History Matters: Delaware's Gay Beach | Delaware First Media

Contents:

• GAY IENDLY CLUB DEWEY? - DEWEY BEACH FOM
• THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH ST. PETE/CLEARWATER
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS DEWEY BEACH
• 5 GREAT GAY BEACH THE USA
• ANTI-GAY TABLISHMENT! - THE STARBOARD
• HISTORY MATTERS: DELAWARE'S GAY BEACH
• REHOBOTH BEACH GAY GUI: HOTELS, BARS AND MORE
• WE ARE GAY FRIENDLY – GAY BS DIRECTORY
• GAY DEWEY BEACH (SSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE)
• GAY MARSEILLE · BEACH
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

GAY IENDLY CLUB DEWEY? - DEWEY BEACH FOM

Gay iendly club Dewey? Are any of Dewey's club's gay iendly enough that two dus dancg wouldn't raise any eyebrow? Re: Gay iendly club Dewey?

Pete/Clearwater has been risg populary as a gay travel statn the last few years, and ’s clear why. It’s been nicknamed “the gay beach” for s mostly LGBTQ beachgoers.

THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH ST. PETE/CLEARWATER

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS DEWEY BEACH

Tman's Ltle Whe Hoe is a tourist mt-see Key Wt, ntled on Front Street, jt a stone's throw away om the many bars, rtrants, and gay nightlife that make Key Wt an LGBTQ+ statn. C., the beach town served as my safe harbor, and was also my secret statn durg many summers, where I would go explore the gay bars, albe not always -- or ever -- a sober my six years on Capol Hill, I had shar straight beach ho Dewey Beach, Del., which is about a e and a half south om Rehoboth. No one ever did, and as the trolley ma a sharp left hand turn once we arrived the Rehoboth province, and while the rirs had their ey shut wh lghter, I would magilly slip off, disappearg to the darkns of the night, and reappearg at several of the gay bars downtown Rehoboth, most promently the Blue Moon or the Frog Pond.

5 GREAT GAY BEACH THE USA

I was not always weled wh open arms, and now I unrstand why there was so much trepidatn when I walked the doors of Rehoboth gay bars. I was athly aaid to walk to a gay bar, or be seen near one, lt someone thk I was actually gay. Rehoboth is almost like a rnerstone my life as a proud gay man, where I me to gradually bee more fortable beg outwardly and openly gay, and to be happy about when I vis, I take long ns, first through Poodle Beach, the gay gatherg place on Rehoboth's shore and ogle all the hot guys, then I jump up on Rehoboth's stunng e-long boardwalk passg Grotto's Pizza where I famoly sang Frank Satra classics for their grand, I angle off the boardwalk, and smper down the long road that ns parallel to the beach and where Joe Bin's hoe ss, and n -- not bike and pass out -- to Cape Henlopen Park.

) Given all the antic activy on South Beach, 's easy to fet that 's one of the hight-qualy urban beach Ameri, thanks to the sheer width and length of s whe sand and s generally lm, unqutnably geo emerald-to-turquoise those rabow flags on the beach weren't enough of a marker, the drag shows that spill out om the Palace should tell you that 12th Street is gay central; jo the party wh juicy burgers and tropil drk specials. 's sun-seekg gays. For a fun nearby si trip wh a few ol gay bars, see Dtatn - Venice Beach.

ANTI-GAY TABLISHMENT! - THE STARBOARD

5th Avenue Beach — Asbury Park, New JerseyWho knew that Bce Sprgsteen's old hnt would turn out to be a gay summer statn? It took nsirable mment and visn to gentrify this formerly crep beach town full of Victorian ho, but now fans tout Asbury Park's rehabilatn, s diversy and s strong sense of gay muny. The gay-owned bs and public parti (advertised wh lorful flyers) are spread about this pretty summer town, but two beach are heavily gay.

The crowd accepts everyone, which is why gays have always felt wele, and will feel fortable for the open-md of every stripe. I n assure you we are not an 'anti-gay tablishment. We have a few employe who are gay, we have equent regulars who are gay, we operate a muny that is known for s support of the gay populatn.

In part two next week, we’ll exame how that history served as the foundatn for efforts to tablish equal rights for that muny the First the 70s and 80s, gay men om Washgton, DC, Philalphia and Baltimore would vatn on Delaware’s beach. Rehoboth, wh gay-accented bars like The Renega and an entire sectn of s beach unofficially claimed by queer vatners, quickly beme a favore. The three men, each wh his own experience, reprent different facets of the gay, male Rehoboth experience.

HISTORY MATTERS: DELAWARE'S GAY BEACH

Producer’s note: this piece foc on the gay, cis-genred male experience, but do not seek to lim or trivialize the experience of lbians, bisexual, trans and queer folks who vatned Rehoboth durg the years.

Max Dick: We grew up a time where you jt didn’t go around, pecially startg high school, like some of the kids are dog today, and g out as gay!

REHOBOTH BEACH GAY GUI: HOTELS, BARS AND MORE

The gay beachSteve Elks: The gay area was south of what’s now, we ll Poodle Beach. No qutn there were a lot of gay people here before that.

But 1993 there was a horrendo gay bashg.

WE ARE GAY FRIENDLY – GAY BS DIRECTORY

He pulled out and h one of the gay men upsi the head. Another one had reached to a trash n and found a champagne bottle and h another gay man upsi the head. Then Governor Carper, Tom Carper, who’s now our US Senator, stood on the lawn of the police statn Rehoboth and signed Hate Crim legislatn that add sexual orientatn, and he ved me to s at the muny of Rehoboth said, we’re not gonna take this Dick: And ed to be we had to go to what would be a “gay bar” to feel fortable.

GAY DEWEY BEACH (SSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE)

In the Uned Stat, there are plenty of great gay statns and LGBTQ travel spots – pecially along the asts.

GAY MARSEILLE · BEACH

A gay Rehoboth Beach vatn n be the perfect getaway for a group trip, uple’s statn or even a fay vatn.

The Rehoboth Beach gay muny is iendly, mpy and fun. If you make the trip there, you’ll see how I got hooked and you probably will is a gui to everythg you want to know about a trip to ReHOMO Beach.

Rehoboth Beach is a fantastic gay statn all year.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

For any gay beach statn, you need to learn where you n fd your tribe. For most gay men, Rehoboth Beach’s bt ocean ont tanng lotn is Poodle ’s more than a fun name, ’s actually got a strategic Rehoboth and the neighborg beach town, Dewey Beach, were beg surveyed, there was a fotten stretch that wasn’t put the jurisdictn of eher municipaly. Compared to many gay beach Europe and even a few the USA, there isn’t a lot of cisg durg the day.