Transgender Charity Trustee Removed After Speech at Pro-Paedophile Event Resurfaces

Transgender Charity Trustee Removed After Speech at Pro-Paedophile Event Resurfaces
General view of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, asexual, and agender) flag outside a bookshop during UK Pride Month 2021 in London on June 1, 2021. Edward Smith/Getty Images
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A trustee who sat on the board of the British charity Mermaids has quit after it emerged that he spoke at a conference for an organisation that was founded by a convicted child rapist.

Leading LGBTQ+ charity Mermaids, which promotes transgenderism in gender-dysphoric children, is facing a new backlash over the news that one of its trustees had spoken at a conference in 2011 hosted by an organisation that promotes services to paedophiles.

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