When Rebecca and Abigail went to camp this summer they hiked, swam, canoed, watched over the younger kids as junior counselors, played dozens of games, and, most likely, ate more than their share of toasted marshmallows. Abut they also did something that they could not have anywhere else in the world - they spent an entire week with a group of kids just like themselves, children of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered parents. It's all about relating to other children.
Parents already have their places where they get support.
The two young women, who live with their older sister, their biological mother Mary, and her partner of seven years Margot, agree that Camp Lavendar Hill has been a turning point in their young lives. Held at a private campground near Nevada City, this special camp offers two weeklong sessions for youngsters growing up in non-heterosexual households. There are a handful of other camps across the US and Canada for all types of alternative families, both kids and adults, as well as two camps for lesbian and gay families, in Provincetown and Marin County, but this is the only one where kids of non-heterosexual parents can get away together. They don't need therapy. They don't need a lot of extravagant services.