Mermaids (taimako)

Mermaids kungiya ce ta sadaka da bayar da shawarwari ta Burtaniya wacce ke tallafawa bambancin jinsi da matasa masu canza jinsi. Hakanan yana ba da haɗin kai da horo daban-daban. An kafa Mermaids a cikin 1995 ta ƙungiyar iyaye na yara marasa bin jinsi  kuma sun zama Ƙungiyar agaji a cikin 2015. 

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 Horarwa da jagoranci 
An kafa Mermaids a cikin 1995 ta ƙungiyar iyaye na yara marasa daidaituwa da jinsi, da farko suna aiki a matsayin ƙaramin taimako. Manufarta ita ce samar da tallafi ga matasa masu canza launin fata har zuwa shekaru 20. Mermaids ta zama Kungiyar agaji a shekarar 2015. 

Susie Green ta kasance shugabar zartarwa daga Janairun 2016 har zuwa 25 ga Nuwamba 2022 lokacin da aka kore ta saboda masu kula sun rasa amincewa da ikonta na jagorantar kungiyar. A baya ta yi aiki a matsayin manajan IT a Ofishin Ba da Shawara na Citizens a Leeds . Green ya kasance mai kula da Mermaids na tsawon shekaru hudu daga 2011. 'Yarta tana ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan mutane a Burtaniya da suka sauya ta hanyar tiyata.

Lauren Stoner an sanya shi shugaban zartarwa na wucin gadi a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2022  kuma an nada shi Shugaba na tsawon shekaru biyu a watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2024. 

A watan Agustan 2023, an ba da sanarwar cewa Belinda Bell za ta sauka a matsayin shugaban kungiyar agaji, yayin da ta kasance a matsayin mai amincewa. Kathryn Downs, wacce take mai canza launin fata, ta zama shugabar a watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2024.

 Ofishin Ci Gaban Gender na Tavistock 
A cikin shekaru daga 2000, Mermaids tare da wata ƙungiyar kamfen, GIRES (Gender Identity Research and Education Society), sun yi kira ga likitoci a NHS Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) don ba da damar yara su sami damar samun magani na farko kamar masu hana balaga. GIDS ta fara ba da magunguna daga 2011 zuwa gaba, ta sa su kasance a ko'ina don amsa buƙatun daga iyalai.  Green ya ce: "...ba mu da wata magana game da yadda suke aiki, yadda suke ba da umarni, abin da suke yi dangane da tsari. " 

A watan Yulin 2022, NHS Ingila ta yanke shawarar rufe GIDS kuma ta maye gurbin ta da cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya na yanki, biyo bayan bugawa na Cass Review mai zaman kansa. A mayar da martani ga shawarar, Shugaba na Mermaids Susie Green ta ce tana da "kyakkyawan fata", amma ta nuna damuwa cewa za a ba da fifiko ga maganin tunani akan kulawar likita. Ta ce: "Ba za mu so a sanya wasu shingen ba dangane da samun damar shiga tsakani na likita. "

 Cin zarafin ma'aikata a kan layi 
A cikin shekara ta 2017, Mermaids ta ba da rahoton cewa ita da masu sa kai sun kasance wadanda aka azabtar da su a kan layi. Shugaba Green ya bayyana cewa an zarge ta da laifin tilasta wa 'yarta mai canza launin fata, Jackie. 'Yarta ta ce, "Idan mahaifiyata ba ta taimaka mini ba, ba zan kasance a nan a yau ba". Jarida Paris Lees, wanda yake mai canza launin fata, ya rubuta cewa: "Susie Green tana ceton rayuka kuma ina fatan iyayena sun san game da Mermaids lokacin da nake girma. " Green ya nuna damuwa "cewa rashin amincewar kafofin sada zumunta na iya hana mutane zuwa aikin sadaka don taimako".

 Kudin Lottery na Kasa 
A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2018, an ba da sadaka £ 500,000 a cikin kudade daga Babban Asusun Lottery, don ƙirƙirar cibiyar sadarwa ta ƙasa ta kungiyoyin gida.[1][2] Daga baya aka sanya kudaden a karkashin bita bayan sukar da aka yi wa kungiyar agaji, gami da mai gwagwarmayar adawa da trans Graham Linehan, wanda ya kirkiro wani matsayi a kan Mumsnet yana kira ga membobin taron su aika da damuwarsu ga National Lottery. [3][4][5] A mayar da martani ga wannan, a ranar 18 ga Janairun 2019, YouTuber Hbomberguy ya fara watsa shirye-shirye na ƙoƙarin kammala wasan bidiyo na Donkey Kong 64, tare da burin $ 500 da za a ba da gudummawa ga Mermaids. Kogin ya zama sananne kuma ya tara sama da US $ 350,000 ga Mermaids.[6] Daga cikin sauran baƙi, rafin ya nuna bayyanar 'yar majalisa ta Amurka Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . [7] A ranar 19 ga watan Fabrairun 2019, Lottery ta kasa ta kammala bincikenta a cikin sadaka kuma ta ce za ta ci gaba da bayar da gudummawar da aka yi alkawari, tana mai cewa "ba ta sami wani dalili don hana tallafin ba".[8] A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2022, an sake dakatar da kudaden Lottery na kasa saboda binciken da Hukumar Taimako ta yi.[9]￼

