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It’s giving camp: LGBTQ summer programs allow queer kids be kids

Miles Barnes, a transgender teen who is neurodivergent, has been to many summer camps, but he said that until , he never felt camp staffers could fully support him the way he needed. Strict schedules, 5 a.m. wake-up calls and a mandate that all campers participate in all activities triggered his anxiety and made him feel unheard. So in , when his mother floated the thought of Camp Lightbulb, one of more than a dozen summer camps across the country specifically for LGBTQ youths, Miles’ interest was piqued. 

Founded in by Puck Markham, Camp Lightbulb is a weeklong camp for LGBTQ youths ages 14 to Markham held the inaugural program in Provincetown, Massachusetts, because of the iconic beach town’s vibrant homosexual community and history of embracing LGBTQ people. He recalled thinking, “Well, if I can possess such a amazing time here, just imagine how meaningful this could be for a kid.”

Later adding programs in Los Angeles and New York Municipality, Camp Lightbulb focuses on offering activities that allow teens to celebrate their identiti

Camp for LGBTQ+ Youth Gives Teens a Safe Place to Be Themselves

In a time where LGBTQ+ students are under constant charge not just in their own schools, but by politicians in Lansing, more than Michigan LGBTQ+ youth found a community and a safe space to just be themselves in the Camp 4All Summer Camp program this summer.

Seven years ago, Equality Michigan’s Department of Victim Services partnered with a YMCA camp program when the director realized that not all kids and counselors were fully able to be themselves in the camp environment. “A lot of gay kids move to camp, but not a lot of camps are fully accepting of gay kids. We fix out to try to change that,” said Genny Maze, Victim Advocate at Equality Michigan. It took a full year of planning, organizing, and transforming some hearts and minds at the YMCA, but the following summer, the first Camp 4All was launched.

What happened that first summer was truly transformative, not just for campers but for the organizers and community leaders who put the camp together. The camp programming was centered around workshops for LGBTQ+ youth

Youth Camps

Rainbow Resource Centre is proud to offer two subsidized summer camps for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, pansexual, transgender, queer, questioning (2SLGBTQ+) youthin Manitoba. Our camps build confidence, create feelings of acceptance, and foster positive and lasting friendships. Camp Aurora and Soul Day Camp are building a generation of 2SLGBTQ+ youth who will be proud leaders.

Spirit Day Camp (ages )

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Camp Aurora (ages )

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Our Objectives

  1. To produce safe(r) spaces by challenging all forms of discrimination such as homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, racism, sexism, classism, ableism, ageism, fatphobia, xenophobia and the ongoing impacts of colonization;
  2. To engage with and learn from positive role models and attach with 2SLGBTQ+ peers;
  3. To provide opportunities for campers to build new skills through experiential learning;
  4. To encourage group engagement, participation, and volunteerism;

  5. DAY CAMPS, OVERNIGHT CAMPS
    AND SUMMER PROGRAMS

    CALIFORNIA

    STEVE & KATE’S

    When you reliance kids, they trust themselves. Since , Steve & Kate’s has put kids in charge of their own learning experience. As they try, fail, and absorb on their own, they acquire to trust their own decision and tackle the challenges of an ever-changing world with creativity and confidence.

    Campers choose from a variety of activities in real-time, including sewing, stop-motion animation, song, coding, sports & rec, makers crafts, baking, & more. They'll decide what they want to do and for how long.

    Just like everything else at Steve & Kate’s, kids will receive to choose their lunch entree daily. Most of their meals come from local vendors and are prepared just moments before lunch. They throw in snacks and the occasional frozen handle to boot!

    Families can buy as many days as they’d enjoy and use them at any time. No weekly reservations are required–just show up! Or, if you need more care, purchase a Summer Pass, which covers the whole season. If, for any reason, your plans adjust, the