Transgender girls can no longer join Girlguiding

Girlguiding UK, has around 300,000 UK members across its Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers groups (Image: PA)

Transgender girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, the organisation has said as it confirmed it will limit its membership to “girls and young women”. Girlguiding UK said the move, which means only those recorded female at birth can join, was in response to the Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that said the words "woman" and "sex" in equality law refer to biological sex.

Girlguiding UK, which has around 300,000 UK members across its Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers groups, said the "difficult" decision had been made with a "heavy heart".

Following the decision trans rights campaigners claimed Girlguiding was "being forced to exclude young trans girls