Girl Scouts of the USA has rolled out a new LGBT patch girls can earn, similar to the way they earn the organization’s long-celebrated merit badges.
It’s called “The Girl Scout LGBTQ+ Pride Month Celebration Fun Patch.” Scouts, including the group’s younger Brownies and Daisies, which represent kindergarteners and first graders, can earn the rainbow-striped embroidered patch with the exclamatory slogan “I’m A Girl Scout” by completing certain tasks.
They include reading a book by an LGBT author, watching a documentary about the Pride flag, participating in June “Pride” celebrations, or memorizing an LGBT poem.
In guidelines prepared by the organization on ways to earn the badge, scouts are urged to first familiarize themselves with homosexual and LGBT terminology and concept as defined by the group national gay activist group Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)….