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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.

By Guest| March 23, 2018 | 6 Comments
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 menstrual product of your choice!

By Vanessa| March 16, 2018 | 8 Comments
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 know all about.

By the team| March 1, 2018 | 9 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!

By Vanessa| April 6, 2017 | 4 Comments
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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| March 9, 2017 | 13 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!

By the team| February 14, 2017 | 8 Comments
Camp

Mal Blum Is Coming to A-Camp and So Are These Other Amazing Humans!

MAL BLUM’S COMING TO A-CAMP! Also, since we’re on the topic of A-Camp, let’s talk about Fit for a Femme & AB Chao and all the other weirdos who will be joining us on the mountain!

By Riese| February 24, 2014 | 43 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2014: It’s Time To Donate To Or Apply For Camperships!

Read essays from our A-Camp 4.0 campers and find out how to apply for or donate to the Campership Fund for 5.0!

By the team| February 12, 2014 | 29 Comments
Camp

Campership Alert: Hannah Hart Wants To Send You On An All-Expenses Paid Trip To A-Camp!

Hannah Hart wants to give one lucky Straddler a full campership to October’s A-Camp — and she’ll pay your travel expenses, too!

By Vanessa| September 16, 2013 | 32 Comments
Camp

We’ve Got 12 Loyal A-Campers and They’ve Got 12 Reasons To Attend A-Camp

Listen to 12 campers who have been to all three A-Camps and are signed up for October when they tell you how camp changed their lives and why you definitely wanna be on the mountain for A-Camp 4.0

By Vanessa| September 3, 2013 | 52 Comments
Camp

A-Camp October 2013: It’s Campership Time!

Read the testimonials from A-Camp May 2013’s Campershippers and find out about how you can give the gift of a campership or apply to get one yourself!

By the team| July 16, 2013 | 21 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2013 Recamp #4: YUP.

In our last recamp, we party at the pool, dance all night, have feelings, display talent, and wish it never had to end.

By Riese| June 24, 2013 | 114 Comments
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Introducing Camp Autostraddle 4.0

A-Camp just keeps getting better and better which means this October’s gonna blow your mind. Registration starts NOW.

By the team| June 24, 2013 | 223 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2013 Recamp #3: Fun Before 2pm, Fun After 2pm

You’ve got swagger, fashion, comedy, whiskey, geeky pick-up lines and the coolest klub on the mountain!

By the team| June 21, 2013 | 84 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2013 Recamp #2: Nothing Compares 2 U At Camp

“I’m gonna support the SHIT outta you.” (Also, a Lilith Flair playlist!)

By the team| June 19, 2013 | 77 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2013 Recamp #1: Over The Mountain and Into The Woods We Go

Welcome to the first of four fantastic recamps of May 2013 A-Camp. In this fascinating installment, we’ll detail the very first moments of our time together on the mountain and also bears.

By Riese| June 18, 2013 | 123 Comments
Camp

OPEN THREAD: Let’s Talk About How A-Camp Rocked Our Socks Off

Symptoms of A-Camp withdrawal include: forgetting every girl you see isn’t queer, staring wistfully at inadequate trees, intense nostalgia, sleeping in your A-Camp t-shirt and DIY lingerie, counting down ’til next time.

By Riese| May 28, 2013 | 249 Comments
Camp

Campership Opportunity: Apply To Be Kreuzbach10’s Dapper A-Camper!

Kreuzbach10 wants to make men’s shirts for women’s bodies AND ALSO wants to send you to camp in May! It’s your last chance to snag a campership.

By Riese| February 8, 2013 | 17 Comments
Camp

Who Won the A-Camp May 2013 Skip The Waitlist Raffle?

The wait is over! Go directly to A-Camp. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

By Laura| January 28, 2013 | 32 Comments
Camp

Win a Chance To Skip The Waitlist For A-Camp May 2013!

We’re giving six new A-Campers the chance to skip the waitlist and register for A-Camp!

By Riese| January 20, 2013 | 13 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2013: Time To Donate And/Or Apply For Camperships!

September’s campership recipients share their stories and it’s your turn to donate camperships or apply for one for May camp!

By Riese| January 8, 2013 | 57 Comments
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