Scouting America 'surprised and disappointed' after U.S. military threatens to cut ties
Scouting America told The Advocate that its "values have not changed" even after the U.S. military threatened to sever ties.
November 25, 2025
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Boy Scouts Kick Out Another Gay Scoutmaster
The Boy Scouts of America has 'revoked' the membership of Seattle scoutmaster Geoff McGrath due to his sexual orientation.
April 1, 2014
Boy Scouts: Gays Aren't Pedophiles... Or Leaders
Despite its insistence that 'there is no relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia,' a BSA spokesperson said there is no current plan to review the discriminatory ban on gay adult leaders.
July 31, 2014
BSA Severs Ties With Church Over Gay Scoutmaster
The Boy Scouts of America has revoked the membership of a church that supported its openly gay scout master.
April 21, 2014
Gay Eagle Scout Demands Amazon Cut Ties With BSA
Eagle Scout Pascal Tessier is demanding that Amazon drop the youth group from its AmazonSmile program, which allows shoppers to donate to nonprofit organizations.
May 19, 2014
First Out Eagle Scout to BSA: Let Me Stay
On his 18th birthday, Pascal Tessier wrote a letter to BSA's president demanding the ban on gay adults be lifted.
August 6, 2014
Op-ed: BSA, Why Make Us Eagles Just to Clip Our Wings?
In refusing to let them become leaders, the Boy Scouts of America are preventing gay fathers from guiding and sharing in important life moments with their sons.
August 8, 2014
Op-ed: Robert Gates and the Boys Scouts Need to Try Harder
Time to turn words into action, BSA.
May 27, 2015
Ryan Andresen Rejected as Eagle Scout Because He Is Gay
Andresen has received an official no from the BSA.
January 9, 2013
Op-ed: The Scouts Made Me, Now They Have to Do Right by Me
This Eagle Scout loves the BSA organization, save for that insidious ban on adult gay leaders.
June 26, 2015
Conservatives Warn of Backlash If Boy Scouts Admit Gays
Scoutmasters and former members say they will pull their families out of the BSA if the organization allows gay members.
May 11, 2013
Boy Scouts Welcomes Girls, Gays. Mormon Church Says, 'Bye'
As the BSA moves into the 21st-century, the Mormon Church backs away after a century-long partnership.
May 9, 2018
New York Investigates Gay Employment Discrimination in Boy Scouts
The attorney general's office is looking into the BSA's hiring practices, which may violate New York State law.
April 21, 2015
1.4 Million Signatures Delivered to Boy Scouts
Gay scouts, leaders, and their straight allies delivered a petition to the BSA's board urging the group to change its antigay policy.
February 5, 2013
Should Girls Be Allowed in the Boy Scouts?
Transgender Eagle Scout Jessie "Gender" Earl on the argument that girls shouldn't be allowed in the newly renamed Scouts BSA.
May 17, 2018
Women Like Me Have Always Been Part of the Boy Scouts
It's sad that we still see so many different programs in terms of the gender binary. Thankfully, BSA is getting with the times.
October 13, 2017
Mormon Church Backs Off Threat to Leave Boy Scouts
After insinuating they might sever ties with the youth organization after it opened up leadership roles to out gays, the Church says it's sticking with the BSA.
August 26, 2015
WATCH: Gay Boy Scout Earns Eagle by Restoring LGBT Center
At a time when openly gay youth were still barred from the BSA, scout Eric Snyder decided to protest by renovating an LGBT center.
April 17, 2014
Calif. Bill on Scouts' Tax Exemption on Hold
The bill, which would take away the state tax exemption of the BSA and other groups that discriminate, is on hold while its sponsor seeks more support.
September 13, 2013
More Churches Cutting Ties With Boy Scouts of America
The BSA's new policy allowing gay adult leaders doesn't require any church-sponsored unit to accept them, but that's not enough for some churches.
August 10, 2015
Marietta Church Kicks Out Boy Scout Troop Over Acceptance of Gays
The Roswell Street Baptist Church has severed its ties with Troop 204 after 68 years of sponsorship because the BSA will now accept out gay members.
June 6, 2013