music 0:00 [Andy strumming guitar & Baylee's voice singing: "Oh let's build, let's build a place we can go”] Josh 0:08 Thank you for tuning into kin•dom campfire chats, a podcast of kin•dom community. This podcast features the voices of LGBTQIA+ youth who attended kin•dom camp at Zephyr Point in the summer of 2025. We asked the campers about their experience at camp and as a queer youth navigating the world around them. In these short interviews, the campers tell their stories of the highs and lows of everyday life as an LGBTQIA+ youth. We invite you to listen with an open mind and an open heart. music 0:50 [Andy strumming guitar & Baylee's voice singing: "This is the place”]DJ 0:53 Hi everyone, DJ here again, back with another kin•dom camp camper, and as I've been saying at the beginning of every one of these, we are overlooking beautiful Lake Tahoe, and so we're sitting outside this time. It might be a little loud. We're trying to get some natural environment sounds, but there's people around. We're hearing the sounds of nature, maybe the sound of a jackhammer or two from the maintenance crew. So don't mind that. But I am here with another camper. Camper, introduce yourself, please.speaker 1 1:20 Hello, Charlie is my name, and I use he/they pronouns. And yeah, what else do you want me to say?DJ 1:26 Thanks, Charlie. Would love to hear a little bit about what brought you to this kin•dom camp here at Zephyr Point.speaker 1 1:33 Well, my friend invited me, so that's how I got here. DJ 1:36 Is your friend someone who's already done an interview?speaker 1 1:39 Yeah, I think so. All the way.DJ 1:42 Okay, great. So fun. So you were invited by a friend, that's really cool. So what did you think the camp was going to be like before you decided to sign up, before you agreed to coming here?speaker 1 1:53 Well, honestly, I'm not like 100% sure. I guess I kind of thought it'd have like similar vibes to like the youth group I go to, which is like accepting. We're like we kinda just hang out there and like do an activity and dinner, so like similar energy to that. DJ 2:17 Do you find that it is similar so far? We've only been here for a couple of days, but how is your expectation versus the reality of your experience? speaker 1 2:28 I don't know, it's kind of like a mix of that with like summer camp, I guess? But there's also like a lot of gay people here.DJ 2:37 Summer camp with gay people. Have you been to a sleep away camp before, or is this your first time?speaker 1 2:43 I've been to a sleep away camp, um, a year ago I went to 4h camp, and I've also been to Camp Water Water Me/Villa Nueva, which I when you stay it's for the last day.DJ 2:56 How has this compared so far, even if it's just in like the preparation, the theme nights, any of the stuff you've had to prepare. How does this compare to your other sleep-away camp experiences?speaker 1 3:06 Um, well, I'm not as scared to talk to people, although I still kind of am. It's because everybody here is kind of similar to me. I've seen a lot of people who like Deltarune, which I am obsessed with that game, and a lot of gay people, of course, everyone's gay.DJ 3:25 I love that. And yes, I have already interviewed a camper who talked about Deltarune, a game I don't know anything about. Do you want to take a second and describe what the game is to me?speaker 1 3:34 Um, it's like a pixelated RPG that's very like character and lore based, and the fans are crazy with them, overanalyzing the lore.DJ 3:49 What's your favorite lore that you would want to share with an audience of listeners?speaker 1 3:55 Wait, what do you mean?DJ 3:56 Like, what's your favorite part of the game? Like, what are the characters that really draw you in?speaker 1 4:01 Rarlsei, he's.. I'm gonna dress up as him.DJ 4:04 Oh, awesome. Tell, describe for someone who doesn't know what that is. Describe what that.. So, I assume you're gonna dress up for one of the theme nights. So, describe what your costume is going to be.speaker 1 4:14 I'm gonna.. I have it in my backpack. It's like a green robe with a scarf and a green hat.DJ 4:21 Awesome, so is that what I've seen you wear earlier today already?speaker 1 4:24 Yeah.DJ 4:25 How has the reception been? What have people said to you? What kind of compliments have people given you?speaker 1 4:30 People say they like it, and I, I went to a, like, two days ago, I went to, like, a pride event near my home, wearing it, and someone offer me a pin?DJ 4:42 Did they recognize what you were dressing as?speaker 1 4:44 Yeah, that's why they gave it to me as a sacrifice.DJ 4:48 That's great. Oh, is that your first sacrifice?speaker 1 4:51 Yeah.DJ 4:52 But maybe not the last. Well, thanks. Yeah, that game sounds really popular. What else? It's like I think maybe like as you reflect on the week ahead, what are you ...
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