The girl scout makes the overall argument that girl scout’s should not allow transgender males to join girl scouts. She backs up her argument by using many points as support.The evidence she cites makes everything she claims factual and not just opinions. The first point she makes is that as long as a boy wants to be a girl they will let join. She makes this point valid by providing the quote from the CO Girl Scouts VP for Communications Rachel Trujillo that says “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.” The quote provides relevant evidence that her argument is the truth and she is not making up facts.
The girl scout goes on to ask the question of where do transgender boys sleep on overnights and which bathrooms do they use. She talks about how Girl Scouts have required leaders to follow the Safety Wise guidelines, which states “Separate sleeping and bathroom facilities must be provided for adult males accompanying the group.” This becomes an issue when a senior who turns 18 is in the group. In this case a male would be required to have somewhere separate form the group to sleep and go to the bathroom. This point becomes very important when you consider the fact that a male could lie and claim they want to be a female and have their family also lie. If this were to happen you would have a boy sleeping on overnights with girls and who knows what the boy could do. This alone is enough reason to say it is not safe for males to be in the girl scouts.
Her points make boycotting girl scout cookies a reasonable thing to do. She provides alternative ways to fund the troops like donations or a garage sale. She may be wrong about not allowing transgender males join girl scouts, but she definitely makes a effective argument that they should at least be honest about it and notify the girls and their parents. If the boycott works it could provide a more strict system for allowing transgender males in girl scouts or just completely stop it.
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Counterintuitivity 
Marty, it may not be necessary to capitalize girl scout when referring to an individual girl as a scout, but when referring to the organization, use initial capitals as you would with any other proper noun: “makes the argument that the Girl Scouts should not allow . . . .”
It’s probably also strategically best when you first introduce the topic to be certain your readers know which direction transgender-ness is in dispute. The language is still deciding whether transgender males are boys presenting as girls or the opposite, so we need to be clear what Taylor objects to.
You waste a few lines previewing that there will be arguments and support to talk about:
Did you deliberately drop the pronoun from the end of that last sentence? : as long as a boy wants to be a girl they will let join. You may have been uncertain whether to say “they will let her join,” or “they will let him join.” Not choosing just lets the confusion continue.
The quote indeed proves that the Girl Scouts admit children who present as girls. That of course is not controversial. Whether it’s appropriate, safe, or honest to admit them is what Taylor needs to prove.
Rhetorically, I suggest the following edit for your “the question of” sentence, Marty. It’s a pattern you can use every time you want to introduce someone else question:
Then, instead of “talking about how” the Scouts require leaders to follow guidelines, say what you really mean:
From “This becomes an issue . . .” to “for males to be in the girl scouts,” you use the pronoun “this” five times to refer to different vague antecedents. The vagueness disappears in a tighter version:
Not only does the shorter version make the claims more clearly, it also avoids lots of appeals to the 2nd person, Marty, by cutting out the “when you considers” and the “you would have a boys.”
Am I helping here or just annoying you?
Your last paragraph makes the important distinction that Taylor demands honesty from the Girl Scouts. It may not be her true desire, but it’s an arguable claim we can debate. So is whether a transgender is a “girl” for the purposes of scouting. So is whether the 17-year-old transgender poses a threat to other scouts. All of these should or could be addressed in your analysis.
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