{"id":328703,"date":"2026-07-06T07:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=328703"},"modified":"2026-07-07T05:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:52:21","slug":"transgender-burlesque-performer-sat-on-girlguiding-panel-shaping-future-of-girl-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=328703","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Burlesque Performer Sat on Girlguiding Panel Shaping Future of Girl Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Eldred \u2013 The Daily Sceptic July 5, 2026<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n

An investigation by the Mail on Sunday<\/em> claims that, despite last April\u2019s Supreme Court ruling that sex in equality law refers to biological sex, the organisation\u2019s leaders are still in thrall to the trans rights movement. Here\u2019s an excerpt<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Dancing on stage in knee-high boots, PVC underwear and posing provocatively with a riding crop, Paula Southin, a\u00a0transgender\u00a0activist, performs an erotic routine using the stage name Violette Hue in a lewd online video.<\/p>\n

The Mail on Sunday<\/em> can reveal that Southin, who was born a man, is also a former Girl Guide leader and member of a key committee tasked with helping shape the future of the 116 year-old movement.<\/p>\n

Astonishingly, the 58 year-old amateur burlesque performer was one of at least four trans activists who were asked by Girlguiding \u2013 previously the Girl Guides Association \u2013 to explore opportunities for trans girls and trans women to be \u201csupported\u201d by the organisation.<\/p>\n

Girlguiding was widely praised when it announced it would restrict membership to biological girls and young women following last April\u2019s\u00a0Supreme Court\u00a0ruling that sex in equality law refers to biological sex. \u2026<\/p>\n

Insiders say the move has split the organisation, with powerful voices expressing pro-trans views behind the scenes and activists campaigning to overturn the ban.<\/p>\n

Girlguiding itself launched a consultation last year involving around 500 people to explore how it can help trans girls and trans women, while insisting it was not attempting to reverse the ban.<\/p>\n

The consultation was overseen\u00a0by a panel of 16, including burlesque performer Southin, which met seven times between January and March. It discussed ideas for connecting with trans people, including \u201chow possible, lawful and inclusive these ideas would be\u201d\u2026.<\/p>\n

Details of Southin\u2019s role on the panel come as whistleblowers describe an atmosphere of intimidation from pro-trans colleagues at Girlguiding\u2019s London headquarters \u2026<\/p>\n

One ex-employee, who asked to remain anonymous, said she realised shortly after joining that \u201cgender-critical\u201d views \u2013\u00a0the belief that there are two biological sexes and that sex cannot be changed \u2013 were \u201csimply not welcome\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said Girlguiding\u2019s \u2018Head of Girl Experience\u2019, Gemma Benton, believed that boys and men who identify as female should remain within the organisation, despite the Supreme Court ruling\u2026.<\/p>\n

The whistleblower said she felt unable to express her views at work. \u201cI just didn\u2019t feel\u00a0psychologically safe in that environment,\u201d she said. \u201cI had never experienced any organisation like it before.\u201d<\/p>\n

She recalls a junior manager effectively telling staff unhappy with the organisation\u2019s approach to trans inclusion: \u201cYou\u2019ve all got to get on board or get out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one challenged it,\u201d the former employee said. A second whistleblower, who still works for Girlguiding said: \u201cIt is essentially taken as a given within Girlguiding that trans women are women, so any discussion of biological reality is avoided. You simply wouldn\u2019t test the water, as there would be no coming back from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Guides are yet\u00a0to issue a report after its consultation about supporting trans girls and women. But some suggestions from those taking part have been published on its website.<\/p>\n

They include \u201cexploring how we might hold events, run activities or campaign\u201d with trans people; making \u201cchanges to the way Girlguiding is run\u201d; and exploring how to set up trans-friendly spaces or groups linked to the movement.<\/p>\n

Worth reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 58 year-old amateur burlesque performer was one of at least four trans activists who were asked by Girlguiding \u2013 previously the Girl Guides Association \u2013 to explore opportunities for trans girls and trans women to be \u201csupported\u201d by the organisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":328705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=328703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328704,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328703\/revisions\/328704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/328705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=328703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=328703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=328703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}