Cherry Grove, Fire Island
Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town
by Esther Newton
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For thousands of gay men and lesbians in America, Cherry Grove -- the oldest continuously inhabited resort on Fire Island -- has meant freedom. Not simply the leisure-time freedoms from work and noise and pollution, but the far rarer freedom to socialize in public without risking a beating, to stroll arm in arm without hesitation, to leave the curtains open without fear -- in short, to live the American dream that was denied to gay men and lesbians on the U.S. mainland. In her rich and detailed cultural history of Cherry Grove, Esther Newton tells for the first time the full story of this unique community, the oldest gay and lesbian town in America.
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Gay communities, Gay men, Gays, History, Lesbian communities, Lesbians, Homosexueller, Gay community, Homoseksuelen, Lesbierin, Lesbian community, Geschichte, LGBTQ history, Gays, history, New york (n.y.), history, LGBTQ anthropology, Ruth Benedict Prize, Gay and lesbian studies, LGBTQ spaces and placesShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town
2015, Duke University Press
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Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town
1993, Beacon Press
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