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THREAD: Today's @DailyMailUK article will be remembered as one of the most infamous, transphobic and inaccurate articles printed by the British press. This week has been choreographed to undermine trans organisations & trans lives. We will stand strong 1/ https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/statement-in-response-to-mail-on-sunday-and-sunday-times-coverage-of-dfe-guidance/
No teacher has ever been encouraged by any LGBTQ+ organisation to state that ‘tomboys’ should be transgender. The suggestion is discrediting to the teaching profession and to us and we demand the Mail on Sunday explain its journalistic basis for this assertion. 2/
We are working hard to make room for a sensible conversation but there are those who appear determined to keep their crumbling newspapers and personal ideologies afloat on the already exhausted backs of transgender and gender-diverse lives. 3/ https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/statement-in-response-to-mail-on-sunday-and-sunday-times-coverage-of-dfe-guidance/
We are determined to hold ground in a space open to reason. We will not be pulled into rancorous debate for the sake of recreational argument. Anyone who listens to young people and families would behave with equal restraint.
https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/the-toys-and-clothing-question/
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https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/the-toys-and-clothing-question/
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To be clear: the DfE guidance does NOT affect Mermaids because - as we told journalists yesterday - we do not offer classroom talks or lesson materials. We are invited by teachers to give evidenced, CPD-accredited training in gender awareness.
https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/understanding-school-guidance/
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https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/understanding-school-guidance/
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We are concerned that our already-embattled teaching profession is being used by those in power as a thin excuse to harass and humiliate transgender lives and those who support vulnerable young people. How dark things in the UK have become... 6/ https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/professionals/training/
Our poor country is now infamous around the world with rampant, unchecked transphobia. Britain is increasingly synonymous with a particular brand of choreographed, funded & deliberate bullying of those deserving care and understanding. We know why our detractors are angry... 7/
This week was intended to crush the spirit of LGBTQ+ organisations, particularly Mermaids. We say once again, that will not happen. We will forever be charged by the collective spirit of our young people... 8/ https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/mermaids-tales/
We will be trans; we will be non-binary and gender diverse; we will be allies, even in the face of a million newspaper articles; even suffering ten thousand anonymous twitter accounts; even if every voice in power shouts us down, we won't be cowed.
https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
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https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
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Take the message to anyone who believes their discrimination will win. This cruelty will not be forgotten by those who suffer it. It will make us ever-more determined to build a country which empowers all people to live their lives in full, free from discrimination. 10/
To those hungering for a war of words, we will not join you. There is a better way. If you will not listen to trans people, please, do not talk about them. To those hurting needing support, we will listen.
https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/contact-us/
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