OLMSTED FALLS, OH (WOIO) – A former Boy Scout leader fro the Olmsted Falls troop was sentenced Tuesday morning to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Aaron Robertson, 29, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery and four counts of gross sexual imposition as part of a plea deal in exchange for dropping rape […]

The organization will now be known as Scouts BSA.   For well over a century, the Boy Scouts of America has been the leader in the stateside scouting movement, but until last year only boys could join its ranks. To reflect its embrace of inclusion, the organization will drop “boy” from its name and will now be […]

The Boy Scouts of America have updated its scouting policies to include transgender boys. READ Welcome To The Neighborhood: LGBTQ Community Is Throwing A “Queer Dance Party” Outside Of Mike Pence’s Home In DC The announcement, made by Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh, was released on Tuesday (Jan. 30) via the BSA’s website and YouTube. Surbaugh credited […]

Just days after a Maryland-based Cub Scout pack was forced to back down on a non-discriminatory pledge because of a reference to sexual orientation, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) might be changing its national stance toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. NBC cites a number of “scouting officials and outsiders familiar […]