Susie Green

Green worked as an IT manager for Citizens Advice{{cite web |title= Contributor - Susie Green CEO of Mermaids|date=10 September 2017 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/susie-green |publisher=HuffPost |access-date=11 October 2022}} from 2002 to 2015 prior to her appointment as CEO of Mermaids in 2016.{{cite web |title=Mermaids Journal 2020 |date=16 December 2018 |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/child-sex-change-charity-handed-500-000-by-national-lottery-dvbt7t2kb |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200225054937/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/child-sex-change-charity-handed-500-000-by-national-lottery-dvbt7t2kb |archive-date=25 February 2020}} She stepped down as CEO in November 2022. Green worked with the actors and producers on a 2018 drama by ITV, advising on the script and introducing them to some of the young people and parents she helps.{{cite web |title=How ITV's Butterfly hopes to be a 'game-changer' for trans people |date=15 October 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45672230 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=11 October 2022}}{{cite web |first=David |last=Levesley |title=Butterfly: what it was like to consult on the ITV drama |date=15 October 2018 |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/butterfly-tv-series-2018 |work=GQ |access-date=22 October 2018}}

She is involved with WPATHhttps://www.wpath.org/member/3308 and contributed to the chapter on children up to adolescence in the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People Version 8 (SOC8).

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In 2023, Green founded Anne Trans Healthcare, which makes puberty blockers available to under-18s in the United Kingdom, via a "legal route" despite a permanent ban announced by Health Secretary Wes Streeting.{{Cite web |last=Beal |first=James |date=2024-12-20 |title=Former trans charity boss to defy ban on puberty blockers |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/65ca700b-ad5a-4f9e-ba29-0e0a62e6fa62 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Times |language=en}}

Green lives in Yorkshire. She has four adult children, including twins, with her husband Tim. In 2017, Green presented a Ted Talk discussing the journey to get gender-affirming surgery for her eldest child at age 16 in Thailand.{{cite web |title=Mum of Leeds transgender woman who inspired ITV's Butterfly opens up about daughter's suicide attempts after bullying |date=25 October 2018 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/mum-leeds-transgender-woman-who-inspired-itvs-butterfly-opens-about-daughters-suicide-attempts-after-bullying-237976 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523121904/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/mum-of-leeds-transgender-woman-who-inspired-itvs-butterfly-opens-up-about-daughters-suicide-attempts-after-bullying-237976 |archive-date=May 23, 2023}}{{cite web |first=Janice |last=Turner |title=Trans ideologists are spreading cod science |date=22 December 2018 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/article/trans-ideologists-are-spreading-cod-science-m8n0pdbq3 |work=The Times |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200225020337/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trans-ideologists-are-spreading-cod-science-m8n0pdbq3 |archive-date=25 February 2020}} Green met members of the British royal family at an event to acknowledge the contribution of those working in the mental health sector in the UK.{{cite web |title=Prince Harry has recognised the work of a transgender children's charity at a Buckingham Palace reception. |date=11 October 2017 |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/10/11/prince-harry-calls-transgender-childrens-charity-mermaids-amazing-at-buckingham-palace-event/ |work=PinkNews |access-date=11 October 2022}}

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