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As part of Scouting America’s very public battle with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the organization has quietly scrapped plans for LGBTQ+ and other community spaces at this summer’s National Jamboree. Catherine Peluso, who until recently was the Jamboree Belonging Lead, told me that the Jamboree Community Spaces
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Here’s some of the best writing and analysis to help you make sense of the news.
He didn’t rejoin to make a point, or tie up some grand story. He became a volunteer because he wants to help local scouts.
I moved to Italy, and I’m writing about it in a new publication called Finocchio.
Hello, dear readers. I’m popping back into your inbox to let you know about a very special event coming up in a couple of weeks. On June 11 at 5:30 p.m., I’ll be joining two of the people I profile in my book, James Dale and
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I saw in Randy a scouter who held the same convictions that I did, and who fought to make space in the organization for people like me.
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"American Teenager" gives us a stunning, moving look into the lives of eight transgender, nonbinary, and genderfluid teens and their families across the country.
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Here's what you can expect from me going forward.
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The past 10 days have overflowed with love and joy.
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The questions that set me on the book-writing journey.
"Fortunately, it’s not a historic thing that we’re doing. We’ve done this before. The OA community is starting to recognize and expect our community space," says Corey Channell.
My nonfiction book on LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Boy Scouts of America comes out on June 4.
The rebrand is meant to reflect the organization's inclusion of all youth, and signals a new era.
I'll be stopping in bookstores across the Northeast (plus two further west) starting in June.
My reporting on this topic goes back more than a decade to my days as a high school journalist.
Greg Bourke's activism for gay adult inclusion in the BSA made a big impact in the campaign for policy change.
This is your regular reminder that my archive is chock full of resources!
Can you wear rainbow swag on your Scout uniform? How Scouters make decisions about what to wear, and when.
The Scouters and allies who led the campaign for inclusion can teach us a lot—especially as LGBTQ+ rights are under attack today.
In this episode of the Morally Straight Podcast, I’m talking to Justin Bickford. Bickford is an Eagle Scout and Scouter from Florida who became an early and key volunteer with Scouts for Equality in 2012. Why it matters: Bickford poured countless hours into SFE during the early days. He
