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who we are

Our Directors and Executive Staff bring a wide variety of backgrounds and experience to ‘Camp’ Camp. Many of them have been part of our Staff for years. Most importantly, they share a love for ‘Camp’ Camp — and the collective ability to know just how to make sure you have the best time ever!

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Kerry Riffle (Owner/Director; Woodville, OH) was severely traumatized by five days at Camp Storer during his sixth grade spring break.  However, the memory of his hunky Camp Storer counselor and his inexplicable desire to see the state of Maine prevailed when he saw an ad for the very first year of ‘Camp’ Camp in The Advocate back in 1997. Kerry has held various positions at Camp since then, including Theatre Instructor (1997-1998), Rainbow Group Leader (1997-2000), Staff Training Supervisor & Programming Coordinator (2000-2004), and Assistant Director for Operations (2005). A member of Camp’s Steering Committee from 1999-2005, he was asked by ‘Camp’ Camp’s founder Bill Cole to assume ownership of Camp in 2006.  So, while his dream was always to have his own theatre company, Kerry nonetheless has happily spent the past 18 years the proud owner of a fabulous LGBTQ+ summer camp instead!  Kerry grew up in northwest Ohio, but he departed after college for Chicago, where he lived from from 1988-1999 and could be found waiting tables, toiling as an administrative assistant, and working as a stage manager and director with such theatres as City Lit Theatre, Talisman Theatre, and Bailiwick Repertory where he curated the Pride Performance Series in 1995. Curious about life beyond the Midwest — and partially inspired by his first two summers at Camp’s first two summers — Kerry moved to Boston in 1999, then to New York City in 2001 where he worked as Office Manager at small Manhattan law firm and had the briefest of stints as a (substitute) stage manager on the Broadway production of Mamma Mia! After 15  years, he left New York City behind in 2016 so that he could devote more of his energy to ‘Camp’ Camp. After a full summer in Maine and an extended fall/winter visit with his family in Ohio, Kerry headed to Hollywood, California in March of 2017 which meant he was at least able to spend the worst of the COVID pandemic in all that glorious Southern California sunshine. However, family matters called, and he recently returned to the small Ohio town where he was born, his aging-but-still-adorable, overprotective fifteen-year-old Norfolk Terrier, Brody, in tow. (And ironically finds himself remotely employed as a Legal Assistant by that very same NYC law firm he left in 2016.) 2023 will mark his 25th season with ‘Camp’ Camp, and he’s thrilled to be returning to another in-person ‘Camp’ Camp experience in Maine after designing/managing two years of virtual Camp programming in 2020 & 2021. His tenure at Camp gives him the dubious distinction of being the only person left who has experienced ‘Camp’ Camp every year since its inception in 1997. He has seen and heard a lot. A lot.

Michelle Rediker (Assistant Director; Framingham, MA) thrived as a camper at Girl Scout Camp Natarswi, at the Southern Gate of Maine’s stunning Baxter State Park in the ’80’s. Though she heard about ‘Camp’ Camp in its earliest years, Michelle kept denying the longing in her heart to return summer camp. (One of her life’s biggest life regrets.) In the summer of 2009, Michelle finally decided to take the plunge — and she’s only missed one year of ‘Camp’ Camp since then! As a Camper her first two summers at Camp, Michelle spent so much time in the lake, Camp’s Waterfront Director decided she might as well just hire Michelle as a Lifeguard if she insisted on being there all the time anyway! And thus it began: Michelle was a full-time lifeguard on Camp’s Waterfront Staff from 2012 to 2016, then split her time between the waterfront and Rainbow Group Leader from 2017 to 2019. She “retired” from the Waterfront Staff in 2022, when she served as both a Rainbow Group Leader and their Team Leader. Michelle’s career outside of Camp centers on fundraising. After graduating from the University of Maine, she worked at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, starting as the receptionist and moving up through the organization in a variety of positions — pretty much doing everything but litigation! In her last role at GLAD, she was responsible for their annual fundraising events. After realizing she didn’t quite possess the Fabulous Gene such a position required and instead preferred the data side of fundraising, she acquired her Client/Server Certificate from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. After four years as a Programmer/Analyst at a 700-bed hospital, Michelle “got the call” to return to something more non-profity and took a job in 2006 at the Unitarian Universalist Association, where she eventually landed in the UU Funding Program in a position that beautifully combines the knowledge and skills honed throughout her career: fundraising, hosting and feeding panel members, community organizing, databases, and the workings of non-profits and foundations. It’s been a match made in heaven! When COVID-19 struck, Michelle – knowing the value of Camp as a community institution and being committed to Camp’s future – utilized her extensive fundraising background to organize a GoFundMe campaign that was instrumental in ‘Camp’ Camp surviving those uncertain days of no in-person Camp (translation: little revenue) but ongoing expenses. In her spare time, Michelle has mentored LGBTQ+ youth living in foster care and volunteers with the Swing Blue Alliance to fight for Democracy. She loves to travel, especially if it gives her the chance to go diving. In 2014, she traveled to Thailand for her UUA sabbatical, where she perfected her SCUBA skills and worked on a reef restoration project. Michelle and her wife, Sue, live in the bucolic farm and conservation land of Framingham with their Mini Goldendoodle, Buster.

Betsy Orr (Owner/Purchasing & Inventory Manager; Portland, ME) is a wicked-local, lifelong resident of Maine and is uniquely qualified to be a long-term owner of ‘Camp’ Camp: until her move to Portland in 2013, she could see Camp from her house — although she did have to travel to Boston Pride to find out about it. Betsy first came to ‘Camp’ Camp as a Driver in 2003 and later became a Rainbow Group Leader. When Kerry asked her to become his business partner in 2009, she said “Yes!” before she really had time to consider what she was doing, and she served as Associate Director from 2009-2022. Camp 2023 will be Betsy’s 19th summer at ‘Camp’ Camp, and, while she has loved every minute of the journey thus far, she’s excited that her new role as Purchasing & Inventory Manager will allow her to spend the week of Camp frolicking full-time with the other Campers. Having spent much of her youth at her grandmother’s camp, Betsy has always been well-equipped to spend her summers playing with a bunch of queers in the Maine woods. To know her is to know that she’s really just an overgrown kid. ‘Camp’ Camp founder Bill Cole gave her the Indian name “Plays Well With Others,” which is a pretty accurate description, as her constant smile, quick wit, and colorful (ahem) language render her easily approachable at ‘Camp’ Camp. Betsy recently retired after many years of avoiding lesbian stereotypes as a PE and Health teacher, though she finds working with ‘Camp’ Campers to be oddly similar to working with the Middle School students she used to teach when ‘Camp’ Camp wasn’t in session. Betsy can always be heard before she is seen — which gives you ample notice to turn and run or to stop and talk.

