Abstract
This paper examines the liberatory potential of intergenerationality at Camp fYrefly, Ontario—an overnight summer camp for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth that is unique within its rural region. In 2023, we conducted research in partnership with Camp fYrefly, including one arts-based workshop, two focus groups, and five key informant interviews. The analysis explores one core finding: participants experience this youth-focused program as an intergenerational future-building project. Extending scholarship on queering mentorship, generativity, and futurity, the article concludes that Camp fYrefly’s intergenerationality binds past, present, and future in the collective project of queering education and making better futures possible. Intergenerationality is also what sustains the camp year-to-year, in a time of intensifying anti-trans discourse and legislation.
Methodological Approach
Qualitative
DOI
https://doi.org/10.60808/wn18-r707
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Recommended Citation
Chazan, M., Hill, M., Nicholls, R., & von Bieberstein, Z. (2026). “I Don’t Think We Do a Good Enough Job Acknowledging How Much This Space is Needed by the Adults”: Making Intergenerational Futures at Camp fYrefly, Ontario Ontario. Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.60808/wn18-r707
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