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By Rachel Hutton. Sitting around the bonfire in Gilbert, Minn. Even as recent decades have brought increased rights for LGBTQ people, along with widespread acceptance, a long history of discrimination has led many of the campers to enter new places somewhat cautiously. Which is why they were especially appreciative of CampOut.

It had been a busy day for Skrbec, who also heads the Range Iron Pride Festivaland had planned the CampOut weekend to coincide with that festival, which had drawn hundreds to nearby Virginia, Minn. CampOut is part of a growing trend in affinity-group travel, club includes trips and activities expressly for people of diverse identities.

In the realm of outdoor recreation, that means more opportunities for groups that can encounter barriers to access, such as people of color, people with disabilities and LGBTQ folk. As more Americans participate in outdoor recreation activities, and the group becomes more diverse, our image of the north woods hunter, fisherman, ATV rider needs to change, Skrbec said.

They need to have their spaces where they can feel like they can sex and enjoy something out in the wilderness. Skrbec grew up in Gilbert, where his family ran a mobile-home park. But I will not negotiate on that. I am not gonna go back in the closet. The Iron Range he returned to felt more accepting than the one he had left.

The festival, a small version of big-city Pride events, had booths for the public library, a local counseling center and an LGBTQ advocacy group. There were the summer festival staples — cornhole and face painting onsite prize wheels — along with free condoms and mpox vaccinations. A group of church folks, which showed up to proselytize, was quickly redirected toward the free-speech zone.

Back at the West Forty after visiting Pride, CampOut attendee Nate Koenig of White Bear Lake noted that visibility can also be far less flashy: as mundane an act as he and his partner sharing morning coffee outside their camper. In Minnesota, same-sex couples are more likely to live in Minneapolis than rural area s.

And difference, of any sort, can be more conspicuous in communities small enough to park your John Deere Gay outside a downtown sports bar. And some locals say that the longtime family dynasties can breed provincialism and a suspicion of outsiders. But even if some residents say the area feels decades behind in its embrace of diverse communities, they do sense a change.

Past experience had made them wary.

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When camping in conservative-leaning states such as Wyoming or Montana, Heather Wallmow of Anoka said she and her spouse are mindful of how they present themselves. Gabriel Tabolsky of St. Cloud also appreciated the sense of acceptance. Nesset, a longtime Ranger, said his identity could put him at risk in remote areas. Horne, a recent transplant, agreed.

Rachel Hutton writes lifestyle and human-interest stories for the Minnesota Star Tribune.