OTTAWA – The historic Girl Guides of Canada is wrestling with a very modern question: Whether to allow transgender girls — children who were born male but identify as girls — into their troops.

“Our board is seeking advice from medical and law professionals, and will deal with requests on a case-by-case basis,” said Deborah Del Duca, CEO of Girl Guides of Canada.

“Girl Guides of Canada strives to ensure environments where girls and women from all walks of life, identities and lived experiences feel a sense of belonging and can fully participate.”

The volunteer service organization was recently asked if they would allow transgender girls into their organization.

The Canadian request was made after a Colorado Girl Scouts troop was asked to include a transgender girl into their ranks.

The American group eventually agreed to admit the child.

“Girl Scouts is an inclusive organization and we accept all girls in Kindergarten through 12th grade as members,” the Girl Scouts of Colorado said on its website. “If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout.”

The move has angered some parents, who have called for a boycott of what they see as an LBGT rights agenda in a children’s organization.

The question is a non-issue for Scouts Canada, which ceased being a boys-only group in 1998 when it allowed girls to join.

The Girl Guides was founded in 1910 in England by Lady Agnes Baden-Powell, sister of Lt. Gen Robert Baden-Powell, an army officer who wrote the book on scouting and orienteering .

Guides and Scouts focused on skills training, wilderness survival, charity and citizenship.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston is the Chief Scout of Canada, while the Queen is the Patron of the Guiding Association.

Girl Guides of Canada now tackles a wide range of issues, including bullying, climate change and HIV awareness.