About Camp

• WHO: You and 45+ other queer adults

• WHAT: Weekend overnight summer camp

• WHERE: Between Milwaukee and Madison (specific location provided upon payment)

• WHEN: August 8-10, 2025

• WHY: To build community and raise money for someone's gender-affirming medical care

Welcome! This is the third annual Queer Campout fundraiser! You are about to sign up for a Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon of summer camp activities and campfire food, meticulously planned at the lowest possible cost (without scrimping on fun or tradition). In the past two years, we have raised about $4,000 to fund gender-affirming surgeries and related costs for local queer individuals. We hope to raise even more this year. This event is fun for adult queers of all stripes - introverted or extroverted. If you come alone, you will certainly leave with friends! We cannot wait to see you this summer.

Activities

• Group games

• Swimming

• Crafts

• Campfire cooking

• Competitions

• Short hikes

• and MORE

Different strokes for different folks: All camp activities are voluntary. We do encourage you to try camp the way that it is, but if you bring a paddleboard and want to stay at the beach all day, only coming back for the meals and tent, that's an option. There will be a visual schedule posted each day and you will be able to add your own activities to the DIY options, like if you want to set up a cornhole tournament. There are surprise alternative activities for major events which will still allow you to spend time with others who have similar interests if you don't like sports or swimming. There are a large number of table and yard games available at our campsite for use during downtime. Camp has breaks built into the schedule to allow for relaxation during the weekend. The experience is curated and guided to pack the maximum amount of traditional summer camp activities, bonding / social time, and chill time into one weekend.

This camp session is themed SCOUT CAMP!

This camp will feature more group games and crafts. If you're coming alone or if you like a more rigid schedule, this is the camp for you!

Tentative Itinerary

FRIDAY

3PM-6PM Check-in for camp

Set up your camp spot

Craft - Name / pronoun necklaces

Craft - Tie dye shirts

DIY swimming / hiking / mingling

6:30PM WELCOME TO CAMP

Campfire dinner

Introductions and ice breakers

Night games

SATURDAY

9AM Breakfast

Group Activity

Craft - screen printing shirts

2PM Lunch

Group Activity

Beach Time

7PM Campfire dinner

Outdoor queer movie

Star tipping

SUNDAY

9AM Breakfast

Award ceremony

Pack up time

10:30AM Check out

Menu

Friday Dinner: Hot dogs and s'mores

Saturday Breakfast: Pancakes

Saturday Lunch: Foil potato packs

Saturday Dinner: Pudgie pie pizza and fruit pies

Sunday Breakfast: Leftovers!

The food listed includes "common sense extras" - 'hot dogs' means dogs, buns, and basic condiments!

Replacements will be provided for campers who have menu conflicts due to being vegetarian, vegan, halal, or having food allergies. You must voluntarily disclose that in this form under Health and Safety Information so we can plan for you.

Accessibility Information

Camp Terrain: mostly flat surfaces of dirt, grass, woodchips, sand, gravel

There are some small hills and the ground occasionally has trip hazards such as sticks and divots. Camp is outdoors, so you may be exposed to weather conditions such as rain and heat.

Bathrooms: The nearest bathrooms are pit toilets a short walk from the campsite. There are gendered flush toilets and showers slightly further away

We have an on-site changing room tent with enough height and width to comfortably stand and move around. We also now have a sink for shaving in the changing tent!

You do not need to be able to swim to enjoy this event.

The ability to walk at a casual pace for 1.5-3 miles per day will maximize your enjoyment of camp

Masking is not required, but is certainly welcome

You must be able to take responsibility for your own health maintenance - such as administering your own medications, applying adequate sunscreen, drinking enough water, reducing activity or cooling down when hot, staying in the appropriate water depth based on your ability, and asking for or accepting appropriate first aid intervention if necessary.

We have one or more first responders present at camp throughout the event to address medical emergencies or first aid needs. We have deescalation-trained individuals present at camp throughout to address interpersonal issues or conflicts with the public.

Monetary Accessibility: This is an event by and for marginalized groups. Due to the fact that mutual aid often causes us to pass the same $20 dollar bill back and forth forever, we understand that not everyone can afford the supplies or fee for camp. We offer "camperships" to provide sleeping bags, sleeping mats, and a reduced or waived fee for the experience. Camperships are available only to BIPOC or trans individuals and only by application.

This event is for fun, friends, and financial help for queers. Injury and illlness aren't fun, so please prepare yourself to have an amazing time.

Price Details

Show up with a sleeping bag and a smile!

The cost of this weekend of food, friends, and fun is a minimum donation of $75 per camper. We hope that you agree that this is a very reasonable cost for a multi-day trip with about 45 other wonderful queer people! Your contribution not only covers your cost, but also helps someone else fund a surgery or procedure that is often difficult to get, not covered by insurance, not supported by some family members or workplaces, and often require years of waiting.

