To ask you to sign our letter to Girlguiding UK?

[AgnesBadenPowell]

IMPORTANT! Deadline 9pm Thursday

We (me and the awesome team at Fair Play For Women and some others) will be publishing an open letter to Girlguiding in a national newspaper this Sunday. We set out the safeguarding concerns with their trans policy that allows a male child who identifies as a girl to share sleeping, dressing and washing facilities with girls, and that parents are not allowed to know. We also highlight that Females who identify as boys are expected to leave, disproportionately impacting lesbian girls.

We are now asking for our supporters to sign the open letter. I obviously need your name - you can PM me with your name, and indicate whether you are a parent, Leader, former member, grandparent, aunty, concerned member of the public etc. OR you can complete the online form here:

fairplayforwomen.com/add-your-name/

We can’t publish the full text of the letter but all the issues are summarised in this factsheet and can be seen in more detail this report.

https://fairplayforwomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/FPFWGirlguidess_factsheet.pdf

https://fairplayforwomen.com/guide-leaders-call-for-halt/

Spread the word and the link and lets get as many signatures as possible. Girlguiding has made a big misstep with this policy. As a Leader, I don't do this lightly. It's not my intention to embarrass Girlguiding but they MUST listen to our concerns about this policy - concerns shared by legal and child protection experts as well as parents and leaders.

You can read about the Girlguiding policy question here (and click through to the specific guidance on residentials): www.girlguiding.org.uk/making-guiding-happen/policies/girlguiding-policies/equality-and-diversity-policy/transgender-gender-reassignment/

Girlguiding's most recent statement on this issue can be read here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/what-we-do/our-stories-and-news/news/coverage-of-equality-diversity-policy/

Agnes, well done and congratulations. I'm feeling smug as anything because I happened to put my full name not initials and the fact that I was a Guide (and a Brownie) and was therefore one of the 223 names that did successfully find its way to the paper.

Oh and as well as well done and congratulations - thank you. This is such an important campaign.

I was in the paper too.

Thank you Agnes.

Signed again with my full name.

Thank you for signing and your messages of support, from me and the other women working with me who cannot be public.

It's a sad time indeed when women cannot discuss the safety and well-being of girls without being accused and silenced.

I will not be silenced!

I'll see if we can get an updated tally of signatures and will let you know.

My name's in but not that I was a brownie. Is that because I wasn't a guide? Great letter, well done.

I made the paper too! Put a smile on my face

Actually brought the paper today to see how the letter looked - was it prominent enough to get attention. First time in years. and to laugh at the fashion magazine

@AgnesBadenPowell

Came across this tonight.

Onwards.