meet some campers

‘Camp’ Campers are a diverse crowd of lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender folks from all over the world. While most of them hail from the U.S., over the past 20 years we’ve enjoyed hosting LGBTQ folks from such places as Canada, the U.K., Australia, Mexico, and Germany as well. Our Campers come from all walks of life and in all shapes, sizes, and ages. So don’t worry… you’ll fit right in!

As an introduction to some of the fun people you’ll meet when you join us at ‘Camp’ Camp, here are some random personal facts, Camp trivia, and pop-culture tidbits from some of our Campers. (New profiles are added periodically, so check back again!)

Amy Putnam

• Full given name  Amy Jeanne Putnam
• Nickname  Don’t really have one
• Hometown  Claremont, NH
• Current hometown  Claremont, NH (I haven’t been here the whole time, though sometimes it feels that way!)
• Zodiac sign  Libra
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Stained Glass Instructor
• First year at Camp  2008
• Number of years at Camp so far  12 (including 2019)
• First Rainbow Group Leader  Gail Gormley
• Favorite Camp Activity  I’m most fond of the in-between times when people just hang out and chat.
• Most surprising thing about Camp  It’s amazingly refreshing every year to be reminded of how accepting and welcoming everyone is. We meet you where you are. That’s a rare and beautiful thing.
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  I’m sure there is one but I’ve managed to block it from my memory. (Ha!)
• Mac or PC?  Mac
• Most played song on your iPod  Carrie Newcomer,  “I Meant to Do My Work Today”
• One album you couldn’t live without  Carrie Newcomer, Kindred Spirits
• Last movie you saw  Mary Poppins Returns
• Last book you read  A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 
• Must-see TV show  Great British Baking Show
• Favorite reality show  Real Housewives of NYC
• Only/oldest/middle child?  Oldest
• First same-sex kiss  Lisa, in college
• Big celebrity crush  Renee O’Connor
• Cats or dogs?  Cats
• Favorite pizza topping  Chicken & pesto

Geoff Lee

• Full given name Geoffrey Scott Lee
• Nickname  G-off, Joff, Jeff, Godfrey, Pitbull Avenger
• Hometown  Split between Youngstown, OH & Philadelphia, PA (I also consider Macon, GA one of them, too)
• Current hometown  Los Angeles, CA
• Zodiac sign  Taurus
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Camper (2019), former Rainbow Group Leader
• First year at Camp  2009
• Number of years at Camp so far  1o (including 2019)
• First Rainbow Group Leader  Thom Higgins (best Rainbow Group Leader EVER!!!)
• Favorite Camp Activity  Paddle boarding, Ropes Course, Barn Dance, Model Rockets, porch time on any porch, wondering around
• Most surprising thing about Camp  Wow. How much impact ‘Camp’ Camp has made in my life from friendships that will last forever to having permission to be myself and be proud of my quirky loving goofball self.
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  I’ve done a few embarrassing things at Camp! Maybe “Sexy Elephants” … or dancing in a tutu to “Rainbow Connection”. Possibly my first Tea Dance outfit (the crazy Pitbull Avenger with blue hair). I really can’t pinpoint one thing… I did have fun, though, and hope for many more of those moments!!
• Mac or PC?  iPad & iPhone only
• Most played song on your iPod  Right now it’s Mama Cass or Aretha Franklin. Maybe Green Day.
• One album you couldn’t live without  How about all of Spotify?
• Last movie you saw  The Favourite
• Last book you read  Alien: Covenant Origins by Alan Dean Foster
• Must-see TV show  Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, The Good Place
• Favorite reality show  RuPaul’s Drag Race (for now), Judge Judy (for life)
• Only/oldest/middle child?  Only
• First same-sex kiss  Rick at 18 years old, winter for freshman year in college (I snuck into Temple University gay Christmas party!)
• Big celebrity crush  Robert DeNiro (in Taxi Driver) or Manny Jacinto from The Good Place
• Cats or dogs?  Dogs
• Favorite pizza topping  Plain cheese!!

Jill Stone

• Full given name  Jill Emma Stone
• Nickname  I don’t really have any, though my football friends insist on using my full first and surname every time they address me.
• Hometown  Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK
• Current hometown  Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
• Zodiac sign  Leo
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Beverage Team (i.e., your friendly bartender and person who will sneak you extra Diet Cokes)
• First year at Camp  2018
• Number of years at Camp so far  1
• First Rainbow Group Leader  John Michel
• Favorite Camp Activity  Morning Swim, Adventure Course & Climbing Wall, talking with all the amazing people, dancing behind the bar
• Most surprising thing about Camp  How it instantly felt like my place with my people.
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  I wasn’t embarrassed about anything as everyone was so kind, but people did seem to be entertained by me doing the Aqua Bull Riding in my underwear!
• Mac or PC?  PC
• Most played song on your iPod  Kim Petras,  “All the Time” (but my kid has access to my music, so by stats it is probably a random song from the film Sing!)
• One album you couldn’t live without  Childish Gambino, Camp (at the moment)
• Last movie you saw  Matilda
• Last book you read  Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 
• Must-see TV show  Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders, Dear White People
• Favorite reality show  Queer Eye
• Only/oldest/middle child?  Youngest
• First same-sex kiss  My best friend when I was 18
• Big celebrity crush  Rhea Butcher
• Cats or dogs?  I love dogs, but for practicality it will have to be cats.
• Favorite pizza topping  Pineapple, pesto, and olives

