Becoming Nicole: the Transformation of An American Family
“She’d heard from someone in Dr. Spack’s office about a transgender camp in Connecticut, one of the first of its kind. Nicole was signed up to attend for a week at the end of August.
Camp Aranu’tiq (the name comes from the Chugach indigenous people of Alaska and means “two spirit,” or “half man, half woman”) is part of Harbor Camps, founded in 2009 by Nick Teich, a trans man. As an avid former camper, he recognized the need for the more marginalized members of society, especially children and ad...olescents, to have their own summer camp experience. Although Harbor, a nonprofit, would eventually be able to buy, renovate, and equip their own 112-acre wilderness camp in New Hampshire, in its inaugural year it leased a rustic lakeside campsite in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
After a sleepless night, Nicole jabbered nervously to her parents and Jonas on the ride down from Orono to Old Lyme. Mostly she didn’t know what to expect. She’d never been to a sleepaway camp, much less one with other transgender kids.MoreLess
Camp Aranu’tiq (the name comes from the Chugach indigenous people of Alaska and means “two spirit,” or “half man, half woman”) is part of Harbor Camps, founded in 2009 by Nick Teich, a trans man. As an avid former camper, he recognized the need for the more marginalized members of society, especially children and ad...olescents, to have their own summer camp experience. Although Harbor, a nonprofit, would eventually be able to buy, renovate, and equip their own 112-acre wilderness camp in New Hampshire, in its inaugural year it leased a rustic lakeside campsite in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
After a sleepless night, Nicole jabbered nervously to her parents and Jonas on the ride down from Orono to Old Lyme. Mostly she didn’t know what to expect. She’d never been to a sleepaway camp, much less one with other transgender kids.MoreLess
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