Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts By Mike Krumboltz | The Upshot – 12 hrs ago
Bobby Montoya is a 7-year-old boy from Denver. Unlike a lot of young boys, Bobby has no desire to join the Boy Scouts. Instead, he wants to be a Girl Scout.
We first saw Montoya's story over at 9news.com. The NBC affiliate reports that when the boy's mother, Felisha Archuleta, tried to sign her son up for Girl Scouts, a troop leader told her no.
Archuleta spoke with 9News about the incident. "I said, 'Well, what's the big deal?' She [the troop leader] said, 'It doesn't matter how he looks; he has boy parts, he can't be in Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts don't allow that, [and] I don't want to be in trouble by parents or my supervisor.'"
Reporters with 9News contacted Girl Scouts of Colorado about Montoya's application, which prompted the group to release a statement: "Our requests for support of transgender kids have grown, and Girl Scouts of Colorado is working to best support these children, their families and the volunteers who serve them. In this case, an associate delivering our program was not aware of our approach. She contacted her supervisor, who immediately began working with the family to get the child involved and supported in Girl Scouts. We are accelerating our support systems and training so that we're better able to serve all girls, families and volunteers."
We placed a call to Rachelle Trujillo, vice president of communications at Girl Scouts of Colorado, for further clarification. She replied with this statement: "Girl Scouts is an inclusive organization, and we accept all girls in kindergarten through 12th grade as members. If a child lives life as a girl and the family brings the child to us to participate in Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her. Girl Scouts of Colorado respects the privacy of all girls and families we work with. When a family requests membership for their daughter, we do not require proof of gender, we respect the decisions of families."
So it would seem that Bobby will get his wish. Gender-identity issues are becoming more common, especially among young children--which makes it more likely that the policy of the Girl Scouts will face future tests in the months and years ahead.
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Subject: Re: 'Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts' (video) Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:11 am
I don't agree with it. There seems to be this sense of everyone needing to accommodate very young children who have gender identity issues. An exception for a little girl who is a tomboy wouldn't be made. So, because this is a boy who likes girl things, such an exception shouldn't be made.
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Subject: Re: 'Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts' (video) Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:33 am
I'm tired of hearing these stories about idealistic parents and adults who prop their confused kids in denying and defying their natural gender designation so they can play make believe as the opposite sex. Times are becoming a little too compliant and lenient when it comes to things like this. Next this child will want to use female restrooms. The mother was a ditz to try and get her son in Girl Scouts and they were right to say no.
Subject: Re: 'Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts' (video) Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:50 am
Fuck that shit!
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Subject: Re: 'Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts' (video) Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:05 pm
JM130ELM wrote:
I'm tired of hearing these stories about idealistic parents and adults who prop their confused kids in denying and defying their natural gender designation so they can play make believe as the opposite sex. Times are becoming a little too compliant and lenient when it comes to things like this. Next this child will want to use female restrooms. The mother was a ditz to try and get her son in Girl Scouts and they were right to say no.
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Subject: Re: 'Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts' (video) Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:06 pm
Subject: Re: 'Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts' (video) Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:15 pm
It's a private organization and not knowing anything about transgenderism, I don't really care one way or the other. What's refreshing is that no lawyers got involved but that's probably because "he's" not a girl trying to join the Boy Scouts.
Subject: Re: 'Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts' (video) Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:02 pm
I think the mother's an idiot. If she wants to create an environment where her boy can act like a girl, then whatever....but don't expect the outside world to comply.
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Subject: Re: 'Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts' (video) Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:59 pm
How dare the girl scouts practice such intolerance!
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Subject: Re: 'Young boy wishes to join Girl Scouts' (video) Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:45 pm
I think the mother wanted a little girl. I know that it's "today" to not be so bent on imposing societal norms on kids and people in general, but sometimes people take it too far. They shouldn't be taking the Girl Scouts to task for not wanting to admit boys, even if they wanna be girls.
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