Today’s vote by the National Executive Committee of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to end the organization’s decades-long policy and practice of excluding openly gay men from membership in Scouting marks yet another milestone in the march toward LGBT equality in our nation. As a result of this reform, which is to take effect immediately:
Having worked on trying to get the Boy Scouts to end its discriminatory policies for 25 years, I am torn by today's vote by Scouting to no longer kick out gay youth.
Lambda Legal has been seeking an end to the Boy Scouts' discriminatory ban against openly gay and bisexual members and leaders for more than 20 years, all the way to the Supreme Court.
Q: I am an Eagle Scout and I am gay. Having been involved with the Boy Scouts since I was six years old, I would like to become a scoutmaster for my local troop, but I don’t want to hide my sexual orientation. What should I do?
