Camp Aranu'tiq Explained

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 name "Aranu'tiq" is a Chugach word for people who were thought to embody both a female and male spirit, also known 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

• Jazz Jennings, activist^[6]
• Nicole Maines, actress^[7]

External links

• Camp Aranu'tiq website
• Harbor Camps website

Notes and References

1. Web site: HARBOR CAMPS . www.guidestar.org . 24 October 2019.
2. Web site: Teich . Nick . Camp Aranu'tiq . socialworker.com . The New Social Worker . 11 October 2019.
3. Web site: Dupere . Katie . US: Camp Aranu'tiq provides trans youth a safe, accepting summer camp experience . www.pinknews.co.uk/ . Pink News . 11 October 2019 . 13 August 2014.
4. Web site: A safe camp experience for transgender youth . chicagotribune.com . 12 February 2015 . Chicago Tribune . 11 October 2019.
5. Web site: Caitlyn Jenner Blogs About Her Visit to Transgender Youth Camp . E! Online . 11 October 2019 . 2015.
6. Web site: Bigam . Kate . Book Review: Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen . ReformJudaism.org . 11 October 2019 . en . 6 July 2016 . 11 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191011171303/https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-life/arts-culture/literature/being-jazz-my-life-transgender-teen . dead .
7. Web site: English . Bella . Camp for transgender kids builds trust . www.boston.com . 11 October 2019.