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Richard Lawrence (Operations Manager; Jackson, MS) will mark his 15th year at ‘Camp’ Camp in 2023, his 11th year as Camp’s Operations Manager, having been part of the Maintenance & Logistics Team since he first attended Camp in 2007.  However, ‘Camp’ Camp is far from his only summer camp experience.  Richard grew up in the small town of Canton, Mississippi where the movies A Time to Kill and My Dog Skip were filmed. Just north of Canton is a small, 752-acre camp where Richard spent every summer since he was 13. He was a camper for only two years, but then was a counselor for two years, full-time summer staff for three years, and adult staff for 14 years, followed by ten years as property manager, living on-site year long and working the camp and conference center. In 1996, Richard was responsible for designing and directing a winter camp for high school students that takes place in the break between Christmas and New Years Day, subsequently running the program until 2004, though the camp continues to this day. He has worked in construction and sign painting, as well as Art Direction for commercials, trailers, and short films. He is currently the Technical Director for Mississippi’s only not-for-profit, professional theatre where he acts, directs, sings, and builds sets for the theatre and surrounding community theatres, as well as serving as the Vice President of the local avant-garde theatre group, Fondren Theatre Workshop. Two Truths And A Lie about Richard: his mother is eight years older than his oldest sister, he once died, and he can swallow his tongue. (The first one is the lie: his mother is actually nine years older than his oldest sister!)

Jim Wilkins (Asst. Operations Manager; Anchorage, AK)  is a lifelong Alaskan who originally hails from Sitka, Alaska in southeast Alaska where there are no formal camp grounds. Jim has been a flight attendant for nearly 30 years and finds his flight-attendant skills come in handy at Camp! He has worked in various jobs over the years including being an auditor, waiter, caterer, candy man, pizza specialist, and DJ.  His parents owned restaurants when he was growing up, so Jim understands the complexity of running a successful business and is always willing to do whatever it takes to make things happen. Jim’s love of Alaska shows when he has visitors to his home state, and he loves to show his connection to his Inuit roots from his mother’s side through culture and art. Jim originally read about ‘Camp’ Camp in The Advocate quite a few years back, but, thinking Maine was at the edge of the earth and having never gone to summer camp, he had no idea what to expect. Always up for an adventure, Jim finally decided to go for it and attended Camp for the first time as a Camper in 2012. He returned for two more years as a Camper, before joining the Maintenance & Logistics Team in 2015. Jim assumed his current role as Richard’s right hand man in 2017.  He is honored to be a part of something so magical and exceptional that creates a safe space for so many.

Erich Nobis (Asst. Operations Manager; Armington, IL) — BIO COMING SOON!

Robin Benton (Risk Manager; Jamaica Plain, MA), an EMT, RN, and Professor of Aquatic Management at Salem State University in Massachusetts, has been providing aquatic and safety training to camps, schools, and recreation programs from Pennsylvania to Alaska for more than 25 years. She originally served as Hiking Instructor at ‘Camp’ Camp when she first attended in 2006, later moving into Risk Management and serving in her current position as Lead Risk Manager since 2009.  An author, nationally recognized speaker, and expert witness, Robin has held numerous leadership positions with the National Recreation & Park Association, the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education, Swingtime Boston, and other agencies. An avid outdoor and motorcycle enthusiast, Robin has ridden and camped through much of North America, so, while many people consider ‘Camp’ Camp to be on the rustic side, it always feels like a spa vacation to her! Basically, Robin is just a Camper with a day job. Her other passions include gardening, ballroom dance, and fostering dogs.

Louis Ray (Executive Chef; Splendora, TX) has been an executive chef and caterer since 2006 working for/with catering companies in the Houston, Texas area, cooking for places such as the Alley Theater and the Houston Symphony. He first came to Camp as part of our kitchen staff in 2007, eventually serving as Executive Chef in 2013 and 2014. Louis was then absent from Camp for three years, during which time he was busy serving up Southern-inspired fast casual cuisine in Pennsylvania as the inaugural Executive Chef of the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (HMAC) and, after relocating back to Houston and kicking cancer’s butt, founding Devour Houston Catering with Brian Best and CJ Dillan. However, the siren song of ‘Camp’ Camp proved too strong to resist, and Louis returned to Camp in 2018, saving the day by stepping in last minute after illness sidelined our Sous Chef just two weeks before Camp. Reunited then with his pal and former Camp Kitchen Cohort, Lyndsey Fox, they decided to tag team the shit out of the Executive Chef position for Camp 2019! (And, boy, did they ever!)  A U.S. Navy veteran, Louis has been all over the map, which has helped him with his inspiration in creating some fantastic menus. His other work includes preparing food for masses of youth as Executive Chef for a prestigious private school in Pearland, Texas and numerous summers as head chef for Camp’s own host camp. Louis’ work has been featured in magazines and publications such as Houston’s Hater magazine and Harrisburg’s PennLive.com (“…the best onion rings in Harrisburg”) and The Burg. Thriving by being a positive cancer survivor, he is part of E.R.S.I.C.S.S. (Empire of the Royal Sovereign and Imperial Court of the Single Star), a charity organization that gives back to Houston’s LGBTQ community. He is also obsessed with squirrels.

