A Community Conversation on Supporting Transgender People

About our facilitator: 

Chris Rehs-Dupin (he/him) is a nationally recognized camp theorist, speaker, author, and consultant whose work explores belonging, leadership, identity, and what it means to stay human in complicated times. He is the founder of TQAMP and has spent more than two decades helping camps and youth-serving organizations build communities where young people and staff can more fully belong.

Chris is a leading voice on transgender inclusion in the camp industry and the recipient of the American Camp Association’s Hedley S. Dimock Award, a national honor recognizing significant contributions to the field of organized camping. His writing has appeared in "Camping Magazine", where he combines practical strategy, personal storytelling, humor, and an enduring belief in the transformative power of camp.

In 2026, Chris published his first book, "Impounded: Real Lessons in Leadership, Humanity, and Holding the Line*", a funny and deeply human exploration of the lessons he learned after trading summer camp leadership for a job at a city impound lot.

Lately, Chris has been thinking a lot about one deceptively simple idea: we need each other. Human connection is not an extra—it is one of the ways we survive. His work invites people to practice the courage required to stay in community, especially when fear, difference, grief, and a fractured world make disconnection feel easier.

Known for warmth, humor, bright clothes, and asking very big questions, Chris lives in Ohio with his wife, Amy, and their two children.