The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history. The Texas-based organization is announcing at its annual meeting in Florida on Tuesday that it will become Scouting America.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20749204

Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There’s a lot I don’t like about the organization, but this is something a love–a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders. As well as ending the cultural appropriation of Native American peoples.

May this organization continue to build up youth, never allow further violence against youth, and make amends for all the wrongs. There’s a lot of good that comes out of organizations like this and I won’t discount it even though it’s riddled with a dark history.

  • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The Girl Scouts started accepting boys years before the boy scouts started accepting girls around 10 6 years ago.

    They had boys and girls in different tents to prevent them from having sex. I’m not sure how they deal with lgbt scouts.

    Edit: Boys Scouts first allowed girls into Venturing, a program for those 14-21st birthday. Girls were allowed into Boy Scout troops and in Cub Scouts in 2018.

    Cis boys aren’t allowed in Girl Scouts.

        • candybrie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 months ago

          They accept trans boys, trans girls, and nonbinay kids. So they do allow some boys. Just not cis boys.

          I think they allow male leaders because it’s hard to get people to volunteer for that position without even limiting to one gender.

      • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        Boy Scouts can join a troop at 10 and age out at 18. It’s not uncommon for high schoolers to begin experimenting sexually.

        Further there’s also a branch of Boy Scouts called Venturing that is co-ed where participants age out at 21.