Should Transgenders Be Allowed to Join the BSA

I have to admit that yes, I overlooked the supposed difference between 'sex' and 'gender'. I also want to apologize, because as I read through my previous arguement, I seemed somewhat irrational and rude, so I'm sorry. But I still stand with my point. Yes, the BSA is a great program. I myself achieved the Eagle rank and have been involve with scouts for a while. This is one reason that I do stand with my statement. I have one question that we should get out of the way - what exactly are we considering 'transgenderism?' We could take it to the extreme where they have a certain procedure done to gain or rid themselves of 'things'; or we could say that it's just choosing to identify as one 'gender.' I'm going to meet in the middle and say they are hard-core identifiers. Let's look at the subject from a broader standpoint. If we start allowing people to choose whatever they please to do, we have anarchy. If a girl (I will NOT use the term female because that connotes the idea that these people are no more than things) chooses to identify as a boy and is allowed to join the BSA, then does that mean that the next-door-neighbor's sixteen-year-old kid can go to a bar and identify as a 21-year-old and start drinking? I realize this is slightly different, but it's the same context. Just because that kid says he's a 21-year-old doesn't make him 21 years old. "But what if he feels/acts older or more mature than he really is? Then isn't it just a mental thing?" Yes, it is a mental thing, but that doesn't change the fact he's twenty-one, or in this case that she's a she. Now let's reverse and talk more about scouting. The only time that girls are allowed in scouting is in a Venture crew. Venturing is less of making a better person out of you and more of giving you adventure, hence the name. To truly find the answer for this topic, we need to look into the past of the origin of scouting (source 1). Robert Baden-Powell started to teach young boys survival skills and other skills. "With the aid of other instructors, he taught the boys about camping, observation, deduction, woodcraft, boating, lifesaving, patriotism, and chivalry." The original intent of scouting - which is still in play today - was and is to prepare boys for the future and for emergencies. If you read four paragraphs in, it mentions girl scouts. These are not a part of the BSA. The transgender girls who want to be a scout can go join that. The last thing I want to mention before turning it over to pro is this: yes, sometimes transgenderism is a mental thing. A lot of the time it is caused by wanting to be something you're not, somewhat like jealousy. But why do they find it bad to be what they are - a girl? It is the same reason many people commit suicide. These people are taught that difference is wrong. We as a society and nation treat difference as a bad thing - that we need to assimilate people into our world. NO. Difference should be embraced. Difference is what gives the world beauty. These girls who want to be guys... They are just trying to be something else. Sure they are going to have to live with wanting to be a guy. But it's also like abortions. The parent has to just live with the child. We have to live with our differences, our trials. All in all, these transgender people should not be allowed to join the BSA because they are different, but that's okay. They should not be allowed to join because they aren't boys, but that's not something to be ashamed of. I mean, I'm a guy and I don't see why they would want to be us. I mean, we're nothing special... These women - they bring life to the world. They bring happiness. They bring beauty (because men definitely don't). If they can't see that - they can't accept that - then they need to open there eyes. They need to find the strength they have as women and live with their womanly selves. 1: http://www.history.com... [This is mainly a side-note. I am not going to be using many sources, no matter how in-credible it seems. I could look at sources forever and find tons of opposing viewpoints and tons of 'tests' that contradict each other. The best way is the logical way]