'Female Liberalism' Pervades Girl Scouts, Says Ex-Scout
Lesbian Girl Scout Leader Assaults 12 Year Old Girl
GLSEN - Girl Scouts Try a Version of Don't Ask, Don't Tell:
"... The local council has since welcomed open lesbians into its ranks..."
Barf Alert:
Lesbians are to Scouting as Sunshine is to Summer...
"Suffice it to say, "without lesbians" there would probably still be a Girl Scouts of America, but without lesbians, "GSA probably would not be the vibrant organization it is today, nor would it be inspiring so many girls and women to high ideals of character and community," says author Nancy Manahan. Manahan, whose first book Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence (co-authored with Rosemary Keefe Curb), sent shockwaves through the lesbian and the religious communities, is again broaching a subject universally understood to be taboo: lesbians in scouting—young lesbian scouts, lesbian volunteers, and lesbians in administrative positions within local councils and the national organization...
For some, no doubt, contributing to On My Honor was a healing experience. Manahan hopes that the book can be a catalyst for healing, a catalyst for change within the world of scouting. But for Manahan, On My Honor began an opportunity for "lesbian girl scouts to tell their stories in print for the first time." But as she got into the project and heard "stories of homophobia, and became informed about the Girl Scout policy and practice on sexual orientation, another motive emerged: to help this wonderful, progressive, idealistic, dedicated and influential organization—the largest organization of girls and women in the world!—take it’s role in the most important civil rights struggle of our time: gay, lesbian, bisexual equality..."