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Annual spring cleanup aims to make P.E.I. pristine
Volunteers took part in the annual P.E.I. Women's Institute roadside cleanup on May 9, walking through fields, tree lines and streets to clean up garbage.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-spring-cleanup-womens-institute-9.7194415?cmp=rss

Jules she/her May 1

Two more #WomensInstitute branches vote to close rather than comply with trans ban
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/04/27/womens-institute-trans-ban-bristol/

Two more Women’s Institute branches vote to close over trans ban

Two Bristol branches of the Women’s Institute have voted to close after the National Federation announced it would ban trans women.

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JdeBP Feb 21

@InTheseHeels @HarriettMB

If I had known that the W.I. was involved, my guesses would have been even more mindboggled.

A team of a hundred or so women, herding all of the beetles from one farmer's field of crops to another — wellies on, a small glass jar and a net in one hand, slice of cake in the other.

#WomensInstitute #BeetleDrive #cake

World news | The Guardian Dec 30

‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speech https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/30/tony-blair-advisers-wi-speech-womens-institute #Labour #TonyBlair #NationalArchives #AlastairCampbell #Politics #WomensInstitute #UkNews #PoliticsPast

‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speech

Former PM’s team suggested initial less-politicised drafts seemed patronising and appealed to ‘fuddy-duddy Britain’

The Guardian

Prism & Pen Dec 6, 2025

These institutions are acting out of fear — fear of litigation, fear of lobby groups, fear of being dragged into a financially ruinous court case they cannot possibly afford to win.
Who funds many of these legal threats? Well let’s just say a fund has been set up by an author to expelliarmus trans people, and to support cases against trans inclusion
https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-real-reason-the-girl-guides-and-wi-turned-away-trans-women-1e2ff69c427a?sk=2f318cc1fe77ee0bac38752c9b06c187

#LGBTQ #UKPolitics #GirlGuides #WomensInstitute

🌱🏴‍🅰️🏳️‍⚧️🐧🔧📎 Ambiyelp Dec 4, 2025

@katemorley What do you think of the womens institute being forced to disallow trans members from joining? Do you think they had to do this?

“Incredibly sadly, we will have to restrict our membership on the basis of biological sex from April next year,” Green said. “But the message we really want to get across is that it remains our firm belief that transgender women are women, and that doesn’t change.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/century-old-womens-group-forced-to-ban-trans-women-after-a-decade-of-inclusion/

#Trans #Queer #UnitedKingdom #SupremeCourt #Transmisia #WomensInstitute

Century-old women's group forced to ban trans women after a decade of inclusion - LGBTQ Nation

The Women's Institute CEO said they made the announcement with “utmost regret and sadness."

LGBTQ Nation

Darren Fower Dec 4, 2025

Q: Do YOU agree with the stance taken by the #GirlGuides and #WomensInstitute RE: Banning T*R*A*N*S*G*E*N*D*E*R females???

Advocate.com [Unofficial]Dec 3, 2025

Women's Institute to ban transgender women after U.K. Supreme Court ruling

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/world/womens-institute-united-kingdom-transgender

Adam Dec 3, 2025

The U.K. supreme court's bullshit anti-trans ruling earlier this year already shows far reaching consequences. The Women's Institute and Girl Guides will stop accepting trans women and girls, and will even force out members who have been in the organization for decades

“It’s cruel and a failure of this government to protect human rights, including freedom of association.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/03/womens-institute-no-longer-accept-trans-women-members-april

#ukpol #uklaw #transrights #womensinstitute