LGBTQ+ Camps: camps for adults
Queer summer camps built as community spaces first: sleepaway weeks and weekends for LGBTQ+ adults, from Maine institutions to creator-run camps in the Southwest. We track 6 camps in this lane, 4 currently active. The 2 that are on hiatus or gone stay listed and clearly marked, because half the internet still recommends them.
Active camps
'Camp' Camp
America's longest-running LGBTQ+ adult summer camp, holding its 26th season in 2026 at a new central Maine site.
Dyke Camp
Founded by organizer Nic Pieta in 2025 on the premise that queer people should get to have fun in the woods together, Dyke Camp jumped from a 75-person weekend in upstate New York to 150+ campers taking over Camp Ramblewood in Maryland.
Lez Camp
Born in the Arkansas Ozarks, Lez Camp gives queer women, trans, and nonbinary adults a sapphic take on camp weekends: games, swimming, campfires, and community, now supplemented by touring Mini Camp editions and hotel-based gatherings.
Queer Camp
What began as trans YouTuber Ty Turner inviting a dozen fans on a group camping trip has become an annual week of eco-camping on a 156-acre wilderness preserve outside Santa Fe.
On hiatus, unverified, or no longer running
A-Camp (Camp Autostraddle)
Autostraddle, the internet's biggest indie queer women's publication, ran this beloved mountain sleepaway camp for its readership from 2012 to 2019, bringing 300+ queer women, non-binary folks, and trans campers together for workshops, panels, crafts, and performances.
Camp Lost Boys
The world's only sleepaway camp exclusively for transgender men 18+, built around archery, hiking, swimming, and campfires rather than programming about being trans.
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