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Brave Trails offers accredited overnight leadership camp sessions and a seven-day backpacking program for LGBTQ+ youth. The program also runs year-round leadership programming, meet-up groups, family camps, online activities, and leadership workshops. In addition, Brave Trails provides queer-affirming mental health services, family camp weekends, and in-person and virtual meet ups for LGBTQ+ youth.
• Ages: 12–18 years old
• Schedule: Seven weeks of overnight leadership camp, including four 9-day sessions and one 5-day session
Brave Trails is a national non-profit organization dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth leadership. Since 2014, the organization has expanded its programs to include summer camps, backpacking trips, family camps, mental health services, meet-up groups, and year-round leadership programming. The program provides free to low-cost year-round options, including meet-up groups, online activities, and leadership workshops, and offers at least $125,000 in financial assistance funds every year. Brave Spaces are year-round in-person and virtual meet ups for LGBTQ+ youth, and the organization also offers family camp weekends for LGBTQ+ families. Brave Trails provides queer-affirming mental health services to youth in California. The organization states that its forever home property will be the first summer camp and community space solely dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth. One camper described their experience by saying, “What most people call camp, I call home.”
Last updated April 1, 2026.
• Ages: 12–18 years old
• Schedule: Seven weeks of overnight leadership camp, including four 9-day sessions and one 5-day session
Brave Trails is a national non-profit organization dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth leadership. Since 2014, the organization has expanded its programs to include summer camps, backpacking trips, family camps, mental health services, meet-up groups, and year-round leadership programming. The program provides free to low-cost year-round options, including meet-up groups, online activities, and leadership workshops, and offers at least $125,000 in financial assistance funds every year. Brave Spaces are year-round in-person and virtual meet ups for LGBTQ+ youth, and the organization also offers family camp weekends for LGBTQ+ families. Brave Trails provides queer-affirming mental health services to youth in California. The organization states that its forever home property will be the first summer camp and community space solely dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth. One camper described their experience by saying, “What most people call camp, I call home.”
Last updated April 1, 2026.
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