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So it suddenly feels strange to have this huge sense of pride in my years as a Brownie, Junior and Cadette since the revelation that GSUSA has been fully including transgender girls in their scouting program. Such a sense of pride that all my scouting sisters are included, and that the organization I participated in is so socially and compassionately progressive, especially in comparison to the bigotry expressed by the Boy Scouts of America.<\/p>\n

So I although I generally avoid buying cookies and prefer to just give the troop setting up a table in the cold a donation, I plan to buy cookies as well as leave a donation this year.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aCDtaGCjujc<\/a>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"