Queer joy comes alive at this summer camp haven

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For many queer and trans kids in the south, there is no safe space to be a child. A music camp in Tennessee welcomes all youth who identify as girls or non-binary to rock out

These photos show some of the messiness and fun that is queer childhood. In one image, a child with purple hair holds onto another with an arm outstretched. They are smiling and running, looking like they feel free.

Ten-year-olds Maggie Gill, Vivian Caldwell, and Macy Merciers wait between performances at The Signal, a downtown Chattanooga music venue that supports girls, transgender, and non-binary youth for a week of creativity and community during the Girls Rock! summer camp.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: Summer campers hold up their phone flashlights during a concert in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

“No not really,” the other non-binary panelist replied. “I haven’t seen a negative with kids getting to express themselves more.”

 

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National geographic back to promoting child predators. Remember that NINE YEAR OLD CHILD they glamorized that had been turned into a trans kid? Yeah... That boys parents started chipping away at his psyche from a very young age, and Natgeo just applauded it.

So is doing stories on grooming and pedophilia?

Wow how Nat Geo has changed. Adios.

Why is National Geographic writing about this?

Well shit, following Nat Geo was a fucking mistake....

What does this have to do w nat geo

Actually in the south many of us can care less who you are attracted to. All we ask is you give them time to figure it out. It's their choice and shouldn't be a forced choice by anyone. There are plenty of places to be safe. This article is BS

What does this have to do with National Geographic? You use to be a decent magazine hence, reason I was following-keep this up I won’t

National Geographic Lied about the polar bears for political...

Disgusting

What happened to you being about nature n stuff, I guess Nat Geo is now just a&e

I have every NG since ~1920. My grandad always subscribed and left me his collection. So sad to see what it has become…

Hiv is still a thing right?

girls and nonbinary, hmmmmm.....so you want to commit genocide on binary males?

What happened to nat geo? I just want to see lions and stuff

Remember when you were a kid, and sexuality was your entire personality? Yeah, me neither. I liked riding my bike and playing with my friends. Not celebrating the mashing of faulty sex-organs together.

Isnt this discrimination for people who aren't trans or queer though 🤔

How is this a NatGeo topic? They suddenly supportive of child genital mutilation?

Is this still Nat Geo?

I identify as Napoleon, I've got MI-5 dudes on my ass 😂 what a load of BS. Safe space, seriously...

Are mental health professionals standing by?

National GeoGroomer.

So long as you continue pushing the groomer agenda, there will be no safe space for any children. You perverted sickos.

gross, stop the filth!

Groomers

there is no such thing, let children be children, do not harm them with such bad practice, the worst crime against humanity, is being committed today

Serious question, where in western society these days is it unsafe to deem yourself trans or non binary? I mean truly unsafe? like If you’re spotted in the streets you’re killed?

I reject your promotion of this and if you think this will grow you following your sadly mistaken

Tf💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

That's it feed into the evil instead of preventing it smh 🤦

What a stupid idea. There will be boys/men pretending to be girls, signing up just to use the same showers, bathrooms, locker rooms as the girls. I don't see it ending well. Just look what happened in prisons where males pretending to be females were locked up with women.

Sick

Kids?... Thts fucked up.

Yawn.

Wait, but what about trans boys? Are they getting a separate event?

To many violent MAGA out there for this to be publicized!!

WTF ?

Surely they are just kids. No need for labels. Or am I the only one that thinks this.

This is sick!!!

Eat shit NatGeo

Almost fashionable to be transgender now, should not brainwashing kids to be like this, or maybe there were abuses at home that traumatized them to wanting to change to a different sex. Glorifying such abnormalities is the problem.

I'll say it.. love children for who God made them to be.. trans genderism is an abomination to God.. we need to tell children made them perfect.. they don't need to change..

Just lost me for the rest of my life Nat Geo so sad you turn to this over Nat Geo topics. Shame on you!

Oh boy!

At this point my question is: you are different? Ok. You're biologically 'abnormal'? We understand. But for what regards this stuff, why not just go to a... 'normal' concert? Nobody kicks you out because of your quirks. It's all an idea you have and that access media empowered.

That’s a wide brush you’re painting there. Very few of us in the South have hate in our hearts.

Disgusting

Not safe? Are you serious? Where? Where are they not safe? You used to be reputable. What a shame.

Sickening.

Seriously?

Disturbing

Stereotyping the entire south is gross and sad.

Why are boys excluded?

What is this garbage? Leave the kids alone.

Someone inside national geographic has gone nuts...

Childhood shouldn’t be about sexuality. But you want a whole camp dedicated to it.

I’m done w Nat Geo, this article is disingenuous nonsense. Whoever “ok’d” this should be fired.

Way to stereotype a whole region of the country, .

Good. Bring back bullying. Maybe it will sort these kids out

National Geographic. Seriously?

Everyone should have a place to have fun and be themselves as a kid 🙂

Stop encouraging this nonsense. Those kids need help. Prayers up.

I know a safe place – psychiatric hospital

Rock out this ratio

This is BY DEFINITION the sexualization of children. , you're not 'reporting', you're *promoting*.

How

Omg stop

Butthole party

Used to make good documentaries now shilling for the pedo groomers🤦🏻‍♂️

RIP net geo 😢

The worst part is knowing somebody got paid to publish this article.

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