E-mail: gaycamp@gaycamp.se
Adress: the GayCamp Association, Box 350, S-101 26 Stockholm, SWEDEN
Booking info
The camp takes place on July 24-31, 2011. The
camp fee for 8 days and 7 nights - including food
and lodging - is for:
non-european participants: $490 USD
EU-citizens: €300 EURO
Swedish participants: SEK 2100.
The camp is subsidized by the grants from the
Swedish government, therefore the differencies in
fees.
You will yourself have to arrange for your
travel expenses from your country to Sweden
and back, we will help you to get to the camp
from the nearest train station and back.
Booking is made by first-come-first serve
basis.You make a reservation by making a
€100 / $100 partial payment of the camp fee to
our PlusGiro account:
PlusGiro account number: 805088-2.
Bank in Sweden: NORDEA.
IBAN: SE59 9500 0099 6034 0805 0882.
BIC: NDEASESS
Remaining camp fee payment should be made
by June 15 the latest.
Remember to write your name,
adress and e-mail adress!
If you need more information please send an
email to: gaycamp@gaycamp.se
We urge you use e-mail and not ordinary mail, if
you do choose to send ordinary mail please be
aware that it can be long periods between we
check the mailbox.
All men 18 years and older are welcome. Most
participants are between 18-50. The maximum
number of participants is 50.The camp is held in a
private area not far from Stockholm with access
to a private beach and sauna.
The camp costs 2100 Swedish crowns for 8 days,
7 nights including food and accommodation.
Participants arrange their own travel to and from
the camp.
Particpation in the camp is confirmed after
payment of the registration fee.
Base groups
Through the years, a way of working based on secure and
confidential base group meetings has been refined. Upon arrival,
each camp participant is assigned to small base groups
composed of 6-8 participants, one of whom is from the camp
organizing group.
The base groups usually meet every morning during the camp.
After lunch everyone is free to do as they please.
In the base groups, participants introduce themselves to each
other and discuss issues related to homosexuality – everything
from the coming out process to getting involved in the hbtq
community and living as an openly gay, bisexual or simply
sexual man. The mornings don’t necessarily have to be entirely
devoted to discussion – the group may decide to do something
together instead.
Other base group discussion topics include: identity as a
bisexual man, coming out to a possibly female partner, coming
out to ones children, alcohol and drugs, loneliness,
monogamy/cheating on your partner, safe sex, life as an HIV
positive person, exploring and developing one’s sexuality and
capacity for love, etc. The group dynamic and atmosphere in
these base groups becomes, often surprisingly quickly, deeply
personal. It is not unusual for participants to share things they
have never dared to tell anyone before.
Each base group has one camp day when they are responsible
for food preparation, serving, and cleanup. For practical and
financial reasons, the menu is planned in advance but there is of
course some room for variation. If the group is composed of
kitchen-duty novices there are professionals standing by to help.
Every year the camp has international participants. Previous
years have included participants from, among others, USA, Italy,
Ireland, France, Holland, Iran, South America, Finland, New
Zealand, Pakistan. The camp is bilingual and participants can
choose either a Swedish-speaking or English-speaking base
group. All practical information and discussions in the large
group meetings are given in both Swedish and English.
Afternoons and evenings
Time after lunch can be spent as participants please. Different
activities are usually offered for optional participation. These
activities vary from year to year but have included lectures, oil
painting, basic dance training, and of course, lying in the sun,
going for a swim, or even a sauna visit.
There are one or two obligatory lectures, depending on the
theme of the camp. Previous lectures have included safe sex. In
2008 a hands-on course in self-defense was offered.
Particpants are free to lead or coordinate activities. Past
activities have included: magic tricks, accordion playing, yoga,
body therapy, singing dirty songs while drinking coffe, bakning
cinammon rolls for the coffee breaks, evening songs, morning
aerobics, visiting nearby sights, card tricks, target shooting with
paintball pistols, etc.
If you have any questions or thoughts, don’t hesitate to email
GayCamp. Do look through the Frequently Asked Questions.
July 24–31, 2011