 Kafofin watsa labarai 
Jerin wasan kwaikwayo na ITV na 2018 Butterfly, game da wata yarinya mai canza launin fata, Mermaids da Shugaba, Susie Green, wanda ya yi aiki tare da mahalicci Tony Marchant a matsayin mai ba da shawara a kan jerin. Masu tafiya da 'yan wasa Emmett J. Scanlan da Anna Friel sun kuma sadu da iyalai da ke da hannu tare da Mermaids don sanar da hanyoyin kirkirar su.

A watan Yulin 2020, kungiyar agaji ta koka da cewa BBC ba ta haɗa da hanyoyin haɗi da kansu a shafukan shawarwarin BBC LGBTQ ba, tare da wasu kungiyoyi biyu. BBC ta ce an cire Mermaids bayan an yi korafi game da bayanin da ta bayar, kuma saboda dalilai na rashin son kai.

 Rashin amincewa da bayanai 
A watan Yunin 2019, The Times ta bayyana cewa sun gano wani keta bayanai ta hanyar Mermaids wanda aka sanya imel na sirri ta hanyar shafin yanar gizon su. Jaridar Times ta ce waɗannan sun haɗa da sunayen yara masu canza launin fata da iyayensu, tare da cikakkun bayanai na hulɗa da bayanan likita. Jaridar ta ruwaito cewa akwai imel na ciki daga masu kula wanda ya soki jagorancin Susie Green, da kuma zargi daga iyaye. Mermaids ta fitar da sanarwar manema labarai a wannan rana, wanda ya yarda cewa an karya bayanai, kuma sun sanar da Ofishin Kwamishinan Bayanai kuma sun gyara karya. Sanarwar manema labarai ta bayyana cewa keta doka ta iyakance ne ga imel na ciki kuma babu imel zuwa da daga iyalai da suka kasance wani ɓangare na bayanan da aka ɓoye; The Times ta yi jayayya da wannan. Bayan bincike, an <i id="mw_A"><i id="mwAQI">Lokaci</i></i> Mermaids su biya tarar £ 25,000.

 Horarwa 
Wasu kungiyoyin matsa lamba, ciki har da Safe Schools Alliance da Transgender Trend, sun yi jayayya cewa albarkatun da Mermaids ke amfani da su a zaman horo suna ƙarfafa matsayi na jinsi kuma suna iya haifar da yara marasa daidaituwa su gane su a matsayin masu canza launin fata. Marubuciya Kate Lister ta ce albarkatun "a gani wakilci ne na ganewar jinsi ... A kowane lokaci babu wani da ya ba da shawarar yara da ke aiki a hanyoyin da ba su dace da jinsi ba ne. "  Babu wani lokaci da ya ba cewa 'yan luwadi ne masu canza launin fata. "  Mermaids sun fitar da wata sanarwa cewa ba su taɓa ƙarfafa malamai "don bayyana cewa 'tomboys' ya kamata su zama masu canza launin rawaya", kuma cewa ba su samar da jawabai ko kayan darasi ga makarantu ba, sabanin abin da aka ruwaitoci a wasu jaridu.

Bayan fara shari'ar bin ka'idoji ta Hukumar Taimako a cikin 2022, Ma'aikatar Ilimi ta cire Mermaids daga lafiyar kwakwalwa da albarkatun lafiya ga makarantu.

 Manufofin gwamnati 
Kungiyar agaji ta soki shawarar da Gwamnatin Burtaniya ta yanke a watan Afrilu na 2021 don rushe kwamitin ba da shawara na LGBT ba tare da wani maye gurbin da aka shirya ba, yana kwatanta matakin a matsayin "mai matukar damuwa".

