Pascal Tessier, 18, was just hired as a summer camp leader by the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts of America—the organization’s first openly gay hire, and one in deliberate violation of the Scouts’ national policy.

Since it formed in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has banned homosexual members and leaders, going so far to include it in the organization’s guidelines. Following sustained criticism and legal action, though, it finally relented in 2014 by allowing gay youth to become scouts. The ban remains in effect for adult members and scout leaders over the age of 18.

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Tessier, who was the first gay scout to be awarded the status of Eagle Scout, and is also a vocal opponent of the ban, applied for and received the position of camp leader. Anticipating pushback at the national level, Tessier is being represented by a lawyer, and will fight any challenges.

“We’ve accepted him, he was put through the normal process,” Greater New York Councils spokesperson Richard Mason told BuzzFeed News. “They have not, to my knowledge, rejected him, so as far as we are concerned, this young man is coming to work, and is ready to do so this summer.”

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