Article on changg scene Hamptons, where young, gay party crowd has given way to more staid socializg as area's gay populatn grows olr, richer and more upled-up; photos (M)
Contents:
- A CHANGE OF LIFE THE GAY HAMPTONS
- HAMPTONS GAY TRAVEL
- AT SWAMP SE, HAMPTONS PRI SE CHANCE TO HONOR GAY HISTORY
A CHANGE OF LIFE THE GAY HAMPTONS
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The party was a $90-a-person fund-raiser for New York Cy's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Communy Center, held at the home of Bce Anrson and Ken Kuch, which was draped a rabow-striped Gay Pri fund-raiser, s third year, attracted 750 guts, far more than the past, no small part bee was jt steps om Two Mile Hollow Beach, where on the eveng of June 13 two men were arrted for havg oral sex.
It was a highly publicized cint at a longtime gay beach.
HAMPTONS GAY TRAVEL
Many gay Hampton, while acknowledgg the illegaly, viewed the arrts as a form of harassment, prompted by prsure om a lol homeowner's associatn. Ined, the anizers of the fund-raiser said they nsired the large, joyo turnout a symbolic many ways the mostly male party -- and the beach cint and pickup scene themselv -- are anachronisms, remiscent of an earlier era when the Hamptons were a statn for many gay sgl their 20's, who easily met at bars like the Swamp.
Today there is no gay bar anywhere between Southampton and Montk, and the gay Hamptons have bee a staid place where people socialize over dner and talk of kchen renovatns and children's play dat.
AT SWAMP SE, HAMPTONS PRI SE CHANCE TO HONOR GAY HISTORY
The area's gay populatn has grown olr, richer and more upled-up.