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DIVERSE GAY BEACH - ROCKAWAY BEACH

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

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. 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.

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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.

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REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS

Gee Chncey, Gay New York: Genr, Urban Culture, and the Makg of a Gay Male World, 1890-1940 (New York: Basic Books, 1994). Hugh Hagi, ed., Swasarnt Nerf’s Gay Guis for 1949 (New York: Biblgay Publitns, 2010). Perry Brass, “Lost Gay New York: Riis Beach a.k.a., Screech Beach,” Queer New York June 25, 2010, b.ly/2ex9H5z.

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