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If you're going to inject such relative prioritization into the matter, then it makes the most sense to start with the most likely risks. That would be heterosexual men. In most of the relevant reviews of available data (such as Groth and Birnbaum, 1978, and (Jenny et al., 1994)), reasonable sample sizes necessary to give the review statistical significance often still result in no homosexuals within the group of sexual predators or numbers below 1%.
No matter how you slice it, if it is sexual misconduct that you're worried about, and you're intent on engaging in discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, then the first group to exclude are heterosexual men.
They've had gay scouts and gay leaders for years anyway, why pretend otherwise?
When I went to Treasure Valley Boy Scout Camp in 1952, there was a reason that the section where the full time counsellors camped was called "The Fairy Ring".
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