TRANSGENDER girls will be forced to leave the Girl Guides by September 6 under a new rule change.
The organisation has said, after its announcement in December, that membership would be “restricted to girls and young women”.
Girlguiding added that volunteers in female-only roles must also switch to positions open to both men and women by early September.
The change was in response to last year’s Supreme Court ruling on sex and gender, it added.
Girlguiding hopes the time will allow “affected members and their families time to plan, prepare, access support, and decide when – between now and September – they feel ready to leave.”
A spokesperson for the charity added: “Following the Supreme Court decision last year relating to sex and gender, Girlguiding’s board of trustees confirmed that trans girls and young women, from December 2 2025, would no longer be able to join Girlguiding.
“This decision was made to make sure we were operating lawfully and follow our governing charity documents, which affect how our membership eligibility is defined.
“Today, Girlguiding shared further operational information with our members about the timings for this change. The update explained that current young members who are trans girls can stay with Girlguiding until September 6 2026.
“This allows affected members and their families time to plan, prepare, access support, and decide when – between now and September – they feel ready to leave.
“Any trans girl or trans woman who is currently volunteering in a role open to women only will need to move to a role that is open to all volunteers by September 6 2026.”
Chairman of Girlguiding trustees Denise Wilson, Felicity Oswald, its chief executive, and chief guide Tracy Foster, previously said in a joint statement: “Girlguiding has reached the difficult decision that going forward membership of Girlguiding will be restricted to girls and young women, as defined in the Equality Act (2010).
“From today (Dec 2), trans girls and young women, and others not recorded female at birth, will no longer be able to join Girlguiding as new young members.”