In 2023, we paid for someone's laser hair removal for bottom surgery.

In 2024, we awarded someone $2,000 to help cover living expenses during their top surgery recovery.

What's Included?

• All listed food plus common sense extras

• The massive shared campground space

• A spot in our large-group shared tents (if you choose to claim it)

• All listed activities, supplies, and instructors (except for the plain shirt that you need for tie dye - we can provide this for a small fee or you can bring your own)

• Large private standing-room tent for changing clothes / swimsuits (now featuring a sink for shaving!)

• The knowledge that you helped someone get a gender-affirming procedure

What's NOT Included?

If you drive to camp, you need to pay a fee for multi-day parking (~21$)

If you opt to bring your own tent, you may need to pay ~15$ / night (THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ENFORCED, but is technically in the terms for our facility. Chances are low, but not zero)

The above costs are out of our control and cannot be pre-paid to us

Non-water beverages (BYOB alcohol allowed, but only beer / seltzer / wine and no glass containers)

IMPORTANT: QC has a longstanding tradition of the SHARED DRINK COOLER. Whether it's alcohol or soda, please bring a pack of something to share. We will keep the drinks cool and available to all. We will not have cooler space for drinks that aren't for sharing except for those who need them for medical reasons - e.g., diabetes, allergies

Bedding - bring your own sleeping bag, pillow, sleeping mat

Deodorant - might be a good idea

Toothbrush (we won't share ours, sorry)

Footwear that you can walk in

Clothing that can handle some dirt and sweat

Swimsuit and towel

BUG SPRAY AND SUNSCREEN (try to bring your own, we have a few for emergencies)

Electricity (there are no plugs on the site. There are a few public plugs around the greater site area. An average 10,000mAh power bank is enough for most folks)

Snacks for between meal times (hot dogs and leftovers will be available throughout)

Camper Information

We provide quality tie dye and sceen printing materials so that everyone can make their own shirt with the 2025 logo to commemorate the event. We also provide instruction. The actual shirt that you will use for this craft is not provided. A 100% cotton white shirt is BEST for the dye to stick and stay.

We can make sure to buy and bring a shirt for you for $10. If you'd like to bring and make more than 1 shirt / a pair of socks / an additional whatever, please pay an additional $10 per thing to cover the extra supply cost.

Health and Safety Information

Attendance Donation

Minimum donation for attendance: $75

Optional Add-Ons:

• 10$ to have us provide your shirt

• 10$ for each additional thing tie dyed and/or printed, if you plan to bring additional items

Use the enter-your-own-amount donation option to add these to your minimum if you choose to do an add-on.

Above and Beyond Options: You can name your own price above $75 if you have enough money in your wallet and love in your heart

• $150 - cover a campership as well as your own attendance

• $200 - secret gift bag including a logo mug and other goodies

• $500 - you're a sponsor now, baby. Email for the sponsor package

Applying for a campership? Enter 0 in the custom box and we will email the application.

Carpool Application

If you need a ride or can provide a ride, please let us know here! Please note: we can pair you with campers in your closest city (Madison or Milwaukee), but cannot provide you with an alternate means of transportation to camp if there are not enough drivers in your area or if other issues arise around timing, mechanical failures, illness, and other circumstances.

If you sign up to drive others in this form, you will be contacted prior to camp with potential rideshares and can accept, if you are able. You will be provided with contact information to schedule after you accept. If you accept, you also consent to your contact information being shared with your carpool-ee.

If you sign up to receive a ride in this form, you consent to the sharing of your contact information with your driver.

It is up to the drivers and carpool-ees to coordinate pickup and dropoff times and locations.

Code of Conduct / Terms and Conditions

Please take a moment to review our code of conduct and terms and conditions, which really only exist to communicate how incredibly much we want for this to be a safe and fun time for you.

By signing up for this camp, you agree to abide by the terms outlined in the following document. If your behavior is detrimental to the health and wellness of the other campers or if you damage the mission of Queer Campout (which is to build queer community, enjoy nature, and raise money for gender-affirming medical care), we reserve the right to ask you to leave without refund.

Publicly sharing the location of camp to individuals who are not attending before, during, or after sessions is also grounds for dismissal for safety reasons. Being a queer, degenerate, comrade, or freak is a-okay.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lAHjDcFwtah8357FYZ-iD8Sf04x7XdmQS0vGjqsCsnU/edit?usp=sharing

Read the document above (open in a new tab, probably) and then sign below. By signing, you indicate your understanding of and agreement to the terms and conditions detailed in the form and document above.

Thank you for loving other queers and the great outdoors! A confirmation will be sent to your email within two weeks.

Happy trails!