Archive for the ‘Boy Scouts’ Category
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
The Boy Scouts of America - an organization with which I have not only been significantly involved but also an organization with which I have a long history of not-so-happy interaction - is holding its annual conference in Atlanta. The meeting will take place tomorrow, May 30th and May 31st ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States, Winston-Salem | 3 Comments »
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Scouting for All, the Petaluma, CA-based organization fighting discrimination against gays and atheists in the Boy Scouts of America, has started its annual fundraising drive.
Below is a letter from one of Scouting for All's co-founders, 21 year old, straight, Eagle Scout Steven Cozza:
To Our Scouting for All Supporters / ...
Posted in Boy Scouts, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
"First home-made movie" (with the horrible Windows Movie Maker) should be sign enough to know that it isn't perfect, but I don't think I did that bad of a job for a 20 minute scrape together project.
Posted in Boy Scouts, Civil Rights, College/University, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Greensboro, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve, Triad, UNCG, Winston-Salem | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Catchy, funny headline... I know, :)
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from the Sea Scouts division of the Boy Scouts of America regarding the City of Berkeley's decision to remove their tax-payer funded subsidy from the city's boat docks.
The City of Berkeley made the decision in 1998 ...
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Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
I've finally been able to get a digital copy made of my appearance on a conservative leaning talk show back on April 1, 2004 (yeah it took me that long, sad huh?). The appearance dealt with the issue of the Boy Scouts and homosexuality and their discriminatory policies which bar ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Media, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, Winston-Salem | No Comments »
Sunday, August 27th, 2006
Ah... the family mountain. Good times.
As I usually do every morning when I'm up here, I get up, get some coffee put my shoes on and head down the hill to pick up a copy of The Winston-Salem Journal (yes they deliver here) at the old Lambsburg, VA, post office ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Media, North Carolina, Winston-Salem | 2 Comments »
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
According to a Yahoo! News/Associated Press news article, the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America has been told by the Philadelphia City Council to pay up or move out.
The City has fought with the Boy Scout council for three years over rental payments and its association ...
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
Originally written to Brenda Bowers, but so definitely applicable to a whole bunch of people:
"You Matt have no idea what demonization and degradation is if this is your example. And you think this two bit local pol is a big deal. Dear I had Congressmen tell me that I belonged ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights, Greensboro, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Winston-Salem | 5 Comments »
Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Cross-posted from InclusiveScouting.net
According to an article from the Southern Voice, one of the LGBT community's largest corporate sponsors, Bank of America, announced in April 2006 it would stop its corporate support of the Alapaha Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Georgia.
The Bank's Charitable Foundation said it could ...
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
InclusiveScouting.net, the web site of the Coalitions for Inclusive Scouting, recently got a face-lift.
The main and original site designer and maintainer, Mark Noel, has been working hard on the site. With the new design and better blogging capabilities, the InclusiveScouting.net site will also feature more regular updating (duh!!! We have ...
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