How did one summer settlement Fire Island bee a 'safe haven' for gay men and lbians s before the uprisg at Stonewall Inn?
Contents:
- THE VERY GAY HISTORY OF FIRE ISLAND
- ON FIRE ISLAND, NEW YORK'S ELE GAY GETAWAY, THE PARTYG PSED FOR BLACK LIV MATTER PROTTS
THE VERY GAY HISTORY OF FIRE ISLAND
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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.