Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender-Diverse Campers at KODA Camp

At KODA Camp, we celebrate everyone’s unique perspective and identity. We fully support and embrace campers who are trans, nonbinary, or otherwise gender-diverse. Out of dignity and love for all campers, we will refer to campers with their chosen name and pronouns and respect them as their true gender. Though most campers feel safe and loved by other campers in the KODA Camp community, staff are trained to recognize and intervene in any case of bullying, harassment, or hate speech that may occur so that everyone can continue to be authentically themselves in a safe environment. 

Our camp activities are not separated by gender so campers will not feel pressured to align with one binary gender during activities. However, due to the circumstances of KODA Camp’s sleeping arrangements and regulations out of our control, we are unfortunately required to place campers by their gender assigned at birth into either a boys’ dorm or a girls’ dorm. Therefore, we ask that on camper registration, campers are registered under their gender assigned at birth and have their trans/nonbinary/gender-diverse identity and pronouns specified in the open text box provided on the registration form. We understand and regret that this may cause frustration and feelings of dysphoria or invalidation for the campers. We will treat any and all campers who are put in this situation with respect and care to their true gender and strive to help everyone feel validated despite the unideal sleeping arrangement. We hope to see trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse campers continue to attend KODA Camp and enjoy all it has to offer!