Transgender Seven-Year-Old Driven To Tears By Girl Scout Leader
Oct. 28 2011, Published 7:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
All seven year old Bobby Montoya wanted to do was join the Girl Scouts to sell cookies door-to-door, cook S'mores over an open fire, and earn merit badges, but a local leader rejected the child's application and even made her cry, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.
The basis of the heartbreaking rejection was that although Bobby lives as a girl, she was born a boy and has "boy parts," which the troop leader in Denver, Colorado wouldn't allow.
"She made him cry, tears were coming out of his eyes. My daughter didn’t know what to do," Bobby's grandfather, Bonnie Archuleta told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview. "It's the Girl Scouts, what is the big deal? They are kids, they are babies."
Bobby was born with male genitalia but has been convinced since the age of two that she is a girl.
"I believe he was born in the wrong body," said his mother, Felisha Archuleta, who admitted that even she has difficulty switching from male to female pronouns when talking about her child, reported ABCNews.com.
"I thought Bobby would grow out of it," she said. "For birthdays, he asked for ponies. He had a princess birthday, and last year when he turned seven, he had a Rapunzel birthday. I have just basically supported him."
Just like any normal little girl at seven, Bobby wanted to become a Girl Scout so three w