Here’s your amazing Girl Scouts story of the day:
Stormi is a 9-year-old Girl Scout from Illinois. She’s also a trans girl who was placed with her family through foster care, so this year, she decided she wanted to donate Girl Scout Cookies to other kids in foster care.
When she went out to sell cookies with her mom, she knocked on the door of a man who told her that “nobody wants to buy cookies from a boy in a dress.”
She and her family were rightfully devastated by the man’s transphobic comments. But Stormi decided she would have the last word – so she shared her story with trans groups, started selling cookies online, and immediately started raking in sales in the thousands.
By Thursday, Stormi had sold over 3,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. She received cookie sales from places as far as Canada and Australia, said Kim [Stormi’s mom].
“It’s just been amazing,” said Kim. “I have not seen Stormi like this in a really long time. It makes me cry because this is something she’ll never forget.”
Stormi now plans to donate cookies to foster kids every year.
“I want kids like me to know they are perfect just the way they are,” said Stormi. “There are people all over the world that love you. Never give up because it does get better.”
Stormi for president. Seriously.
(Source: gaywrites, via bonehandledknife)
