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EnderD_503 · 10-29-2011, 08:29 AM

Last I heard the girl decided not to join the troop. Her mother said that after everything that happened she no longer felt comfortable joining. Girl Scouts invited them to join another troop, but they've still declined so far.

It's too bad that she feels that way, at the same time she's 7 years old. She knows she's "different" because obviously people have already made her feel different. Knowing people would think of her as "different," she still had the courage to try to sign up for Girl Scouts with what were probably her initially fears coming true (rejection) then her story strewn across major media sources. I can understand why a 7 year old would feel intimidated after all that. I just feel really badly that she had to go through all that.

And of course now Fox's Dr. Ablow have to get their grubby hands on this story, too, and talk about how Girl Scouts shouldn't be accepting trans girls, because there's "no data" telling us the supposed "negative effects" this will have on their development. Seriously, a kid hears that crap at her age? It Gets Better, my ass. It doesn't "get better" when you've got quacks like this being accepted as "experts" within the mainstream media telling little kids that they're mentally ill for being who they are and that they're a danger to other kids.

10-29-2011, 08:29 AM	#9
EnderD_503 Member How Do You Identify?: Queer, trans guy, butch Preferred Pronoun?: Male pronouns Relationship Status: Relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 1,329 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,090 Thanked 3,878 Times in 1,022 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Last I heard the girl decided not to join the troop. Her mother said that after everything that happened she no longer felt comfortable joining. Girl Scouts invited them to join another troop, but they've still declined so far. It's too bad that she feels that way, at the same time she's 7 years old. She knows she's "different" because obviously people have already made her feel different. Knowing people would think of her as "different," she still had the courage to try to sign up for Girl Scouts with what were probably her initially fears coming true (rejection) then her story strewn across major media sources. I can understand why a 7 year old would feel intimidated after all that. I just feel really badly that she had to go through all that. And of course now Fox's Dr. Ablow have to get their grubby hands on this story, too, and talk about how Girl Scouts shouldn't be accepting trans girls, because there's "no data" telling us the supposed "negative effects" this will have on their development. Seriously, a kid hears that crap at her age? It Gets Better, my ass. It doesn't "get better" when you've got quacks like this being accepted as "experts" within the mainstream media telling little kids that they're mentally ill for being who they are and that they're a danger to other kids.