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Camp

61 Ways You Weirdos Described Yourselves When Signing Up For A-Camp

“If I approached everything in life with the same determination and speed I put into changing into pajamas after work, I would be a highly productive person”

Riese April 12, 2017 101 Comments
All staff post Hayride
Camp

That Time We Put On a Dead Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Haunted House at A-Camp

It was both the best idea and the worst idea I’ve ever had.

Riese April 11, 2017 37 Comments
Camp

These Are Our Favorite A-Camps and You Can, Too!

A-Camp 8.0 is six weeks away — and there’s still spots left if you wanna come! — which means we’re in full-fledged nostalgia and anticipation mode. Hop on in, read about camp, and if you’ve been, let us know which one was *your* favorite!

the team April 6, 2017 39 Comments
Camp

A-Camp Spring 2017: Win A Campership From Catalyst Wedding Co.!

Campership alert! Catalyst Wedding Co. wants to give one lucky camper full funding to attend A-Camp 8.0!

Vanessa April 6, 2017 4 Comments
The Roguish Brogue in Light Brown
Camp

A-Camp Spring 2017: Win A Campership AND Fancy Shoes from Tomboy Toes!

If you’re a fashionable queer on a budget with a penchant for classy masculine dress shoes who’s still hoping to attend A-Camp this May, today’s Campership Contest announcement is going to make you feel like dancing and prancing!

Vanessa March 9, 2017 13 Comments
Camp

Introducing the A-Camp Arts & Resistance Fund: A Tax-Deductible Way To Change Lives

The A-Camp Arts & Resistance Fund is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Find out more about donating and about applying to a campership specifically for QPOC artists in this post!

the team February 23, 2017 2 Comments
Camp

A-Camp Spring 2017: We’ve Got Six Full Camperships for Trans Women To Give Away

I’m freaking serious, this is so worth it: we’ve got one full campership for a trans woman of color with full travel included, one campership for a trans woman without travel and four camperships for trans women of color with a $100 travel stipend.

Mey February 20, 2017 7 Comments
Camp

A-Camp Spring 2017: It’s Time To Donate and/or Apply For Camperships!

Read these essays and feel inspired to apply for and/or donate to the campership fund for our May 2017 camp in Wisconsin!

the team February 14, 2017 8 Comments
Camp

Introducing Camp Autostraddle 8.0

We wanna see you in Wisconsin from May 18th-May 23rd with special guests Mara Wilson, Be Steadwell, Gaby Dunn, Brittani Nichols, Shea Diamond and Kim Milan!

Riese January 31, 2017 171 Comments
Camp Queer Fashion

Midwestern Gothic Style Guide: How to Dress for the A-Camp Dance

As you walk down the street, every blonde, blue-eyed farmer’s daughter (there are so many farmer’s daughters) you see smiles and says “hello!” only to follow up with “don’t go into the woods, there are strange women in the woods” in a hushed voice as they walk past you.

Mey September 26, 2016 21 Comments
Camp

A-Camp Midwest: There’s Still Time To Sign Up and You Really Should

We wanna see you in Wisconsin! Some regular spots have opened up PLUS we’ve also got some VIP Apartments if that’s more your style!

Riese September 7, 2016 36 Comments
Camp

35 Spectacular Ways You Described Yourself When Signing Up For A-Camp

“I hate injustice, and also lightning, because of this one time I got struck in the face by lightning.”

Riese September 6, 2016 28 Comments
Camp

A-Camp September 2016: It’s Time To Donate To Or Apply For Camperships!

Read these essays and feel inspired to apply for and/or donate to the campership fund for our September 2016 camp in Wisconsin!

the team August 10, 2016 9 Comments
Camp

Campership Alert! We’re Sending Three Trans Women to Midwest A-Camp for Free!

We’ve got two full camperships with travel expenses and one campership without travel for three lucky trans women because the more trans women at camp, the better!

Mey August 8, 2016 8 Comments
Camp

Introducing Camp Autostraddle 7.5: Midwest Edition

We’re bringing A-Camp to the midwest and we wanna see you there!

Riese August 4, 2016 155 Comments
Camp

Get Weird and Shiny For Your Very Own Personal Met Gala

Whether you’re going to this year’s A-Camp and need a Met Gala outfit for the last night dance or you just want some more sequined metallic separates in your life, these are the pieces you need.

Adrian May 24, 2016 23 Comments
Camp

The Topless Touching Panel and Other Activities My Friends Think Happen at A-Camp

“The Dark Closet Private Conversation Area.”

Erin May 23, 2016 36 Comments
TomboyX
Camp

Campership Alert: TomboyX Wants You To Salute Your [Under]Shorts At A-Camp

Win full A-Camp Tuition with the TomboyX Campership, plus a tee, a hat and — you guessed it — underpants.

A.E. Osworth April 18, 2016 6 Comments
Camp

Three Ways To Skip The A-Camp 2016 Waitlist

We’ve got an A-Camp VIP Package plus opportunities for campers who are under 21 and a person of color with hair-cutting chops.

the team April 15, 2016 14 Comments
Camp

Campership Alert: We’ve Got a Campership WITH TRAVEL For A Lucky Trans Woman Who Could Use a Break! UPDATED WITH WINNER

Need a break from all the transmisogyny and cissexism of the world? Want to come to California to hang out with a few hundred other queer women and folks on a mountain? Then I’ve got some super great news for you!

Mey April 8, 2016 22 Comments
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