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    My First Trip to Fire Island
    • Jul 18, 2018
    • 3 min

    My First Trip to Fire Island

    STORY: 1980—I started going to Fire Island in the summer of 1980. My first time, I was invited by friends who’d rented a house on the...
    Thankful for Chosen Family
    • Jun 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    Thankful for Chosen Family

    STORY: Thanksgiving used to be a time when I would go home and see family. This tradition ended 6 years ago when I moved across the...
    Fire Island Weekends
    • Jun 9, 2018
    • 1 min

    Fire Island Weekends

    STORY: In all my years at the Pines, my housemates were always fellow worker bees who toiled hard for our time at the beach. Our delight...
    Project Runway: Water Island Edition
    • Jun 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    Project Runway: Water Island Edition

    STORY: Circa 1997: While Cherry Grove and The Pines were the centers of gay life on Fire Island, another small enclave of gay culture...
    Fire Island Virgin
    • May 10, 2018
    • 4 min

    Fire Island Virgin

    STORY: 1979/1980—My first visit to Fire Island was over Halloween weekend in 1979, long after the resort’s summer season had ended. The...
    Summer in the Pines 1981
    • Mar 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    Summer in the Pines 1981

    STORY: 1981 – In this photo, I’m with my housemates and my weekend date from Boston (John Shade, with our arms around each other) on the...
    We Are Family
    • Mar 12, 2018
    • 4 min

    We Are Family

    STORY: 1979-2017: My first relationship with another man began when I met Jim at the YMCA in 1979. I was 26, about to leave a job I...

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