You might have seen the posts in feminism chat and AIBU last week about Girlguiding's new-ish transgender policy.
In case you missed them, the threads discussed how GG are now defining girlhood on the "innate sense of being a girl". GG is ignoring its ignoring its own research into the damage gender stereotypes do to our young women; parental consent is ignored and we now have the ridiculous scenario where a guider's 6 year old son must sleep in his own tent or pod in his mother's tent and use the male facilities on camp, but a self identifying transgirl (ie boy) of 14 is just fine sharing a tent/loos/showers with a 10 year old girl. The girl's feelings are not taken into account and her parents will not be informed.
A few of us gender critical guiders have got together away from MN to share ideas and think about how we might challenge this policy. Our individual letters to GGHQ have been ignored or dismissed but there is strength and safety in numbers.
If you'd like to join us, or you know a guider or parent that has concerns, then please PM me or @drspouse
Feminism: Sex & gender discussions
Calling all gender critical guiders!
AgnesBadenPowell · 13/03/2018 10:25
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