'I am accepted': New Jersey boy, 9, becomes the first openly transgender Boy Scout

dailymail.uk ^ | Feb. 8, 2017 | Hannah Parry For Dailymail.com

[Morgana]

A New Jersey boy has become the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts.

Just one week after the Boy Scouts of America changed its policy to allow transgender children to join, Joe Maldonado donned his uniform as the newest member of Pack 20 in Maplewood.

'I am accepted,' said the nine-year-old on Tuesday night, as his mother fought back tears.

The youngster had previously been banned from Pack 87 in Secaucus because his birth certificate stated that he was born a girl.

[BJ1]

Should read New Jersey girl. Just sayin’

[FreedomStar3028]

That’s a good way to kill a great organization. Buh bye.

Normal people aren’t going to be putting their kids in the boy scouts. Only weirdo’s.

[Chickensoup]

so it’s a girl!

[Dogbert41]

9 years-old? That is a molested child. Start an investigation.

[teeman8r]

Wow, in my Boy Scout troop, girls don’t have to pretend they are boys... they join the venture crew

[DiogenesLamp]

The mother should be charged with child abuse for forcing her poor child to travel this road to misery.

[relictele]

'I am accepted,' said the nine-year-old on Tuesday night, as his mother fought back tears.

You've got a lot to learn, kid. First of all, you're still a girl.

As for the so-called adult, she isn't a 'mother,' she's merely the person who gave birth and allowed you to indulge your attention-seeking delusions.

[Trump20162020]

Why did The Daily Mail write such a triumphant-sounding headline?

[DiogenesLamp]

9 years-old? That is a molested child. Start an investigation.

Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Yes, it's abuse.

[wild74]

The mother and father needs to be thrown in jail for child abuse

[Timpanagos1]

The real story will be how many of the actual boys from this Cub Scout Pack withdraw from Scouting or join another Pack.

[BoomerBill]

Still a girl, even if HER plumbing gets rearranged. I’ll put money on HER going cuckoo at some later date in HER life.

[Da Coyote]

He/she has mental problems.

Big ones.

Bet is that he/she will not have a happy life.

As for the mother, well, as Thumper’s mother said, “If you can’t say anything nice...”

Not my wish, but my prediction.

[cba123]

To Boy Scouts of America.

I am a former scout. Didn’t make Eagle, but was one step below at Life, when I finally dropped out. I was in Order of the Arrow, and was extraordinarily proud to have been a Boy Scout.

For years, and years, and years.

Prouder than I can describe. One of the proudest moments of my entire life. It was ALL good. Every campout, every single thing.

I now, not so much renounce, that is too strong a word, but I now no longer feel the pride I once did.

Some other former Scouts might also know, what I am saying.

I had been extremely proud to have been in an organization, which stood for what it believed in.

I no longer see that, and it greatly saddens me.

Boy Scouts, you made a terrible mistake.

You should have stood your ground.

[KSCITYBOY]

Accepted and forced upon not the same thing.

[heterosupremacist]

Post #10 DiogenesLamp wrote: 9 years-old? That is a molested child. Start an investigation. Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Yes, it's abuse. I expect this little freak to be headed for Death Row. I only blame the 'parental units' VERY sad...

[heterosupremacist]

Post #10 DiogenesLamp wrote: 9 years-old? That is a molested child. Start an investigation. Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Yes, it's abuse. I expect this little freak to be headed for Death Row. I only blame the 'parental units' VERY sad...

[Farmer Dean]

“I am accepted.” No,you’re not.Your presence is tolerated under the threat of endless litigation.

[MeganC]

They’re not the Boy Scouts anymore.