All language subtitles for 2013_Camp.Beaverton.Meet.The.Beavers.WEBRip

(mysterious guitar music)

- [Voiceover] Black Rock
City, a veritable playground

that exists for just eight
days upon a dried up lakebed

in the Nevada desert
during Burning Man,

a festival that attracts
tens of thousands

of people every year.

This is the future
site of Camp Beaverton,

the home for wayward girls.

We wanted to explore the
notion of a sacred safe space

for queer women.

As well as take a closer look

into their self-described
sex positive camp

in a setting where casual
sex was already, abound

and boundaries were
left back home.

We gave each other Playa names

and on a mission,
and I, Agent Nelsen,

went deep into the desert.

We went to Camp Beaverton
to meet the Beavers

and this is what we found.

- In 2007, which was Camp
Beaverton's first year,

I was married.

I had never been with a woman.

I had a three-year-old
son and I knew I was gay

and I was terrified of lesbians.

- My name is Ginger or Jack,

depending on what
gender I'm presenting.

Right now, I'm definitely
in Ginger mode.

I'm a first time Burner
and this is my first time

with Camp Beaverton.

I'm really, really
excited to be here

and a part of
everything. (chuckles)

- Camp Beaverton is
like a queer oasis

for women and trans both.

The first year that I came here,

the first thing I wanted
to do is find my community

and I found Camp Beaverton.

I wanted to help create
that for other people.

- I met the Beavers, right
after the Burn four years ago.

Fell in love with the idea.

It was my first time
sleeping in a tent.

First PBR, first everything.

- Some women just
come to this camp,

just to get away from
a lot of pressures

of the sexual energy
that's at Burning Man.

Sometimes it's a bit of
an escape for some women

to come here and then
other people come

for the sexual energy
of the queer women.

So, it's a bit of both.

- I came to Camp Beaverton

'cause it's a queer
trans inclusive

fun camp.

One of my besties is
the mayor of this camp

and she's like, "Pool boy,
do you wanna come this year?

"I have an extra ticket."

- We went to this
gay leadership summit

and we were joking that
the role about how you get

into Camp Beaverton
is you have to sleep

with a man.

So, what you're gonna do?

I mean I said it out loud in
front of a bunch of people.

We'll see, we'll see.

I have at least
one that I know of

that I'll be devirginizing
in my boudoir tent,

which is now not falling down.

So, it's got a full erection.

And it's nice and soft
with some drapery.

- When I told my dad I was
camping with Camp Beaverton,

he asked me, "Are they
expecting you to do things?"

(chuckles)

and I said, no dad,
they're not. (chuckles)

No, I'm just a human being
existing in a community.

I'm not expected to do
anything but it was funny.

He doesn't know that
much about Burning Man.

- I compare Burning Man
to an orgasm and that

you can describe
it to somebody else

and tell them how to get there

and you can give
them all the tools

and try and dance around
exactly what it's like

to somebody who's never had one

but you can't ever really
put your finger on it

until you've been there.

- [Voiceover] Before you can
understand Camp Beaverton,

you must first
understand Burning Man.

Originally, an experimental
art experience in 1986,

the gathering outgrew
its space on Baker Beach

in San Francisco and
so, they acquired space

from the Federal Bureau
of Land Management

in partnership with the
Native American Elders

of the Paiute Tribe.

In 1991, they created
what we now know today,

as Black Rock City.

A seven square
mile temporary city

built on a 400
square mile expanse

also known simply
as "The Playa".

In 2012, the year we
filmed the Beavers,

Black Rock City was called
home by almost 60,000 Burners.

This city runs on 10 principles.

The first is communal effort.

Individuals pouring from all
over the globe to dedicate

their hard work and
good energy, a principle

that is imperative
to the survival

of this unique experiment,
run mostly by volunteers.

Through this volunteer
spirit, the second principle,

gifting is born.

No money is exchanged
except for ice and coffee

and everything else is
given from the heart.

Nothing is expected in return.

There is a third principle.

Decommodification.

This city is void of commercial
sponsorship and advertising.

- My name is Ruf and I'm French.

And my nation gave to America

the statue of Liberty

and you gave me Burning Man.

Good trade. (chuckles)

- [Voiceover] I
should also inform you

that this is my first time
coming to Burning Man.

My co-director on the
mission, a previous Burner

and former member of
Camp Beaverton told me,

the Beavers hold what
is possibly the largest

queer women's play
party on the planet,

the Strap-on-a-Thon.

I was not sure how I
felt about play parties

and casual sex in
a hot, dusty desert

but decided to join
her on this mission,

document the Beavers faithfully
and welcome the journey.

- She just said that we
are going to her box.

- She'll be coming to my box.

- [Voiceover] Are you inviting
Agent Nelsen to your box?

- I'm inviting you
both to my box.

- Yeah, once it's all set
up, you should check it out.

It's not exactly
where I want it to be

but it's as good as the
Playa can get this year.

It's gonna be home sweet--
- Yeah, sweet box.

- Yeah. (chuckles)

- Box sweet box.

