Cherry Grove Stories is a joyous account of an iconic gay haven that has always played a crucial role in LGBT history. It is part of Fire Island that is located just off Long Island, New York and which started out in the 1950’s when gay men and women needed a safe place to escape from … Continue reading
The Metrograph, NY’s newest and hottest Art house theater is showing a series of movies in August under the banner ‘On Fire Island.’ The program celebrates the unique gay summer destination that queer New Yorkers have been flocking too in droves for decades now. During this time this 30-mile-long sandy utopia has been witness to … Continue reading
Artist/photographer/writer Tom Bianchi who specializes in male nude photography has a new exhibition that opens today (and runs to Sept 16) of images he took of the gay mens paradise in the 70’s: Fire Island Pines. Called ‘Fire Island Pines Polaroids 1975-1983’ which is also the title of a memoir that Bianchi published a couple … Continue reading