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Six year old trans girl ‘tries to cut off her penis’ after Guide ban

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JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:14

Quite a disturbing article in this morning’s Observer regarding the impact of the Guides’ ban on trans girls following the Supreme Court ruling.

It reports on the experience of one six year old trans girl named Emily after hearing she could no longer attend Rainbows:

Emily’s parents decided to be honest with their daughter about the situation, and explained that she was no longer able to take part in Rainbows because she was trans. A few hours later Curt said they found her “sobbing in her room” and were “shocked” to find her holding a pair of plastic scissors to her penis.

AIBU to find this a distressing consequence of campaign by anti-trans activists or is it a natural result of allowing such young children to change their gender identity?

Girlguiding facing mass exodus after setting deadline for...

Girlguiding facing mass exodus after setting deadline for...

The organisation is battling a backlash over new rules that will exclude trans girls from the organisation

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/girlguiding-facing-mass-exodus-after-setting-deadline-for-trans-girls-to-quit

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SnowflakeSmasher86 · 29/03/2026 11:37

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:36

The girl clearly wants to identify as female, and I think it’s only right that we respect her wishes in how we refer to her.

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Yeah that’s worked out really well for him so far

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 29/03/2026 11:37

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:33

The article is clear that this girl’s friends are all now boycotting Rainbows due to how she has been treated.

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Girls of Rainbow age dont "boycott", their parents do.

SaveMeFromHumanity · 29/03/2026 11:37

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:36

The girl clearly wants to identify as female, and I think it’s only right that we respect her wishes in how we refer to her.

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And, yet, maybe if someone had been honest, this child wouldn't be where he is now.

LottieMary · 29/03/2026 11:36

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:27

Zoe Williams has argued that a sensible solution to all of this would be to make the Brownies mixed gender like the Scouts.

Wouldn't this be more sensible than making six year old girls so distressed that they attempt to cut off their penis?

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No. Because the Guiding ethos should be about a single sex space where girls can be together. It’s a really important thing imo and one of the very few places in society where it still exists - I really dislike the grudging way guiding has approached the ruling and think they need to reread their own value statements about girls identities but there absolutely is a place for single sex environments

BellatrixpureBlood · 29/03/2026 11:36

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:27

Zoe Williams has argued that a sensible solution to all of this would be to make the Brownies mixed gender like the Scouts.

Wouldn't this be more sensible than making six year old girls so distressed that they attempt to cut off their penis?

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6 year old girls don’t have penises

SaveMeFromHumanity · 29/03/2026 11:36

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:27

Zoe Williams has argued that a sensible solution to all of this would be to make the Brownies mixed gender like the Scouts.

Wouldn't this be more sensible than making six year old girls so distressed that they attempt to cut off their penis?

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6 year old girls don't have penises 👍🏻

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JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:36

Tauranga · 29/03/2026 11:34

Boy. He is a boy. A girl doesn't have a Penis to " cut off"

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The girl clearly wants to identify as female, and I think it’s only right that we respect her wishes in how we refer to her.

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DarmokAndJaladAtTenagra · 29/03/2026 11:36

If my 6 year old tried to self harm I'd not waste time or energy talking to a journalist. I'd be spending my time on getting them mental health support as soon as was possible and then getting myself and DH parenting support and our own mental health support for whatever issues we were inadvertently passing on to our child.

EricTheHalfASleeve · 29/03/2026 11:35

Trying to harm your own genitals at 6 is a major red flag that the poor child is being sexually abused.

AnnaMagnani · 29/03/2026 11:35

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:33

The article is clear that this girl’s friends are all now boycotting Rainbows due to how she has been treated.

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He's 6. How do a bunch of 6 yr olds organize a boycott?

TwistedWonder · 29/03/2026 11:35

GCAcademic · 29/03/2026 11:33

Yep, same as any other child whose parents exhibit Munchausens by Proxy. Six years old FFS.

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Agree. This is on the parents fuelling the delusions of a child barely out of nursery.

ainsleysanob · 29/03/2026 11:35

Hopefully this will be a catalyst for the little boys parents to get him the help he needs for his mental health problems. Let’s face it, his parents have made matters worse by supporting his little fairytale instead of being proper parents and getting him the help he needs. But nah, it’s more fashionable to stick a dress on the poor lad and change his name to Emily.

