An International Women's Group which is actually for and about women and girls!

What, like Hi-de-hi?

The first transwoman I met in the 1980s was upset because the local soroptomist group had blackballed her. She had had the full surgery but being a woman meant joining women only stuff (after all what's the point in a sex change op if you just do the same stuff you did as a man). I'd never heard of them at the time but the main thing she liked about them, apart from being women only, was that they played a xylophone at the beginning of meetings.
It was a strange conversation.

Gawd you got my hopes up for a penis free action group there

Hmm, there’s one near my new house. Might check it out.

I went to check out my localish group
I was very impressed at the work they do and they were definitely talking about females
I emailed asking for their stance on TIMs linking it to guides and tumbleweed. No reply
I am not handing over cash to a group for women and girls if they don't know what women are

I’ve checked and they’ve told me that anyone who identifies as a woman can join so it’s a no for me

this would have been ok with me pre stonewall trans umbrella rubbish. but now i get the impression that TRAs are actively seeking to take over literally anything that purports to be for women. i dunno .... maybe it would be worth joining an individual group to see? one could always un-join again.

Oh well, another organisation purporting to be for women that isn't, another one off the list.

Aww shucks, if they allowed only natal women in I would be chuffed to join.
Never mind

I’ve checked and they’ve told me that anyone who identifies as a woman can join so it’s a no for me

The Soroptimists are a fantastic organisation working to improve the lives of women and girls, locally and globally. They do some incredible work and have been around since 1934. They are always looking for new Members to join their local club or as an Associate Member.

Have a look at their Facebook page www.facebook.com/SoroptimistSIGBI/or website www.sigbi.org/ to find out more.

There isn’t one close to me but I have messaged the nearest one
However, if people with penises ( ie men) are allowed I wouldn’t be interested

Jenster,
The group locally to me does have a Trans Gender woman in it and she is welcomed, She does not look Trans and actually never has, and has quite an important role locally. She has never been asked for ID, and no she does not have a GRS,

PositivelyPerf yes as far as I an aware it is a single sex org...I have only ever met women members. Fundamentally our work is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and that is unlikely to change in terms of our focus.

If the aim of the organisation is to help women & girls then, for me, the issue wouldn't be so much trans women being admitted (though I do think why can't we be allowed our own stuff) but the subsequent derailing that could follow. So one TW joins, then a few. Next the focus shifts to trans kids, funding trans stuff .... moving miles away from the original intent.

Jenster72 So, as far as you know it is a single sex group? What’s the point of an organisation saying they’re single sex, then permitting men to join? They either are or aren’t single sex. I have the utmost respect for the Transexuals that post on here as they acknowledge that they are not women, but try to live in the way they think women live and go though the physical changes to do so. I don’t think men should be permitted to join a women only organisation because of how they ‘feel’.

I am not aware that any transgender females belong to the org

Sorry do you mean women who identify as trans, or men who identify as trans?

I'm a fiftysomething granny, think I still have some life in me yet. The soroptimists look very promising, am going to look into my local group.

So this conversation seems to have taken a turn I wasnt expecting. I am not aware that any transgender females belong to the org but I wouldnt be at liberty to know. I was merely sharing my personal view of inclusivity as, at the end of the day, for me the raising awareness of the equality agenda and issues affecting women and girls is what is important to me irrespective of the gender of those taking action. Apologies if tbis offends but that is my personal view and not those of SIGBI.

SameTerfDifferentUserName you should send them an email asking if there are any single sex women’s groups they can recommend. 😉 When they say they are, you can point out that they are a ‘gender’ support group and you’re really looking for a single SEX group. 😇

PERF I strongly suspect it varies branch to branch, My one definitely isn’t single sex and like I said that really doesn’t surprise me ☹️

Hmm. I’m beginning to suspect that the apparent acceptance of men identifying as women, isn’t actually happening in my local one. I see the words women and girls used a lot and no mention of TIMs being included. I would suggest that any women wishing to join can always send an email asking if it is a single ‘sex’ Organization.

Their website says they are single sex? Does anybody know definitively whether that means born women not trans women?

anybody who identifies as a woman is welcome! oh FFS! So they’re not actually a women only group. There’s me getting excited for nothing. How disappointing.

Like I said, not single SEX how very disappointing for those looking for a single sex organisation.

So it has been infiltrated by TIMs then. Of course it has! They just cannot let women have or do anything all on their own.