Scouting America will alter its policies to maintain support from the US military, Pentagon says

February 27, 2026

Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including a requirement that members use “biological sex at birth and not gender identity,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

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