- I'm trying to make my
box home, all the time.

(chuckles)

- It's very important.

- All colors and-- - You
wanna be one with your box.

- soft shimmeries.

I'm actually across
the street (mumbling).

- The thing I love about
Burning Man is this,

we come here and we
shed the skin of society

and we get to just be ourselves

and then Camp Beaverton,
who I am and myself

without those layers
has been so celebrated

and I think that's been one
of the biggest life lessons

is that Bonnie can
just be Bonnie and

be celebrated for whoever
I am at that point in time.

That's priceless.

That's something that's
hard to come across

in the default world.

- I live in a very
conservative community.

I work in an extraordinarily
conservative industry

and I didn't have
any space for that

and I came here and I was
like a kid in a candy store.

Everything was okay.

Anything that I wanted,
I could manifest

and that's something that
I had never experienced

in my life and I've
become much more open

and softer and more open
to love and relationships

and different types
of relationships

and different dynamics
and everything is okay.

- I want you to read my shirt

'cause it kinda
defines who I am.

It says, "Not your
average Beaver!"

I am I think one of
the only straight,

I think I'm the only
straight woman camping

with Camp Beaverton
and some of the people

have been asking
me, "Well, why?"

and it's because I have
a best friend of 20 years

who's a Beaver and
she's really involved

in the community
and she invited me

to be a part of the community.

And so, I've been
here, hanging out,

making really good friends
and feeling really welcome

and definitely, getting
to experience some stuff

I've never experienced before.

- I come from a small town
and I was not very educated

about gender issues
and for me to be able

to be educated.

Say for example, one person
appears to be one gender

and they would prefer
to present as another.

Being corrected lovingly
by my campmates,

being that actually that
person is not a she,

they're a he.

I'm still learning that journey

and I feel the freedom
to be inexperienced

but to be corrected
in a constructive way

and no one's insulted
by my mistakes,

they just simply ask me to
respect what they would prefer

and that's a really,
really nice thing

that no one gets like
personally offended,

they just wanna guide
you to an understanding

of who they are.

- I consider myself trans.

I don't know.

Maybe it's sort of
a little nickname

that we say, boy but I
know there's a difference

like some people are boys.

They're B-O-Y's
and there's B-O-I

and B-O-I is more
of an androgynous.

Somebody who still considers
themselves female, I believe

and B-O-Y is more
of a trans person.

- [Voiceover] And
which one are you?

- B-O-Y.

I do consider myself trans.

- Burning man was the first
place where I was read as male

really consistently because
everybody that I was meeting

didn't have the context
and haven't seen me

as a pretty girl beforehand.

I had reserves
for myself as well

knowing that I carry
male privilege.

And I still haven't totally
come to terms with that.

I went to an all women
school for my undergrad

and so I really
value same sex space.

- I'll just tell you because
I'm not shy about it at all.

I am Ginger and I am Jack,

both of those two male
and female identities

are actually further fragmented.

Jack has a gay man
and a straight man

and Ginger has a gay
woman and straight woman

and to elaborate a
little bit further

so you understand what that
means to me personally,

Ginger as a gay woman really
loves butch, dikey women

like really loves them and
Ginger as a straight woman,

loves bleached, blonde
party boys with big cocks

and as a gay man, as Jack,
I like rimming a bear's ass

and as a straight man, as
Jack, I like bleached blonde,

big boobs, tight-assed women

and it's a giant spectrum
inside two genders

and two identities that
exists inside of me

and I feel really, really
embraced by the Playa

because I've had the
opportunity today

during our Gay
Pride Playa Parade

to hit on a lot of
middle aged bear men

and I feel very lucky
that they don't view me

from my external cis
appearance as being a woman

and from the way that
I deal with them,

they perceive me
entirely as being a bit

of a twinky gay boy, which
I am sometimes. (chuckles)

And it's been really lovely
to bat my eyelashes at them

and play with their
chest hair and whatever

and things that I never
normally do as a woman

but as a Jack, it's actually
incredibly hot to me.

- Wake up bear men!

We've got queers!

We've got back!

We've got everybody
that loves everybody!

And we love bear men!

(everyone screaming)

(lively parade music)

- Five years ago, we built
our first Beaver dam together,

just like this.

- We are Playa crushes.

Dated for two years
from Seattle and Boston

and here we are, five years
later really great friends,

still building.

- I love all of the cuddle
time and the sexy time

and the fun time.

And I love that we all
work hard and play hard.

- Did you see that I'm packing?

- [Voiceover] I did, I saw that.

Is it a softy?

- It is and it's also
a pack of cigarettes

and a lighter.

- [Voiceover] It's
functional and fashionable.

I like that.

Yeah, turns up to be a
little more of a bulge.

- Yeah, very nice.

- [Voiceover] Yeah, beautiful.

- Thanks.

This is my construction
outfit today.

- I'm excited, proud!

It's so beautiful and we
did it on record time.

Sometimes we put it up
and we take it down.

Put it up, take it
down but this time,

we have the golden team.

We had it all figured out.

