Girl Scouts refuse $100,000 anti-transgender donation
Source: Associated Press
Girl Scouts refuse $100,000 anti-transgender donation
By PHUONG LE, Associated Press | June 30, 2015 | Updated: June 30, 2015 6:36pm
SEATTLE (AP) — The Girl Scouts of Western Washington said it has returned a $100,000 donation because it came with the provision that the money couldn't be used to support transgender girls.
The group said it sent back the money in late May after the donor had asked that the gift be returned unless the group guaranteed it would not be used to benefit transgender girls.
"Girl Scouts is for every girl, and that is every girl regardless of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion. Every girl is every girl," Megan Ferland, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Western Washington, said in an interview Tuesday. "It was a sad decision, but it was not a difficult decision. There was no way I would be put in a situation of refusing a girl participating because of a gift. It was really that quick."
The local council has transgender girls participating in the Girl Scouts, said Kate Dabe, the council's vice president of marketing and communications. To preserve their privacy, Dabe declined to say how
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Here's the link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/girl-scouts-is-foreverygirl#/story
Pretty sweet! I hope the person who donated the $100K is a bit chagrined!
