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Local trans woman Eagle Scout receives medal, reflects on path to achievement
KXAN ^ | October 22, 2020 | Todd Bailey

Posted on 10/23/2020 1:07:02 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Beatrix Jackman was nearly speechless.

“I don’t even know what to say.”

Her mask fell off because she was smiling so much over her gift — one she rightfully earned.

“Thank you to everybody who has helped me along this path.” (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey)

Jackman, 19, is officially an Eagle Scout as a member of Scouts BSA Troop 2019. She received her Eagle award Thursday morning outside her home in north central Austin. Capitol Area Council’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations Charles Mead surprised her and her mom Julie Ziegelman with the medal and certificate.

“I’m so happy,” Jackman said.

This achievement and ranking is one of many along her journey.

Jackman is a transgender woman. She was confident enough to tell her troop in middle school she identified as female shortly after achieving her Life ranking. The initial reception wasn’t warm.

“Their response was that I could either keep presenting as male there, I could do lone Scouting, or I could quit,” she said.

She chose the latter, leaving Scouting for a while but decided to return when news of transgender boys being allowed in circulated. However, she had to wait until transgender girls were allowed in 2019.

“Why come back? It was important for me to finish. It was important for me to blaze this path so others could follow,” Jackman said.

Through all the loops and hurdles, she is now part of the Capitol Area Council’s inaugural class of female Eagle Scouts. A goal that unfortunately bears a regret.

“The biggest thing I regret is that my grandma died in June and missed being here to see me become an Eagle,” Jackman said. “But, she was so proud of me and knew I would succeed.”

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TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; bsa; eaglescouts; homosexualagenda; scouting; scouts
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Good bye Boy Scouts.


21 posted on 10/23/2020 1:38:07 PM PDT by laweeks
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To: GrootheWanderer; Ciaphas Cain

The BSA made a temporary rule change for older Scouts (age 16-17) who joined for the first time in 2019. The temporary rule change allowed these new older Scouts (female and male) to apply for a limited time extension for the purpose of earning the Eagle Scout rank, which takes a minimum of 19 months to earn due to tenure and other requirements.

Based on this article, this trans woman should not have been eligible for the time extension, because she was not really a new member — she was a former member of a Boy Scout troop who decided to drop out.


22 posted on 10/23/2020 1:38:44 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: Ciaphas Cain

So glad my family and my entire troop left BSA in 2014 and switched to Trail Life USA.


23 posted on 10/23/2020 1:42:56 PM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Bingo.

“Jackman” lol.

Not Jackwoman.


24 posted on 10/23/2020 1:45:52 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
What a project! Collecting bath bombs to give to other transgenders. (Obviously not much care went into sign)


25 posted on 10/23/2020 1:47:05 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: bigbob

And... “self-soothing” kits.

That’s it.


26 posted on 10/23/2020 1:47:59 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
What's wrong with the Girl Scouts?

I mean if you want to be a girl, why not the Girl Scouts instead of the Boy Scouts?

27 posted on 10/23/2020 1:52:02 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Orange Man GOOD!)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

I wonder if the Boy Scouts now have a Transgender merit badge.


28 posted on 10/23/2020 1:53:02 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: glorgau

You get that merit badge for demonstrating being the least in touch with reality !


29 posted on 10/23/2020 1:56:00 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Ciaphas Cain

How sad how sad for the Boy Scouts....

Once proud, forever tainted.


30 posted on 10/23/2020 1:57:21 PM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Austin: Liberal cesspool of Texas.


31 posted on 10/23/2020 2:21:27 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (Biden's)
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To: GrootheWanderer
Apart from the obvious issue, I thought you couldn’t receive Eagle after your 18th birthday. Or have they changed that, too?

Maybe in addition to identifying as a girl, he also identifies as a 17 year old.

32 posted on 10/23/2020 2:22:15 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: TexasGator

What Scoutmaster, Eagle Coordinator, and District rep approved collecting donations for an Eagle Scout Project? This is bad BSA leadership!


33 posted on 10/23/2020 2:23:17 PM PDT by castowell (War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will - Von Clausewitz)
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To: glorgau

They are getting ready to implement a “Diversity” merit badge, which is Eagle required next year.


34 posted on 10/23/2020 2:24:13 PM PDT by castowell (War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will - Von Clausewitz)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Scouts age OUT of the program at 18, when you’re not a BOY any longer. How was this cross dressing freak allow to break that fundamental rule?


35 posted on 10/23/2020 2:44:45 PM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Allowing a couple of hese things into a troop will very shortly convert the troop into an entirely LGBQWERTY troop as the normal boys exit r convert.


36 posted on 10/23/2020 2:46:45 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe h)
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To: castowell
They are getting ready to implement a “Diversity” merit badge, which is Eagle required next year.

Where are the scout supporters here who said they could maintain their conservative, traditional scouting in their own Council or Troops? No, you can’t.

When the head rots, so does the entire body.

37 posted on 10/23/2020 2:47:29 PM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: carriage_hill

I was involved in scouting as a boy in the mid 70’s, and even then it became a numbers game, with my troop pushing membership at all costs, waiving age and other requirements to get recognition for being the “fastest” and “largest” growing troop in our council. I left shortly after all that.


38 posted on 10/23/2020 2:53:53 PM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: TexasGator

I thought I read “condoms” in the list of items on that sign. Maybe I wasn’t imagining it at all.


39 posted on 10/23/2020 2:57:50 PM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: fwdude

Yep, I saw it first-hand from the inside, and refused to cooperate with a corrupted institution which gave me 9-10 wonderful years, as a youth.


40 posted on 10/23/2020 3:37:39 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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