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James Beard Fdn. President Returns Award from Boy Scouts

James Beard Fdn. President Returns Award from Boy Scouts

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The president of the James Beard Foundation, which is devoted to preserving America's culinary heritage and is named after a gay chef, turned down an award from the antigay Boys Scouts of America.

Susan Ungaro initially accepted the award, but activist and SiriusXM host Michelangelo Signorile informed her that the Boy Scouts have clear antigay policies that ban out leaders and participants. Upon realizing this, Ungaro rejected the award.

In a note to Signorile, Ungaro wrote, "While I support all the poverty and hunger-fighting programs of the Boy Scouts of America, including sending at-risk youth to camp, your report brought to my attention that accepting the Distinguished Citizen Award implied I support their antigay policy, which I absolutely do not. When I accepted the honor, I was focused on supporting the New Jersey chefs and restaurant community.

I have informed the Boy Scouts of America that I am rescinding my acceptance of the award."

Read more here.

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.