Mermaids UK, associazione di beneficenza transgender al Manchester Pride Festival Parade, 36 Whitworth Street, Manchester, Inghilterra, Regno Unito, M1 3NR
Mermaids is a British charity and advocacy organisation that supports gender variant and transgender youth. It also provides inclusion and diversity training. Mermaids was founded in 1995 by a group of parents of gender nonconforming children and became a charitable incorporated organisation in 2015. History Formation and leadership Mermaids was founded in 1995 by a group of parents of gender nonconforming children, originally acting as a small helpline. It aims to provide support for transgender youths up to 20 years of age. Mermaids became a Charitable incorporated organisation in 2015. Susie Green was the chief executive from January 2016 until 25 November 2022 when she resigned. Previously she worked as an IT manager at the Citizens Advice Bureau in Leeds. Green was a trustee of Mermaids for four years from 2011. Her daughter is one of the youngest individuals in the UK to have transitioned surgically. Lauren Stoner is interim chief executive since December 2022. Lobbying the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service In the years from 2000, Mermaids alongside another campaign group, GIRES (Gender Identity Research and Education Society), lobbied clinicians at the NHS Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) for early interventions on children
