Trans Eagle Scout deserves respect, not hate and abuse Last week, I was thrilled to see a news article about Jace King, a teenager who has become one of the first transgender Eagle Scouts in the history of the Boy Scouts.
Jace lives in Splendora, Texas. For those unfamiliar, Splendora is about as far north of Houston as Prosper is north of Dallas.
Jace is the first out transgender Eagle Scout in Splendora for sure, and may be one of the first in the country. Jace’s brother achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
But for Jace, Eagle Scout had been an unreachable dream, because the Boy Scouts didn’t permit transgender boys to join their ranks until 2017.