Organization will become Scouting America after decades of turmoil and flagging membership numbers
Archived version: https://archive.ph/duDar
Organization will become Scouting America after decades of turmoil and flagging membership numbers
Archived version: https://archive.ph/duDar
It might.
Finally making the seismic shifts it needs to in order to modernize - from welcoming LGBTQ+ members and Scout leaders to no longer being boys-only - while finally facing the scandals the have plagued it for decades, BSA, now Scouting America, might finally be ready to move forward.
Only time will tell, though.
Yeah I really hope it can improve. It has a lot of bad shit, but the fundamental concept of getting kids outdoors and doing shit as well as teaching them to take responsibility for their part in their society is all really good
Were you ever a scout?
Yeah
I made it to Boy Scout Silver arrow. How far did you get?
I just liked the getting away from my shitty family, getting outdoors, and learning new ways I could connect with the world around me. I never had any problems myself.
My own lgbtq journey was… unrelated to my time in the Scouts.
Not far at all lol. I got to like star and dropped out because I only really liked the camping and my father didn’t like that I wasn’t trying to do more right around the time my dysphoria was kicking into extreme depression. Though since I’ve grown up I’ve slept with far more Eagle Scouts than most lesbians.
The only issues I really faced were the toxic masculinity that permeated a small portion of it and me having my ass kicked from time to time.
And yeah it was unrelated to my understanding of my queerness. Well except in certain ways. It impacted how I carry myself in the queer community. Especially giving me a tendency to lead when nobody else will.
He’ll back when I was in we were mad they were kicking out gay people and I had met the girls in other countries’ scouting orgs and was pissed at the fact that girls couldn’t join us.