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Trans Eagle Scout deserves respect, not hate and abuse
Last week, I was thrilled to see a news article about Jace King, a teenager who has become one of the first transgender Eagle Scouts in the history of the Boy Scouts.
Jace lives in Splendora, Texas. For those unfamiliar, Splendora is about as far north of Houston as Prosper is north of Dallas. Jace is the first out transgender Eagle Scout in Splendora for sure, and may be one of the first in the country.
Jace’s brother achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. But for Jace, Eagle Scout had been an unreachable dream, because the Boy Scouts didn’t permit transgender boys to join their ranks until 2017.
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Trans teen Jace King is over the moon to be one of the first transgender Eagle scouts in the country (Screenshot: ABC13)
A 17-year-old boy is overjoyed to become the first transgender Eagle Scout in his community after a cruel ban on trans members was lifted.
Jace King had always dreamed of becoming an Eagle Scout like his brother, but due to the scouts’ ban on transgender boys he wasn’t allowed to join until 2019.
That meant he didn’t have long to reach the top Eagle rank before he turned 18 – but incredibly, Jace managed to achieve it in less than two years.