Kevin Joest (Beverage Manager; Philadelphia PA) is a musician/composer, poet, builder, cook, cocktail designer, and dreamer. He grew up in Kentucky, which he now feels is a good place to be from, and currently lives in Philadelphia, after stints in Nashville, Boston, and New York. Growing up, he never really went to summer camp, but his family went camping and sailing often, so he’s no stranger to the woods and what can happen in them. Now a city boy, he spends his days woodworking for a boutique home goods company and his nights composing music, scratching on his viola, cooking food, and traveling. His husband Marques is an opera singer (and sometimes member of Camp’s Dining Hall Team), and the adventures they have had together include helping push a Jeep out of a tank ravine on the Israel-Syria border, walking along what’s left of the Berlin Wall, biking on the waterfront in Montevideo, and participating as a team in the very first NYC SongSlam. Having spent many years waiting tables, bartending, and smiling at folks over great food and cocktails, Kevin was excited to put all that experience to use as part of the Camp Staff  when he was initially hired back in 2017 as Camp’s first-ever Beverage Manager. Having exceeded Kerry & Betsy’s expectations for the position during his first three years, he (and his position) became the newest addition to Camp’s Executive Staff beginning in 2022. Kevin loves heading up Camp’s Beverage Team, leading the charge in helping to keep Campers hydrated during the day and feeling good at night. At Camp, if he’s not kayaking on the pond, you’ll usually find him behind the bar or in his short shorts filling up coolers in the beautiful Maine sun.

Scott Surette (Camp Store Manager; St. Petersburg, FL) was referred to ‘Camp’ Camp by a close friend, initially attending as a Camper in 2013 and 2014. His 17 years of experience in retail management came in handy when he was asked to serve as Interim Camp Store Manager in 2015, his first year as part of the Camp Staff. He’s worked as a Camp Store Assistant almost every year since then (2017 was sadly a Camp-free year for Scott), returning as Camp Store Manager again in 2022. Although Scott never went to summer camp as a kid, he always enjoyed camping with friends as a teen in his native New Hampshire. Like many of our Campers, Scott says it’s the great people he continues to meet at ‘Camp’ Camp that has kept him coming back for so many years. Currently a contact lens fitting consultant, Scott has also served on several committees for non-profits over the years, including MoveOn.org and The Southern New Hampshire HIV/AIDS Task Force. In his spare time, he enjoys attending concerts and writing and is planning to publish his first book this year.

Bill Cole (Founder; Colrain, MA) started ‘Camp’ Camp a couple of months after he came out at age 49 in 1996. His goal was to create a safe place for gay and lesbian adults (he didn’t know then about bisexual, transgender, and queer people, so other letters were added later) to enjoy the out-of-doors and a variety of activities just like the summer camps he wanted to like, but was never comfortable in, when he was a kid himself. He wanted to give people the luxury of time and the chance to get beyond first appearances to the possibility of real friendship.  The first year of ‘Camp’ Camp, in 1997, 88 people attended — this in the days before most people had email and Facebook’s founder was in high school — and about two-thirds of them were part of the Camp staff! In 2006, Kerry and Susan “Clink” Clinkenbeard took over — with Betsy subsequently replacing Clink as Associate Director in 2009. Bill feels that founders may be overrated and says, “It takes a different skill set, but not a lesser skill set to continue to foster and grow a business. [Kerry, Clink, and Betsy] deserve enormous credit for all [they] have done to keep Camp thriving. I admire you very much.”

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I’ve always felt welcome and included at Camp, perhaps more there than in many other places at home.
Jen V., Cincinnati, OH
With all the talk about “community,” I’ve never experienced a feeling of gay community anywhere but at ‘Camp’ Camp. That alone is enough of a draw for me.
Bill S., Norristown, PA
This place changed my life. I am a better person because of Camp.
Geoff L., Los Angeles, CA
Everything was amazing!!!
Gary E., Ogdensburg, NY
I’m not a terribly social person and large groups can make me uncomfortable. That being said, I never felt safer in a group of people so quickly before.
Shelley D., Nashville, TN
It’s like I’ve been recharged. …It is the one place where I can be my truest self. You can’t put a price on that.
Michael G., Brooklyn, NY
All the evening activities were outstanding. So much fun!
Glynn G., Lowell, MA
I love the grounds; they are so beautiful and serene. It made it easy to do nothing and just enjoy the nature sounds.
Linda B., Cincinnati, OH
I love this place!
Stephanie V., Exeter, NH
My friends never stop talking about it, and now I know why!
Jason S., Brooklyn, NY
I met some really amazing and very special people that I otherwise would have never crossed paths with. My heart doubled in size in just one week.
Gina Y., Houston, TX
Everyone was so friendly when we first arrived. I was hooked!  …’Camp’ Camp feels like home.
Lisa M., Wallingford, CT
I keep returning for the community and sense of peace, love, and all around decency. 
Lyndsey F., Santa Rosa, CA
Thanks for continuing to make ‘Camp’ Camp a place for us to relax, unwind and be ourselves!!
Scott T., Chicago, IL
Totally fabulous. …The spirit of Camp is so joyful and fun and silly and accepting all at once.
Daphne B., Hamden, CT
The openness of everyone’s attitudes and acceptance was intoxicating.
Brandon W., New Orleans, LA
There is no place on earth like ‘Camp’ Camp, and I feel renewed and light-hearted there in ways I don’t feel at home or in any other community.
Debbie D., Holden, ME
‘Camp’ Camp is a safe, embracing, loving, exciting, entertaining, outgoing, respectful, joyful, honest space. I cannot pass that up.
Christina K., Lawndale, CA
You have built a wonderful community. …I came away very impressed.
Estelle D., Cambridge, MA
Camp really is the “Best Time Ever!” Sounds corny, but it’s true.
Wendy H., Raleigh, NC
It is the most positive experience I participate in and makes my year!
Michael S., Astoria, NY
The food was outstandingly amazing! …I loved that there were so many vegan options.
IlanaRei G., Malden, MA
Thank you all for the gift of a wonderful week. I appreciate your patience, care, generosity, understanding, attention to detail, hard work, creativity, openness, effort, and LOVE!
Thom H., Salem, MA
I’ve been to festivals and conventions, and even camp as a kid, and been overwhelmed by the number of people, and felt lost in the shuffle. That didn’t happen here! Returning Campers and Staff, as well as other first-years, were very friendly. I never felt alone or isolated.
Nicole Y., Ann Arbor, MI
I learned so much and created some beautiful things in my jewelry and pottery classes. We are very fortunate to have such amazing teachers in all of the activities at Camp.
Barry R., New York, NY
The diversity within our community is astounding, and I feel that everyone was welcome…and especially appreciate that the whole age spectrum of our community was included, from the energetic (sometimes scared) kids to our esteemed elders.
Lori M., Merriam, KS
It’s a week I wait for every year.
Michael L., Tucson, AZ
I love the Camp experience and always feel rejuvenated after attending.
Sherron W., Edison, NJ
I’ve never had as much fun anywhere as I do at Camp.
Linda R., Manchester, NH
Cheers to all who put in such effort to make a safe, wonderful, and fun environment. Flawlessly executed direction and organization. …Extremely well done.
Heather L., Brookline, NH
…one of the most supportive and LGBT-friendly environments I have ever experienced.
Warren H., New York, NY
…Everyone made me feel very welcome, from Staff to Campers.
Adam H., Lafayette, LA
It’s affordable and awesome!
Samantha A., Norfolk, VA
I laughed more in one week than I did all year.
Richard H., Montreal, QC
All the important things, the take-aways, I got from summer camp as a child remain still as an adult. I get a chance to make new friends, try new things, and rekindle my spirit. 
Mary Beth K., Columbia, SC
I just love Camp. It gives me the opportunity to totally & literally unplug. No cell phone, no computer… total vacation time for me.
Charles L., Colrain, MA
I was most surprised at how welcoming, caring, and lovely each and every Camper and Staff member was. …Thank you for continuing to offer this wonderful environment after all these years.
Sage W., New Orleans, LA
I’ve traveled a lot, and I’ve never found another place as warm and welcoming as ‘Camp’ Camp; not even close!
David P., Endicott, NY
It is the most fun I have all year. And I love the people.
Michelle R., Brighton, MA
The food was fantastic throughout the week, and there’s always lots of fun things to do all day long.
Tony J., Tampa, FL
Loved it!
Todd B., Greensboro, NC

