Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Policy to “Serve All Girls”
The following blog post is by Deborah Beuerman.
Articles published recently announced that boys who would rather live as girls can now be included as members of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
A transgender girl—a boy who acts like a girl—who is treated as a girl by his family will be accepted as a “girl” by Girl Scouts. This is really not new news. A 7-year old boy who had been living as a girl since he was 2 was allowed to join a troop in 2012.
Sadly, a policy of inclusion has been in place for many years, with the Girl Scout membership policy simply stating that Girl Scouts is open to all girls. On the face this sounds good, but such a simple statement without more definition can be broadly interpreted, and can be the basis for removing guiding principles for the organization. Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low did want diversity in scouting, but the definition of her day was quite different from the “diversity and tolerance” of our day. While she did not want to exclude any girl because of race, socioeconomic class, or disability, today’s idea of including generally is focused on sexuality.
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