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Hot Gay Summer: In 1950s, Cherry Grove On Fire Island Offered Sanctuary, Creative And Sexual Freedom. 14 Photos From Show Opening Today In NYC - Page 6 Of 14

‘Diaper Party, II’, 1951
House members hosting a party would often send out creative invitations with tongue-in-cheek humor. ....

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Hot Gay Summer: In 1950s, Cherry Grove On Fire Island Offered Sanctuary, Creative And Sexual Freedom. 14 Photos From Show Opening Today In NYC - Page 7 Of 14

‘Ed Burke in Ethel Merman’s Mermaid Costume, One Hundred Club Party’, 1949
Cherry Grove Archives Collection, Gift of Harold Seeley
Many Grove house parties were also fundraisers for organizations such as the Cherry Grove Fire Department; the Arts Project of Cherry Grove, which organized theatrical productions; the Dune Fund, which preserved the beach dunes; and the Doctor’s House, which provided community medical services. For the One Hundred Club Party, an early fundraiser for the Arts Project, organizers asked attendees to donate $100 to join the festivities. ....

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Hot Gay Summer: In 1950s, Cherry Grove On Fire Island Offered Sanctuary, Creative And Sexual Freedom. 14 Photos From Show Opening Today In NYC - Page 2 Of 14

‘Outside of Bea Greer’s Home, Bea’s Brunch’, 1951 Cherry Grove Archives Collection, Gift of Harold Seeley
Cocktails, sunbathing, sex, and parties were the norm during summer weekends. Gay men and women found opportunities to socialize out in the open, whether on the beach or on the decks of Grove houses.
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“During weekends and summers in the pre-Stonewall era, gay men and women, including many New Yorkers, traveled to the secluded beach town of Cherry Grove on Fire Island where they found opportunities for sexual exploration and self-expression behavior that was both stigmatized and criminalized in the straight world. Together with creative figures like Truman Capote, W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, and Patricia Highsmith, these visitors to the Grove took pleasure in the costumed parties, theatrical events, and liberated atmosphere that this gay sanctuary provided. ....

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Hot Gay Summer: In 1950s, Cherry Grove On Fire Island Offered Sanctuary, Creative And Sexual Freedom. 14 Photos From Show Opening Today In NYC

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During the 1950s, Cherry Grove provided gay individuals a much-needed escape from the homophobia and the legal and social persecution that many experienced in the era of McCarthyism following World War II. Homosexuals faced physical assault, verbal attacks, family rejection, loss of employment, imprisonment, and even involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. In the Grove, they could openly socialize and experience a joyful and rare freedom of sexual expression.
‘Weekend Guest at Hot House’, 1958
Cherry Grove Archives Collection, Gift of Harold Seeley
During the 1950s, Cherry Grove provided gay individuals a much-needed escape from the homophobia and the legal and social persecution that many experienced in the era of McCa rthyism following World War II. Homosexuals faced physical assault, verbal attacks, family rejection, loss of employment, imprisonment, and even involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. In the Grove, they could openly sociali ....

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During the 1950s, Cherry Grove provided gay individuals a much-needed escape from the homophobia and the legal and social persecution that many experienced in ....

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