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.

  • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
    212·
    8 months ago

    So does the girl scouts have to accept boys now? Is there gonna be a merger? When they go camping, do they separate the girls and boys? Also why? This is probably good for parents who have multiple kids so they can bring them all to the same place.

    • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
      283·
      8 months ago

      They’re two completely separate organizations. The girl scouts can do what they want.

    • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
      16·
      8 months ago

      Oh, also, the Boy Scouts have been letting in girls for a while now. I would assume they get separate tents but I don’t actually know because I’m not actually involved with the organization. But, girl members have been fairly common and this is really just a name change.

      • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        8 months ago

        Not only separate tents, but the boys’ tents are grouped together and girl tents are grouped together with the adult tents in between those two groups. There also must be at least 1 adult of each sex.

    • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      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
            1·
            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.

      • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
        185·
        8 months ago

        Because men aren’t allowed to exclude women. Just wanna let you all know how that feels.

      • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        71·
        8 months ago

        Ask yourself why some people get so upset if men try to exclude women. The answer is mostly the same.

      • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
        96·
        8 months ago

        Women can join the misogynist club but men aren’t allowed to join the misanderist club. Because all men are sexual deviants or something.