The Scoutmaster’s Son: Queering the Personal and Professional

Using a blend of auto-archaeological, critical, and queer approaches, I descriptively and performatively articulate the position of my sexual identity when entrenched in the familial and organizational structures of scouting. Throughout this piece, I expose the intersections of father-son turmoil and organizational oppression along with offering defiant modes of queer resistance(s) and becoming(s).