Gay Freedom Camp 2026

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1

6:30–7:30 PM: Dinner - Dining Room (Dinner circle at 6:20.)
We'll have our first dinner with our lodge groups.

8:00–9:30 PM: Opening Circle - Great Room
We'll gather to welcome one another, set intentions, build shared agreements, and begin creating connection for the days ahead.

10:00–11:30 PM: Puppy Pile & Sound Bath with Sean McLaughlin and Wyatt Mylius - Great Room
Sean will lead you in a clothing-on, non-erotic guided group snuggle and relaxation experience, with sound provided by Wyatt using singing bowls, gongs, and other instruments to enhance the experience.

10:00 PM–?: Evening Activities - Various Locations
Enjoy our wood-fired sauna and games.

THURSDAY, JULY 2

7:30–8:30 AM: Morning Yoga with Tim Cooley - Great Room
Join our resident yogi for morning yoga. Tim is very skilled at making it accessible for all levels from beginners to experts. Wear loose, comfortable clothing, or nothing at all.

8:30–9:30 AM: Breakfast

9:30–10:30 AM: Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Please attend your lodge group!

11:00 AM–12:30 PM: Body Balancing for Wellness: Body and Mind with Robert Bangiola - Great Room
Robert returns to work with us using his "Bangiola Protocol." Part Craniosacral Therapy, Bengston Method, Alexander Technique, and part Tai Chi, Robert will lead you to find your most comfortable self by using motion and touch. Stretch with intention, and take it in the direction you want: to relax, or energize! Parts of this workshop will stay with you as you keep learning about your beautiful and changing body. This grounding exercise is open to people of all forms and capabilities. In addition, Robert will have five private sessions available by appointment.

11:00 AM–12:30 PM: Talking Daddy with David Dunn Bauer - Temple
What makes someone a Daddy? Is it an identity, a role, a feeling that evolves over time, or did it happen all of a sudden? Boys become Daddies. Can Daddies become Boys? Whether or not you’ve been a father, this lively discussion explores the meaning of “Daddy,” how we grow into it, and what it means to us personally.

1:00–2:00 PM: Lunch

2:30–4:00 PM: Drawn to Discovery with Scott Harkes - Temple
A creative self-exploration workshop using comic-book cover art, archetypes, and visual storytelling to uncover the hero within our queer journeys. Participants will create their own “hero cover,” exploring themes of liberation, resilience, erotic identity, recovery, chosen family, and transformation through art and imagination. No artistic experience required, only curiosity, openness, and a willingness to play.

2:30–4:00 PM: Afternoon Spiritual Centering with Christian Giadolor - Great Room
A non-religious experience blending movement, sunlight, and spirit to help ground us and deepen our connection to the land of Easton Mountain. Please note that participants may spend a brief portion of the workshop outdoors.

4:30–6:00 PM: Forest Discovery with Sound with Wyatt Mylius - Meet at Temple
Step into a guided forest bathing experience designed to reconnect you with nature, your senses, and a deeper sense of presence. This journey blends traditional forest bathing practices with sound, movement, and simple ritual.

4:30–6:00 PM: Playful Touch with Moss Tidd - Temple
Through games, sharing, and play, we will explore ways of touching and being touched that are fun and sensuous. Activities and clothing are optional. This is a safe space to grow.

4:30–5:30 PM: 12 Step Meeting - Hunter Reynolds Room

7:00–8:00 PM: Dinner - Dining Room (Dinner circle at 6:50.)

8:15–9:30 PM: Contra Dance with Kathryn Wedderburn & the Eclectic Orchestra - Great Room
Kathryn and her musicians will lead us in a lively evening of group dancing, connection, and fun. No experience needed, just bring your willingness to move, laugh, and join in.

9:30–11:30 PM: Cuddle-bation with Scott Harkes - Downstairs Main Temple Space
A progressive exploration of intimacy, connection, consent, and pleasure through intentional cuddling. This workshop will also serve as the opening to our Play Space. The first hour is a low-spice journey, discovering comfort and communication in fully clothed, nurturing cuddles. At the midpoint, participants can either conclude or opt into a high-spice exploration, where cuddling deepens into clothing-optional, full-body sensual and/or erotic touch. Whether you stay for one half or both, you'll leave more attuned to your body's needs and the joy of shared, mindful touch.