 Kalubale ga matsayin sadaka na LGB Alliance 
A watan Yunin 2021, Mermaids da sauran kungiyoyin agaji, gami da Stonewall, sun fara tara kudade don yin kira ga bayar da matsayin sadaka ga LGB Alliance, suna kwatanta ayyukan kungiyar na ƙarshe a matsayin "ƙaddamar da mutanen da ke cikin al'umma". An fara shari'ar ne a watan Satumbar 2022,  kuma an kammala ta a watan Yulin 2023. Alƙalai sun yanke hukuncin cewa "doka ba ta ba da izinin Mermaids su kalubalanci shawarar da Hukumar Taimako ta yanke don yin rajistar LGB Alliance a matsayin sadaka".

 Taron a Babban Asibitin Ormond Street 
A watan Maris na shekara ta 2022, Susie Green ya yi magana a kan wani kwamitin game da goyon baya ga matasa masu canza launin fata, tare da Stephanie Davies-Arai, na Transgender Trend, shafin yanar gizon "mai sukar jinsi". Kwamitin zai kasance wani ɓangare na wani taron, wanda a ƙarshe aka jinkirta, don sa ran likitocin yara 100 zuwa 150 da ake horar da su wanda Babban Asibitin Ormond Street da Ilimin Lafiya na Ingila suka shirya. Likitan yara Hilary Cass, 'yar jarida Helen Joyce, likitan ƙwaƙwalwa Stella O'Malley, da kuma malamin kimiyya Lisa Littman suma sun shiga.

Bayan korafe-korafe ga masu shirya taron daga Mermaids da likitan da aka horar, an soke bayyanar Davies-Arai. Susie Green ta ce Mermaids "ba za ta iya zama wani ɓangare na taron da ke ba da dandamali ga Transgender Trend ba" kuma ta shawarci masu shirya su "tsare daga duk wanda ke da hannu tare da dandamali na maganin rigakafi na likitanci wanda aka kafa tare da niyyar kai farmaki ga mutanen da suka wuce (musamman matasa masu wucewa) da kuma kula da lafiyarsu. "Daidai zai damu da kowa cewa NHS ta ba da damar da'awar 'transphobia' don rinjayar yanke shawara". 

 Matsayi na Kulawa ga Transgender da Jender Divers People 
A watan Satumbar 2022, Susie Green ta hada hannu da rubuce-rubuce na 8th edition na ka'idojin kulawa da kungiyar World Professional Association for Transgender Health ta bayar.

 Binciken Daily Telegraph 
A watan Satumbar 2022, Mermaids ita ce batun binciken da The Daily Telegraph ya yi, wanda ya zargi kungiyar agaji da bayar da takaddun kirji ga matasa masu canza launin fata ba tare da yardar iyaye ba kuma sun gaya wa masu amfani da suka yi imanin cewa suna da ƙuruciya 13 cewa magungunan hana balaga suna da "cikakken juyawa".    Binciken ya dogara da wani babba da ba a san sunansa ba wanda ya yi kamar yana da shekaru 14 mai suna "Kai" don samun damar sabis daga Mermaids. The Telegraph, yana nuna kansa a matsayin "Kai", ya musayar imel tare da sadaka, a lokacin da ma'aikatan sadaka suka amince da ba su ma'auni na kirji. Daily Telegraph ta soki sadaka saboda rashin binciken lafiyar tunanin Kai na almara da kuma rashin buƙatar "Kai" ya sanar da babba, duk da cewa "Kai" yana kwatanta iyayensu a matsayin marasa yarda a cikin musayar imel.

Mermaids sun amsa ta hanyar cewa suna ɗaukar "matsayi na rage lahani tare da fahimtar cewa samar da matashi tare da haɗin kai da cikakkun jagororin tsaro daga ƙwararren ma'aikaci ya fi dacewa da yiwuwar madadin ayyukan da ba su da tabbas da / ko ci gaba ko karuwar dysphoria".

 Binciken Hukumar Taimako 
A ranar 29 ga watan Satumbar 2022 Hukumar Taimako ta bude shari'ar bin doka a cikin Mermaids, bisa ga korafe-korafe da aka yi game da sadaka sakamakon binciken Daily Telegraph. Mermaids daga baya sun gabatar da rahotanni masu yawa ga hukumar dangane da batutuwan da aka tayar a cikin kafofin watsa labarai, kuma sun rufe hanyar taimako na ɗan lokaci saboda abin da ta bayyana a matsayin "rashin haƙuri" da ma'aikata da masu sa kai suka karɓa. An dakatar da kudade daga Lottery na Kasa yayin wannan binciken.

A ranar 2 ga Disamba 2022 an ba da sanarwar cewa Hukumar Taimako ta buɗe bincike na doka a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba kuma yanzu ana kallon gudanarwar sadaka da shugabanci. Hukumar agaji ta ce bude binciken ba binciken ba shine binciken da aka yi ba. Wannan ya biyo bayan tashiwar Shugaba Susie Green, a watan Nuwamba 2022.