- [Voiceover] What
time is it now?

- 11:50.

- [Voiceover] How
many hours is that?

- Two hours and 20
minutes, like a break.

Two hours.

We did that in two hours.

- Yeah!

- Our hard work is (mumbling)

because Thursday night,
there's gonna be 150 women

having sex (mumbling)--

- It's gonna be the most
beautiful thing in the world.

- And you build that
, they will come.

So, they'll be coming to us.

- They will come all right.

- [Voiceover] The Beavers
put me to work right away

and I did my best to
contribute to the camp

practicing the first
principle of communal effort

while establishing trust
and rapport with them.

Their structures
were built and soon,

we were given a brief
history on how Camp Beaverton

came to be.

It was actually
started by a man.

- He was driving to
Burning Man with one

of his lesbian friends
and she was saying

how she can never find
any of the lesbians

on Playa and he just had
this idea in his head.

He's like, "Well, we
have to create a camp!

"So, all the lesbians
know where to go!"

- There's no organized
place for women to know

to come that they could play.

They wanted to save space.

So, built the Beaver
Dome or got donated

the Beaver Dome actually.

- Many of us still have a
great connection to Reid.

and will always be forever
grateful but it is kinda funny

that a cisgendered male
created the Camp Beaverton.

- I think Burning Man is
something that's really special

and I think that when two
people connect at Burning Man

like they can
connect in real life

because this is the real test.

You're in a harsh environment.

The elements are
strong or crazy.

There's dust.

There's dirt.

- A lot of couples don't
survive Burning Man.

If you're not a
great communicator,

it's a pretty harsh
environment in a lot of ways

and if you don't stay hydrated

and don't have good
conversations. (chuckles)

90% water.

(chuckles)

I think we're doing a good job.

- I sleep with multiple
people on occasion.

I'm currently only
sleeping with one person

on a regular basis and
we do exchange fluids

or sleep with anybody else.

We have an agreement
that we will not.

If we need to revisit that
agreement then we will.

- We are one of the
few couples that are

in a monogamous
relationship on Playa

with all of these
sexual energy around us

and I think we're
navigating it pretty well.

- Yeah.

I'm more monogamous.

She's more monogam-ish.

(laughs)

- My partner knew
that I was poly

before we started dating
but I made the decision

that I wanted to date her
and it was worth it for me

to be in a monogamous
relationship.

It was weird being a poly person

in a monogamous relationship
but it was fine.

I just ask if I could
participate in other ways

and making out was fine
and helping people come

(laughs) was fine but
no playing myself.

But now, I'm in a great poly
relationship with two people.

I'm dating a couple,
a boy and a girl

or a man and a woman actually

and our agreements
are much different

where I can play
with whoever I want

as long as it's
say and consensual.

So, yes.

- I've been in
polyamorous relationships

for pretty much the last decade

and I've had partners who
were like two primary partners

or we didn't have
a hierarchy at all

and currently, we are
primaries to each other.

Emotional connection is
strongest with each other

and we are open to
play other outside

and have other
relationships outside.

I currently don't have any
other ongoing relationship

outside of ours but
we are open for that

so that it's part
of our dynamic.

We spontaneously got
married last year

and it was delightful and sweet

and we talked about
renewing our vows this year

and part of the
surprise Mitch said,

"Let's not do that anymore.

"I don't want to."

It was a little bit kind of mean

but it was a ruse.

It was gonna be a
little fem parade

that these ladies we're
gonna be taking out

and then they said,
there's a Lady Gaga Party

and I couldn't miss
that because I love her.

They took me out to somewhere

under the guise with
being a Lady Gaga Party

and it was a marriage
ceremony between me and Mitch

and a lot of my home friends
were scattered on the Playa

came over there to
surprise me too.

So, that was also a treat.

- And by the power vested in
me by the Stardust Lounge,

Resort and Casino and Lady
Gaga and Michael J. Fox.

(everyone laughs and applauds)

I now pronounce you,
Bone and Lollipop

(everyone cheers and applauds)

(mumbling) slippery spouse.

(everyone cheers and applauds)

- [Voiceover] As a first
time Burner, I am beginning

to think that a big part of
the appeal of this experience

lies within these three
Burning Man principles.

That of radical inclusion,

radical self-expression
and participation,

every individual
is welcome, unique

and encouraged.

Burning Man strongly advises
that transformative change

can only occur
through the medium

of deeply personal
participation.

In an effort to align themselves
with the same principles,

the Beavers offer many services
to the larger population

here at Burning Man.

- I think the most important
thing that Beaverton offers

is the dome, the all-women's
dome as a safe haven

for not just queer women
but for straight women,

for any women that wanna
come and have a safe place,

a comfortable place to
hang out, take a nap.

The dome doesn't mean that
you have to be having sex.

It's just a quiet,
comfortable hang out spot.

- It's a place for us to
come together and meet

and ask loving consent,
give loving consent

and play as far as our
boundaries will let us.

