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Morally straight : how the fight for LGBTQ+ inclusion changed the Boy Scouts--and America /

This deeply-reported narrative illuminates the battle for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Boy Scouts of America, a decades-long struggle led by teenagers, parents, activists and everyday Americans. Weaving in his own experience as a scout and journalist, Mike De Socio's Morally Straight tells a story t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Socio, Mike (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, [2024].
Subjects:
Boy Scouts of America > Trials, litigation, etc.
Boy Scouts of America > History.
Dale, James, > 1970- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Cozza, Steven.
Tyrrell, Jennifer.
Wahls, Zach.
Boy Scouts > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Associations, institutions, etc. > Law and legislation > United States.
Gay rights > United States.
Sexual minorities > United States > Social conditions.
Sexual minorities > Civil rights > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Part one: Court of law. Betrayed by the Boy Scouts
  • The best interests of scouting
  • Working the courts
  • Let's start something - The Supreme Court
  • Pyrrhic victory
  • Part two: Court of public opinion. Shaped by scouting
  • Back into the spotlight
  • Accidental activists
  • Spinning up scouts for equality
  • An Eagle Scout, denied
  • The big push
  • Ban on the ballot
  • Part three: Court of honor. An untenable policy
  • The world as it is
  • The vote heard 'round the campfire
  • The final frontiers
  • Morally straight, totally queer
  • Epilogue.