In Brief

Staff Reports

7 Year Old Boy Who Identifies As A Girl Is Told He Can't Join Girl Scouts

Bobby Montoya  via KUSA 9 News Denver

DENVER, COLORADO - Seven year old Bobby Montoya wanted to join the Girl Scouts just like his older sister had, and although Bobby is a boy, he sees himself as a girl.

"Bobby identifies as a girl, and he's a boy," Felisha Archuleta, Bobby's mom, told Denver's KUSA 9 News. "He's been doing this since he was about 2 years old. He's loved girl stuff, so we just let him dress how he wants, as long as he's happy."

Bobby agreed saying; "I like girl stuff."

KUSA 9 News reporter Anastasiya Bolton told LGBTQNation that the trouble started when Bobby's mother tried to sign him up for the Girl Scouts and she was told on the phone to bring him in. When she arrived, one particular troop leader took one look at Bobby and told his mother, "no- that's not for me," and refused to let her fill out the application.

Archuleta told KUSA 9 News that if she and her son do not have to deal with that person, then she'll gladly sign him up after the Girl Scouts of Colorado notified her that GSA Colorado was an inclusive organisation. In a statement to 9 News, GSA of Colorado said in part: "If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout."

Bolton was asked by LGBTQNation if there had been other instances of bullying directed against Bobby and in response she said: "The child told 9 News he had been bullied, and used that word to describe what had happened." Bolton also said that the child's mother had told the station that there had been some other incidents of inappropriate responses and unkind words directed at her son while attending school. 

Read the complete story at KUSA 9 News.