Comment on Boy Scouts of America changes name after bankruptcy and sexual abuse claims
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months agoYeah I really hope it can improve. It has a lot of bad shit, but the fundamental concept of getting kids outdoors and doing shit as well as teaching them to take responsibility for their part in their society is all really good
gregorum@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Were you ever a scout?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah
gregorum@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I made it to Boy Scout Silver arrow. How far did you get?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not far at all lol. Though since I’ve grown up I’ve slept with far more Eagle Scouts than most lesbians.
The only issues I really faced were the toxic masculinity that permeated a small portion of it and me having my ass kicked from time to time.
And yeah it was unrelated to my understanding of my queerness. Well except in certain ways. It impacted how I carry myself in the queer community. Especially giving me a tendency to lead when nobody else will.
He’ll back when I was in we were mad they were kicking out gay people and I had met the girls in other countries’ scouting orgs and was pissed at the fact that girls couldn’t join us.