022
The Telegraph - Exclusive: Trans charity Mermaids giving breast binders to children behind parents’ backs
Mermaids - Statement in response to a Telegraph article
17 Sept 2022
VIDEO: Spiked - The Madness of Mermaids
16 Sept 2022
Spectator Australia - Divorcing the TQ from LGB
15 Sept 2022
The Guardian - LGB Alliance co-founder breaks down in court when asked to define ‘lesbian’
Spiked Online - Trans ideology is unravelling before our eyes
12 Sept 2022
The Guardian - Gay rights group was set up ‘to promote transphobic activity’, court told
Pink News - LGB Alliance lawyer compares trans healthcare in UK to ‘forced transition’ in Iran
The Telegraph - Tavistock clinic ‘putting young gay people at risk by treating them as trans’
13th Sept 2022
Pink News - Gay MP John Nicolson slams LGB Alliance for ‘deeply unhealthy obsession with genitals’ in court
Civil Society News - Tribunal hears charity’s appeal to remove LGB Alliance from register
14th Sept 2022
The Guardian - ‘The Lie of Gender Identity spurred founding of LGB Alliance, court told’
Pink News - LGB Alliance co-founder claims Stonewall and Mermaids will ‘get rid of gay people’
The Post Millenial - Trans rights activists tell UK court lesbian group doesn't have the right to exist
Pink News - LGB Alliance co-founder claims Stonewall and Mermaids will ‘get rid of gay people’
9 Sept 2022
The Guardian - Judge to consider trans charity’s appeal to strip LGB Alliance of legal status
20 November 2021
Daily Mail - Trans lobby group Stonewall brands lesbians 'sexual racists'