Photos of New York's Beloved Inclive Gay Beach, Jab Riis Park That Feel Like Home

Contents:

• NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL
• THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS
• 8 POPULAR GAY HOTELS NEW YORK CY
• GAY BEACH STATNS PLAN FOR SUMMER, WH PANMIC MD

NEW YORK CY GAY TRAVEL

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) 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.

THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS

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. As a se of activism, the beach was the lotn of a 1971 voter registratn drive led by the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), one of the first gay rights groups to form after the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg.

8 POPULAR GAY HOTELS NEW YORK CY

Though, at tim, beachgoers have alt wh homophobia here over the years, the area still matas s queer inty as one of New York Cy’s popular and diverse LGBT public spac. Gee Chncey, Gay New York: Genr, Urban Culture, and the Makg of a Gay Male World, 1890-1940 (New York: Basic Books, 1994). 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.

GAY BEACH STATNS PLAN FOR SUMMER, WH PANMIC MD

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. "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.

I’ve been a New York lol for more than ne years, so I’ll give you some of the bt New York Cy gay travel advice you n fd. From explorg storybook-like neighborhoods to dancg until sunrise at tense circu parti, there are limls ways for gay travelers to explore New York. Below, I’ll tell you where to stay for the bt gay New York experience, remend crowd-favore hotels, rtrants, gay nightlife venu and share eful travel tips.

Overall, New York has such an enormo gay populatn that ’s not necsary to lim yourself to gay-specific hotels, although I will say that some of New York Cy’s gay hotels all offer stylishly unique experienc that travelers love.

Below I’ll remend some hotels and other plac to stay by borough, addn to verg the var gay neighborhoods of New York Cy.

Midtown East is isolated om gay nightlife, the Fancial District n feel lifels the eveng, and Chatown is both isolated and dirty.

Williamsburg is the ial neighborhood for New York Cy gay travelers who want to experience that classic “Brooklyn” feel.