CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Gay Former Scouts Turn In Memoirs

Gay men who once were Boy Scouts, including the grandson of the organization’s founder, are shipping their memoirs to Scouting headquarters, calling themselves the “Forgotten Scouts.” The Boy Scouts of America has said gays are excluded from the organization based on a requirement in the Scouts’ oath that members be “morally straight.” “(They) need to be realistic about the gay Scouts that are in Scouting,” said William Boyce Mueller, grandson of founder William D. Boyce. San Francisco-area journalists Randy Shilts and Armistead Maupin, who were Eagle Scouts, are among the men who will contribute memoirs.