Bron Greenfeather

• Full given name Bron Ross Duane Greenfeather Jr.
• Nickname  Bron
• Hometown  Wichita, KS
• Current hometown Wichita, KS
• Zodiac sign  Sagittarius
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Camper
• First year at Camp  2018
• Number of years at Camp so far  1
• First Rainbow Group Leader  Michele DiPietro (a/k/a Jazzhands)
• Favorite Camp Activity  Talent/No Talent Show
• Most surprising thing about Camp  Unconditional Love from every single person I met.
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  Kisses from someone I had a crush on.
• Mac or PC?  Mac
• Most played song on your iPod  Bette Midler, “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show”
• One album you couldn’t live without  Bette Midler, Experience the Divine
• Last movie you saw  Wild Oats with Shirley MacLaine & Jessica Lange
• Last book you read  Logical Family: A Memoir by Armistead Maupin
• Must-see TV show  The Voice, How to Get Away with Murder
• Favorite reality show  Big Brother
• Only/oldest/middle child?  Oldest
• First same-sex kiss  Kenneth Kolle, at age 22
• Big celebrity crush  Channing Tatum
• Cats or dogs?  Dogs
• Favorite pizza topping  Pepperoni

The Bishops: Bonnie & Linda

• How/where did you meet?  Introduced at work on Bonnie’s first day at L Brands by a director, December 4, 2000
• First date  September 20, 2001 – dinner at Union Station, a gay restaurant/bar in Columbus, OH. … Linda: “I’m not even sure that evening started out as a date, but once I kissed her the rest is history. Only interesting because I had never been with a woman. The day I met Bonnie at work there was an instant connection/chemistry, and we both felt it. I was totally smitten, it just took [nine months] for anything to happen since she thought I was straight. There is my coming-out story.”
• Years together  16
• Kids/grandkids  2 kids – Christopher, 39 & Joy, 37; 2 grandsons – Cameron, 19 & Cooper, 9

Bonnie Bishop

• Full given name  Bonnie Jean Bishop
• Nickname  B., Bon Bon
• Hometown  Cincinnati, OH
• Current hometown  Cincinnati, OH
• Zodiac sign  Virgo
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Camper
• First year at Camp  2015
• Number of years at Camp so far  4 (including 2018)
• First Rainbow Group Leader  Trina Cook
• Favorite Solo Camp Activity  Volleyball
• Favorite Couple Camp Activity  Dancing
• Most surprising thing about Camp  More fun than I anticipated
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  Misadventure with a sailboat
• Mac or PC?  PC
• Most played song on your iPod  “Seasons of Love” from Rent
• One album you couldn’t live without  Original Broadway Cast Recording, Something’s Rotten
• Last movie you saw  The Post
• Last book you read  The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
• Must-see TV show  Grace & Frankie
• Favorite reality show  None
• Only/oldest/middle child?  Third of four
• First same-sex kiss  Julie in high school
• Big celebrity crush  Johnny Dep, Jennifer Lopez
• Cats or dogs?  Dogs
• Favorite pizza topping  Cheese

Linda Bishop

• Full given name  Linda Joy Anthony
• Nickname  Poopsie, Lin or Linny
• Hometown  Columbus, OH
• Current hometown  Cincinnati, OH
• Zodiac sign  Scorpio
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Camper
• First year at Camp  2015
• Number of years at Camp so far  4 (including 2018)
• First Rainbow Group Leader  Susan Clinkenbeard
• Favorite Solo Camp Activity  Jewelry
• Favorite Couple Camp Activity  Dancing
• Most surprising thing about Camp  The camaraderie and family feeling
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  Luckily I haven’t had one yet.
• Mac or PC?  PC
• Most played song on your iPod  Keith Urban, “The Fighter”
• One album you couldn’t live without  The Very Best of Chris Botti
• Last movie you saw  The Post
• Last book you read  The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
• Must-see TV show  Madam Secretary
• Favorite reality show  None
• Only/oldest/middle child?  Oldest
• First same-sex kiss  Bonnie on our first real date
• Big celebrity crush  Jason Momoa, Jennifer Lopez
• Cats or dogs?  Dogs
• Favorite pizza topping  Veggies

