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DIVA SPEAKS TO SUSIE GREEN FROM MERMAIDS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CHARITY DOES AND HOW THEY’RE HELPING FAMILIES ACROSS THE WORLD
Mermaid’s CEO Susie Green: championing love
WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE
Mermaids is a charity which was formed in 1995 by a group of parents. It aims to support transgender, gender diverse and gender non-conforming children and young people and their families. DIVA’s Danielle Mustarde met with Susie Green to find out more about their work and why it’s so personal for her.
DIVA: First of all, could you tell us a little more about what Mermaids does?
SUSIE GREEN: Mermaids supports children and young people who are transgender or gender diverse. We also support professionals, whether that’s directly supporting a young person who is being supported by a healthcare professional, for example, or going into schools to do training. We talk to people like The Equality and Human Rights Commission and parliament to help give a voice to our parents and young people, and to battle things like discrimination in schools and GP surgeries.
Why is the work of Mermaids so necessary?