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📸: Camp Friends, 'Camp' Camp 2007 (Year 11)⁠
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A week at America's premier summer camp for LGBTQ adults is all-inclusive in pretty much every  sense! At Camp, fabulousness simply comes in all ages, shapes, and sizes. ... 📸 Tea Dance, #campcamp2019⁠
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Yay! 'Camp' Camp is back—and registration is now open for our 2022 season happening this August 21-28. If we ever needed a week in the gorgeous woods of southwestern Maine, this year is it!⁠
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We're back, y'all! Join us this August 21-28 at America's premier summer camp for LGBTQ adults for a vacation unlike any other! 
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
The activity at 'Camp' Camp we don't have many pictures of is one of the most important for any vacation: relaxation! With so many activities to do each day, we often have to remind people to take some quiet time for themselves throughout the week. In fact, "Free Time/R&R" is even listed on our schedule of activities. Since 1997, despite whatever else our Campers may say 'Camp' Camp is to them or has become, it is still first & foremost a vacation. Just perhaps the best one ever!⁠
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📸  Nap Time/R&R, 'Camp' Camp 2017 (Year 21)⁠
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WHAT ELSE HAPPENED IN 2017?⁠ #lgbtqhistory⁠
- On March 2,  New York City requires school staff to use transgender students' chosen pronouns.⁠
- The gay coming-of-age film MOONLIGHT wins the Oscar for Best Picture making it the first LGBTQ film and the first film with an all-black cast to do so. Out of the film's 8 nominations, Mahershala Ali also wins Best Supporting Actor and writer/director Barry Jenkins and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney win Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting McRaney's play, IN MOONLIGHT BLACK BOYS LOOK BLUE.⁠
- Same-sex marriage officially becomes legal in Australia.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
'Camp' Camp was created in large part to offer a place for LGBTQ adults of all ages to have a place to make meaningful connections with new people from across the country, in an atmosphere where the focus is not on sex or alcohol like in bars (especially the bars back in the late 90s!) And you know what? We've pretty much succeeded at that since day one! #tbt #throwbackthursday⁠
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📸  New Camp Friends, August 2000 (Year 4)⁠
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WHAT ELSE HAPPENED IN 2000?⁠ #lgbtqhistory⁠
- Vermont becomes the first state in the country to legally recognize civil unions between gay or lesbian couples. The law states that these “couples would be entitled to the same benefits, privileges, and responsibilities as spouses.” It stops short of referring to same-sex unions as marriage, which the state defines as heterosexual.⁠
- Out rock musician Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice win the 2000 Tony Award for Best Original Score for their musical AIDA.⁠
- WILL & GRACE, a sitcom about the relationship between a gay man & his straight female best friend, wins the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. Sean Hayes & Megan Mullaly also win for Outstanding Supporting Actor & Actress for their roles of Jack McFarland and Karen Walker.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
When was the last time a vacation helped you play like a kid again? We try to keep the spirit & culture of a real kids' summer camp in mind when planning 'Camp' Camp. And though 'Camp' Camp has developed a spirit & culture all its own over the past 25 years that's definitely adult-oriented, we enjoy watching many of our Campers re-learned to play and interact with more abandon as the week progresses. We sneak in all sorts of subtle ways to get *all* of us to at least try to recapture being a kid again for at least a little bit.⁠
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📸  Camper Games, August 2008 (Year 12)⁠
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- Same-sex marriage begins in California in June; however, on November 4, California voters ban same-sex marriage with Proposition 8, becoming the first U.S. state to do so after marriages had been legalized for same-sex couples. Later that month, the Supreme Court of California agrees to hear arguments for a possible overturn of Proposition 8.⁠
- AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracy Letts wins the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.⁠
- On November 4, Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Republican Sen. John McCain, becoming the first African American to be elected president of the United States. ⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
When 'Camp' Camp started over two decades ago, the country was a different place for queer folx. Ellen had just come out (and subsequently found her career temporarily in the toilet), and same-sex marriage didn't even seem possible. So in those early years our evening events seemed to frequently include things we LGBTQ folx never got to experience as kids or teenagers. Like ⁠
Spin the Bottle which quickly became a spectator sport, especially when the lesbians played. (To be fair, the gays did get their opportunity as well. But if our memory serves, the lesbians won this one!)⁠
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We spot at least four people in this photo who are still active in the 'Camp' Camp community, 20+ years later!(Though one does have a lesbian suctioned on to her face in this pic.) Can you spot them?⁠
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📸  Spin the Bottle at Love Fest, August 1999 (Year 3)⁠
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- On October 2, California governor Gray Davis signs three gay rights bills into law. The first outlaws harassment of homosexual students and teachers in the state's public schools. The second creates a new statewide domestic partnership registry. The third outlaws job and housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.⁠
- Rev. Jerry Falwell "outs" Teletubby Tinky Winky and calls him a gay role model. Falwell deduced that because Tinky Winky is purple, carries a purse, and has a triangle on his head means that he's gay.⁠
- SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE wins the Oscar for Best Picture.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
To this day, our annual Tea Dance remains perhaps our Campers' favorite event of the week. Since 1997, Tea Dance has always taken place on Thursday afternoon and is traditionally held outdoors, though the exact location changed after the third or fourth year when our numbers got too large to keep it at its original venue. Even the years when rain forced the event indoors, it never dampened Campers' enthusiasm for Camp's most-iconic event — as you can tell by this pic! ⁠
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📸  Tea Dance, August 2011 (Year 15)⁠
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- Chicago's Cook County Jail implements a new policy for housing transgender prisoners, allowing for them to be housed based on their gender identity rather than birth sex.⁠
- Frank Kameny, referred to as "one of the most significant figures" in the American gay rights movement, dies of heart failure on October 11 at age 86.⁠
- Lady Gaga takes home two Grammy Awards: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her song "Bad Romance" and Best Pop Vocal Album for THE FAME MONSTER.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
