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a-camp spring 2017

Host Your Own Indigo Tie-Dye Party, Make These Amazing Handkerchiefs

We had so much fun making indigo tie-dyed hankies at A-Camp! For those of you who couldn’t be there or would like to host your own indigo parties this summer, here’s a simple tutorial to get you started.

By Katie

Team Pick: “Nancy” Goes To A-Camp

Kathy Tu and Tobin Low create a sound-venture of queerness from the perspective of two Asian-American homogays. And now, they have an episode in which Kathy goes to A-Camp for the first time.

By A.E. Osworth

The Babadook was a Special Guest at A-Camp and These Are His Stories

I’m not saying we invented the gay Babadook meme, but I’m also not saying he didn’t completely OWN A-Camp. What can’t this guy do?!

By Stef

8 Of the Hottest Fat Fashion Trends for This Summer

Other great trends for this fat queers this summer include aliens, tweed, Bodysuits and beachwear as formal wear.

By Mey
comic drawing from ATCF of a queer poc in the mountains

Drawn to Comics: Support Queer Camp Comics With “As the Crow Flies”

“This is honestly one of the best comics about identity and finding community and yourself that I’ve ever read.”

By Mey

Heaven is a Place at A-Camp: Masculine-of-Center Looks For The A-Camp May 2017 Dance

When you wanna be “on theme” but not in “full costume,” here are some retro-inspired looks that’ll really impress the ladies in San Junipero.

By Riese

Heaven is a Place at A-Camp: Femme Looks For The A-Camp May 2017 Dance

The A-Camp dance theme this May is Heaven is Place On Earth, so I want to see everyone in their best Billy Idol, Rhythm Nation, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Beals, Ronald Reagan, Paula Abdul, Jem & The Holograms drag.

By Mey
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Campership Alert: Pool Party at A-Camp In Style Courtesy of Outplay

Do you want to go to A-Camp in an Outplay Swimsuit? Well, guess what; Outplay wants that for you too! Check out this Campership, y’all!

By A.E. Osworth

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”

By Riese

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!

By Vanessa
The Roguish Brogue in Light Brown

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!

By Vanessa

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!

By the team

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.

By Mey

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!

By the team

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!

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