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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Girl Guides and the SC judgement

183 replies

Timefordrama · 22/04/2025 21:15

It was the Girl Guides' trans policies which first opened my eyes to the nonsense. I've just checked their website and they are still saying that trans girls can use girls' toilets and changing rooms, and share accommodation with whoever they want. There's no indication that the policies are gong to be reviewed in the light of the SC judgement. Anyone know any more about this?

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user08101988 · 27/07/2026 12:04

Shedmistress · 27/07/2026 11:50

When does a boy become a 'young trans girl'? What has to change in order for this transformation to take place? How would the norrmal 'woman on a trolley bus' be able to determine the difference between a boy and a 'young trans girl' exactly?

Cheers in advance.

I hope this is a question in good faith, as it definitely feels like it.

Generally, when looking for evidence someone is transgender, 3 key things are looked for. If gender dysphoria is 1. consistent, 2. insistent, and 3. persistent. That is generally what differentiates a cis person from a trans one. Sometimes gender dysphoria doesn't show up until late in life and sometimes it shows up the second they leave the womb.

When looking at younger children, there are signs such as calling themselves a boy when they are assigned female at birth, or picking to do more feminine/masculine things which are the opposite from their sex assigned at birth. The best way to explore this is to give them free reign in the clothes sections and toy shops to pick whatever they want.

However, it is up to the child mostly as they know what they are feeling best. If they feel like they are experiencing gender dysphoria (and are old enough to understand what it is), they probably are. If they have talked to you about it, then talk to the relative people (other family members, teachers, group leaders, etc.) and make sure they are comfortable in themselves.

In regards to the "woman on a trolley bus", does she need to know?

Boiledbeetle · 27/07/2026 11:59

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I'm not the slow one. You are the one who is spouting tripe.

Igneococcus · 27/07/2026 11:58

DialSquare · 27/07/2026 11:56

And the audacity to call others unintelligent and slow.

And the believe that they are cutting and scathing :)

DialSquare · 27/07/2026 11:56

Igneococcus · 27/07/2026 11:53

I'm always amazed by the unjustified believe in the quality of their own arguments.

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And the audacity to call others unintelligent and slow.

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Gametes are the only things that matter from an evolutionary biology perspective.

Igneococcus · 27/07/2026 11:53

BettyBooper · 27/07/2026 11:47

How they don't realise that this level of desperation to get men into spaces with little girls is decidedly creepy is beyond me...

I'm always amazed by the unjustified believe in the quality of their own arguments.

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:53

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Shedmistress · 27/07/2026 11:50

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:46

They are also letting trans men into GG (Girlguiding) (for unintelligent people who do not understand how language works: someone who were assigned female at birth who transitioned into a man) so they are letting MEN into GG now. Give me evidence that giving young trans girls the space to be themselves (a girl) is so destructive to the cis girls there.

When does a boy become a 'young trans girl'? What has to change in order for this transformation to take place? How would the norrmal 'woman on a trolley bus' be able to determine the difference between a boy and a 'young trans girl' exactly?

Cheers in advance.

Heggettypeg · 27/07/2026 11:47

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:35

So, they are now allowing trans men into GG (for you unintelligent folk who cannot figure out how gender works: someone who was assigned female at birth who then transitioned to being a man). So, they are now allowing MEN into GG rather than using their organisation to "concentrate on actual women and girls" (yes, that is your own quote)

Since you seem to consider yourself more intelligent than the rest of us, perhaps you would care to explain what exactly this "woman" is that a male-bodied person can be.

BettyBooper · 27/07/2026 11:47

Igneococcus · 27/07/2026 11:46

Geeez, imagine being so deluded and clueless as to think all this bollocks hasn't been thrown at us before.

How they don't realise that this level of desperation to get men into spaces with little girls is decidedly creepy is beyond me...

Boiledbeetle · 27/07/2026 11:46

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:35

So, they are now allowing trans men into GG (for you unintelligent folk who cannot figure out how gender works: someone who was assigned female at birth who then transitioned to being a man). So, they are now allowing MEN into GG rather than using their organisation to "concentrate on actual women and girls" (yes, that is your own quote)

Transmen are women, so no not men. They are allowing women who want to be men in whereas they used to not allow them in.

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:46

nocoolnamesleft · 27/07/2026 11:39

Disgraceful that they are continuing to knowingly break the law, and subvert the safeguarding of girls, by allowing biological males into what are advertised as female spaces.

They are also letting trans men into GG (Girlguiding) (for unintelligent people who do not understand how language works: someone who were assigned female at birth who transitioned into a man) so they are letting MEN into GG now. Give me evidence that giving young trans girls the space to be themselves (a girl) is so destructive to the cis girls there.

Igneococcus · 27/07/2026 11:46

Geeez, imagine being so deluded and clueless as to think all this bollocks hasn't been thrown at us before.

BettyBooper · 27/07/2026 11:45

Ooh look! If we change the definitions of words so that they mean the opposite, we can argue that black is white!