Our Adventure Course (also known as the Ropes Course) sits pretty much at the center of the camp grounds — and feels pretty much like it's still the center of the 'Camp' Camp experience. In the early years of Camp, nearly everyone completed at least the "low ropes" part of the course with their Rainbow Group. Our numbers are now too large to accomplish that, but we still strongly encourage all Campers to at least try the course. It somehow still represents the "step out of your comfort zone" culture of 'Camp' Camp for many of our Campers, especially those who have been around for awhile!⁠
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📸  Giant's Ladder on the Adventure Course, August 2006 (Year 10)⁠
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- An attempt to stage the first-ever gay pride march in Moscow on May 27 ends with violence and mass arrests, after activists took to the streets despite the ban by mayor Yuri Luzhkov.⁠
- Openly queer actress Cynthia Nixon (best known for playing Miranda on HBO's SEX & THE CITY) wins the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in David Lindsay-Abaire's play RABBIT HOLE. The play will go on to win the 2007 Pultizer Prize for Drama.⁠
- Soulforce, an organization committed to confronting religious-based hate, launches its first Equality Ride bus tour, visiting 33 colleges and universities that ban enrollment of openly LGBTQ students.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
Since our first year in 1997, the first day or two of Camp have been structured to make sure all our Campers can easily make friends and quickly feel at home. Team building activities & icebreakers are sometimes met with some 🙄🙄, but, when nearly 75% of our Campers in any given year have been with us before, we're guessing people *do* end up feeling at home at 'Camp' Camp! ... What other LGBTQ vacation can boast that kind of annual return rate?!⁠
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📸  Trust Falls at Camper Games, August 2005 (Year 9)⁠
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- On September 6, the California Legislature passes a bill  to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first state legislature in the U.S. to do so without judicial prompting. However, on September 29, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes the bill.⁠
- Bobby Canavale wins the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series for his role as Vince, Will's boyfriend, on WILL & GRACE. Three of the other four nominees in the category were also nominated for their roles on WILL & GRACE: Alec Baldwin, Victor Garber, and Jeff Goldblum. (Fred Williard of EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND the lone non-W&G nominee.)⁠
- In late August, Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless. Americans are shaken not simply by the magnitude of the disaster but by how ill-prepared all levels of government are in its aftermath.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
Many things have changed about 'Camp' Camp since 1997, but one thing that hasn't is that we've always offered a combination of outdoor, athletic, and creative activities to appeal to and challenge all sorts of LGBTQ folx. And we've always encouraged Campers to step out of their comfort zone and try something new, not just those activities that they are comfortable or familiar with. For some Campers, stepping out of their comfort zone means throwing a ball in Softball, for others it's throwing some clay in Pottery class or throwing it down onstage in our Lip-Sync Throwdown! We've had any number of Campers return home and take up hobbies or sports based on activities they discovered at Camp.⁠
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We've found that the more people try something new and out of their comfort zone while at 'Camp' Camp, the more likely they are to find their week a memorable vacation. ...Perhaps they might even say their 'Camp' Camp vacation is the best time ever!⁠
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📸  Softball, August 2001 (Year 5)⁠
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- Openly gay rugby player & public relations executive Mark Bingham, 31, is one of 37 fatalities on United Airlines flight 93 and 2,998 fatalities in the September 11 attacks on the United States. Bingham was instrumental in forming the plan to retake the plane from the hijackers, and led the effort that resulted in the crash of the plane into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, thwarting the hijackers' plan to crash the plane into a building in Washington, D.C.⁠
- THE PRODUCERS wins a record 12 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score & Best Director.⁠
- George W. Bush is sworn in as America's 43rd president on January 20. ⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
Like many traditional kids' summer camps, we've always taken a group photo of our Campers each year for posterity's sake. But as Camp has grown from 88 Campers back in 1997 to nearly 250 in recent years, we've had to occasionally move the location of the group photo shoots over the years. What started with a photographer at a window at the top of a staircase in 1997 has evolved through various locations, wherever we can get a photographer (safely!) up high enough to get all our Campers in the photo.⁠
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📸  Group Photo Shoot, August 2009 (Year 13)⁠
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- Same-sex marriage begins in Norway on January 1.⁠
- Jennifer Hudson's self-titled debut album wins Best R&B Album at the 2009 Grammys.⁠
- Pop superstar Michael Jackson dies at age 50 on June 25 of cardiac arrest after an overdose of the anesthetic propofol. He is found unconscious in his home, then rushed to a Los Angeles hospital where he is pronounced dead.⁠
- The Broadway production of BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL with a score by out rock star Elton John wins the Tony Award Best Musical.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
Look through our Instagram feed, and you'll notice that  our most fun photos come from our annual Tea Dance, a permanent Thursday afternoon fixture on our schedule since our first very year in 1997. But all those fun & fabulous costumes you see — and the "red carpet" walk that is so popular in recent years — haven't always been part of Tea Dance. That tradition evolved over the course of a number of years, but started with this guy in the middle as you see him right here. Bob de Luna of New York City just randomly showed up at Tea Dance the second year of Camp wearing seemingly nothing but shaving cream. Over the next 5 or so years, he showed up in more elaborate costumes, usually making grand entrances, until more & more Campers decided to join in the fun. And 'Camp' Camp's legendary costume-filled Tea Dance became what it still is today!  #fbf #flashbackfriday⁠
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📸  Tea Dance, August 1998 (Year 2)⁠
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- In November, Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is elected to the United States House of Representatives, becoming the first open lesbian and the first non-incumbent gay candidate to be elected to federal office⁠
- The film TITANIC captures a record-tying 11 Academy Awards, including those for Best Picture and Best Director (James Cameron).⁠
- Openly gay British rock star Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at London’s Buckingham Palace on February 24 for his services to pop music and extraordinary work raising money for AIDS charities.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
While it's traditionally been mostly single folx (or people traveling without partners/spouses) who come to Camp, couples have always been a part of 'Camp' Camp and find it's a perfect vacation to spend both time together and time alone, or whichever combination works for them. And yes, we've had some couples who have met at Camp — and even a few couples who got engaged at Camp!⁠
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📸  Cute Sample Couple, August 2009 (Year 13)⁠
