Boy Scouts of America will Allow Transgender Male-Identifying Members
Who would have thought that the Boys Scouts of America would have come this far? The organization began allowing gay youths…
Mormon Church Might Disavow Boy Scouts Over Gay-Inclusive Policy Reform
The Boy Scouts of America nixed its ban on openly gay adult leaders on Monday. Well, sort of. The new policy…
Boy Scouts of America Vote to Allow Openly Gay Scout Leaders, But New Policy May Still Lead to Discrimination
The Boy Scouts of America today unanimously voted to approve a resolution to end a ban on gay and lesbian…
Boy Scouts: Gay Adults Aren’t Predators, But We Don’t Want Them as Leaders
Tico Perez, the national commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), said that his organization will not be permitting…
Boy Scouts of America Adds Insult to Injury by Revoking Charter of Gay-Supporting Troop
A Seattle-based Boy Scouts of America troop has had their charter revoked after the boys and their parents stood by…
Boy Scouts of America Fire Gay Scout Leader
Geoff McGrath, a 49-year-old leader of Troop 98 in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood is believed to be the first gay…
The Walt Disney Company Cuts Ties with Boy Scouts of America Over Policy Banning Gay Leaders
The Walt Disney Company has become toe latest Boy Scouts of America sponsor to cut ties with the organization over…
Boy Scouts of America Lifts Ban on Gay Youth
It’s been one hell of a year. We’ve seen it all—both good and bad. And for this week, we’re reminding…
California Senate Approves Bill to Strip Boy Scouts of Tax Breaks Over Gay Discrimination
California’s State Senate has approved legislation that would strip the Boy Scouts of America of their nonprofit tax breaks as…
Boy Scouts of America Lifts Ban on Gay Youth
This just in from The Human Rights Campaign: In a historic move, 1,400 leaders from the nation’s local Boy Scouts of…
Boy Scouts of America May End Ban on Openly Gay Members
The Boy Scouts of America have called for an end to their ban on openly gay members, a spokesperson said…
Gay-Friendly Scouting Organization Sees Record Growth
A New York–based chapter of the Boy Scouts of America that was fed up with the discriminatory policies of the…
New Group Opposes Openly Gay Boy Scouts
Though the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will not make a decision on their policy whether or not to permit…
Update: Chipotle Cancels Boy Scouts of America Sponsorship
After reporting earlier that Chipotle planned on donating food to the Boy Scouts of America’s Utah Scout-O-Rama event, Company Spokesperson Chris…
Chipotle Sends Mixed Message About Boy Scouts of America Anti-Gay Policy
Chipotle, which currently has a policy of only “supporting organizations that don’t discriminate against sexual orientation, race, and other personal…
Train Cancels Boy Scouts of America Concert Because of Gay Ban
After more than 3,000 people signed gay Eagle Scout Derek Nance’s Change.org petition urging musical acts Train and Carly Rae…
Boy Scouts May Lose Tax-Exemption Over Anti-Gay Policy
After the Boy Scouts of America cowardly decided to postpone making a decision on whether or not to revoke their…
Ellen DeGeneres Blasts Boy Scouts for Anti-Gay Policy
Did you know that funny-lady Ellen DeGeneres used to be a Girl Scout? In her opening monologue for yesterday’s show,…
Boy Scouts Decision on Gay Members Postponed
It will take another three months for a decision to be made on whether the Boy Scouts of America will…
Boy Scouts of America May Change Policy Toward Gays
A decades-old ban on gay scouts and leaders may soon come to an end as early as next week, a…
Boy Scout Council Approves Gay Scout’s Eagle Badge
Thankfully, after many months, The Mount Diablo-Silverado Boy Scout Council has approved a gay Scout’s Eagle application after more than…
Best of 2012: Zach Wahls Delivers 275,000 signatures to the Boy Scouts of America Seeking to End Their Anti-Gay Policies
It’s been one hell of a year. We’ve seen it all—both good and bad. And for this week, we’re reminding…
Boy Scouts of America: Merck Foundations Pulls Funding
The Merck Foundation became the latest corporate leader to speak out against the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gay…
Verizon Must Stop Anti-Gay Funding of the Boy Scouts
With a successful campaign calling on Intel and UPS to stop funding the anti-gay Boy Scouts of America, users of…
UPS Stops Donating to the Boy Scouts of America Because of Gay Ban
As a result of UPS’s non-discrimination policy, the shipping company announced that the UPS Foundation can no longer support the Boy Scouts…
Conservative Jewish School Ends Boy Scouts Charter Over Anti-Gay Policy
Golda Och Academy, a Conservative Jewish day school in West Orange, New Jersey, announced that they will not renew a…
Florida Dentist Gives Openly Gay Boy Scout His Eagle Scout Badge
Hundreds of Eagle Scouts across the country have already returned their badges to the Boy Scouts of America over their…
Openly Gay Boy Scout Denied His Eagle Badge
In the San Francisco bay area, mother Karen Andresen has gained the much-deserved support of over 75,000 people on the Change.org petition…
Intel Stops Supporting Boy Scouts Because of Gay Ban
This just in from change.org. Intel, one of the largest corporate donors to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), has…
Board Member Urges Boy Scouts of America to End Ban on Gay Troops and Leaders
In the last few months, Boy Scouts of America has been receiving a lot of attention for their discrimination towards the LGBT…