And we feel comfortable

in a completely welcoming
safe environment

and I hope that for me
like so many other people

it will be a place
where we can experiment

with things we've
never done before

with people that
we'll absolutely have
our best interest

physically and emotionally
and spiritually

as their top priority.

- There was such a great
collection of workshops

that we put on this week.

The one that I was more
involved in was the workshop

called, How to drive a vulva.

Basically, female anatomy,
how to please a woman,

directed to men and women,
taught by queer women.

- We had probably over
200 people show up.

I mean the shade structure
was just packed with people.

Different gendered people.

Let's say, a lot of men but
definitely, various genders

and so that made me excited
that that many people

on the Playa wanted to come
and learn how to drive a vulva

and they asked good questions
and they seemed really engaged

and we got lots of positive
feedback about that.

- This 40-year-old guy said,

he came up to one of the
facilitators after the workshop

and said, "So, the
clitoris is on the outside?

"I always thought it was
on the inside." (chuckles)

- People think, well that's
the end of the sexual organ

in a female but there
are nerve endings

that are on average
six inches long

that wrap around
the vaginal canal

and so, on average six inches
like the average penis.

That's just the
tip of the iceberg.

- I think a lot of people
might even look at the title

and be like, what's a vulva?

Because people don't
even know the word.

But people often use the
word, vagina, vagina, vagina

for everything and that's
actually not usually

what they mean.

They usually mean vulva.

- I gave some ninja sex
moves that I've learned.

I gave them out to the
workshop and I ran into people

throughout the week after
that and they're like,

"I've already tried it!

"It works so well." or like,

"I can't wait try the
tricks that you taught us."

- People had a lot of
questions about everything

from oral sex to hand sex

to specific things that have
come up with partners before

in situations they dealt
with body and stuff

or their partners not being
comfortable in their bodies

and how do they work with that.

There's some really
thoughtful questions.

- My favorite ninja
pussy trick is

if the clit is here
and the vulva is here,

if you go just inside the
lips and push in either side,

you'll reach in the
wishbone that comes down.

So ...

- [Voiceover] I knew that.

- Well--

(laughs)

You could teach the class
too then, just kidding.

- We did some anatomy.

I'm kind of an anatomy geek.

So, we went over some of that
and hopefully, helped people

learn their way around a
vulva a little bit better

than they knew
before. (chuckles)

- That's really exciting
and just sort of the ways

that queer women can
retrain men to be better men

and I think that's
really awesome thing.

(relaxing electronic music)

- My first year in 2009 when
I came through the gates,

I looked through the
booklet to find that

and I saw the Strap-on-a-Thon
and I was like,

oh, that's good to know.

That's how I found Camp
Beaverton was through

the Strap-on-a-Thon
and I came to that

and been coming ever since.

- I think it's gonna be really
lovely to have a safe space

for women and I
really love the dome

that's been set up as well.

You walk through a
pair of vagina lips

into this wonderful red
and orange and pink uterus

of silky fabric striping
down and comfortable things

to lie on and it feels
very magical to be there.

I think that it's going to
be sheer romance tonight

between everybody.

I don't know if I'm
necessarily gonna participate

beyond voyeurism but
I think what I'll see

will be beautiful
enough to satisfy.

- I've heard this is
the only Strap-on-a-Thon

I think on the Playa
and I've been told

that it's pretty famous
and so, I've heard

that there's a
line out the door.

They get to maximum capacity
and they have to start waiting

for women to leave before
they can let other women in.

I'm really excited
to see the crowd

that it brings to our camp.

- I walked into
the Strap-on-a-Thon

and I had already
put on my strap on

and I was wearing a
rainbow (mumbling)

and I walked in
and I looked around

and people were already
fucking and playing

and I locked eyes on this
really, really hot couple

and I scooted my way
over to them and asked

if I could watch and they
asked if I wanted to join.

And so, we had this
super hot, threesome

and then one of the
girls had to leave

and the other one, we played
for a couple more hours

and ended up going on a few
more dates that first year

after the Strap-on-a-Thon and
had a great time together.

That was my first
Strap-on-a-Thon.

My second one, the next
year, I was partnered

and she didn't come to the Burn.

I ended up just
caddying that year,

which is really fun because
I got to pass out lube

and condoms and
gloves to everybody

and last year, I had a gangbang
that I organized for myself

with some really, really hot,
hot people about four of them.

It was excellent.

I can't wait for this shit.

- [Voiceover] There is
definitely a buzz in the air

as the Beavers are well underway
with their "clittail hour".

Their version of a
cocktail hour leading up

to their well known play party,

the Strap-on-a-Thon.

- I've been to sex parties
before and to Babeland

and places like that
and have done classes

but I've never been in
an environment like this.

It will be interesting to
see what it's all about.

- Tonight is the pinnacle
event at Camp Beaverton.

It's Strap-on-a-Thon.

Tonight is Strap-on-a-Thon here.

- What is gonna be your
role at this event?

- I'm going to caddy.

- What does that mean?

- I'm gonna keep my
eyes open for any people

that have needs like
lubrication, gloves.

We wanna keep it clean.

