Scouts for Equality
January 23, 2013
National Geographic Channel: Denounce the Boy Scouts of America's anti-gay policy
GLAAD today joined Scouts for Equality and 20 year-old Eagle Scout Will Oliver to call on the National Geographic Channel to denounce the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) ban on gay scouts and scout leaders.
December 10, 2012
Merck Foundation Suspends Funding to Boy Scouts of America until Ban on Gay Scouts And Leaders Ends
The Merck Foundation became the latest corporate leader to speak out against the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gay scouts and scout leaders. The Merck Foundation announced that it will suspend all funding to the BSA and will consider funding the organization again when the BSA ends the discriminatory ban.
December 4, 2012
Zach Wahls to Verizon: Stop funding Boy Scouts' anti-gay policies
Scouts for Equality founder, Zach Wahls, has launched a Change.org petition calling on Verizon to stop donating to the Boy Scouts until the BSA ends its policy banning gay scouts and leaders. Companies included Intel and UPS have already dropped their financial support of the BSA because of the discriminatory policy.
October 25, 2012
NJ school drops Boy Scouts charter over 'egregious' anti-gay ban
A conservative Jewish day school in West Orange, New Jersey has announced that it will not renew its Boy Scout charter for 2013 because of the national Scouting organization’s policy banning gay and lesbian scouts and scout leaders, New Jersey Jewish News reports.
October 6, 2012
Eagle Scouts march in the Gainesville Pride Parade
On Saturday, September 29, 2012 in Gainesville, Florida, a group of Eagle Scouts and their families marched with supp
July 25, 2012
Ten Scouts resign in show of support for fired gay staffer
Ten staffers at a California Boy Scouts camp have resigned in a show of support for fellow staffer and Eagle Scout Tim Griffin, who was fired last week because he’s gay. Griffin had served at the camp for eight years.
July 19, 2012
Momentum builds as more Americans demand change from Boy Scouts
Pressure continues to mount as more and more Americans urge the Boy Scouts to end its discriminatory ban on gay scouts and LGBT leaders.
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