Gay summer camp for adults
Is somebody gonna match my freak (find an mature person summer camp where we can spend our days reading, napping, swimming, and making s’mores by the fire without any screens or responsibilities)?
Because these grown-up summer camps are calling my name, and I don’t know how much longer I’m going to be able to restrain myself from saying screw it and booking flights to one of these camps from Amsterdam already, whether I have somebody to join me on the journey or not.
Maybe it was all of those weeks I spent at church camp between each school year (hi, former cabin mates, hopefully you don’t mind that I’m bi now!), but it just doesn’t experience like summer until I’ve disconnected from all of my devices to pay several days frolicking with friends and battling bug bites and sunburn in the wilderness, you know?
Call it ~healing my inner child~ if you must, but here are a few places where I’d rather be doing exactly that right now. A girl can dream!
What: “Since , ‘Camp’ Camp — America’s premier summer camp for LGBTQ+ adults — has offered a fun and distinctive vacation for
Camp Outright
Application Process
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Camper applications are now closed. For info about Camp Outright in , sign up for our newsletter or folllow us on social media!
Applications are not first come first serve. The request received will own no bearing on your application, so you can accept your time and submit it anytime before the deadline.
We will reach out to notify you if your camper has a identify at Camp or if you acquire been placed on the waitlist.
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Find Your People
Discover the magic and self-acceptance of being a part of the larger LGBTQ+ group. At Camp, acceptance as a lgbtq+ or trans youth is a given, so youth are free to point on what matters: making lifelong memories and friendships!. Here, your identity is a superpower - a source of inner strength - that deserves to be celebrated and embraced everywhere.
There are many opportunities to make friends, meet LGBTQ+ and allied adults who support you, and learn more about our beautifully complex LGBTQ+ history and people: a society of artists, creators, makers, adv
Jamboree Overview
Jamboree is sold out, with a waitlist.
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8 days: Saturday, August 16 - Saturday, August 23
4 days: Wednesday, August 20 - Saturday, August 23
Jamboree is an alcohol-free event.
Jamboree is a great, inexpensive vacation like you've never experienced before! Each year, 2SLGBTQIA+ adults (19+) from the Out & Out club rent a summer camp in the Haliburton area (3 hours northeast of Toronto). You’ll stay in shared cabins in the woods, overlooking a personal lake, and spend your days doing many of the joy things you did as a kid at camp: swimming, paddleboarding, kayaking, hiking, playing volleyball, making crafts, hosting parties, putting on a talent show – or just relaxing on the dock. Jamboree is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run event. A single price includes your accommodations, activities, meals, and snacks.
The People
Everyone across the entire 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum is welcome. Typically, about one third of the people attending identify as female, just over half identify as male, and many
In the summer of , I worked as a camp counselor in northern Michigan. It was one of the most enriching summers of my life.
Despite the overriding positive memories, when I reflect on that summer, I stay troubled by the gender divisions and enforced heteronormativity I observed daily at camp. Almost everything at camp was divided by gender binary, from meal times to evening activities. I led a cabin of teenage boys, many of whom reminded me of myself at that age; they had a propensity for pop melody, reality TV and musical theater, and didn’t quite fit in with the other boys. I saw teenagers mocked and excluded for displaying flamboyant deed amidst an underlying enforcement of what boys and girls should do and be like. Now, a generation on, I’m not confident that we own arrived at a place where queer teenagers can be completely comfortable in camp environments. But there are sure signs of hope.
Anyone who has lived the camp experience, be it over 10 years as a camper, or 10 weeks as a counselor, knows how unique it is, and how it stays with you forever. W