Fire Island
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The Very Gay and Interesting History of the Almost Lost Tradition of the Sunday Tea Dance
This is one of Back2Stonewall.com’s most popular Gay History posts. We hope that you enjoy revisiting it or reading it…
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Back2Stonewall Sunday Tea Dance – Evelyn Thomas “High Energy” (1984) – VIDEO
Although best known worldwide for her 1980’s Hi-NRG club hits, Thomas recorded and performed in disco, jazz, and gospel music…
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Fire Island Manager Sued by Former Employees Over “Sexual Harassment”. But……..
Two twenty-two year old men Joe Rapuano-Novella and Dylan Pace ,are suing the umbrella company Outpost Pines which owns several…
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Images of the Past: Rare Video Footage of Fire Island in 1976 – Video
NYC video artist Nelson Sullivan died of a heart attack in 1989 leaving behind almost 1,200 hours of footage of…
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1970’s Gay Lit Classic “Dancer from the Dance” Gets Director, Set To Begin Production In 2016
The feature film adaptation of Andrew Holleran’s classic 1978 gay novel Dancer from the Dance about a lawyer who gives…
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OUT-NYC Owner Mati Weiderpass Kicked Out Of Fire Island Bar Sip-n-Twirl. But Was It A Set-Up?
Mati Weiderpass, co-owner of the “gay-friendly“ and now struggling OUT NYC Hotel who is facing massive backlash for hosting…
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Forgotten Memories – WATCH: Rare 5 Minute Video of Fire Island Cherry Grove 1976
In 1976 Nelson Sullivan was enrolled in film school when he shot this Super 8 film at Fire Island,…
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Back2Stonewall Sunday Tea Dance: “So Many Men, So Little Time” by Miquel Brown – (1983)
Miquel Brown (born Michael Brown) is a Canadian actress, and disco/soul singer in the 1970s and 1980s, most popular for the songs “Close…
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New Radio Documentary Explores The Gay History of Fire Island: “The Ghosts of Fire Island”
This weekend a new radio documentary will debut, that will tell the very gay history of Fire Island and its…
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RARE Video of Fire Island’s Cherry Grove, Summer 1976 – LGBT History
Images of a lost and almost forgotten time So little film footage from this era has been saved and transferred…
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