{"id":7896,"date":"2017-07-30T10:43:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T04:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pahichan.com\/?p=7896"},"modified":"2017-07-30T10:43:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T04:58:01","slug":"boy-scouts-open-membership-to-transgender-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/boy-scouts-open-membership-to-transgender-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy Scouts open membership to transgender boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"metadata \">\n<div class=\"m-share m-share__rail-top js-share-rail-top  m-share__bar js-share-bar\">\n<div id=\"gigyaShareBar_3_gig_containerParent\" class=\"js-gigya-sharebar gigya-sharebar\" data-title=\"Boy Scouts open membership to transgender boys\" data-subtitle=\"\" data-description=\"The Boy Scouts of America says it will begin accepting members based on their gender identity, opening the door for transgender boys to join.\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cnn.it\/2kIuLZM\" data-isshorturl=\"true\" data-twitter-account=\"CNNI\" data-image-src=\"\/\/i2.cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/170130203723-boy-scouts-iconography-super-tease.jpg\">\n<div id=\"gigyaShareBar_4\" class=\"gigya-sharebar-element\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"gigyaShareBar_5\" class=\"gigya-sharebar-element\">\n<div class=\"gig-bar-container gig-share-bar-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"http:\/\/edition.i.cdn.cnn.com\/.a\/2.30.0\/assets\/video_pinned_white_bg.jpg\" alt=\"transgender identity jpm orig_00000000\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pg-rail-tall__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"pg-side-of-rail pg-rail-tall__side\">\n<div class=\"pg-rail-tall__head js-pg-rail-tall__head\">\n<section id=\"large-media\" class=\"zn zn-large-media zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-one-container\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100\" data-vr-zone=\"zone-0-0\" data-zone-label=\"headerMedia\" data-containers=\"1\" data-zn-id=\"large-media\" data-eq-state=\"xsmall medium large\">\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"el__video el__video--fullwidth\">\n<div id=\"media__video_large-media_0--wrapper\" class=\"js-media__video media__video\">\n<div class=\"media__video--thumbnail-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video__end-slate--inactive video__end-slate js-video__end-slate\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 0, small: 300, medium: 460, large: 780\" data-eq-state=\"xsmall small medium\">\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"video__end-slate__top-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"video__end-slate__tertiary-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/profiles\/emanuella-grinberg\">Emanuella Grinberg<\/a>\/Pahichan- The Boy Scouts of America says it will begin accepting members based on their gender identity, opening the door for transgender boys to join.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Under the new policy, which takes effect immediately, membership in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts will be based on the gender indicated on an application.<\/div>\n<div class=\"str-adunit str-adunit-mid-article str-card-exp str-collapsed clickout\" data-str-native-key=\"UEVAb5wr61SGDopcwzr4aCSN\" data-str-campaign-key=\"DSxfxYjeGGfDv6crSXKUDqGnKh\" data-str-rendered=\"1501390444803\" data-str-visited-flag=\"true\">\n<div class=\"str-image\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"str-text\">\n<div class=\"str-advertiser\">Sponsor Content<\/div>\n<div class=\"str-title str-text-clamp\" data-str-text-clamp=\"1\">\u201cThere\u2019s an island in Siargao, where there are no trees, called \u2018Naked Island\u2019. Don\u2019t go here if you don\u2019t want to get tan.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"str-description str-text-clamp\" data-str-text-clamp=\"2\">Experience the Philippines through the eyes of the people who know it best.<\/div>\n<div class=\"str-advertiser\">Content provided by Philippines Department of Tourism<\/p>\n<div class=\"str-brand-logo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Previously, the organization relied on an individual&#8217;s birth certificate to determine eligibility for its single-gender programs.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;However, that approach is no longer sufficient as communities and state laws are interpreting gender identity differently, and these laws vary widely from state to state,&#8221; BSA spokeswoman Effie Delimarkos said in a statement Monday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The change brings the Boy Scouts in line with other youth organizations,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/05\/20\/living\/girl-scouts-welcomes-transgender-girls-feat\/\">including the Girl Scouts<\/a>, that have created transgender-friendly membership policies in recent years.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">It comes a few months after an 8-year-old Cub Scout in New Jersey accused the organization of expelling him for being transgender.<\/div>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--standard\">\n<div class=\"el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed\">\n<div class=\"el__article--teaseimage\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/11\/19\/politics\/transgender-military-policy\/index.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__image media__image--responsive\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/161014121708-wixson1-medium-plus-169.jpeg\" alt=\"A transgender Marine tests military&amp;#39;s new policy\" data-src-mini=\"\/\/i2.cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/161014121708-wixson1-small-169.jpeg\" data-src-xsmall=\"\/\/i2.cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/161014121708-wixson1-medium-plus-169.jpeg\" data-src-small=\"\/\/i2.cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/161014121708-wixson1-large-169.jpeg\" data-src-medium=\"\/\/i2.cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/161014121708-wixson1-exlarge-169.jpeg\" data-src-large=\"\/\/i2.cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/161014121708-wixson1-super-169.jpeg\" data-src-full16x9=\"\/\/i2.cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/161014121708-wixson1-full-169.jpeg\" data-src-mini1x1=\"\/\/i2.cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/161014121708-wixson1-small-11.jpeg\" data-demand-load=\"loaded\" data-eq-pts=\"mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781\" data-eq-state=\"mini xsmall\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"img__preloader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__caption el__storyelement__title\"><span class=\"el__storyelement__header\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/11\/19\/politics\/transgender-military-policy\/index.html\">A transgender Marine tests military&#8217;s new policy<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The Boy Scouts did not specifically cite the New Jersey case in its statement. But Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh acknowledged the group recently had been &#8220;challenged by a very complex topic&#8230; the issue of gender identity.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve taken the opportunity to evaluate and update our approach. I hope you&#8217;ll join with me in embracing the opportunity to bring scouting to more families and children who can benefit from what our organization has to offer,&#8221; he said in video statement.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;This is an area that we will continue to thoughtfully evaluate to bring the benefits of scouting to the greatest number of youth possible all while remaining true to our core beliefs.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--youtube\">\n<div class=\"el-embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"el-embed-youtube__content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d_sR0z506No?feature=oembed\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Zach Wahls, co-founder of Scouts for Equality, applauded the decision and credited the New Jersey case with forcing BSA to rethink its policy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;This is another historic day for the Boy Scouts of America. The decision to allow transgender boys to participate in the Cub Scouts and the Boy Scouts is an important step forward for this American institution,&#8221; Wahls said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;We are incredibly proud of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/12\/29\/us\/trans-boy-boy-scouts-trnd\/\">Joe Maldonado\u00a0<\/a>&#8212; the transgender boy from New Jersey whose expulsion last year ignited this controversy &#8212; and his mother Kristie for their courage in doing what they knew was right. We are also proud of the Boy Scouts for deciding to do the right thing. We look forward to seeing more detail clarifying this policy change in the days and weeks ahead.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The Boys Scouts of America has come under fire in the past over LGBT issues. In 2015, it lifted the ban on gay adults as Scout leaders. And it was only three years ago that it allowed allowed openly gay youths to join scouting.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph zn-body__footer\">CNN&#8217;s Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emanuella Grinberg\/Pahichan- The Boy Scouts of America says it will begin accepting members based on their gender identity, opening the door for transgender boys to join.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":7897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,492,490,11],"tags":[524,458],"class_list":["post-7896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-opinion","category-slider","category-world","tag-lgbt","tag-transgender"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7898,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896\/revisions\/7898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}