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Scouting America Allows Any Gender Sexual Orientation
Voices

Now is the time for scouting to fully embrace trans and nonbinary youth

"Scouting has the opportunity to make its program a true safe haven for these vulnerable youth at a time when many other institutions are threatening their physical safety," writes Mike De Socio.

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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.

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Boy Scouts Stop Taking Calls, Tony Perkins Freaks Out

When the Boy Scouts of America turned its comment-line over to an automated message, the antigay Family Research Council President Tony Perkins sent a panicked email to supporters with the phone numbers of BSA board members.

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Boy Scouts on Verge of Bankruptcy

Sexual abuse settlements could force the once anti-LGBTQ organization into Chapter 11.

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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.

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Op-ed: Boy Scouts Must Complete the Inclusion Process

There is more work to do, say the leader of GLAAD and the lawyer who argued Boy Scouts of America vs. James Dale before the Supreme Court in 2000.

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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.

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Boy Scouts of America announces new name under rebrand

The youth organization said the new name is meant to help everyone, including boys and girls, feel welcome.

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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.

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Op-ed: The Boy Scouts of America Should Ban Bigotry

The Boy Scouts propose admitting gay scouts but banning gay adults because of some explained decision to stick with so-called traditional values.

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Boy Scouts Will Allow Girls to Join

Girls will be admitted to the Cub Scouts, while a program for older girls will soon be developed.

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Op-ed: The Mormons and the Scouts Need a Divorce

For too long, the Boy Scouts of America has caved to the Mormon Church's antigay influence. It's time for the two intertwined organizations to go their separate ways.

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First Out Boy Scout Leader Braces for Lawsuit

Former Eagle Scout Pascal Tessier, hired by a New York scouting group, has retained lawyer David Boies in case there are objections to his employment.

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Boy Scouts of America Moves to Lift Ban on Gay Adults

A resolution OK'd by a committee Friday still needs ratification by the group's executive board, which will meet July 27.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Why the Boy Scouts of America is changing its name and embracing everyone

The organization has announced a name change to emphasize inclusivity. Here's how it got there.

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3 Big Differences: Boy Scouts Versus Girl Scouts

The differences between Girls Scouts and Boy Scouts run deep on LGBT acceptance.

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Carly Rae Jepsen Says No to the Boy Scout Jamboree

The headliner for the annual Boy Scout Jamboree, Jepsen says that she's withdrawing because she believes in LGBT equality. The Scouts do not.

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Youth

Meet the First Openly Gay Eagle Scout

Pascal Tessier, a 17-year-old from Chevy Chase, Md., has become the first known openly gay Boy Scout to achieve the organization's highest honor.