Following a new ban on trans girls getting involved in Girl Guides, Girlguiding has confirmed the ban does not apply to trans boys.

National governing charity Girlguiding, which oversees girl guide groups in the UK, announced on Tuesday (2 December) it had made the “difficult decision” to ban all trans girls from its troops , citing the controversial Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of ‘sex’.

Condemnation of the decision has been wide-ranging and swift, with a petition published just hours after the announcement already amassing thousands of signatures.

The organisation first allowed trans girls to join its scouting groups, which includes Rainbows, Brownies, and Guides and Rangers, in 2017 after passing new guidelines aimed at supporting “all girls and young women”, with the

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