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Contents:
- 10 BT GAY BEACH THE WORLD
- DAY DRKG AT THE “GAY BEACH OF NEW YORK”
- THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS
- DIVERSE GAY BEACH - ROCKAWAY BEACH
10 BT GAY BEACH THE WORLD
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When I ask why they e here, they all giggle before one of them tells me, “The gays.
DAY DRKG AT THE “GAY BEACH OF NEW YORK”
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Baldg gay guys wh matchg potbelli eat guamole unr a circle of Life Is Good umbrellas; others throw back tall boys unr a shady tent. Historilly, has been the most popular gay beach New York Cy.
DIVERSE GAY BEACH - ROCKAWAY BEACH
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"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. 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.