A gender studies academic who quit as a trustee of the transgender charity Mermaids after it emerged that he had spoken at a conference organised by a paedophile support group has resigned from the London School of Economics.
In a post on his personal blog, Jacob Breslow announced he had left his role as associate professor of gender and sexuality in the LSE’s department of gender studies, where he has been based for more than a decade, first as a doctoral student and then a university lecturer.
Dr Breslow has been on leave after his involvement with Mermaids, a transgender youth support charity, was highlighted by The Times in October, which also found he had attended a symposium organised by B4U-ACT, which promotes services and resources “for self-identified individuals…who are sexually attracted to children and desire such assistance”, according to its website.
One month after the Times’ revelations, the government ordered a statutory inquiry into the management of Mermaids, citing “newly identified concerns” related to the charity’s “governance and management”. The probe is also believed to be linked to a third-party report which identified issues around “internal culture”.
