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King’s Trust cancels girls’ boxing course to avoid banning boys

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QuetzalTerfLus · 19/03/2026 07:04

how depressing…

I saw this but it’s paywalled
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15633515/King-Charles-charity-cancelled-course-disadvantaged-girls-banning-biological-males.html

so googled and found this:
https://www.britbrief.co.uk/politics/liberties/kings-trust-cancels-girls-boxing-course-over-male-inclusion.html

King's charity cancelled course for girls instead of banning males

The King's Trust was due to run a 'Get started with Boxing and Fitness for Women' course for girls aged 16 to 25 that was open to 'female identifying/presenting' people.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15633515/King-Charles-charity-cancelled-course-disadvantaged-girls-banning-biological-males.html

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HaveYouActuallyDoneAnyWashingThisWeekMum · 07/04/2026 07:39

Loud and clear message from the patriarchy: better all girls miss out completely than have to say “no” to even one boy. Very very depressing.

BeSpoonyTurtle · 07/04/2026 07:32

Have there been any updates on this?

Needspaceforlego · 21/03/2026 20:58

ProfessorRedshoeblueshoe · 21/03/2026 16:23

The Mail have now covered it, I saw it on Twitter.

I might even forgive them for calling me an 'anxious mother'!

ProfessorRedshoeblueshoe · 21/03/2026 16:23

The Mail have now covered it, I saw it on Twitter.

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 20/03/2026 16:11

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Needspaceforlego · 20/03/2026 12:40

BunfightBetty · 20/03/2026 11:26

They'll be in the shit if the Daily Mail gets wind of this and runs it as a story. Can you imagine the headlines? They'll gleefully link the King to this, hands-off or not.

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Now the Daily Mail enjoy a wee nosy on MN that I know.
A few years back they lifted a thread of mine, twisted it around and printed it. I really wasn't impressed!
However I'd be happy for them to give the King's Trust a wee bashing.

BunfightBetty · 20/03/2026 11:26

They'll be in the shit if the Daily Mail gets wind of this and runs it as a story. Can you imagine the headlines? They'll gleefully link the King to this, hands-off or not.

BlackeyedSusan · 20/03/2026 11:08

Igmum · 19/03/2026 08:24

I have never written to the King before. Now might be the time to start. He may not be actively involved but it bears his name. I struggle to believe that some lunatics are so deeply committed to this that unless men are allowed to publicly batter women they throw their toys out of the pram.

Camilla is interested in vawag. She might be worth a letter too if you are so inclined.

EdithStourton · 20/03/2026 08:48

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FFS.
I'm endlessly appalled by how much, mostly female, effort and money has to go into dealing with idiocy like this.

Bloody entitled men. They need to get a grip on reality and grow TF up.

AmbiguityIsKey · 20/03/2026 07:20

MyThreeWords · 19/03/2026 07:42

This from an organisation that explicitly references the sex of its patron in its name.🙄What fucking nonsense.

I wonder if he could start identifying as the Queen instead.

Needspaceforlego · 20/03/2026 07:17

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WTAF thats wild.

I could almost forgive them pulling any type of boxing due to the dementia risks, thinking the male / female thing might just be a part of the picture.
But to pull ALL female things is ridiculous.

HummingBird50 · 19/03/2026 16:36

Wrangling over the EHRC CoP is a complete red herring if we are talking about boxing, or any other contact sport, it's a safety issue. And safety alone.
If the WI and Girlguides can come to the conclusion that women/girl means female, ot shouldn't be difficult for the King's Trust to make the same decision for female-only activities. If only the adults in the room would grow a backbone.

MrsPaperweight · 19/03/2026 16:09

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Absolutely appalling (but not unsurprising). @Scotthistle. We have to expose this denial of opportunities to young girls; it’s scandalous. Sam Merriman at the Mail on Sunday would very much like to speak to you and can guarantee complete anonymity [email protected]

Coatsoff42 · 19/03/2026 15:58

It seems ironic that in a time of increasing violence against women and girls, they would remove training for girls’ self defence.

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 19/03/2026 14:32

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Scotthistle · 19/03/2026 13:31

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Dragonasaurus · 19/03/2026 12:26

Are there any elements of the King’s Trust which are exclusively for men and boys? If so, have these been allowed to continue?

I had a quick look at their website and there doesn't appear to be.

If there were then it appears that they've removed those as well as the women only events.

Dragonasaurus · 19/03/2026 12:26

Are there any elements of the King’s Trust which are exclusively for men and boys? If so, have these been allowed to continue?

Scotthistle · 19/03/2026 11:37

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QuetzalTerfLus · 19/03/2026 11:29

I know in my rational brain that the King probably has little to do with the Kings Trust but the connection particularly pisses me off as if there is one institution in this country that knows what a man is, it’s the Royal Family. How else do you explain that there have been 33 kings and 8 queens regnant since 1066?!

It’s obviously no more shocking than the NHS’s take on sex v gender but it gives further evidence of just how deep the “gender” rot goes.

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Iamnotalemming · 19/03/2026 10:51

This is absolutely appalling.
At its worst, this is more evidence of a mens' rights movement. All women and girls must be punished for daring to want stuff for themselves.
At its best, and if I try hard to be optimistic rather than cynical, this could be a captured organisation in spasms of uncertainty because the basis of their belief system has been found lacking. Maybe there is a way out the other side to ... normality? Respecting women and girls? I fear they will need pushing with legal action to get there though.

Helleofabore · 19/03/2026 10:32

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WTAF!

WittyLimeBiscuit · 19/03/2026 10:10

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ProfessorRedshoeblueshoe · 19/03/2026 09:00

Interesting that Nicola Adams is in that photo. She only came out as GC after she had retired. Let's hope she can have a voice in this.

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