Tag: BSA
California Mom Issues Statement after Boy Scouts of America Spreads Misinformation about Her Son to Media
GLAAD today joined more than 150,000 Americans who are calling on the Boy Scouts of America to reverse their decision to deny Ryan, a California teenager, the rank of Eagle Scout after he came out as gay.
Intel will not fund Boy Scouts of America until ban on gay scouts and scout leaders ends
Less than 48 hours ago, Eagle Scout Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality, launched a campaign on Change.org supported by GLAAD and signed by more than 30,000 Americans urging Intel to pull funding from the Boy Scouts of America after an American Independent report revealed that the company gave nearly $700,000 to the Boy Scouts in 2010.
President Obama joins Mitt Romney in opposing Boy Scouts’ ban on gay scouts and scout leaders
Yesterday, GLAAD responded after a spokesperson for President Obama announced this afternoon that the President opposes the Boy Scouts of America’s policy on banning LGBT scout and scout leaders, joining Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. GLAAD launched a campaign in April 2012 with Ohio mom Jennifer Tyrrell to raise awareness and combat the Boy Scouts’ discriminatory ban.
COLAGE Supports Gay Father & Son Ousted by Boy Scouts
People with a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer (LGBTQ) Parent applauds the family of Carter Langbert of Fort Worth, Texas, who was denied his leadership position with his local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America due to their discriminatory policy against gays.