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-President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are sworn into office on January 20. Obama makes history as America's first African-American president.⁠
- Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage effective September 1.⁠
- Adele wins Best New Artist at the 2009 Grammy Awards. She also wins a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her song "Chasing Pavements."⁠
-  In March, Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to 11 counts of fraud, money laundering, perjury and theft for operating a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded his many clients out of billions of dollars over the past 20 years. The judge revokes Madoff's bail and remands him to custody due to his relatively high flight risk.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
Another popular Camp tradition that has survived since our very first year in 1997 is our Rainbow Groups, groups of 12-15 Campers & Staff—little cross sections of each summer's attendees—who meet each morning to receive Orientation information and to participate in fun ice breakers and daily check-ins, etc. They're a great way for Campers to meet & connect with people quickly without the pressure of a large group setting. (Like everything at Camp, attendance is optional, but many of our Campers find them to be a highlight of their week.)⁠
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In 1997, we had 8 Rainbow Groups of about 8 people each; however, over the past decade or more, we've needed as many as 20 Rainbow Groups of 12-15 people to accommodate all our Campers!⁠
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📸  Rainbow Group Leaders, August 2013 (Year 17)⁠
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- In June, the Supreme Court of the United States rules Section 3 of 1996's Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional in United States v. Windsor, requiring federal recognition of same-sex marriages performed in states. The court also dismisses an appeal in Hollingsworth v. Perry, effectively invalidating California's Proposition 8 referendum and restoring same-sex marriage in that state.⁠
- Michael Douglas wins the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his performance as gay entertainer Liberace in HBO's BEHIND THE CANDELABRA.⁠
- GOOD MORNING AMERICA anchor Robin Roberts comes out as a lesbian in a public, end-of-the-year Facebook post by thanking her longtime girlfriend while  reflecting on her own health and recovery from a bone marrow transplant. ⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
The summer camp we lease for 'Camp' Camp is situated between several gorgeous natural ponds and has a swimming area with a sand beach, so our waterfront has always been a popular place. It's been even more popular in the past 10 years or so, as more and more of our Campers make us an annual destination. Even with over 30 activities to do each day, many of our returning Campers are content to spend many of their afternoons simply relaxing with all their Camp friends down at our gorgeous waterfront. ⁠
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📸  Waterfront, August 2016 (Year 20)⁠ ⁠
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- A bill banning the use of conversion therapy on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity takes effect in the state of Vermont on July 1.⁠
- HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL, a sung-and-rapped-through musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, receives a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations and wins 11 awards, including Best Musical. It also receives the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.⁠
- In March, film writer/director/producer Lilly Wachowski (THE MATRIX, SENSE8) comes out as a transgender woman, issuing a statement to Chicago's Windy City Times after a visit from a reporter from the Daily Mail newspaper attempts to get an interview with her about it.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp
Did you know that, for the past decade or more, over 75% of the people at Camp in any given year have been with us previously? Which is why, even when you see these pics from Camp's early days, you still may recognize more than just a few faces if you decide to join us for Virtual Camp this summer or join us in Maine in 2022. Like these two beauties: Eden Stone (left) of West Roxbury, MA and Susan "Clink" Clinkenbeard (right) of Newton, MA. Eden has been coming to Camp since 1997, and Clink has been with us for most years since 2002, serving as Associate Director/Owner from 2006-2008. In fact, many of our Campers tell us it's the people they meet at 'Camp' Camp that keep them coming back.  #fbf #flashbackfriday ⁠
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📸  Dinner Line Cuddles, August 2004 (Year 8)⁠
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- In May, Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize gay marriage. The court finds the prohibition of gay marriage unconstitutional because it denies dignity and equality of all individuals.
- HBO's ANGELS IN AMERICA, based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1991 epic two-part play (subtitled "A Gay Fantasia on National Themes") by gay playwright Tony Kushner, wins the Emmy Award for Best Miniseries.
- Martha Stewart, diva of domesticity, is sentenced to five months in prison after being found guilty on four counts of obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators. 
- Janet Jackson's breast, adorned with a nipple shield, is exposed by Justin Timberlake for about half a second, in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction," during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII. ... Oh, yeah, and the New England Patriots defeat the Carolina Panthers by a score of 32–29, too.
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp⁠
One tradition at Camp that has continued from our very first year is Friday night's Talent/No Talent Show. It remains one of our Campers' favorite events of the week and has been the generator of an overabundance of legends, enduring lore, and inside jokes throughout the past 24 summers.  #tbt #throwbackthursday ⁠
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Can anyone guess which song from which (now classic) Broadway musical the crazy kids in the photo are doing? (There's a big clue in the history section below since the show opened the same year this photo was taken...)⁠
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📸  Lip-Sync During Talent/No Talent Show, August 2002 (Year 6)⁠
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- Harry Hay, leader in the early gay rights movement in the U.S. and co-founder of the Mattachine Society and the Radical Faeries, dies on October 24 at age 90.⁠
- The musical version of John Waters' film HAIRSPRAY opens on Broadway on August 15 (just 4 days before Camp 2002 started!), starring gay actor/playwright Harvey Fierstein in the role originated by drag icon Divine in the film version.⁠
- Denzel Washington and Halle Berry win the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress for their respective performances in TRAINING DAY and MONSTER'S BALL.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp
It feels like rain has always been a rare occurrence in the 23 summers we've been lucky enough to be in Maine for Camp. (COVID-related cancellations this and last summer have made our appreciation for Maine even greater.) But the rain never seems to dampen the smiles on our Campers' faces! They're as much a part of 'Camp' Camp as the activities, traditions, and great social events that make up each annual week in Maine. In fact, some Campers have stated they've realized after they've gotten back home after Camp that their faces are sore from all the smiles & laughter... 😁🤣😁😁⁠
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📸  Registration/Opening Day, August 2015 (Year 19)⁠
