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27th October 2011

Link reblogged from Pomme, poire, pêche with 9 notes

Well, this is awesome: trans girls welcome at Girl Scouts →

 “Girl Scouts is an inclusive organization and we accept all girls in kindergarten through 12th grade as members,” the statement says. “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.”

This warms my heart like nothing else. I was a Girl Scout for eleven years — I left voluntarily when I started to transition — and don’t tell the right-wing haters, but it was one of the first places where I was really encouraged to explore gender. Some of the counselors I had at Girl Scout camp were my earliest queer role models, and that was where I learned that there were many, many acceptable ways to be FAAB (I wouldn’t be surprised if I heard that some of the staff were trans and not yet out). With all the political pressure that’s put on Girl Scouts as an organization, it’s amazing to see them continue to live up to their mission by welcoming all girls.

Source: pomme-poire-peche

  1. karlotte-spafford reblogged this from linearbbq
  2. amasis reblogged this from forbiddenstars and added:
    See? See, this is how you do it. Now if only the Boy Scouts would just shut up and get on the damn bandwagon.
  3. forbiddenstars reblogged this from trans-terrific and added:
    This is all sorts of awesome, not going to lie. And as a former girl scout myself, I think I love them just a little bit...
  4. linearbbq reblogged this from pomme-poire-peche and added:
    This warms my heart like nothing else. I was a Girl Scout for eleven years — I left voluntarily when I started to...
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