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 29/03/2026 11:35

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:27

Zoe Williams has argued that a sensible solution to all of this would be to make the Brownies mixed gender like the Scouts.

Wouldn't this be more sensible than making six year old girls so distressed that they attempt to cut off their penis?

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Ffs, people who believe that a girl can have a penis and tell children that are the problem. And no, making rainbows or any single sex organisation, accessible to boys is not the answer to this non problem, being kind got us into this mess. Just follow the HC ruling and stop lying to your kids.

Scripturient · 29/03/2026 11:35

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:33

The article is clear that this girl’s friends are all now boycotting Rainbows due to how she has been treated.

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This is a little boy with a deep-seated delusion encouraged by irresponsible parents.

AnnaMagnani · 29/03/2026 11:34

This is just unbelievably bad parenting.

The parents apparently felt they 'had to be honest' and instead of saying 'let's try Badgers next time!' told a confused 6 yr old he couldn't go to Rainbows as he was trans.

Tauranga · 29/03/2026 11:34

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:33

The article is clear that this girl’s friends are all now boycotting Rainbows due to how she has been treated.

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Boy. He is a boy. A girl doesn't have a Penis to " cut off"

Tauranga · 29/03/2026 11:33

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:27

Zoe Williams has argued that a sensible solution to all of this would be to make the Brownies mixed gender like the Scouts.

Wouldn't this be more sensible than making six year old girls so distressed that they attempt to cut off their penis?

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No.

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JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:33

lifeisgoodrightnow · 29/03/2026 11:32

No mention of the actual girls who have been excluded by reason of their faith or their trauma huh? Just one mentally ill boy.

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The article is clear that this girl’s friends are all now boycotting Rainbows due to how she has been treated.

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GCAcademic · 29/03/2026 11:33

damelza · 29/03/2026 11:25

The child should be taken into care, and the parents arrested for child abuse.

Yep, same as any other child whose parents exhibit Munchausens by Proxy. Six years old FFS.

Hotandpointy · 29/03/2026 11:33

If there is any truth to this then those parents have a lot to answer for. Six year olds shouldn’t have their heads full of this nonsense and letting your son think he is a girl is abuse. Embrace who he is, let him dance around in dresses, grow his hair long, or whatever he wants to look and dress like but he’s still a boy. Boys can do most things girls can but having periods, giving birth and going to Brownies is just not going to happen.
My son loves his tutu and his mermaid toys but is also proud that he can have a wee standing up in the woods because he’s a boy. I’m kind of jealous but that’s life, pretending I could have a willy and be a boy too, would be completely bonkers.

TMFF · 29/03/2026 11:33

Strange isn't it?

Of all the mixed sex clubs there are in just about every area, the parents chose to send their son to a girls club.

Using their child as a battering ram to push their own agenda, is not good parenting.

And as for the scissors story, that sounds pretty convenient too.

Gloriousgardener11 · 29/03/2026 11:33

VeterinaryCareAssistant · 29/03/2026 11:18

Why is a 6 year old even aware of these things?

Maybe he would decide to transition as an adult.
Maybe he's gay.
Maybe he's just a strange child.

But he shouldn't be aware of this stuff at age 6.

Agree!

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JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:32

SpaceRaccoon · 29/03/2026 11:31

No, spaces for girls are important.
Unfortunately child abuse is a tragic reality, and the solution to that is not to remove girls' spaces.

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The article is clear that this girl’s friends are all now boycotting Rainbows due to how she has been treated.

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lifeisgoodrightnow · 29/03/2026 11:32

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:27

Zoe Williams has argued that a sensible solution to all of this would be to make the Brownies mixed gender like the Scouts.

Wouldn't this be more sensible than making six year old girls so distressed that they attempt to cut off their penis?

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No mention of the actual girls who have been excluded by reason of their faith or their trauma huh? Just one mentally ill boy.

BunsBoots · 29/03/2026 11:32

JonesTown · 29/03/2026 11:27

Zoe Williams has argued that a sensible solution to all of this would be to make the Brownies mixed gender like the Scouts.

Wouldn't this be more sensible than making six year old girls so distressed that they attempt to cut off their penis?

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“Wouldn't this be more sensible than making six year old girls so distressed that they attempt to cut off their penis?”

6 year old little girls do not have a penis.