When Cancel Culture Came For Susie Green

There was no one left to speak for her

Susie Green, former CEO of Mermaids, was not a victim of gender critical attacks or government regulators in the UK. Turns out that she was fired after an internal report created a staff backlash, including charges of “racism, safeguarding, the vetting of trustees and her ‘shoving her head in the sand,’” according to The Telegraph.

Green’s replacement must have “strong EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) experience, ideally lived experience.” Insiders have told The Telegraph that the last bit means a transgender person.

Poor Susie Green! So many people were cancelled on her behalf that when cancel culture came for her, no one was left to defend her.

The group has endured an exodus of staff, with “upset” among some junior transgender staff who alleged they were “treated like children” by Ms Green and their complaints “fell on deaf ears”.

It is understood that some staff felt it insufficient that Ms Green, a former IT manager, was leading a trans charity but not transgender herself. …