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 geographic location of the camp is only disclosed to campers due to safety concerns.

The name "Aranu'tiq" is a Chugach word for people who were thought to embody both a female and male spirit, also known in English 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. 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. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  7. English, Bella. "Camp for transgender kids builds trust". www.boston.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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