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THE VERY GAY HISTORY OF FIRE ISLAND

How did one summer settlement Fire Island bee a 'safe haven' for gay men and lbians s before the uprisg at Stonewall Inn? * fire island new york gay history *

How did one particular summer settlement on Fire Island bee a ‘safe haven’ for gay men and lbians almost nety years ago, s before the uprisg at Stonewall Inn?

It is the se of one of the olst gay and lbian muni the Uned Stat, suated wh two neighborg hamlets — Cherry Grove and the Fire Island P.

Durg the 1930s actors, wrers and craftspeople om the New York theatril world began headg to Cherry Grove, s remote and stic quali allowg for gay and lbians to exprs themselv eely — far away om a world that rejected and persecuted them.

ON FIRE ISLAND, NEW YORK'S ELE GAY GETAWAY, THE PARTYG PSED FOR BLACK LIV MATTER PROTTS

And they are joed by Parker Sargent, a documentary filmmaker and one of the curators of Safe Haven: Gay Life 1950s Cherry Grove, a new exhibn at the New-York Historil Society, highlightg photography om the llectn of the Cherry Grove Archiv Collectn.

Listen Now: The Very Gay History of Fire Island. Go see the show Safe/Haven: Gay Life 1950s Cherry Grove at the New-York Historil Society. Rothschild, the creator and host of the podst Hot Tak & Deep Div, channeled that obssn to an amb project lvg to this one-of-a-kd gay haven: a new podst doceri, Fdg Fire Island.

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