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- Openly gay singer/songwriter Sam Smith's debut studio album, IN THE LONELY HOUR, wins four awards at the 2015 Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It also received nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. Smith later comes out as non-binary in 2019.⁠
-  The Pentagon announces in July that it will allow transgender personnel to serve openly in the US military, starting in 2016.⁠
- Transgender actress Holly Woodlawn dies on December 6 at age 69 due to complications from cancer. Holly had achieved underground stardom with her affecting performance as a starry-eyed down-and-outer in the 1970 film TRASH and was the inspiration for Lou Reed's 1972 song "Walk on the Wild Side."⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp 
We've been producing a uniquely intergenerational LGBTQ event since 1997, providing a safe, welcoming space where queer folx of all ages can not only try new things, but also meet new friends. It's surprising who you connect with when there aren't expectations or technology in the way! ... In fact, some of us have been coming to Camp for so long we've gone from being the youngsters to being the elders! 😱😱😱 (Yet some of the current elders are newbies to Camp, too.)⁠
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📸  Waiting for the Dinner Bell, August 2019 (Year 23)⁠
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- Lady Gaga @ladygaga wins the Oscar for Best Original Song for "Shallow" from her debut film A STAR IS BORN, sharing the award with the song's co-writers Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt. However, she loses the Best Actress statuette to Olivia Colman who wins for her performance as the bisexual Queen Anne in THE FAVOURITE.⁠
- Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Austria.⁠
- Billy Porter wins an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on the trans-themed POSE. In doing so, he becomes the first openly gay black man to be nominated and win in any lead acting category at the Primetime Emmys.⁠
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We can't believe that, for the second summer in a row, we won't be able to call all this home for a week! (Stupid COVID.) ⁠
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Guess we'll have to settle for a week of fun online learning, playing, and socializing with Camp friends old & new at Virtual Camp 2021 this August 22-29. ⁠
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📸: Gertrude Stein, Rosie O'Donnell, Stephen Sondheim & Oscar Wilde Cabins, #campcamp2019⁠
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Like other small businesses, 'Camp' Camp—an annual, 25-year-old, intergenerational LGBTQ event known for providing a rejuvenating, supportive LGBTQ experience unlike any other—has taken a big financial hit during COVID and can use your support. Help ensure we move into next year with the full ability to produce another fabulous, full-scale week in Maine in 2022 without missing a beat: Click on link in bio to make a #gofundme contribution today!⁠
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With over 30 activities to choose from each day, 'Camp' Camp offers you ample opportunity to do what you love—or to step out of your comfort zone and learn something new. All in a fun & supportive space surrounded by over 200 fabulous new LGBTQ friends from the around the globe.⁠
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While Virtual Camp doesn't offer quite that many options, it nonetheless is a fun week full of new LGBTQ friends and up to a dozen sessions of activities (Crafts, Writing, and Cooking), games, and social events each day, all for only $125 for the week. ($75 Select Pass and individual session purchases are also available.)⁠
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Click this photo via the link in bio for more information, including the working schedule of programming for Virtual Camp 2021 and our easy online registration. 💻🌲🏳️‍🌈☀️⁠
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📸  Guitar Class, #campcamp2015⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! ⁠
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'Camp' Camp has always been all about creating a vacation that's whatever you want or need it to be. Whether it's outdoor, athletic, or creative pursuits, we've probably got you covered. New LGBTQ friends? Definitely got that one covered!  #fbf #flashbackfriday⁠
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📸  Canoeing, August 2007 (Year 1⁠1)⁠
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- The state of Vermont bans gender identity discrimination in the private sector.⁠
- SPRING AWAKENING wins the Tony Award for Best Musical.⁠
- Gay rights activist Barbara Gittings, organizer of the NYC chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis, dies at age 75 on February 18.⁠
- Madonna wins the 2007 Best Electronic/Dance Album Grammy for her album CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR.⁠
- John Amaechi becomes the first ex-NBA player to come out.⁠
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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF 'CAMP' CAMP! #happy25campcamp 
This publicity photo was taken near the end of our week the very first summer of Camp in 1997 which ran August 24-30. The photo was subsequently used as the cover photo for our 1998 brochure. (Yes, a brochure. We didn't have a website until late 1998/early 1999, after the second year of Camp.) #tbt #throwbackthursday ⁠
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Two people in this photo are still active in the 'Camp' Camp community! Can you spot them?⁠
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📸  Traffic Circle Photo Shoot, August 1997 (Year 1)⁠
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- The state of Maine bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector. The ban is later repealed in a referendum.⁠
- THE ENGLISH PATIENT wins the Oscar for Best Picture.⁠
- NBC rules the Nielson ratings with the top four rated television shows of the '97-'98 season: SEINFELD, ER, VERONICA'S CLOSET, and FRIENDS.⁠
-  Ellen DeGeneres and her television character, Ellen Morgan, come out making ELLEN the first television show to feature a lesbian or gay lead character. Despite the now-famous "The Puppy Episode" being watched by 42 million viewers during its initial April 30 broadcast, the show is cancelled the following year.⁠
- Diana, Princess of Wales, dies from injuries sustained in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France on August 31, 1997.⁠
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Yes, of course, we'd love to be cavorting with Camp friends old & new under the late-summer sun in Maine next month, but—due to COVID-related issues—we'll be virtual again this August 22-29. But, if last summer's week of Virtual Camp taught us anything, a week of virtual 'Camp' Camp is better than no 'Camp' Camp at all!⁠
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We're looking forward to seeing Campers (old & new) online in a month or so, and we think you should join us! For just $125 for the week, you'll get a great teaser of what a week at America's premier summer camp for LGBTQ adults is like—and meet fun & friendly new LGBTQ friends from across the U.S. ⁠in the process.⁠
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Then, you can be like us and look forward to August 2022 when we'll be back in Maine for another best-time-ever week at 'Camp' Camp!⁠
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Click on link in bio to REGISTER TODAY! 🌲🏳️‍🌈☀️💻⁠
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📸: Opening Circle, #campcamp2019⁠
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This photo pretty much sums up how I've felt (on my best days) over the past 16 months. I don't usually post from a personal perspective here on the Camp IG, so this is an exception. 

