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46 Innovative Ways You Giant Weirdos Described Yourselves When Signing Up for A-Camp XI

“If I was a drink, I’d be bagel store coffee: better in the morning, culturally Jewish, a lil dull, a lil sweet, always reliable.”

Riese —

May 11, 2019

camp

Introducing Camp Autostraddle XI

Join Roxane Gay, Be Steadwell, Nia & Ness, Gaby Dunn, Brittani Nichols and 400 LGBTQ women, non-binary people and other trans folks for five days of fun fun fun in…

Riese —

Jan 31, 2019

first person

The Might-Have-Been

I was only pregnant for seven and a half weeks before my miscarriage. There was no body, no breath; there was no measurable part of a lifetime spent together. I’d…

Kristin —

Jan 16, 2019

queer fashion

Lookbook: ModCloth and A-Camp’s Queer Femme Summer Plus-Size Party Was Real Dreamy

Transformative. Powerful. Restorative. Life-changing. These are some of the words A-Campers used to describe the Body Posi Plus Size Party we hosted with ModCloth and Mary Lambert at A-Camp X.

Vanessa —

Jun 28, 2018

camp

8 Times A-Campers Made Cheese Plates and We Were Like, “Wow, Yes”

“The smoked gruyère is pointing to the chèvre, while the brie points to the chocolate. A beautiful puzzle.”

Laneia —

Jun 4, 2018

sex

25 NSFW Sex Collages Inspired By Your Queer Erotic Imaginations and/or Lesbian Sexual Fantasies

You came to “Sexing the Collage Cherry” and boi are your arms tired.

Riese —

May 31, 2018

camp

A-Camp X Was a Huge Success and We’d Like to Have Some Feelings About It Together

We just put on our largest and most successful iteration of A-Camp in Ojai, CA. We’d like to gush about it for a minute, please – won’t you join us?

Vanessa —

May 23, 2018

health

Nervous About A-Camp? Let’s Do Some Grounding

What I’m getting at here is that staying grounded (even though it sounds like an oxymoron) gives you the ability to move.

A. Tony Jerome —

May 14, 2018

camp

21 Kickass Brands Who Love A-Camp + Autostraddle

Many of these companies are small, queer and independently-owned themselves, which makes their donations to A-Camp even more amazing!

Sarah —

May 4, 2018

camp

Campership Alert: Go to A-Camp X for Free Thanks to LELO!

Win your ticket to A-Camp X and the fees for the shuttle from LELO! Here’s how to enter.

Guest —

Mar 23, 2018

camp

Campership Alert: GladRags Wants to Send You to A-Camp and Change Your Life

GladRags, a rad feminist company that makes comfortable, reusable menstrual products, wants to send one lucky human to A-Camp X for free! Plus, they’ll hook you up with the reusable…

Vanessa —

Mar 16, 2018

camp

A-Camp Spring 2018: It’s Time To Donate and/or Apply for Camperships!

Read the heartwarming essays from some of 2017’s A-Campership recipients and learn more about donating or applying yourself! We’ve even got a tax-deductible donation option this year that you’ll wanna…

the team —

Mar 1, 2018