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A Campground for Gay Men Bans Trans Men

Phaylen Fairchild
3 min readFeb 21, 2021

“Camp Boomerang is a private, membership-only RV park/campground that allows only ‘guys’. A ‘guy,’ in terms of this discussion, is defined as a person with a penis, presents himself as male and has a state-issued ID that says ‘male’,” owner Bryan Quinn wrote on Facebook.

The campground, which is due to open next summer in Orleans, Michigan, has become the target of justified criticism by publicly- and proudly- confessing their intent to discriminate against the trans masculine community.

“We understand this statement, unfortunately, may not make everyone happy, but feel it needs to be clarified. It is our hope that everyone who visits Camp Boomerang enjoys a comfortable, safe, non-confrontational environment going forward. Being a ‘private membership only’ entity allows us the ability to build a like-minded atmosphere. We don’t mean for this to come off as a ‘like it or leave it’ attitude, but we feel it’s necessary for everyone to know exactly what our vision is for Camp Boomerang,” Quinn explained in a February 15th post in their Facebook Group.

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Phaylen Fairchild
Phaylen Fairchild

Written by Phaylen Fairchild

Actor, Filmmaker, LGBTQ+ & Women’s Rights Activist All work copyright phaylens@gmail.com

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