Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding

[Charlotte_Ringwood]

Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/02/trans-girls-banned-girlguiding-supreme-court 🔗

Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent.
Tue 2 Dec 2025 16.34 GMT

Trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, the organisation has announced, saying it has made the decision after seeking legal advice as a result of the supreme court ruling on gender earlier this year.

Girlguiding on Tuesday said: "Trans girls and young women, and others not recorded female at birth, will no longer be able to join Girlguiding as new young members"

A statement from the organisation's chair of trustees, Denise Wilson, chief executive, Felicity Oswald, and chief guide, Tracy Foster, said: "Following April's supreme court ruling relating to sex and gender, many organisations across the country have been facing complex decisions about what it means for girls and women and for the wider communities affected.

"Following detailed considerations, expert legal advice and input from senior members, young members and Girlguiding's council, the board of trustees for Girlguiding has reached the difficult decision that, going forward, membership of Girlguiding will be restricted to girls and young women, as defined in the Equality Act."

It added that Girlguiding "believed strongly in inclusion" and would continue to support young people and adults in marginalised groups through a new taskforce.

[KathyLauren]

I presume that this decision affects Girl Guides in the UK only, although I expect that similar decisions have been / are being made in the US.  However, I believe that each country's organization makes its own decision independently.  I Canada, trans girls are welcome in the Guides.