🙄

Boiledbeetle · 27/07/2026 11:44

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:32

Quick note on your language there. "Men who self identify as women" are also known as trans women or, even simpler, women. Since GG is for "all girls" (quote from their website) that includes ALL WOMEN. It is also well documented that trans women do not pose a threat to cis women in women-only spaces. If you are going to say "What if they are men and just want to look at little girls in a sexual way?" then should we prohibit lesbians or bisexual women from volunteering when they are already in a tough spot for volunteers because what if they look at the little girls in the same way.?

Quick note on your language there. "Men who self identify as women" are also known simply as men.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 27/07/2026 11:43

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:32

Quick note on your language there. "Men who self identify as women" are also known as trans women or, even simpler, women. Since GG is for "all girls" (quote from their website) that includes ALL WOMEN. It is also well documented that trans women do not pose a threat to cis women in women-only spaces. If you are going to say "What if they are men and just want to look at little girls in a sexual way?" then should we prohibit lesbians or bisexual women from volunteering when they are already in a tough spot for volunteers because what if they look at the little girls in the same way.?

You need to build a Time Machine so you can pop back to 2017 with these genius arguments.

CassOle · 27/07/2026 11:39

I'm intelligent enough to understand that not a single human being in the history of the planet has ever changed sex. In fact, not a single mammal has done that.

So, I am not going to be persuaded to pretend otherwise by a few daft posts on the internet from a TRA.

nocoolnamesleft · 27/07/2026 11:39

Disgraceful that they are continuing to knowingly break the law, and subvert the safeguarding of girls, by allowing biological males into what are advertised as female spaces.

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:35

TheOtherRaven · 01/07/2025 15:16

What was that lovely phrase from that article this morning? I think I need it on a t shirt.

Ah yes. About how agencies 'continue to behave as though the law were a mystery wrapped in a conundrum inside a quandary'

Because doing so allows the continuing illegal oppression of women and girls' rights. It's bad enough that government departments and the NHS are so into this, but actual women's and girls organisations.... let them all go down. We need to start again, set up by women who can concentrate on actual women and girls instead of on their own need for phallic drift.

So, they are now allowing trans men into GG (for you unintelligent folk who cannot figure out how gender works: someone who was assigned female at birth who then transitioned to being a man). So, they are now allowing MEN into GG rather than using their organisation to "concentrate on actual women and girls" (yes, that is your own quote)

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:32

Oldfashioneddinosaur · 22/04/2025 21:51

I'm also interested. When I asked them about whether men who self identify as women can be volunteers (for camps etc), they said yes, and that parents wouldn't be informed. They surely can't just continue with this after the ruling last week.

Quick note on your language there. "Men who self identify as women" are also known as trans women or, even simpler, women. Since GG is for "all girls" (quote from their website) that includes ALL WOMEN. It is also well documented that trans women do not pose a threat to cis women in women-only spaces. If you are going to say "What if they are men and just want to look at little girls in a sexual way?" then should we prohibit lesbians or bisexual women from volunteering when they are already in a tough spot for volunteers because what if they look at the little girls in the same way.?

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:20

HelenaWaiting · 22/04/2025 21:48

I wonder if it has occurred to them that this is why their membership figures are falling?

Correlation doesn't equal causation! And falling membership figures is mostly given to falling volunteer numbers which directly caps the number of people who can join as well as the strain on the modern family with most parents having to both work (sometimes 2/3 jobs) meaning there isn't time for GG

user08101988 · 27/07/2026 11:16

Timefordrama · 22/04/2025 21:37

To be fair, they do now include transboys.

This is where I see the ridiculousness of all this trans stuff. They are now allowing boys in rather it be a space for "all girls" and for them to "be yourself" (both quotes from the website). Trans women are women and trans men are men, so shouldn't be allowed into GIRLguiding

SerendipityJane · 01/07/2025 16:33

The blame lies with Stonewall et a

You know what they say. Where there's blame there's a claim ?

I wonder - purely on a balance of probabilities - exactly how much Stonewalls defence of good faith might go before a court ? It's hard to believe that every organisation "advised" by Stonewall were themselves captured. There must be a few who are less than chuffed about the expense this will have caused them as a result of rather wishful thinking advice as opposed to legally sound advice.

TheOtherRaven · 01/07/2025 15:16

What was that lovely phrase from that article this morning? I think I need it on a t shirt.

Ah yes. About how agencies 'continue to behave as though the law were a mystery wrapped in a conundrum inside a quandary'

Because doing so allows the continuing illegal oppression of women and girls' rights. It's bad enough that government departments and the NHS are so into this, but actual women's and girls organisations.... let them all go down. We need to start again, set up by women who can concentrate on actual women and girls instead of on their own need for phallic drift.

tobee · 01/07/2025 13:43

averylongtimeago · 01/07/2025 13:06

They have been asked, and are “waiting for further clarification “. They have repeated this on several occasions, as recently as last week iirc.

Again and again it's all about reassuring the menz and the fucking Jane Faes of this world. Unbelievable. Absolute travesty.