@noMincedWords please read my previous posts, indirect discrimination is when something unfairly impacts one group inadvertently. I've no doubt GG are well intentioned and transboys may well want to leave, but GG say in more than one place that leaders need to work with the transboy (ie females) to find them somewhere else to go. They may well want to go anyway, and that's fine, but they should not be asked to leave, or indirectly pressured to leave. As the majority of kids identifying as trans are girls (by the tavistock's own data) and 95% are same sex attracted, and 80% of all trans kids CHANGE THEIR MIND, with most ending up LBG and not T (Polly Carmichael says that herself) it does impact lesbian girls unfairly.
The other thing you need to think about, is by admitting male children, and regardless of how they identify transgirls are legally male and male bodied, girls from different religious and cultural backgrounds are also disproportionately affected - partic in very conservative communities, there could be serious consequences for these girls if it's later found out they shared washing or sleeping facilities with a boy, and her 'honour' is thought to have been sullied. That, if GG isn't careful, is also an EA2010 breach for indirect discrimination and GG, if it wants these girls to have a safe place to go to develop themselves, free from stereotypes, needs to think about what consequences it could be subjecting these girls to. It's not good enough to say, as GG have done, 'they are free not to join' as girls from very conservative religious backgrounds have so few places they are permitted to go, as they are not allowed to mix with boys. Are we really saying to those girls, never mind, your life can shrink to the size of a postage stamp, when in the next breath GG says it's all about overcoming gendered stereotypes that harm girls?
@Je11y if you drill down into the data, e.g. the latest stonewall study on suicide and look at the numbers by SEX not gender ID, guess who is self harming, feeling suicidal and attempting suicide? It's FEMALES. This compares with other studies looking at the levels of anxiety, self harm and mental distress in GIRLS.
GIRLS are having a crisis. Surely it's GG's remit to support these girls.
And what about the feelings of the girls themselves, are we also saying that their boundaries, dignity, privacy, modesty, and ability to perceive reality correctly don't matter? I think those things are crucial to developing self esteem and to teaching girls to have healthy boundaries that keep them safe.
GG need to suspend the policy, and do a full and impartial impact assessment, looking at how this policy impacts the rights of everyone, particularly focusing on the protected characteristics of sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation and religious belief. Bear in mind also that the law quite clearly says that sometimes the fairest thing to do is NOT treat everyone the same. Transgirls have needs, no one is doubting that, but is an organistion set up for females only, that has successfully been female only for over a century, the place for them? That's what they need to look at and then decide their policy.