Boy Scouts welcome first transgender member

MAPLEWOOD - A New Jersey boy has become the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts.The Record reports 9-year-old Joe Maldonado put on a Cub Scout uniform and joined Pack 20 in Essex County on Tuesday following a decision by Boy Scouts of America to allow transgender scouts. Maldonado, who was born a girl, was banned from a Cub Scout group in Secaucus.He said it was fun and he was proud because he was accepted.The Boy Scouts changed their policy of referring to the gender on birth cert