Transgender Army officer Erica Vandal was born into military service. Now, she's suing Trump to stay in
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April 1, 2025
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eagle scouts
Ryan Andresen Rejected as Eagle Scout Because He Is Gay
Andresen has received an official no from the BSA.
January 9, 2013
Mom Tries to Help Gay Boy Scout Refused Eagle Award
Ryan spent 12 years working on his Eagle Award. Then he came out and lost it all.
October 4, 2012
Rick Perry Pleads With Boy Scouts to Keep Gay Ban
The former Eagle Scout wants to maintain the antigay status quo.
February 3, 2013
First Out Boy Scout Leader Braces for Lawsuit
Former Eagle Scout Pascal Tessier, hired by a New York scouting group, has retained lawyer David Boies in case there are objections to his employment.
April 2, 2015
Zach Wahls Says a Secret Boy Scouts Committee Will Not Stop Us
Activist and Eagle Scout Zach Wahls says that what an anonymous group decides can't stop him and others from making the Boy Scouts more inclusive.
July 19, 2012
Eagle Scout Starts Petition for Gay Twin
August Easton-Calabria is fighting to end the Boy Scouts of America's discriminatory ban on gay adult leaders.
March 25, 2015
Gay Teen Allowed to Submit Eagle Scout Application
A San Francisco Boy Scout troop has approved an openly gay member's application to be an Eagle Scout after a fierce petition drive spearheaded by the boy's mother.
January 8, 2013
Kelly Clarkson Had a Big Surprise for One of First Female Eagle Scouts
The talk show host honored Victoria Rader for breaking a glass ceiling.
October 26, 2020
Should Girls Be Allowed in the Boy Scouts?
Transgender Eagle Scout Jessie "Gender" Earl on the argument that girls shouldn't be allowed in the newly renamed Scouts BSA.
May 17, 2018
Ten Camp Staffers Quit in Sympathy With Fired Gay Scout
Fellow employees objected to the dismissal of gay Eagle Scout Tim Griffin from a California camp.
July 25, 2012
Gay Man Charged With Murder in Alabama
Zachary Stirewalt, charged with fatally shooting the man who offered him a place to stay, was a former Eagle Scout and aspiring photographer.
December 3, 2012
Meet the First Openly Gay Eagle Scout
Pascal Tessier, a 17-year-old from Chevy Chase, Md., has become the first known openly gay Boy Scout to achieve the organization's highest honor.
February 11, 2014
Gay Eagle Scout Demands Amazon Cut Ties With BSA
Eagle Scout Pascal Tessier is demanding that Amazon drop the youth group from its AmazonSmile program, which allows shoppers to donate to nonprofit organizations.
May 19, 2014
WATCH: Gay Boy Scout Earns Eagle by Restoring LGBT Center
At a time when openly gay youth were still barred from the BSA, scout Eric Snyder decided to protest by renovating an LGBT center.
April 17, 2014
First Out Eagle Scout to BSA: Let Me Stay
On his 18th birthday, Pascal Tessier wrote a letter to BSA's president demanding the ban on gay adults be lifted.
August 6, 2014
Op-ed: The Scouts Made Me, Now They Have to Do Right by Me
This Eagle Scout loves the BSA organization, save for that insidious ban on adult gay leaders.
June 26, 2015