10:00 PM–?: Evening Activities - Various Locations
Enjoy our wood-fired sauna, play space, and games.

FRIDAY, JULY 3

8:30–9:30 AM: Breakfast

9:30–10:30 AM: Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Please attend your lodge group!

11:00 AM–12:30 PM: Butt Woo-Woo with Scott Harkes and David Dunn Bauer - Great Room
A 90-minute, discussion-based exploration into the emotional, spiritual, and biological facets of our relationship with our behinds. Led by Scott Harkes and Rabbi David Dunn Bauer (The Art of Butt Whispering), this engaging program dives into cultural taboos, sacred texts, and how pleasure, trauma, and even our gut flora connect to our emotional well-being. Together, we'll unpack how we hold feelings, spirituality, and cultural narratives in this oft-ignored part of ourselves, and why reclaiming it is essential for whole-being wellness.

11:00 AM–12:30 PM: Gay Men of Wisdom with Rob Mack - Temple
Based on ideas in Raymond L. Rigoglioso’s book “Gay Men and the New Way Forward,” this workshop will explore how what we once may have thought of as our shameful weaknesses are actually our greatest strengths. No matter the struggles of our pasts, our traits and experiences as gay men have shaped us into the compassionate, passionate, creative, sensitive, strong, intelligent men we are today. Who we are is not a defect, how we have lived our lives is not shameful. They are the foundation of the gifts that we give to the world, and the world needs our gifts!

1:00–2:00 PM: Lunch

2:30–4:00 PM: Freedom Figure Drawing with Rob Mack - Great Room
Come grab a pencil and pad and try your hand at some nude figure drawing! This is an informal session for all levels, from beginner to pro. A few of us will volunteer to be models, as well. So whether you've done this before, or have been curious to try it, please join us for a relaxing time sketching your friends (or being sketched) in the buff!

2:30–4:00 PM: Resilience, Song & the Stories We Tell Ourselves with Tyler Flowers - Temple
We all have our stories of our lives and "what happened." Throughout our lives these narratives change, sometimes they change many times over the course of an afternoon. In this workshop, participants are invited to examine the story they have for themselves by contemplating three simple, yet expansive, questions. Participants will also be treated to live music and storytelling to tie together the themes we will be working with. Music is a powerful transformative tool when it comes to the stories we tell ourselves, and I invite people to witness the powerful changes it can induce.

4:30–6:30 PM: Massage à Trois with Scott Harkes and David Dunn Bauer - Great Room
This guided erotic massage experience invites you to explore the power of asking for what you want, offering generous touch beyond attraction, and co-creating moments of sensual connection. Working in trios, each person will take a turn as the "star" while the other two offer touch in a structured, consensual, and playfully erotic setting. Advance sign-up is required. This workshop includes nudity and erotic touch with randomly assigned partners, with an emphasis on consent, communication, and honoring personal boundaries.

4:30–6:00 PM: Sacred Nature with Robert Bangiola - Temple
Join Robert on a trail walk through the grounds of Easton Mountain. Enjoy this low-impact walk while becoming more familiar with the terrain, local flora and fauna, and tips for forest management, hiking, and camping best practices. We may even find walking sticks and inspiration to return to the forest again and again. Rain or shine. Robert is a Cornell University Master Forester and long-distance hiker, having completed two of America's four major long-distance trails, including the Appalachian Trail.

4:30–5:30 PM: 12 Step Meeting - Hunter Reynolds Room

7:00–8:00 PM: Dinner - Dining Room (Dinner circle at 6:50.)

8:30–10:00 PM: Talent Salon - Great Room
Come share your talents or simply enjoy an evening of entertainment, laughter, and community. Whether you sing, dance, tell stories, perform comedy, read poetry, or have another gift to share, everyone is welcome to participate or cheer on their fellow campers.

10:00–11:30 PM: Freedom Through Frequencies: A Sound Journey with Wyatt Mylius - Great Room
As the day winds down and the night settles in, surrender to a deeply restorative sound experience designed to quiet the mind, relax the body, and invite a sense of inner freedom. Surrounded by soothing vibrations from gongs, singing bowls, and other healing instruments, you'll be guided into a peaceful state of rest, reflection, and renewal beneath the stars.

