In 2013, the Boy Scouts of America ended its ban on openly gay youths participating in its activities.

Two years later, the organization ended its ban on openly gay adult leaders.

Now, after an 8-year-old in Secaucus, N.J., was kicked out of his Cub Scout pack about a month after joining, scouting leaders are confronted with the decision to extend the welcome to transgender boys.

“It made me mad,” the boy, Joe Maldonado, told The Record, a North Jersey newspaper. “I had a sad face, but I wasn’t crying. I’m way more angry than sad. My identity is a boy. If I was them, I would let every person in the world go in. It’s right to do.”

Last year, when he began second grade, Joe came out as a boy, according to The Record. His mother, Kristie Maldonado, allowed him to cut his hair short.