338. Camp Indigo

Naomi and her mom Brittany called to share about the most special place in their family’s life- a summer camp for transgender kids.

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Brittany: Hi, my name is Brittany.

Naomi: And my name is Naomi.

Brittany: And our OK is being at a place in Boulder, Colorado called Camp Indigo.

Naomi: And Camp Indigo is, um, a place where, um, it’s like a very cool place and it’s, um, like, it’s for, like, non binary or, like, transgender. Kids and different kinds of genders and also, um, being transgender kind of feels like, for me, um, it feels like, um, it kind of, it feels like, it feels good and, but like, when I’m the only one and, and, like, a place where, and I’m the only one that’s transgender.

Um, I feel kind of lonely, but then like, I go to Camp Indigo, so like, I don’t have to explain what it feels like to be transgender, because it’s kind of exhausting. So, um, That’s um, why I like being at Camp Indigo and um, would you like to share anything mom?

Mom: Yeah, I would so the reason that I like to be at Camp Indigo is because It’s The only time that we get to see some of our friends for a whole year This is our third year at camp and we get to see we don’t get to see these families often and so There’s something so special about being with your community and having a shared lived experience together.

And when you see each other, you don’t have to explain anything and you just feel it in your hearts. There’s this connection that you have and you can just like melt into each other’s arms and you can laugh and cry and have so much fun together. And it is so, Such a magical place to be. We have parent support groups during the day while the kids are at camp.

Naomi: Yeah.

Mom: And the conversations and the support. Mm-Hmm. and the, the highs and the lows and, and everything in between is. is just nothing short of magical. It is such an amazing place to be. And we do a clothing swap every year where the kids get to shop for free and the adults shop for free and it’s so fun and it’s hilarious because all of our kids have sensory issues.

So we all cut the tags off all our clothes. So no one knows what sizes the clothes are and they’re just in giant piles that we all have to dig through. But it’s so nice because it’s just so much fun. A lot of these families, you have to change entire wardrobes really fast, and it’s really expensive. And then you’re left with all these clothes that you don’t use anymore.

And so to have an opportunity to share all of that with our community is amazing.

Naomi: Um, yeah, it’s, it’s, it’s really good. Um, also, um, Like, Camp Indigo is like so fun, so that’s why I go to it again, like, I’m transgender. And, um, you, you, like, you can go to it too, if you would like, but, um, it’s, it’s like, um, like it’s like, Like, for other, like, you can go to it if you’re, like, just a boy or, like, just a girl, but, like, other genders can go to it, and it’s really fun.

Also, we have teams in Camp Indigo where, um, like red team is the littlest per, um, kids. And then the purple team is the, um, biggest kids and it goes all the way down. And then when you’re all the way at the end, you are, you can, you can be like the biggest kid. What group did you start out in? Well, I started in red, um, for.

One for two years. Yep, you were two years in red group. Yeah, I was two years in red group and um, then I Moved to orange group the next year and it was so fun

Mom: Yeah, this place is pretty incredible, isn’t it?

Naomi: Yeah. Yeah, it is

Mom: We’re really lucky to have our community here.

Naomi: Yeah, we are So if you would like to come here you can!