"For the past 27 years, LGBTQ+ adults nostalgic for the simple joys of summer camp have headed to scenic, rural Maine for a week of outdoor activities, evening socials, and bonding with bunkmates-turned-friends in the fresh, pine-scented air."
"Every summer, 'Camp' Camp, which sits about 90 minutes north of Portland, plays host to about 200 like-minded adults looking to partake in some good clean fun in the great outdoors."
"It's a place where you can be yourself in every sense," Kat Torres Radisic, the camp's outreach manager, said in a press release earlier this year."
""From the moment you arrive, you're surrounded by people who celebrate you for who you are."
Camp Camp convenes approximately 200 LGBTQ+ adults each summer in rural Maine for a week of outdoor activities, evening socials, and communal living. The weeklong session includes canoeing, kayaking, crafting, team sports, barn dances, talent shows, and programming tailored to adult queer attendees. The camp was founded to offer an alternative to louder gay-friendly vacation spots and emphasizes community, belonging, and the ability to be oneself. Attendees often return for the sense of connection developed among bunkmates, with photos capturing joyful athleticism, costuming, candid portraits, and the rapid formation of chosen family.
Read at Advocate.com
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