Boston Queer Scouts Bug Club June 2025

Welcome to Bug Club- City Edition! 🐛✨

Are you buzzing with curiosity about the creepy crawlies that share our world? Love beetles, butterflies, and all things buggy? Then this is the club for you! At Bug Club, we dig deep into the dirt (literally!) to uncover the fascinating lives of insects and arachnids, from the dazzling wings of dragonflies to the teamwork of ants.

Come get your buzz on—Bug Club is where the wild things crawl! 🕷️🌿

Bug Data Collection

For this skill share, Kate will guide us on how to collect data for an organization called Earthwise Aware. Participation in this component is optional, you’re welcome to join Bug Club regardless!

If you're interested, we recommend signing up and joining the group before the event.

To participate, visit Anecdata, sign up with an account and then click the blue "Join" button! Kate will be going through how to properly collect buggy data during the skill share. For more information you can scroll down the page of the site until you see this button:

Sticker Purchase

After selecting your ticket you will also have a chance to purchase an official "Bug Club" sticker. All proceeds go back to Queer Scouts to keep providing accessible events in your community!

Design by: Kate Estrop [Who is also hosting this skill share!] 

Stickers made by: Triangle Manor

Accessibility

Physical

This event includes walking on a mix of paved and unpaved paths. During the skill share, you'll be able to move at your own pace to collect bug data and can choose where to go, including stepping off the paved paths.

We’re marking this event as not physically accessible because the terrain may not be fully paved or suitable for wheelchairs or other mobility devices.

If you have any questions or accessibility needs, feel free to email us at helloboston@queerscouting.org!

Sensory

Please refrain from wearing Perfumes or Colognes. This event will be outside near a busy park and well traveled pathways, expect lots of people, dogs, and bikes. 

Immune System Safety

This is not a mask required event, as the event will be mostly outdoors

Financial

This event is $5 per person. If you need financial assistance, please choose the financial assistance ticket type. 

Transit

The 74 and 78 buses will take you close to the meeting point

for more information on the best route for you to take, you can use this site here

For the exact meeting location please use: https://w3w.co/stars.neon.butter 

When walking into the park enter across from the CareWell Urgent Care at the crosswalk!

Our Values

• Gender/Identity Respect: We respect and celebrate that everyone has a dynamic identity and we want that identity to shine and grow!

• Acknowledge Injustices: We acknowledge that the current social systems are inherently unjust and we strive to recreate systems that serve all of us.

• Fun/Play: We believe that because there is so much pain and suffering in the world, we all deserve a break. We strive to create connection and relief through fun and playful skillshares!

• Health: We strive to create an environment that provides healthy food, emotional support, and care.

• Connection & Education: We believe we can all teach each other. We encourage connection, education, and sharing.

• VolunQueering: Giving time and love to our communities.

Tenets

• Radical Inclusion: We strive to create an environment where anyone could feel welcome and included. Everyone has had a variety of experiences throughout their lives that impact the way they see the world. Inevitably, when we gather, there might be conflicting attitudes and language used. Everyone is encouraged to urge each other to create inclusive language, behaviors, and philosophies.

• Drugs and Alcohol: Queer events are often fueled by alcohol and the commodification of sex. We strive to create an environment that focuses on connection. We ask that alcohol and drug use are not used during camp trips (and events) and strive to create a space that is free from the “hook up” culture that can be intimidating and exclusive.

• Participants Create: Queer Scouts is an experimentation built by participants. Workshops, meals, clean up, set up, etc, is all built on participants signing up to help and create it!

• Growth: With integrity and compassion, we will stretch together to develop a culture that cares for all of us!

We believe in creating spaces where everyone feels welcome.