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Contents:
- NEW YORK CY GAY SNAS AND BATHHO
- DISVER THE 10 BT GAY BEACH NORTH AMERI (AND WHERE TO STAY)
- THE VERY GAY HISTORY OF FIRE ISLAND
- BEFORE STONEWALL, CHERRY GROVE: HOW A BEACH TOWN BEME A GAY 'SAFE HAVEN'
NEW YORK CY GAY SNAS AND BATHHO
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THE VERY GAY HISTORY OF FIRE ISLAND
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Manhattan may have s gay bars and such tradnal pickup spots as the woods of the Ramble Central Park and the piers of the Wt Village. But the ls-acceptg climate of the suburbs and the boroughs outsi Manhattan, gay men often rort to urtg one another om the relative safety and privacy of their rs.
They troll remote parkg lots that bee facto pickup spots well known gay circl but not to the general Island spots clu Two Mile Hollow Beach East Hampton, the Field 6 parkg lot at Jon Beach, a rt stop near Ex 52 on the Long Island Exprsway and the park-and-ri lot on Route 110 Melville. "The vast majory of men who e here are married, " said one longtime parkg lot er, who like the other men terviewed there recently would not tell his name bee of ncerns rangg om embarrassment to fears of gay-bashg. It's on their way home and they don't have to get volved a relatnship or any gay liftyle or social circl.
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Even the softball players who arrive after work and change their shirts outsi their rs do not seem to notice the admirg dience they attract sce most of the gay men do not leave their ntacted about the parkg lot, the print of the Friends of Cunngham Park, Marc A. A stone's throw away, a group of gay men stood narratg the attempt of a man trollg the lot a tan sedan to woo the cute man parked the black S. "While gay gathergs take many forms ethnilly diverse Queens, om the scene Astoria Park to the gay bars servg Central and South Amerins Jackson Heights, many ethnic groups have strong taboos agast homosexualy.