Directors of La Leche Ligue GB (LLLGB) after Britain's oldest breastfeeding charity introduced an “inclusive” policy allowing men pretending to be women to learn how to breastfeed. The public relations director also resigned.
Miriam Mayne resigned on Monday, saying she would refuse to help a man perform a “poor imitation of breastfeeding” that could jeopardize the baby's safety, the report said. times of london report.
“Directors of the UK arm of the charity have already asked the Charity Commission to intervene over a blanket policy that would allow biological males to seek organ support.”[z]” states the report.
Mayne's resignation comes a week after 94-year-old American Marian Thompson, one of the founders of La Leche League (LLL) in 1956, resigned last week over the charity's policy of allowing men. It was done later.
In a letter to LLL leaders, she described the organization as a “travesty”.
“This shift from following natural norms, which is the core of motherhood through breastfeeding, to indulging in adult fantasies, is destroying our organs.[z]she wrote, according to the report.
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LLL was founded in the United States by a group of mothers with the aim of changing society's attitudes towards breastfeeding and assisting mothers with support and education regarding infant feeding. According to the report, LLL supports more than 1,000 parents in the UK each year.
In her resignation letter, Mayne wrote that “recent acts of bullying, lies, and brutality” had been “unreasonably difficult to endure.”
“I hope that the great work of hundreds of women is not lost in the confusion of cause and politics,” she added.
LLLGB's document on “transgender and non-binary” parents reportedly states that the organization “supports all those who wish to breastfeed or breastfeed to achieve their goals” and that “gender “We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, sex, or gender identity.”
According to the report, the policy allowing men pretending to be women to learn to breastfeed or “breastfeed” was allegedly pushed by a small number of British board members, who called LLL International ” He was brought in as a backup. Directors reportedly expressed concerns that the policy would force volunteers to accommodate men who wanted to “breastfeed” their babies.
Zion Tankard, executive director of La Leche League International, told the magazine that the organizations respect Mayne's decision to leave, but that her “contributions and accomplishments are highly valued as a founder.” “It has been done,” he said. He emphasized the organization's envisioned mission of upholding “values of empathy and understanding.”
Sex Matters director Helen Joyce told the outlet that the situation was “one of the clearest examples of how gender identity ideology can upend an organization,” adding that the organization “has lost its founding mission.” It's destroying…” he said.
LLLGB did not respond to requests for comment by the time the original report was published.