10:00 PM–?: Evening Activities - Various Locations
Enjoy our wood-fired sauna, play space, and games.

SATURDAY, JULY 4

We'll also be welcoming our Day Pass guests as they arrive for an afternoon and evening of Freedom Camp festivities.

8:30–9:30 AM: Breakfast

9:30–10:15 AM: Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Please attend your lodge group.

11:00 AM–12:30 PM: Finding Harmony: Freeing the Voice Together with Mark Canlas - Great Room
A low-pressure singing and voice workshop for non-musicians and singers alike, helping participants move beyond unison into simple harmony, group sound, and vocal freedom.

11:00 AM–12:30 PM: Freedom Statements: Exploring the Four Freedoms with Chris Montani - Temple
Inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms, this workshop invites participants to reflect on what freedom means in their own lives today. Through brief historical framing, group conversation, personal reflection, and writing, participants will explore where they feel bound, where they feel free, and what freedom means in community. Each participant will have the opportunity to draft and share a personal "freedom statement" and reflect on how we can support one another's freedom.

1:00–2:00 PM: Lunch

We'll be welcoming our Day Pass guests as they arrive for an afternoon and evening of Freedom Camp festivities.

2:30–3:30 PM: Gay History Game Show with Tyler Flowers and Rob Mack - Great Room
Which government employee became a pioneer of the LGBTQ+ rights movement after being fired for being openly gay? What hit Broadway show did Cindi Lauper write the music for? Which of The Golden Girls had a gay brother? Who were the Daughters of Bilitis? Join your hosts Tyler and Rob for a fun hour of LGBTQ history trivia. There will be laughs, there will be prizes, there will be opportunities to share what you know, and learn something new! So, come on down… to the Gay History Game Show!

2:30–3:30 PM: 12 Step Meeting - Hunter Reynolds Room

4:00–5:30 PM: Slip and Slide & Outdoor Fun - Backyard
Come find out why Moss's famous Slip and Slide has become an Easton Mountain tradition! We'll also have other water activities, outdoor games, and plenty of opportunities to cool off, laugh, and enjoy a summer afternoon together.

5:30–6:30 PM: Deck Party: Songs of Freedom with Tyler Wansley and Friends - Deck
Join us on the deck for wine, cheese, crackers, music, connection, and celebration as Tyler and friends lead us in songs of freedom, joy, and community.

7:00–8:00 PM: Dinner - Dining Room (Dinner circle at 6:50.)

8:30–10:00 PM: Freedom Bonfire with the Freedom Camp Team - Meet on the Deck
Join us under the stars for a powerful ritual co-created by participants and facilitators. Gathering first on the deck, we'll walk together to the fire pit, where Moss Tidd will lead us in a labyrinth walk before we release intentions into the fire, honor queer ancestors, let go of what no longer serves us, and celebrate the flame of pride that lives in each of us.

10:00–11:30 PM: Freedom & Pride Dance Party with DJ Sean - Great Room
Queer joy is an act of resistance, so come join DJ Sean as he brings the dance floor alive! Enjoy a killer light show and a non-stop mix of songs celebrating freedom, Pride, and all your favorite requests. There's no dress code, so you have the freedom to rock whatever funky and fabulous outfit you want, or go as bare as you dare!

10:00 PM–?: Evening Activities - Various Locations
Enjoy our wood-fired sauna, play space, and games.

SUNDAY, JULY 5

9:30–10:15 AM: Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Join your lodge group one last time to reflect on the weekend and prepare to close our time together.

10:30–11:00 AM: Morning Radiance with Christian Giadolor - Great Room
A joyful, non-religious communal offering expressed through musical performance and shared celebration. This service will honor the movement and vitality of summer while exploring freedom as a spiritual and embodied practice.

11:00 AM–12:00 PM: Closing Circle - Great Room
This will flow directly from the service into our final circle, where we'll share reflections, express gratitude, and close Gay Freedom Camp together.

12:00–1:00 PM: Farewell Brunch