What is this fuckwittery?

[gaudior]

So, I am making a principled call to action that everyone buy more Girl Scout cookies.

No, seriously--

Some transphobic fuckwits are calling for a boycott. Because when a little transgirl asked to join the Girl Scouts, the Girl Scouts of Colorado thought it over and released an official statement that "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."

Now, you can argue that just by being the Girl Scouts, the organization is gender-essentialist, and worry about what happens to transboys who come out after years of being Girl Scouts, etc. But I think that's less important than the fact that the Girl Scouts are a huge international organization which affects the lives of thousands of kids, and they're doing the right thing, and they're going to be taking some heat for it. So, y'know, buy cookies! If you're vegan, buy cookies and give them to your friends! Email the Girl Scouts and tell them standing up for the rights of transgender girls is a good thing to do! And so forth!

--R

Comments

[pastwatcher]

I saw some articles about the girl (Bobby, apparently she didn't actually join) a couple months ago, and got this article from my girlfriend recently. I'm surprised they didn't let it go, but am hoping the conversation can be made productive. We're seriously thinking about going to talk to the woman behind it, when we visit SoCal...probably will, if we can, in fact.

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Let us know how it goes, if you do!