US EditionJ.K. Rowling Couldn't Help But Weigh in On Trans Ban for UK's Girl Scouts
Girlguiding's policy change follows UK Supreme Court ruling, with volunteers uncertain about enforcement and no data on trans membership, the group said.
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Trans ban: Good Law Project fights back with legal action against bullies
The Good Law Project is warning that organisations’ decisions to exclude trans women could actually be unlawful (ahem, Girlguiding and Women’s Institute). It has now decided to challenge the trans ban. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Good Law Project (@goodlawproject) As the Canary previously reported, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the terms “women” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer exclusively to characteristics a…
Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban
A Girlguiding volunteer leader has said they refuse to enforce a new policy banning trans girls from groups. An anonymous volunteer, who currently leads a Brownies unit in England, told PinkNews that they are planning not to enforce the non-profit organisation’s policy that could force trans girls to be removed from its groups. Girlguiding, which regulates under-18s groups such as the Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, and Rangers, updated its Equality…
UK's 'Girl Scout' Group Has Banned Trans Girls From Joining In Cruel New Low
Donna Carr // GirlGuidingErin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.The United Kingdom’s Girl Guiding—the United Kingdom’s member organization of what Americans know as the Girl Scouts—has banned transgender girls from joining, marking yet another cruel and creative way that anti-trans antagonists have found to dehumanize children.This comes after months of pres…
Women's Orgs "pressured" to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats
TL;DR: Within one day of each other, the Women's Institute and Girl Guiding both announced they would reverse their trans-inclusive approaches with the “utmost regret and sadness”, citing communications with "references to legal challenge" as one of the reasons as their response to the Supreme Court decision on the definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010.Two culturally significant women's organisations have reversed long-standing trans…
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