Nearly a hundred LGBTQ+ youth are enjoying activities and comraderie at "Queer Camp" hosted by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayettevile engaging in art, theatre, outdoors activities — as well as daily facilitated empowerment groups. Dozens of volunteers and parents are assisting. The week-long camp is the largest like it to be held in the South.
Fayetteville Lutheran Church Hosts Week-long Queer Summer Camp for Kids
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Queer Camp logo
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Queer Camp director, Conner Doyle, welcomes campers entering the commons.
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Several campers paint street art in the parking lot of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
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A young camper creates portraiture.
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Campers participate in theatre production based on queer youth themes.
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Some campers create drag paper dolls.
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Janell Ezell teaches courses on self-care, nails and make-up, and co-coordinates a fashion show featuring campers.
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Campers take a break in the commons in between activities.
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Camp Kitchen volunteers, Susan Young, far left, Whitney Altemeier, Caleb Vega, and Jesse Buchanan, prepare spaghetti pie for campers.
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Camper Maximum Adkins is an out LGBTQ civil rights activist.
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Pastor, Clint Shnekloth poses in the camp photo booth.
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Campers and family members enjoy a bonfire and catered supper.
