The youth organisation released a statement yesterday (Tuesday) saying its decision to admit children and adults who identify as women does not put other female members at risk.
However, a campaign group has claimed young people are at risk of being raped or falling pregnant if it continues to admit transgender people.
Girlguiding has been a girl-only organisation since its foundation in 1910, but changed its rules in January 2017 so that any child or young person aged from five to 25 years who self-identifies as a girl or young woman can now become a member regardless of the sex they were assigned at birth.
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