Photos of New York's Beloved Inclive Gay Beach, Jab Riis Park That Feel Like Home
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- NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL
- 10 BT GAY BEACH THE WORLD
- THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS
NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL
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Many are left wonrg what will happen to the plot of land the hospal habed; some have fears the spot will be taken over by velopers and transformed to a space that is no longer welg and nothg will ever tly pture the sense of The People’s Beach, there are some optns for those still seekg a queer-iendly summer two down is Fort Tiln, a seclud beach where gays gather when search of a more low-key, remote vibe.
It's known today by lols as a gay beach, an affirmg space for queer and trans bodi to be publicly visible, but few know s history as such, which dat back nearly a beach was named for the Progrsive-era photojournalist Jab Riis 1914. A 1963 New York Tim feature dubs Jab Riis Park among the summer vatn spots "the New York homosexual n fd" that are "equented by his kd.
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" Later 1974, the Tim noted that "Bay 1 at Riis for some years been a gatherg place of homosexuals.
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"We don't thk of queerns as havg such a long lifpan, but this has been a gay beach for longer than most people live, " he ntu. Historilly, has been the most popular gay beach New York Cy.
"Gay Beach" at Riis Park, 1960. Acrdg to Rodwell, gay men were nstantly harassed and given catns by police over alleged vlatns of the size of their bathg sus (Rodwell was later arrted for objectg to this).
Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) voter registratn, 1971.
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Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) softball team, wh gay rights lear Barbara Gtgs kneelg at right, at Riis Beach, early 1970s.
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By the 1940s the most eastern end of the beach had bee a documented well-known statn for mostly whe gay men to sunbathe and cise.
Durg the 1960s this area of the beach beme clothg optnal and was affectnately referred to as “Screech Beach” due to the gay prence.
Acrdg to future gay rights lear and bookshop owner Craig Rodwell, gay men were nstantly harassed and given catns by police over alleged vlatns of the size of their bathg sus.