Camp Aranu'tiq

Camp Aranu'tiq is a sleepaway camp for transgender children. It is operated by Harbor Camps, Inc., a nonprofit organization that runs camps for children and youth from marginalized populations, including those with dwarfism and craniofacial abnormalities.[1] The camp is located in New Hampshire.

History

Camp Aranu'tiq was founded in 2009 by Nick Teich, a transgender man who had been asked to stop working at a sleepaway camp as a result of his transition. He realized that transgender children would go through the same issue of being kept out of gender-segregated spaces and thought that they should have a place where they felt completely comfortable.[2][3]

The name "Aranu'tiq" is a Chugach word for people who were thought to embody both a female and male spirit, also known as two-spirit. In that culture, Aranu'tiq people were considered lucky.[4]

In 2015, Caitlyn Jenner visited and blogged about the camp, which was featured on an episode of her reality show, I Am Cait.[5]

Notable campers

References

  1. ^ "HARBOR CAMPS". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ Teich, Nick. "Camp Aranu'tiq". socialworker.com. The New Social Worker. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ Dupere, Katie (13 August 2014). "US: Camp Aranu'tiq provides trans youth a safe, accepting summer camp experience". www.pinknews.co.uk/. Pink News. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. ^ "A safe camp experience for transgender youth". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Caitlyn Jenner Blogs About Her Visit to Transgender Youth Camp". E! Online. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  6. ^ Bigam, Kate (6 July 2016). "Book Review: Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen". ReformJudaism.org. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  7. ^ English, Bella. "Camp for transgender kids builds trust". www.boston.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.