Response to Boycott Girl Scout Cookies

Girls Scouts does not have an official policy on transgender people & has allowed a Colorado transgender girl (boy who Identifies as a girl) to join its ranks in October last year. Initially, the girl was rejected by the local scout leader but was permitted to join when Girl Scouts of Colorado stated "We accept all girls in kindergarten through 12th grade as members. If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout,". That was followed by a Girl Scout cookie boycott that was launched by a California-based  Scout named Taylor in this month.

Taylor made a video on YouTube that encouraged people to boycott the cookies because the scouts are not being "honest" towards them for including transgender girls. She's seems very articulate & formal but unfortunately doesn't know anything about transgender people. According to her, a transgender girl is a "boy who wants to be a girl". That's not how it works. Boys don't wake up deciding they want to be a girl. It's their identity & expression present with them often since early childhood. (More info)

Taylor suggests (actually words appear on the screen stating "is it safe to hide boys in Girls Scouts" . ) that it's not safe for transgender boys to be in Girl Scouts. What does she mean by "hide" ? Just because they have male parts does not turn them into a threat against girls. What is there to fear exactly? They have not done anything wrong so don't  treat as such.

Again Taylor misunderstands the concept of gender and sex. Sex is the biological characteristic based on your reproductive organs. Gender are the complex social,psychological, & cultural traits associated your sex. Better paraphrased as "Sex is between the leg, Gender is between the ears" She brings up Ten Emerging Truths , a Girls Scouts publication, quoting truth #4 which says "you can talk about different things with girls that you can't with boys. You can be yourself & who you are and  not something you're not". A transgender girl is a girl. That's why they identify as a girl. They feel, think , act like girls because they are one.

As for being "honest"Taylor , Girl Scouts isn't trying to hide anything. It's not like they have announce it if they don't feel a need to. I think you need to work on "considerate and caring...respect my self and others...make the world a better place.

BTW,Taylor seems to be involved with http://www.honestgirlscouts.com. It's a website that "discovers", "connects," & "takes action".  Just a glance tells you it's ideologically conservative.

Some people have also responded to the boycott.