Tue Jun 13, 2023 – 6:22 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Boys who claim to be girls can share overnight camping accommodations with girls, according to guidelines produced and made publicly available by Girl Scouts of America troops.
Guidance for campers reviewed by LifeSiteNews indicate that boys who claim to be “transgender,” “non-binary,” or “gender-fluid” may be allowed to board with girls during Girl Scouts camping trips. While families can theoretically opt out of accommodations shared with gender-confused boys, policies in place at Girl Scout chapters allow shared overnight arrangements.
Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital, for example, recommends in its January 2023 guidelines that “all overnight Girl Scout activities provide the following accommodation options that support our focus on empowering girls and women: Gender Inclusive for cisgender [sic] female, non-binary, and transgender members, Female only for cisgender* [sic] female members,” and “Male only for cisgender [sic] adult male members.”
In a statement on how it handles “situations involving camping or volunteers” with regard to “transgender youth,” Girl Scouts of Western Washington states on its website that “gender is not binary—people don’t identify only as boys or girls.”
“We welcome children from across the gender spectrum: those who identify
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