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UK Scouting is fully non-gendered for all ages; see Scouting for All and the Equal Opportunities Policy: http://scouts.org.uk/about-us/key-policies/equal-opport

UK Scouting is fully non-gendered for all ages; see Scouting for All and the Equal Opportunities Policy: http://scouts.org.uk/about-us/key-policies/equal-opportunities-policy/ http://scouts.org.uk/about-us/key-policies/equal-opportuniti.... UK Guiding allows girls and young women, but fully supports gender self-identification: https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/making-guiding-happen/policies/girlguiding-policies/equality-and-diversity-policy/transgender-gender-reassignment/ https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/making-guiding-happen/policie.... Scouting and Guiding in the UK are refreshingly progressive organisations. Source: current Scout leader.

fastball 9y ago
So what your saying is: as a self-identified male, I can't be a UK Guide? Sounds gendered to me.
- microcolonel 9y ago
  God only knows what those boys would get up to if they had freedom of association! ;- )
- Samathy 9y ago
  No, you can't. Because girls need a safe space to be girls (without any boys around) a lot more than boys need any more spaces where they can be boys without any girls around (there's enough of those).
  - microcolonel 9y ago
    > No, you can't. Because girls need a safe space to be girls (without any boys around) a lot more than boys need any more spaces where they can be boys without any girls around. Please substantiate this. > there's enough of those Name one that isn't a sports team.
  - to_bpr 9y ago
    What an incredibly toxic, and factually incorrect, mindset to hold.
DanBC 9y ago
"all ages" - but everyone beavers is male only, right?
- Samathy 9y ago
  No, anyone can join any of the scouting age groups.