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

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

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.

An inic gay beach statn sce the 1970s, Fire Island is 5 kilometers off the ast of Long Island, New York, and pris a dozen beachsi muni.

Sun-seekers who head to the longtime LGBT muny of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, n expect to mgle on the shor of gay-iendly Poodle Beach wh olr lol rints and vatng cy folks om Philalphia, Pennsylvania (207 kilometers), and Washgton, D. This town has a number of fay-iendly plac, such as CAMP Rehoboth, a full-service gay and lbian muny center that aniz summer events for all ag.

DISVER THE 10 BT GAY BEACH NORTH AMERI (AND WHERE TO STAY)

LGBT-owned bs have thrived here for s, particularly the gay nightlife the Broadway Corridor Alamos Beach, which clus venu like Mhaft, a pub for the jeans and leather crowd, and Paradise, a piano bar and eatery.

THE VERY GAY HISTORY OF FIRE ISLAND

Follow the rabow flags by the lifeguard towers surfsi at the foot of 12th Street to fd the epicenter of gay-iendly Miami Beach, Florida, 4 kilometers off the maland of Miami, Florida.

This part of the beach is loud and proud, filled wh gay-iendly rtrants and bars that will tempt you to stay out all night. At one end of the lot, retire arrive to practice their golf and mothers mivans gather to wa for their Ltle other end is popular wh another set wh a much lower profile this suburban settg: gay men cisg for sex.

BEFORE STONEWALL, CHERRY GROVE: HOW A BEACH TOWN BEME A GAY 'SAFE HAVEN'

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. They don't even have to buy anyone a drk or be seen a gay bar.

"Some say, 'I'm not even gay.

Some longtime lot regulars who are openly gay enjoy gatherg to observe and narrate the forays and entreati as they occur.