Transgender girl accepted into Girl scouts

Nadeest · 10-26-2011, 08:57 PM

I hope the same thing, Ender. I'm glad that the Girl Scouts are accepting her. I just hope that all the members of the troup do so, and I think it likely, especially if the parents don't get their knickers in an uproar.

J. Mason · 10-29-2011, 01:57 AM

I am glad she was allowed in. I am hoping the parents don't get in an uproar of this.

AtLast · 10-29-2011, 07:32 AM

I just saw a clip about this a few days ago. I was hoping she would get into the troop. She's a cute kid and really wants to be a girl scout- just like millions of little girls have wanted to.

Yes, the other parents will be the problem if things go wrong here. Not just them among themselves, but some will probably put their poisen into their own kids and those kids will react in the troop.

These things (not just for transgendered kids, but all kids that are "different") usually become cruel and get out of hand via adults, not kids. I hope there are plans to educate about transgenderism among the families and also other parents that support her being in the troop that stand up.

I have to hand it to her Mom- from the little bit covered in the TV story I saw, she knows she is taking on something that could become a mess if not handled right and could be really hard on this little girl. As a parent, this would be so hard- fearing that your kid might be ostricized and at the center of hateful behavior. It is one thing to stand up for your child's rights, but quite another when doing so might put your kid in harms way. There are all of the suicides of trans kids to think about as they have been ridiculed and bullied while growing up. Parents usually want to protect and it is hard enough protecting kids from all of the usual cruelty out there, let alone when they are transgendered and just trying to navigate as a kid in a world that is really not very educated and understanding about gender issues.

It sounded like her Mom has support and she is obviously going to defend her child. But, I know I would be scared for my child. But there are other little girls she is friends with in the troop and from school whose parents are being supportive.

Chancie · 10-29-2011, 07:35 AM

This is great news!

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.

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Nadeest Member How Do You Identify?: as myself Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Leesburg, FL Posts: 595 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,876 Thanked 2,118 Times in 501 Posts Rep Power: 17077997	I hope the same thing, Ender. I'm glad that the Girl Scouts are accepting her. I just hope that all the members of the troup do so, and I think it likely, especially if the parents don't get their knickers in an uproar.

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