We do practice safe
sex here at Beaverton.

- Safe sex is using
gloves, dental dams

or not exchanging bodily fluids.

Using condoms on sex toys,
lube is always a good idea.

It's not necessarily
a safe sex thing.

- On Playa, everyone
should use gloves

even if you're fluid bonded
'cause look at this. (chuckles)

- To me, safe sex is not
only just the act of safe sex

but it's the communication
and the talking about

what you know your
body and what is right

and how to stay safe
with somebody else

when they may have
other partners,

you may have other partners.

- I would just ask them
when were you last tested

and what were you tested for

and they'll tell me
and then I'll ask them

if they have any
maybe risky behavior

that they would need
to tell me about.

- The elevator speech is
invented by Reid Mihalko

readaboutsex.com and basically,

it goes like this,
last time I was tested,

it was August 3rd.

I tested negative for
everything including gonorrhea,

syphilis and I'm in
an open relationship

or fluid bonded
open relationship.

I'm free to play with
whoever I want to

within certain boundaries.

I don't like anal sex.

I might be missing
something else.

- And what do you like?

- Oh, and I like
to give oral sex.

And then if the person
responses to me and says,

I've never been tested.

I have multiple partners.

I'm an intravenous drug user.

I like being shit in my mouth

and I don't like kissing.

Doesn't mean we can't
play but it lets me know

what I need to prepare
to play with that person.

- I'm celebrating a
birthday this evening.

So, my expectation is as
many lap dances as possible

and I'm hard packing so when
people give me a lap dance,

they have something
to rub up against

that might feel nice and
to have really hot sex

with my partner in public.

I love to have people watch.

I would love to have a
third participate with us.

I'm looking forward
to co-topping

with my partner
for the first time.

- [Voiceover] Miss Glo.

- Yes, Miss Anna.

- [Voiceover] How
are you tonight?

- I'm great, how are you?

- [Voiceover] I'm
good, I'm good.

I'm having a great time.

I'm just gonna spin
around this way.

- So, you get the
moon behind me?

- [Voiceover] Yeah, yeah
but don't move, don't stop.

Okay, right there.

- You know, I like the moon.

- [Voiceover] That's right.

What's up tonight?

What are you looking
forward to most?

- Well, if you
can read my shirt,

you would see that it says,

"How about a threesome?"

As I told you earlier, I
live in a triad relationship

so, I'm all about
the threesomes.

I've already got about
maybe three couples

that have agreed to have one

so that's what I'm
all about today.

- [Voiceover] Yeah.

How many ...

- No.

- [Voiceover] They have asked
me to perform caddy duties

as part of my own
civic responsibility

to the camp.

Another of the 10 principles
here at Burning Man,

which states that community
members who hold events

should assume responsibility
for public welfare

as well as local,
state and federal laws.

While the Beavers have provided
a tub of strap-on toys,

the event is not necessarily
strap-on-centric.

Safe sex is widely
encouraged and the Beavers

have brought hundreds of
gloves in various sizes,

antibacterial wipes
for both skin and toys,

dental dams, condoms,
dildos and 500 packets

of lube to the Playa.

200 plus women are
expected to attend.

In order to respect
the sacred safe space,

the Beavers have created
for women to come

and explore their
sexual boundaries,

we have been asked not
to film inside their dome

during this event.

(serene music)

- This morning, the former
mayor gave me this shirt.

I'm very pleased to have.

Camp Beaverton for Wayward
Girls, Burning Man.

- [Voiceover] Do
you feel like you're

a full-fledged Beaver
now, Agent Nelsen?

You guys are doing a great job.

Look how beautiful it is again.

- Thank you.

We need the encouragement.

I pulled like 700
condoms out of the dome.

(chuckles)

- [Voiceover] Were you
at the Strap-on-a-Thon

last night?

- Yeah, I was.

It got real hot in
here. (chuckles)

It got hot really quickly.

- [Voiceover] Do you think
you would have participated

if you didn't have a
relationship, a girlfriend?

- Probably not actually, no.

- [Voiceover] Why?

- It's just not my nature.

- [Voiceover] Is it not
your nature for what?

For anonymous sex?

You know sex is ...
- Yeah, exactly.

- Anonymous sex, yeah.

Even though there
were several people

that were talking before
or anything ever happened,

they try to build a little
relationship before,

you can tell that's what
some people are doing

but no, I think I need a
little bit more than that.

(chuckles)

But I don't judge.

That's just me.

- [Voiceover] Do you feel
that Camp Beaverton offers you

also a safe place to be just
that without any pressure

of kinda fitting in?

- Yeah, absolutely.

Absolutely.

They have been
wonderful for that.

No pressure whatsoever.

- Last night, I was
a little overwhelmed.

There were a lot
of people in here

and I think I'm definitely,
more of a one on one person

I wanna feel more comfortable
and so, just seeing everyone

in here was a little
bit like, oh, fuck.

(chuckles) There's so many
beautiful people here.

- I would say 100
plus women. (chuckles)

Most of which were
naked and playing

and just a very beautiful
scene to behold.

