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JUST IN: Boy Scouts of America will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in scouting programs, AP reports.

Huge victory for the LBGT movement.

http://www.thewrap.com/boy-scouts-america-admit-transgender-boys/

The Boy Scouts of America will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in scouting programs, a spokesperson for the organization has confirmed to TheWrap.

”While we offer a number of programs that serve all youth, Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting are specifically designed to meet the needs of boys," Effie Delimarkos, director of communications for the organization, said in a statement obtained by TheWrap. ”For more than 100 years, the Boy Scouts of America, along with schools, youth sports and other youth organizations, have ultimately deferred to the information on an individual's birth certificate to determine eligibility for our single-gender programs. However, that approach is no longer sufficient as communities and state laws are interpreting gender identity differently, and these laws vary widely from state to state.

The statement continued, ”Starting today, we will accept and register youth in the Cub and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated on the application. Our organization's local councils will help find units that can provide for the best interest of the child."

 

[FZZ]

Good

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Fucking finally

 

[QuantumSquid]

Fantastic

 

[Hylian7]

Progress... For sure. Still not where they need to be, as there are still issues like not allowing gay scoutmasters. The is also discrimination against non-religious scouts, despite it not being focused on religion at all.

 

[How About No]

Awesome progress!

 

[CountAntonius]

Good news.

 

[Pikma]

Great news.

 

[robotrock]

Fuck yes

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Good to hear.

 

[WiiredShawn]

Conservative families boycotting the Boy Scouts in 3...2...1...

 

[hydrophilic attack]

good

i'm glad to see no all of the us is regressing

 

[benicillin]

Progress continues.

 

[friskykillface]

awesome news

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Woah..this is pretty big.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

a small brightness in an otherwise horrible dark timeline.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Now that's what I like to see!

 

[mentallyinept]

Good stuff.

Still need to let Atheists in, but I'll take this for now.

 

[GK86]

Great news.

For some reason I thought this already happened last year. I must be thinking of something else they announced.

 

[Onaco]

Still not making cookies? Still not interested.

 

[Monocle]

Awesome!

 

[Grizzlyjin]

#BoycottOfAmerica coming in 3, 2, 1

 

[driggonny]

Oh, great!

 

[PSqueak]

Hold on, but aren't the BSA still a pretty backwards organization? are there any guarantees that they won't subject them to poorly disguised conversion therapies?

 

[Ourobolus]

Conservative families boycotting the Boy Scouts in 3...2...1...

fuck them, let them boycott

Hold on, but aren't the BSA still a pretty backwards organization? are there any guarantees that they won't subject them to poorly disguised conversion therapies?

While some people at the top may take issue with it, the BSA is still primarily handled at a local level. Depends on the Troop Leaders, I guess, if they're going to be assholes.

 

[Cptkrush]

Awesome! This will inevitably be spun into some "Gay Agenda" rhetoric, but fuck those clowns. Let people be who they feel like they should be, and stop being judgmental pricks.

Still not making cookies? Still not interested.

Honestly they should combine the two organizations as one super group of teaching kids how to do shit.

 

[Poor GRIMES]

Still not making cookies? Still not interested.

I feel like maybe they should sell Boy Scout branded Beef Jerky or something. Maybe Brownies?

 

[Vyer]

Conservative families boycotting the Boy Scouts in 3...2...1...

They've already gone farther than that unfortunately, starting back when the issue of gay scouts and scout leaders came up. Look up Trail Life.

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

Boy Scouts finally turning things around? That would make me really happy. I hope this plays out well.

 

[Lord Frieza]

About the only way I think we can survive all of this is if we continue not allowing the far right to have cultural victories, and sow the seeds for the future. Our generation is fucked, but maybe they can have a chance if the world isn't a total shithole by then

 

[LionPride]

That's swell

 

[Loxley]

As an Eagle Scout, this makes me very happy.

 

[RebornYeti]

Conservative families boycotting the Boy Scouts in 3...2...1...

I can see this being a thing here in Utah, where Boy Scouts are generally tied to the LDS Church... At least in my experience growing up LDS and in the Boy Scouts.

EDIT: I actually remember when it was a struggle to even have gay kids in the Boy Scouts. I'm glad that they are making such big strides in this regard.

 

[jack_package_200]

As an Eagle Scout, this makes me very happy.

Same. Its about damn time for this.

 

[FlowersisBritish]

I needed to hear some good news. I'm really glad this is happening.

 

[……forgetit]

Conservative families boycotting the Boy Scouts in 3...2...1...

Again?

 

[Lys Skygge]

As an Eagle Scout this makes me really happy. The Boy Scouts aren't by any means perfect, but it's a great place to learn many life skills you don't learn in public school. The more inclusive they are the better.

 

[Reverend Funk]

Neato

 

[pirateluigi]

One of these days I'm going to learn not to read the comments....

Anyway, this is awesome news! Glad to see a glimmer of hope in this world.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Honestly they should combine the two organizations as one super group of teaching kids how to do shit.

yep. this is the ultimate end goal. or should be the end goal.

 

[aGuyInaBearSuit]

Good to see them finally come around on this stuff. I'm an Eagle Scout myself and I rarely bring it up because of how backwards and outdated most of their views have been for so long.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Finally starting to live up to their own ethos.

 

[Sai-kun]

Some good news in this gloomy week.

 

[SteveMeister]

Excellent news!

 

[riotous]

Conservative families boycotting the Boy Scouts in 3...2...1...

They'd care way more if this was about the Girl Scouts.

 

[Xe4]

Yeah, this was a long time coming. Good on them.

 

[jack_package_200]

Anyway, this is awesome news! Glad to see a glimmer of hope in this world.

This and the Anti-Trump video by Insomniac games were what I needed in this dark time.

 

[Flying Toaster]

Good. Took forever.

 

[KefkaPalazzo]

Maybe not as quick as progress as we'd all like, but progress nonetheless. Terrific news.

 

[thestopsign]

Nice to see some progress at the national level of the organization. As an Eagle Scout I am very appreciative of the years I spent in the program and the skills and passions I fostered within it. It is always nice to see the organization become more inclusive so all can share my experience, even if the progress is a bit of a slow trickle.