[ [link removed] ]Sign my petition to tell the Girl Scouts Convention Committee: Do
everything you can to protect LGBTQ+ Girl Scouts!

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

I am Ember–a National Delegate from Northern California. I am also a queer
person who is extremely concerned about the Girl Scouts National
Convention taking place in Florida, due to the recent rise in homophobic,
transphobic, and racist legislation that's been signed into law by Ron
DeSantis in Florida. Our children are not safe in this state.^1,2 

Many of these violent pieces of legislation directly target and harm
children, particularly queer and trans youth. This means that Florida is
an unsafe place for LGBTQ+ people, and bringing thousands of Girl Scouts
for the National Convention puts us in danger and supports these actions
by Florida legislators, showing that there aren't consequences for
implementing racist and anti-LGBTQ+ policies. This is why Girl Scouts must
move the 2023 National Convention and Phenom out of Florida. 

[ [link removed] ]Will you add your name to my petition demanding that the Girl Scouts
Convention Committee do everything they can to protect LGBTQ+ Girl Scouts?

Girl Scouts has been working to be a more inclusive organization, and this
is very contrary to that ideal—bringing Girl Scouts of all identities to a
place that doesn't embody that value and is an unsafe environment. When a
state passes bigoted policies, it empowers people with those beliefs to
act on their beliefs, which endangers Girl Scouts going to Florida.
Bringing people—especially en masse— supports Florida's right-wing
legislators and tells them that their policies and actions are acceptable
and that there are not consequences. Girl Scouts' event going to Florida
shows immediate disregard for queer and trans members' safety, needs,
rights, and humanity.

In order to amend this, I believe Girl Scouts must move the 2023 National
Convention out of Florida in order to prioritize the needs and safety of
queer and trans Girl Scouts.

[3]Sign my petition

Girl Scouts must take action (not just in words) to protect queer and
trans attendees through, but not limited to, transportation from airports
to the sites for safety, LGBTQ+ safe break rooms, and gender-inclusive
bathrooms at hotels and other centers.

Girl Scouts can do better. Girl Scouts must do better. Girl Scouts prides
itself on being a youth-oriented and youth-led inclusive organization, and
listening to and acting for the needs of their membership on this issue
are crucial to demonstrate this.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to
your friends.

Thanks!

–Ember, Girl Scouts National Delegate

Sources:

1. "A report details how extremism and hate crimes are on the rise in
Florida," WUSF Public Media, September 22, 2022
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2. "Jacksonville Jewish, LGBTQ+, FBI leaders react to spike in hate crime
reports," News 4 Jax, March 14, 2023
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