I think I had to pinch myself,
slap myself on the face

a few times and be like
is this really happening?

It was amazingly
beautiful to share

in everybody's experience.

- I was terrified. (chuckles)

I didn't know if I was
gonna go at all actually

but I had some friends
that went last year

and were like, "No, just
go and you don't have

"to feel obligated
to participate.

"You can just go and
watch." and yeah,

I think I drank a
bottle of champagne

before I went (chuckles) in.

But it was a lot easier than
I thought it was gonna be.

- Once it got started and
people started playing.

I had to keep coming
out of the dome

and like checking on things.

I wanted to make sure
there was not a huge line.

People were getting in and that
everybody was taken care of

and finally, I went in
there and I was like okay.

It's time.

I dropped trough (chuckles)
and throw my strap-on.

I'm standing there and
looking around the room,

watching everything
that's going on,

putting on my strap-on
slowly, looking around

and I can see people watching me

and what's gonna happen next?

I haven't arranged
anybody to play with yet

but there's this hot
couple that had flirted

with me already.

I put it on and as soon
as I have my cock on,

I'm like, okay, it's time.

That's when my mood switches.

Now, it's in sex mode
and that was fun.

I got hit on instantly
and this couple asked me

if I would play with them.

I did and that was very fun.

- I think there was a lot
of nervous energy there

and I really found that exciting

because I really
identify with that

because that's exactly
how I felt the first time

I went to a Strap-on-a-Thon.

I had never been with
a woman before ever

and I just come out and I
went and I was nervous as hell

and I got in there and sat
down and was like, shaking

and then the person next
to me eventually asked

if they could make out with me

and we ended up
sleeping together and
it was really positive

and just really safe and
yeah, I felt really lovely.

- I could around me, women.

Pretty sure I was
talking with someone

who have never
kissed a girl before

and she went all the way
with a woman that night.

I think that felt pretty
fierce. (chuckles)

- Part of the eroticism
around it is honestly,

just like pausing for a moment
and looking to your neighbor

and seeing that someone's
getting oral right next to you

and they're enjoying it and
you can see their body moving

and you can feel the
heat off of them.

- A lot of people I know
come from using a strap-on.

It definitely gets
them really hot.

I don't know exactly
what it is about it

but it's the best
of both worlds.

I get to be a woman and
I get to have a cock

and fuck with it too.

Boys don't get to do that.

There's no strap-on
pussy really. (chuckles)

- The three of us had a
really wonderful dynamic

and I felt like Jess and I
were able to be doing more

intense fucking and Katie was
like (chuckles) ultra-support.

- I'm a good coach.

- Yeah. (chuckles)

In the back and we were
all able to kiss each other

and play with each other and
Katie would be rubbing my chest

and kissing me and
(chuckles) be behind me well.

Jess was fucking me
too and it was yeah.

- It's a lot of fun.

- It was a lot of fun.

It was definitely some
of the best sex I've had.

- I didn't realize how hot
I could make people feel

and how hot people
could make me feel.

I didn't realize how much
fun a play party could be.

I didn't realize a lot of
things before I came here

and now, I feel like I
can explore things a lot

with a lot less self-doubt.

- You can see that people are
wanting this in their lives

and how important that is
for them to have that space

and how easy it is to
get in that space too

and just start going for it.

- [Voiceover] How many
people have you had sex with?

- In life?

- [Voiceover] (laughs)

No, this past week
here at the ...

- Five, four.

Four.

- [Voiceover]
Including the strap-on?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I had all these
threesomes lined up

but shit just got
busy. (chuckles)

- [Voiceover] Is it true
that you had expectations

of actually having way more
sex than you actually had?

- Maybe.

It will happen though.

I know all these people
outside of Black Rock City.

Maybe I'll be invited
over to wine, dine in 69.

(chuckles)

- Good morning!

- [Voiceover] How you doing?

- I'm waking up.

It's about 11:00 and we're
gonna have a workshop here.

It's called Female Circle Jerk,

which we nicknamed,
the Oval Ascension.

Circle Jerk is often
associated with the guys

and even though that's
what we're gonna do.

We're gonna have a mutual
type of masturbation session

where everyone just
touches themselves

and do it in a group setting
so that it's even hotter

than it would be by yourself.

As far as I know,
everyone I've talked to,

this is the only one that's
happened at Burning Man.

It should be pretty cool.

They have a men's one
but I mean for women,

it's the only one
that's happened.

- [Voiceover] Can you
tell us just a little bit

of how you're
gonna start at all?

- It started off by
just having everyone

feel safe in the space, just
doing some introductions

and then talk about
what makes us feel hot

and when we like to masturbate,

why we do it and then
how we like to do it.

I think everyone
has their own style

and what makes them feel
good and I think one

of the best parts about
this is the people can share

and they can explore
rather the other things

somebody else does,
makes them feel good too.

It opens up their
masturbation practice.

Kinda like yoga. (laughs)

- [Voiceover] Kinda like yoga.

