A leading transgender charity has come under fire after its chief executive published deeply personal emails from parents worried about their children's transition.
Mermaids boss Susie Green has been accused of 'fundamentally breaching' youngsters' privacy rights by posting the messages - which include the children's full names - online for anyone to see.
The emails were reportedly sent in strictest confidence from parents whose children were struggling with their sex change.
One included the experience of a mother whose trans son - born a girl - used to wet himself on purpose so that the nursery would provide him with boys' clothes.
Furious parents have launched a stinging attack on Mermaids for violating their trust and have called for a government investigation.
Mermaids boss Susie Green (pictured) has been accused of 'fundamentally breaching' youngsters' privacy rights by posting the messages - which include the children's full names - online for anyone to see
'This is really worrying, I don't think there could be a more fundamental breach of his right to privacy,' one trans son's mother told the Sunday Times.
Mermaids tonight said it was taking the breach 'extremely seriously' and bear full responsibility for the 'mistake'.
It also revealed that the supposed blunder had been reported to the Information Commissioner's Office.
The emails, sent between 2016 and 2017, also disclosed intimate details about the trans children's treatment and parents telephone numbers.
Ms Green, a former IT consultant, took her own child Jackie to Thailand aged 16 for genital surgery that is illegal in the UK and now outlawed in the southeast Asian country
Ms Green uploaded the message exchanges to an online platform which appears to have been intended for correspondence with the charity's trustees.
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