Transgender day camp among first to include 4-year-olds

[Doobie Doo]

EL CERRITO, Calif. (AP) — In some ways, Rainbow Day Camp is very ordinary. Kids arrive with a packed lunch, make friendship bracelets, play basketball, sing songs and get silly. But it is also extraordinarily unique, from the moment campers arrive each morning.

At check-in each day, campers make a nametag with their pronoun of choice. Some opt for “she” or “he.” Or a combination of “she/he.” Or “they,” or no pronoun at all. Some change their name or pronouns daily, to see what feels right.

The camp in the San Francisco Bay Area city of El Cerrito caters to transgender and “gender fluid” children, ages 4 to 12, making it one of the only camps of its kind in the world open to preschoolers, experts say. Enrollment has tripled to about 60 young campers since it opened three summers ago, with kids coming from as far as Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. - even Africa. Plans are underway to open a branch next summer in Colorado, and the camp has been contacted by parents and organizations in Atlanta, Seattle, Louisiana and elsewhere interested in setting up similar programs.

On a sunny July morning at camp, the theme was “Crazy Hair Day,” and 6-year-old Gracie Maxwell was dancing in the sunshine as a Miley Cyrus song blasted from outdoor speakers. The freckled, blue-eyed blonde wore her hair in a braid on one side, a pigtail on the other and snacked on cereal as she twirled and skipped.

Transgender day camp among first to include 4-year-olds

 

[Zak Bible]

I'd throw the parents in jail

 

[Rell84shots]

Strangers telling your kids it's okay if they want to switch genders

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Abomination

 

[feelosofer]

I'm a supporter of LBGT people but this is sick. Like I said this is more about the parents putting their standards and idea and forcing them on children. Like I said before childen if they feel like switching from the birth gender either conceptually or physically need to at least be 16 or older where they have a better idea of the ups and downs that come with such a serious decision.

 

[Ol’Otis]

World going down in flames like Sodom& Gomarrah

 

[Barnett114]

And people support this nonsense

 

[MIKE SPLEAN]

Ok wtf

 

[Tommy Fits]

I keep hearing it but what exactly is gender fluid

 

[Aphrodite]

*sees photo of white child & Hispanic child while reading outrage*

 

[ineedsleep212]

I don't know what to think of this tbh. The whole shyt just feels especially at such an early age.

 

[Pressure]

Sounds like kids just being kids.

 

[RadaMillz]

So called progressive party aka liberals are too stupid to realize sh!t like this cost them the election, when are they gonna stop this madness.

Lose ur job because u called a man a 'he' and not 'they' brehs

 

[Zak Bible]

I'm a supporter of LBGT people but this is sick. Like I said this is more about the parents putting their standards and idea and forcing them on children. Like I said before childen if they feel like switching from the birth gender either conceptually or physically need to at least be 16 or older where they have a better idea of the ups and downs that come with such a serious decision.

Supporting lgbt led to this though

 

[Dat Migo]

I keep hearing it but what exactly is gender fluid

Some day they identify as boy, the next a girl, and other days as some made up shyt in between.