(laughs)

(relaxed pop music)

- [Voiceover] At last, there
is a stillness in the air

on the final night of the Burn.

As the temple burns, a quiet
has taken over this community

as we stand in
reverence and pay homage

to loved ones who have passed.

We come together in
sacred remembrance

as we welcome the healing
process of grief and renewal.

Banding together, united
in the sacred circle.

The flames hit until
the entire structure

is engulfed and nothing is left

but the love and
respect we all share.

- Oh, that thing is dusty.

You want me to blow on that?

- [Voiceover] Yeah.

- It's still dusty.

- [Voiceover] Does
that make a difference?

- Not really.

- [Voiceover] You don't think?

Do you think we look
better in the dust maybe?

- I know I do.

Look at my legs.

- [Voiceover] And after
a week of giving oneself

as well as being
mindful of the principle

of self-reliance whereby
Burning Man encourages

the individual to rely on
their own inner resources,

we are all human and people
are beginning to come down

including the Beavers.

Back at camp, a concerned
father who once had a son

but now has a transgendered
daughter sought Mayor Foxy out

to get advice and while he
did not want to be filmed,

Foxy shared her
thoughts with us.

- I think because of
the Strap-on-a-Thon,

a lot more people have
been coming around

and it's been a lot more of
that kind of thing coming

where we've been
mentoring, talking

and hosting and putting
all our energy out there.

We hold space.

We create safe space.

We educate.

We want people to come in.

We want people to come
in and sit by the fire

and talk about stuff
and ask questions

even if they think
they're stupid.

I'm like ...

We'll answer it
(chuckles) whatever it is.

We had the gay boys come in
from all these camps over here

and come hang out and it's been

just a beautiful,
beautiful space.

Why do we exist?

Because we eat.

People need us here.

So much.

- [Voiceover] I
understand that (chuckles)

that connection has happened
between the two of you.

Would you like to talk about
that just a little bit?

- No, actually. (chuckles)

Laura?

- Glo?

I don't know.

I like her.

She's cool.

- Yup.

- But we're both
have things going on

in the real world.

- [Voiceover] That's tricky.

It's always the risk.

- Yeah, she's moving in days.

- Yeah, it's Saturday right now.

I don't know if you could tell.

It's Saturday. (laughs)

I'm moving to
Berlin on Wednesday.

So, yeah, I don't know.

This feels like
a good first step

but I've really connected
with a lot of the people here.

So, including this good one.

I kinda like uh-uh (mumbling)

I'm gonna be sad that
I'm not there anymore.

- Even though you
really wanted to leave?

- Yeah.

- You still really wanna leave.

- I do really wanna
leave here, right.

Yeah, you're right.

- [Voiceover] Laura,
can you tell us about

how your Burn has been?

How has this last week
been and specifically,

since the last time we talked?

What's been going on for you?

- I just ...

(mumbling)

(chuckles)

- Laura's very popular.

Lots of people fall
in love with Laura

and they're all here. (laughs)

- Yeah, at Burning
Man this summer.

I have a lot of transition.

I had a long summer and then
Burning Man was a release.

I didn't know anyone
at Camp Beaverton

and I actually found Camp
Beaverton by Googling

Camp Beaverton and
then found the website

and e-mailed saying like
with my little bio hoping,

crossing my fingers. (laughs)
- That they would choose you?

- Yeah. (laughs)

- You passed the hot quotient.

So, you're good.

- Perfect.

And so, I didn't know
anyone coming into this

and I didn't know if I would
connect with people or not

and I told my friends, I might
be at your camp every day

because I don't know if
I'm gonna make connections

but in the last couple
of days, I don't know.

I hung out with this one.

And it's been really
nice and the people here

are just really magic.

Just deepening connections
that I made earlier.

- [Voiceover] Would
you come back in camp

with the Beavers again?

- Oh, yeah.

Fuck yeah.

I'm a Beaver for life, so yeah.

I'm gonna come
next year for sure.

This is a place that I wanna be.

- [Voiceover] One last
thing, if somebody was

considering coming
to Beaverton--

Burning Man's hard, don't come.

(laughs)

- [Both] It's dusty.

- I'm sorry what?

- [Voiceover] What
would you tell them?

- If they wanna
come, be a Beaver?

- [Voiceover]
You're the co-mayor.

- I'm the co-mayor.

Come, come, come.

Come to come.

Come, come.

That's what I would say.

- You'll have a good time.

Definitely, be a Beaver.

Show up with your whole self

because it's like,
with an open heart.

You'll find some good stuff.

- Loving women and
having bisexual identity

is a fairly complex
thing and I tend to try

and override the
complexity of my emotions

and attachment to that by
defining in very clear ways

who I'm gonna see, how
I'm gonna see them,

the kind of sex I'm gonna have,

how I'm gonna look
when I'm doing it.

It's a very constructed
sexual identity for myself

and that got completely
destroyed here.

Not just by one person
but by many of the things

I was attracted to, the people
that were attracted to me.

What made me feel good,
what made me feel sexy.

