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The badge does not come with a pamphlet, and instead "encourages a self-guided ... approach to learning.” Here's what you need to know about it.
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The leadership training program for Scouting's adult volunteers is inspiring some to take action around LGBTQ+ inclusion in their local troops and councils.
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How I started my journey as a journalist telling the story of LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Boy Scouts of America.
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"It is an experience unlike anything else to now be able to truly be myself in an organization that I hold so dear to my heart. If anyone needs a sign to persevere and stick with it, this is it."
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Kaleen Deatherage, leader of the new 12-person group, wants the BSA to be a place where all youth are not simply invited, but welcomed.
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“By giving us a place to share our triumphs and our fears, we’ve also empowered people to be more willing to try and more willing to take this on for themselves,” says Batey.
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'There’s plenty of us here and you would never know it:' How an openly gay lodge chief advocated for LGBTQ+ youth during Scouting's divisive membership debates
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Storytelling allows people to see themselves in leaders and embrace the change they are trying to make.
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Sasha Issenberg, author of a new book on same-sex marriage, talks to me about how gay activists convinced a majority of Americans to let them into the most important institutions of American life.
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An LGBTQ community space fosters hope for the future of inclusive Scouting, at the Order of the Arrow's National Council of Chiefs.
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Sasha Issenberg, author of a new book on same-sex marriage, talks to me about how gay activists convinced a majority of Americans to let them into the most important institutions of American life.
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A reflection from the early days of the pandemic, on finding queer community in unexpected places.