Girl Guides leader to sue chiefs who expelled her after she objected to a controversial policy allowing boys who identify as female to join
by Sanchez Manning, Mailonline:
A Girl Guides leader is set to sue the organisation after she was expelled for objecting to the controversial policy allowing boys who identify as female to join.
Katie Alcock is launching the landmark case against Girlguiding chiefs claiming that they have discriminated against her beliefs as a feminist.
Ms Alcock, who had been a leader for ten years, also fears that the change in the rules could affect child safety.
Concern has been raised over biological males sharing accommodation, showers and toilets with girls on trips away ever since The Mail on Sunday revealed the change in policy in 2017.
Ms Alcock says that as a feminist she believes males cannot change their biological sex, so should not be admitted to a group created for females.
Her dispute with the Guides began in June 2018 when, along with fellow leader Helen Watts, her objections to the transgender policy were secretly reported to the Girlguiding leadership.
A four-month investigation concluded she had breached the organisation’s social media rules by airing her concerns online.
It also ruled she had broken the ‘code of conduct’ by refusing to adhere to the Guides’ equality and diversity policy on transgender inclusion.
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