NSPCC clashes with Mumsnet over transgender guides

THE NSPCC has become embroiled in a row with Mumsnet users after defending the right of transgender girls to join the Girlguiding movement.

The charity called off a planned live event about keeping children safe from abuse on Friday after users repeatedly asked questions about allowing transgender children into single-sex spaces such as changing rooms, shower facilities and dormitories.

A staff member posted to say the event had been cancelled “because the questions here are so focused on gender identity, the feeling is that the NSPCC’S specific safety messages are unlikely to get much of an airing”.

In a statement to the site, the NSPCC said it “doesn’t consider there to be specific child protection concerns in relation to trans-inclusive policies”.

Justine Roberts, Mumsnet founder, told The Daily Telegraph that the site “will always have a great deal of sympathy for vulnerable and oppressed groups but we are also committed to freedom of speech”.