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Transgender Girl Scout
« on: February 03, 2012, 08:13:16 PM »
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Three Girl Scout troops in Louisiana won't be hawking Thin Mints this year. They've disbanded in protest after the Girl Scouts of Colorado accepted seven-year-old transgender child Bobby Montoya as a member. Montoya was born a boy but has considered herself a girl since she was two years old, says her mom Felisha Archuleta. In October, Archuleta took her daughter to speak with a Denver troop leader about signing up, and took her daughter away crying after the Scout leader referred to the child as "it" and said "Everyone will know he's a boy." Three weeks later, the statewide Girl Scouts body issued a statement saying, "If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout." When they heard about this reversal, three moms and troop leaders in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana decided to dissolve their troops and leave Girl Scouts.
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Not sure if Adam saw this story or not but though it would be of interest.  I am pleasantly surprised at the Girl Scouts attitude in this and how accepting they are of the transgendered child mostly due to the ass backwards way the Boy Scouts are with homosexual scouts kicking them out.  I am not surprised the bible thumpers are protesting they have fits about everything
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Re: Transgender Girl Scout
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2012, 08:18:42 PM »
Yeah I've seen stuff about this, I am pleasantly surprised too. It's shit how they've been attacked for it though. I wonder how the kid must feel about that. not nice.

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Re: Transgender Girl Scout
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2012, 08:26:25 PM »
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Three Girl Scout troops in Louisiana won't be hawking Thin Mints this year. They've disbanded in protest after the Girl Scouts of Colorado accepted seven-year-old transgender child Bobby Montoya as a member. Montoya was born a boy but has considered herself a girl since she was two years old, says her mom Felisha Archuleta. In October, Archuleta took her daughter to speak with a Denver troop leader about signing up, and took her daughter away crying after the Scout leader referred to the child as "it" and said "Everyone will know he's a boy." Three weeks later, the statewide Girl Scouts body issued a statement saying, "If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout." When they heard about this reversal, three moms and troop leaders in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana decided to dissolve their troops and leave Girl Scouts.
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Not sure if Adam saw this story or not but though it would be of interest.  I am pleasantly surprised at the Girl Scouts attitude in this and how accepting they are of the transgendered child mostly due to the ass backwards way the Boy Scouts are with homosexual scouts kicking them out.  I am not surprised the bible thumpers are protesting they have fits about everything
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Re: Transgender Girl Scout
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2012, 09:14:48 PM »
It's cool to hear about.

A seven-year-old who can be so sure that she's trans that she can deal with all the negativity and resistance is a bit beyond my understanding though. Maybe I'm jaded by spending too much time around people who come to the understanding in their 20's or later, after a lot of angst and heartache. I know a lot of trans people are able to look back on their lives and pinpoint really early moments when they became certain of who they were, but I thought kids that young were too caught up in social expectations to actually be able to act on it.
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