Our IG has been dormant for most of the past year+. And that's on me. My pandemic-addled brain just couldn't fathom a way to promote/celebrate Camp when a damn virus was robbing us of such an amazing, soul-enriching week.

And while I'm confident that going virtual again in 2021 was the right decision—especially in light of this damn Delta variant—it's still utterly disappointing & demoralizing to miss another summer, especially since this year is technically our 25th anniversary. Plans to celebrate our 25th have been bouncing around my brain for years, but I've struggled since COVID to find a way to even acknowledge it with what feels like an appropriate fervor when we can't celebrate it *in* Maine, which is such an integral part of the week. 

Anyway... this is just my typically longwinded way of saying that I'm gonna try to fire up this damn Instagram account again, likely with some focus on the fact that our scrappy little LGBTQ event has lasted a quarter of a century.

So, stay tuned for this page's return to (at least some) life, most likely focusing on vintage/throwback Camp photos. I encourage veteran Campers to comment with whatever memories the photos inspire and to forward their own pics/memories for consideration as part of this IG.

And while I do still struggle with the reality of a second Maine-less summer, that doesn't mean I'm not looking forward to Virtual Camp. Last summer made it clear that the spirit & culture of Camp transcends gathering  online and that Virtual Camp really *is* the next best thing to a best-time-ever week in Maine. So, of course, I'm absolutely looking forward to seeing everyone in August. Just click on the link in our bio to register. 😎

✌🏼&❤️ ,
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📸 Tea Dance, #campcamp2017

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This was Camper Mark Cameron (some of y'all probably know him as "Princess") all smiley & happy on the very first night of 'Camp' Camp 2019. Well, Princess is probably all smiles right now, too, as he knows he'll have tons of opportunities to experience a little 'Camp' Camp fun & community from the safety of his own home between now and May. That's right: Princess is all registered to join us for 'Camp' Camp Plus, our new virtual day camp for LGBTQ adults!⁠
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Running through May, Camp+ offers as many as a half-dozen options per week for LGBTQ adults of all ages to gather via Zoom for classes/activities, socializing, and Evening Social Events, all inspired by ‘Camp’ Camp’s traditional summer camp programming. From arts & crafts, writing, and LGBTQ history to Humpday Hangouts on Wednesdays and monthly evening social events, Camp+ offers a variety of options to learn something new and meet new LGBTQ friends from around the country – all from the safety of your own home.⁠
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It's on, witches! ... Join us Halloween night for Halloween BOOOOOgie!, a virtual dance party that's part of 'Camp' Camp Plus, our new virtual day camp for LGBTQ adults!

Thinking an online dance party won't be any fun? Witch, please! Our fabulous DJ GB will be spinning your favorite dance tunes from 8:30-10:30pm EST, with the Zoom session opening at 8:00pm for pre-dance socializing – and showing off your fun/spooky/fabulous costumes! – with additional social time available after the dance.

Running from November 2020 through May 2021, 'Camp' Camp Plus offers up to a half-dozen options per week for LGBTQ adults of all ages from across the U.S. to gather virtually for activities, socializing, and Evening Social Events, all inspired by our traditional summer camp programming. Join us with a full-access monthly subscription for just $30 per month, or individual sessions can be purchased for $15 per session.

REGISTER ONLINE AT CAMPCAMP.COM/CAMPCAMPPLUS TODAY!

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Want to experience a little of America's premier summer camp for LGBTQ adults from the comfort & safety of your own home? Well, now you can! That's right: registration for Virtual 'Camp' Camp 2020 is finally open!  Click on the link for full details & to REGISTER TODAY!⁠
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