If I had a child who was also in the same organization, I would pull my child out because they kicked that poor little boy out. This is incredibly wrong and if you don't think so, you don't have a heart.

I mean, don't Boy Scouts have a nasty reputation of not allowing gay members/ staff? This shit is kinda expected from them. That of course does not make it okay I'm assuming the kid is female to male, so the concern is that he has a vagina? I don't understand why that matters.

Alright. Who needs a trans crash course? • not a choice • transitioning physically can't really happen before 18 and requires at least a year of thearapy • homone blockers don't make any permanent changes • not all trans folk are binary • not all trans folk want to transition • all trans folk are valid

This honestly pisses me off because I know of frats on campus that accept transgender students and I believe a woman transition while apart of the frat and she is considered a sister of the brotherhood. If frat boys, who are considered the most exclusive and unaccepting, are more accepting than you, you gotta rethink your priorities. Boys Scouts pisses me off. What nonsense and drama for nothing.

I should clarify that when I said I didn't have an issue with the organization saying no, it was because I felt the mother, knowing her child is trans, should have done her due diligence when looking into activities and programs for her child. I'm sure down the line the Boy Scouts will change it's policies and that would be nice. But until then, the mom is behaving in an entitled manner because she didn't do her due diligence and now her child suffered the consequences. If you have to specify that your child is different to make sure it isn't an issue, maybe that isn't the program for your child or maybe you should go directly to the higher ups to change the policies. But to ME, signing your kid up, then getting upset when the org calls you and explains why they cannot give your child membership, because you missed that in the fine print or didn't bother to ask is silly. As a parent it's your responsibility to put your child in safe and healthy environments. But those are my thoughts, however unpopular they may be .

This sucks, not only cause parents would've pulled their kids out because they (the parents) don't support transgender people but also because Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts still (seemingly) adhere to strict gender roles and that's disappointing.

When an organization involves children, parents need to be comfortable with the policies. Without stating my own personal opinion on this, if they want to keep their "enrollment" from suffering, they made the right decision. Parents would be pulling their kids out left and right if the organization made a different choice. Doesn't make it right, but it does make sense.