Nicole Gray

• Full given name  Nicole Ashanté Gray
• Nickname  Nick, Nikki, Mango
• Hometown  Monterey, CA
• Current hometown  Oakland, CA
• Zodiac sign  Gemini
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Camper
• First year at Camp  2017
• Number of years at Camp so far  1
• First Rainbow Group Leader  David Puterbaugh
• Favorite Camp Activity  Lip-Sync Throwdown!
• Most surprising thing about Camp  How everyone treats each other like family.
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  When my cabin mates caught me fantasizing about my camp crush.
• Mac or PC?  PC
• Most played song on your iPod  Frankie Smith, “Double Dutch Bus”
• One album you couldn’t live without  Simon & Garfunkel, The Concert in Central Park
• Last movie you saw  It  (2017)
• Last book you read  Backpacking California by Wilderness Press 
• Must-see TV show  Law & Order: SVU or Xena: Warrior Princess
• Favorite reality show  Masterchef
• Only/oldest/middle child?  Only
• First same-sex kiss  Marie S., 14 years old at Girl Scout Camp
• Big celebrity crush  Tyne Daly, Audra McDonald, Tracie Thomas
• Cats or dogs?  Both
• Favorite pizza topping  Spinach and tomato

Cameron Dunn

• Full given name  Cameron Christopher Dunn
• Nickname  Cam   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
• Hometown  Massillon, OH
• Current hometown  Brooklyn, NY
• Zodiac sign  Taurus …but I don’t think the arrangement of the stars has any effect on my personality. Go ahead, FIGHT ME!
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Camp Store Assistant & Social Media Assistant
• First year at Camp  2017
• Number of years at Camp so far  2 (including 2018)
• First Rainbow Group Leader  Scott Tyson
• Favorite Camp Activity  Beyond general quality time well spent, watching the Lip-Sync Throwdown! was a spiritual experience.
• Most surprising thing about Camp  The space made for each person to meet each other person as they are. 
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  Forgetting words to my favorite song in the spotlight of the Talent/No Talent Show stage!
• Mac or PC?  Mac
• Most played song on your iPod  Luanne la Havas, “Don’t Wake Me Up”
• One album you couldn’t live without  Perfume Genius, No Shape
• Last movie you saw  Wonder Woman
• Last book you read  Trans: A Memoir by Juliet Jacques
• Must-see TV show  Pushing Daisies
• Favorite reality show  RuPaul’s Drag Race; So You Think You Can Dance
• Only/oldest/middle child?  Oldest
• First same-sex kiss  David DeWitt, freshman year of college, Spider-Man style.
• Big celebrity crush  Eddie Redmayne
• Cats or dogs?  Cats
• Favorite pizza topping  Sauce. (Hah)

Karen Findlay

• Full given name  Karen Marie Findlay
• Nickname  Figgy
• Hometown  Huntington Beach, CA
• Current hometown  Long Beach, CA
• Zodiac sign  Gemini
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Camper
• First year at Camp  2008
• Number of years at Camp so far  10
• First Rainbow Group Leader  Char Priolo
• Favorite Camp Activity  Barn Dance and Tea Dance
• Most surprising thing about Camp  How it gets better every year!
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  I’ll have to think about that one…
• Mac or PC?  PC, but I love my iPad
• Most played song on your iPod  Peter Gabriel, “In Your Eyes”
• One album you couldn’t live without  Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine
• Last movie you saw  Ghost in the Shell
• Last book you read  A Little Life by Tanya Yanagihara
• Must-see TV show  Saturday Night Live, Portlandia
• Favorite reality show  The Real Housewives of Orange County
• Only/oldest/middle child?  Youngest
• First same-sex kiss  Krista J., 1999
• Big celebrity crush  Rooney Mara (as Lisabeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
• Cats or dogs?  Cats… I have 5.
• Favorite pizza topping  Sausage and red onion

Michael George

• Full given name  Michael David George
• Nickname  MG, MiGeo, Trailer Swift
• Hometown  Fort Myers, FL
• Current hometown  Brooklyn, NY
• Zodiac sign  Scorpio
• ‘Camp’ Camp role  Camper
• First year at Camp  2014
• Number of years at Camp so far  5 (including 2018)
• First Rainbow Group Leader  Jude Russell
• Favorite Camp Activity  Dressing up with the girls of RuPaul and getting F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S. Also, listening to the beautiful loons at night.
• Most surprising thing about Camp  How it gets better and better every single year, and how incredible it is to feel like I have a massive extended family.
• Most embarrassing Camp moment  When I decided to sing Meatloaf’s “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” at Karaoke Lounge, forgetting that it is basically a ten-minute song.
• Mac or PC?  Mac
• Most played song on your iPod  Carly Rae Jepsen, “Warm Blood” (Yas, mama)
• One album you couldn’t live without  Carly Rae Jepsen, Emotion
• Last movie you saw  Take Shelter
• Last book you read  The Art of Travel by Alain De Botton
• Must-see TV show  The Leftovers
• Favorite reality show  RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Only/oldest/middle child?  I am the baby
• First same-sex kiss  Michael B., sophomore year of college
• Big celebrity crush  Ewan McGregor
• Cats or dogs?  Dogs with a sprinkling of cats
• Favorite pizza topping  Pepperoni!