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Pentagon forces Scouts to out trans kids, calls it “returning to values”

When the federal government decides that the real threat to national security is a trans teenager earning a merit badge, you’re not restoring tradition. You’re just teaching bigotry.

Jason Weisberger
Feb 27, 2026
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Secretary of Defense “Whiskey Pete” Hegseth proudly announced that Scouting America will forcibly out and segregate transgender scouts. This reverses nearly a decade of inclusion. Trans kids who’ve camped, earned badges, and built friendships in troops that match their identities will now be reassigned based on birth certificates, because apparently, bu…

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