Mom Who Led Charge on Boy Scouts Transgender Policy Celebrates With Her Son

Jan 31, 2017, 09:34 PM

The New Jersey mother who championed her 8-year-old transgender son’s rights to stay in the Boy Scouts of America cheered the organization’s decision this week to open its doors to transgender children.

Kristie Maldonado, 43, last week filed a civil rights complaint with the state against the Northern New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts — her son’s hometown chapter that booted him in November because he was designated as female at birth.