All of those things were
completely different

and the plans that I
had for lesbian Ginger

in the real world and so,
I need to take some time

to maybe separate the
fact that what I wanted

to put out there was
maybe a little bit more

about what I thought other
people would wanna receive

and maybe wasn't as
honest as I was hoping

it was gonna be.

There have been times here
where I have been dressed up

in a beautiful outfit
and I have felt

like a piece of crap and
there have been times

where I have just been
covered in dirt and sweat

and I look like an
albino from a sandstorm

and I feel like the most
glorious golden god ever

and I think that I
should allow some time

to just feel things
out instead of planning

my next adventure
and next partner

and my next interaction
so meticulously.

There's a closer
connection between my groin

and my hear right now
than there has been

in a very long time but it
was a very surprising process

and a little bit nerve wracking.

- [Voiceover] Possibly one
of the most unique principles

of Burning Man philosophy
is to leave no trace.

After the exodus of
nearly 60,000 people

and the dismantling
of Black Rock City,

an army of volunteers and
Burning Man contractors

ensure that no trace of
this festival remains

and that the Playa is restored

to its natural condition.

- [Voiceover] What is MOOP now?

- MOOP, Matter Out Of Place.

It's my favorite
Playa euphemism.

And it's fun to say.

I say it at every opportunity.

- [Voiceover] And what
are you doing right now?

- I'm picking up teeny tiny
pieces of trash on the Playa

because we don't
wanna leave any trace.

Even little pieces of fuzz,
a little tiny piece of paper,

a string, it all gets tossed.

- It's been a big day with
the structures coming down

and things not running as
smoothly as they'd hope,

some emotions have
also come down a bit.

People are feeling a
bit drained I think.

This is a lot of work to do.

They got a lot of work
done but there's still

quite a bit more to do.

(serene guitar music)

- [Voiceover] In the end,
the Beavers broke down

Camp Beaverton, leaving
us to ponder and reflect

on our experiences as
filmmakers and personally,

as members of this
unique social experiment

while meeting the Beavers.

- [Voiceover] What do you
think our agenda was here?

What were we trying to
accomplish here with the Beavers

at Camp Beaverton?

What kind of film do you
think are we trying to make?

- In the very beginning like ...

To paint a picture of
this Camp Beaverton

which I really had no
idea what to expect

like the little bit
that I heard beforehand

and to be honest, I
was kinda turned off.

I thought it's just
a big sex party.

Like they come out to Burning
Man and they do a lot of drugs

and they all sleep
with each other.

That's what I thought we
were gonna be covering.

And so, in the beginning my
intentions were to dig deeper

and try to find out
how do people do that.

How are people so carefree?

Because I am not.

I'm not like that.

But then (chuckles)
as I got to know them,

and understood that
there's actually

all kinds of Beavers,

it's funny because I
actually kinda grew to like

all of them very much.

I grew very fond of them.

- [Voiceover] Now, that
you had this week with

Camp Beaverton, do you
feel like you've opened up

sexually at all?

- I've opened up to
touch more for sure.

Because it's not something
that I say lightly

but I haven't had any
kind of interaction

in a very long time.

- [Voiceover] How long is long?

- 15 months.

- [Voiceover] (gasps)

- Yeah.

- [Voiceover] Respect.

- Yeah.

I don't know.

I had a lot of casual
sex kinda between 21

and 31 I'd say but in
the last several years,

I've been in partnerships
like relationships

and now, I'm kind of I guess
old fashioned nowadays,

monogamous, (laughs) which I
learned is old fashioned now.

Yeah, I mean I don't know.

I would look at these
couples that are open

to play and I don't know.

There was a night here where
I was thinking about it

and I woke up really sad
in the middle of the night

thinking, that's great
that they can do that

but would I want to be third?

No, because I don't think
that I could be the third

because I think I would be
too envious of what they have

and could I be in that
couple having a third?

I can't even answer
that question

because I have never had
that strong partnership

in my life.

People have asked me that.

Could you take on a third
person for a threesome?

And I just think to
myself, I don't even know

what it's like to
have a twosome.

So, how can I have a
threesome? (laughs)

It opened my eyes to
the way the young people

are coming up in the world
and expressing themselves

and I think it's great
because I feel like

Camp Beaverton, the people
here really take ownership

of themselves, their
sex lives, their bodies,

which I think we still don't
have enough of that happening,

especially for women.

That part of it, I
really appreciate.

(relaxing pop music)

- [Voiceover] But of course,
without a proper climax,

what kind of a
documentary would this be?

(people moaning)

- They want a real clap.

(laughs)

(people moaning)

- (chuckles) That was awesome.

(people applauding)

(lively electronic music)

- I don't know if I could
talk about that on camera.

- [Voiceover] And what we were--

(laughs)

- Did you hear?

- [Voiceover] All hands on Glo.

- All hands on Glo. (laughs)

Instead of all hands on deck.

- I think I might need to buy
stock in Hitachi after this.

I definitely screamed
really loudly

when I came from the Hitachi.

- Not your average
Beaver bitches!

(serene pop music)