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Queer youth summer camp offers spiritual, educational leadership Sandra Thomas
cal social, spiritual, educational, health and leadership skills for youth aged 14 to 21. It’s based on a similar camp launched by the University of Alberta in 2004. Since attending the camp, Amren has re-launched the gaystraight alliance at Lord Byng and become involved with a youth group at Qmunity, a West End centre for sexual minorities. Naomi’s father Bergen Amren told the Courier he was confident the camp was a good choice for his daughter and wrote a letter of support for organizers to use to help in raising money. “She really enjoyed it,” he said.
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and I know that last year’s camp experience has made a significant contribution to Naomi’s social and emotional health and we imagine the same holds true for other participants and their families,” Bergen wrote in his letter of support. “For these reasons, we are all looking forward to Naomi’s attendance at Camp OUT! this summer.” CampOUT! director Anna White said last year’s camp was a success and organizers want to make it an annual event. “There are lots of great urban initiatives for these youth, but no outdoor camps where they can
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Lord Byng secondary student Naomi Amren says taking part in a pilot summer camp last year for “queer, transgendered, questioning and allied youth” changed her life. “I realized, oh my God, there are other people like me out there,” said 16-year-old Amren. “It inspired me to get involved with the larger community.” CampOUT!, organized by the University of B.C.’s Access and Diversity office, will run Aug. 5 to 8 with a goal to foster practi-
He said his daughter had a hard time finding other “sexual minority youth” at her high school, but the camp last summer provided that opportunity and made her feel secure in her identity. “I sense that for her, the camp was like coming home,” said Bergen. He said Naomi was particularly interested in the camp’s sex education, which included information not available in the high school curriculum. He added the information she received alongside the other youth increased her understanding of the queer community. “[Naomi’s mom Robyn Levy]
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