The Girl Guides are mired in a row over banning boys who think they are girls, with a breakaway group pushing to overturn the policy brought in last year. The Telegraph has the story.

Calling itself Guiders Against Trans Exclusion (Gate), the group encourages Guide leaders to oppose the policy through activism, including writing to politicians and attending protests.

It encourages members to show opposition to the ban by wearing the Guide’s promise badge upside down, changing profile pictures on social media to show support for trans allies and wearing a trans pride necker scarf.

Messages seen by the Telegraph show that multiple guide leaders have purchased sets of badges for their units – including one for a Rainbows group (aged 5 to 7) – and that badges had also been placed on sale at a recent official Girlguiding event.

But others are in favour of the ban, and said that

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