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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20749204

Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There's a lot I don't like about the organization, but this is something a love--a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders. As well as ending the cultural appropriation of Native American peoples.

May this organization continue to build up youth, never allow further violence against youth, and make amends for all the wrongs. There's a lot of good that comes out of organizations like this and I won't discount it even though it's riddled with a dark history.

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[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Rolls off the tongue a lot better than "traditionally masculine hobbies gang".

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[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 year ago

In other news, sexual abuse has changed its name to “The Boy Scouts of America.”

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

This is not uplifting. Boys benefit from single-sex spaces just like girls do.

[-] TinyShonk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

There's separate boy and girl troops, it's been that way for a few years.

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[-] wetsoggybread@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Im just glad its no longer Scouting BSA its like saying ATM machine and reads like "Scouting Boy Scouts of America"

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[-] joel1974@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Will the Girl Scouts do the same thing?

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Probably not. they are to busy getting little girls to sell cookies for their own corporate profit.

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[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

and yet my trans brother still isn't allowed to join

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's a risk with the autonomous Troop structure. You agree to follow BSA guidelines, but there's a huge gap for individual Troop choice. Technically, atheists aren't allowed in Scouts, but most Troops ignore that requirement.

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