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The Latest Breaking News from Girlguiding

Girlguiding chief – We need to advocate for girl-only space

It comes after the organisation announced last month that transgender girls must leave by September

Evening Standard

‘Deeply distressing for all of us’: families react to Girlguiding’s trans exclusion

From September, trans girls, and young trans women who volunteer, will have to hand in their UK memberships

The Guardian - UK

Girlguiding didn’t have to do this to its trans members. There was another way

Girlguiding’s response to last year’s supreme court ruling is not the humane option – and changes the organisation’s identity, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

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Transgender Girls Banned from Girl Guides, Brownies and Rainbows Effective 6 September

Girlguiding has announced that transgender girls must leave the organization by September 2026, following a policy shift influenced by a Supreme Court ruling.

International Business Times UK

Girlguiding gives trans girls and women until September to leave UK organisation

Youth organisation says its belief in ‘dignity, respect and inclusion’ is unchanged but it ‘must operate lawfully’

The Guardian - UK

Transgender women and girls must leave Girlguiding by early September

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The Independent UK

Girlguiding group tells trans girls they must leave organisation by September

Members can range from four to 18 across Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers

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Girlguiding tells trans girls they must leave by early September

The membership policy change follows the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex last year.

Evening Standard

Trans children like Ruby feel they can only be their true selves in the shadows

IN FOCUS: As Girlguiding announces it is excluding trans girls from its membership, one family’s story reveals the fear and pain of a little girl growing up in a society increasingly determined to deny her existence. Rosie Nixon reports

The Independent UK

Hundreds of Girlguiding volunteers threaten to quit organisation over trans ban

Announcement that Girlguiding will only allow those recorded female at birth to join could see mass departures

The Independent UK

Labour has completely abandoned women’s rights, former EHRC chief claims

Kishwer Falkner said Labour was traditionally the ‘party of feminism’ but that the current generation of Labour MPs has ‘lost it’

The Independent UK

Girl Guides Announce Trans Women Ban –- Real Reason, Online Reactions, and What Happens to Current Members

Girlguiding UK has banned trans girls from joining following a Supreme Court ruling redefining legal sex labels

International Business Times UK

Women’s Institute latest organisation to announce trans membership ban

The NFWI news comes a day after Girlguiding announced it has banned trans girls from joining.

The Independent UK

Women’s Institute expresses ‘deep regret’ as it bans trans women after Supreme Court ruling

The WI has welcomed transgender women as members for more than 40 years, but said it felt it ‘had no other choice’ to now exclude them

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The Guardian - UK

Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April

Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman

International Business Times UK

Gender Equality Or Homophobia? Girlguiding UK Officially Bans Transgender Girls And Women In Their Group

Girlguiding UK announced on 2 December 2025 that transgender girls can no longer join, following a Supreme Court decision defining sex as biological

The Independent UK

Trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, organisation says

The organisation has made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex

Evening Standard

Girlguiding makes ‘difficult decision’ to stop admitting trans girls as members

The organisation made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.

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Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding

Girls’ adventure charity says it made decision after seeking legal advice in wake of supreme court ruling on gender

The Independent UK

Online safety ‘getting worse’, warns former UK cyber security agency boss

Felicity Oswald wants to use her new role as head of Girlguiding to call on the Government and social media firms to do more to protect girls online.

The Guardian - UK

Majority of girls and young women in UK alter behaviour to feel safe, study finds

Girlguiding survey reveals rising fears of harassment, with many avoiding public transport or changing what they wear

The Independent UK

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Save on gear for camping, hiking, fishing and more, with the latest Millets voucher codes

The Independent UK

Voices: Girlguiding’s new badges are a vital ‘woke’ revamp for Gen Alpha

COMMENT: With new badges ranging from Thrifting to Fandom, Laughter to Bee Rescuer, the youth organisation for women and girls is finally speaking the language of today. It’s about time, too, writes Victoria Richards

Evening Standard

New Girlguiding badges encourage girls to laugh, share and discover

The 72 additional badges will reward girls for having a good night’s sleep, critiquing food, discovering a new hobby and planning a holiday.

The Independent UK

Girls to learn AI skills as part of new Girlguiding activities

New activities and badges across the organisation’s age ranges have been created in partnership with Google to help boost digital skills.

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