Ya zuwa watan Yulin 2024, har yanzu ana ci gaba da binciken. Mermaids sun ce wannan "ya yi tasiri sosai ga ayyukanmu, ma'aikata da jin daɗin masu sa kai, sunayenmu, da kudadenmu".

An saki rahoton Hukumar Taimako a watan Oktoba 2024. Binciken ya gano cewa Mermaids sun samar da takalman nono 15 ga yara tsakanin shekaru 13 zuwa 16 ba tare da sanin iyayensu ko masu kula da su ba tsakanin Janairu 2021 da Satumba 2022. Binciken ya kuma gano cewa kungiyar agaji ta kasa aiwatar da isasshen binciken da ya dace yayin daukar ma'aikata, kuma bai kamata ya nada Jacob Breslow a matsayin mai amincewa ba. Rahoton bai sami wata hujja ba cewa Mermaids suna da alaƙa mara kyau tare da sabis na GIDS mai rikitarwa a Cibiyar Tavistock ko tare da ayyukan kiwon lafiya masu zaman kansu, kuma ba su kasa aiwatar da manufofin kariya masu kyau ba. Bugu da ƙari, babu wata shaida cewa Mermaids ta ba da shawarar likita ko kuma ta ba da izinin likita ga yara ba tare da amincewar iyaye ba.

Binciken ya ba da "Shawarwari da jagora" ga ƙungiyar agaji yana gaya musu su ci gaba da la'akari da binciken da ƙaddamarwar Cass Review tare da sake duba jagora da matsayi a shafin yanar gizon su game da masu hana balaga, musamman game da da'awar sake juyawa. An kuma gaya wa 'yan majalisa su sami izini daga iyaye ko masu kula idan sun sake ci gaba da samar da takalmin nono ga yara.

Orlando Fraser, shugaban Hukumar ya ce: "Mun bincika ayyukan Mermaids a hankali ta hanyar bincike na doka kuma mun sami rashin kulawa a wurare da yawa. Mermaids sun ba da hadin kai tare da bincikenmu kuma suna magance damuwa daban-daban da aka gabatar. Bugu da ƙari, bayan sake dubawa na Cass, mun buƙaci Mermaids su gabatar da hoto mafi kyau a shafin yanar gizon su game da haɗarin da ke tattare da amfani da masu hana balaga, da kuma Cass sake dubawa game da abubuwan da suka faru game da shigar iyaye a cikin sauyewar jama'a  game da duk wani tanadi na yara na gaba.

Kathryn Downs, shugabar masu kula da Mermaids, ta ce: "Muna da sauƙi cewa binciken Hukumar Taimako wanda ya fara kusan shekaru biyu da suka gabata ya ƙare. Rahoton ya bayyana, kamar yadda muke tsammani, cewa babu wani binciken mummunar hali a Mermaids. Hukumar ta kuma tabbatar, kamar yadda muka tabbatar akai-akai, cewa ba mu ba da shawarar likita ko kuma ba mu yi aiki ba daidai ba a cikin aikinmu tare da yara, matasa da iyalansu. " 

 Murabus na amintacce 
A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2022, Dokta Jacob Breslow na Makarantar Tattalin Arziki ta London ya yi murabus a matsayin mai kula da Mermaids bayan an bayyana cewa ya yi magana a wani taron da B4U-ACT, ƙungiyar tallafawa yara ta shirya, a matsayin dalibi na PhD a shekara ta 2011. A cikin wata sanarwa, Mermaids ta bayyana kungiyar a matsayin "cikakken rashin daidaituwa" tare da dabi'un ta, kuma ta ce "Da zarar an sanar da mun dauki mataki mai sauri da yanke shawara don bincika ... Tsaro yana da matukar muhimmanci ga Mermaids kuma amincin matasa da muke tallafawa shine mafi girman fifiko gamu. "  Belinda Bell, shugaban amintattu, ya nemi gafara saboda wahalar da labarai na Breslow da ke da alaƙar da kungiyar, kuma ya ce bai kamata a nada shi a ba. 

A ranar 12 ga Oktoba 2022, Miriam Cates MP ta yi amfani da Tambayoyin Firayim Minista don neman binciken 'yan sanda game da Mermaids. A mayar da martani, kungiyar agaji ta ce "halayenta ga kungiyoyin LGBT suna da rubuce-rubuce sosai kuma wannan ba shine karo na farko da ta soki Mermaids ba".

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