‘Hijacked by Ideology’: Girl Guides Fire Western Australia CEO for Questioning Transgender Membership Policy

‘Hijacked by Ideology’: Girl Guides Fire Western Australia CEO for Questioning Transgender Membership Policy
A participant waves the rainbow flag during the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride Parade in Budapest on July 24, 2021. Ferenc Isza/AFP via Getty Images
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A former CEO of Girl Guides who was terminated for expressing her disapproval of the transgender policy says the traditional organisation has been “hijacked” by the transgender ideology and urges the institution to “wake up and realise what’s going on.”

Karyn Lisignoli was dismissed by Girl Guides Western Australia (WA) in December, just over a week into her job, after she sought legal advice on changing the membership rule back to only include biological women.

The current Girl Guides WA constitution defines a girl as “any person under the age of 18 years who lives their life as female”, and a woman as “any person aged 18 years or older who lives their life as female”.

On Dec. 16, Lisignoli contacted women’s rights lawyer and head of Save Women’s Sport Australia, Katherine Deves, via Twitter, commenting under Deves’ tweet about the UK Supreme Court ruling against gender-neutral passports.
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