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“Finding Fire Island” is a docu series which brings to life how a sleepy, 19th century beach town became a modern day queer mecca for artists and the New York City theater community. We will take you behind the curtain of the mystique, legends and lore of the LGBT communities (Cherry Grove and The Pines), from folks who experienced their evolution from the 1950s to today.
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00:02fire island has really been in a renaissance for every generation non-stop my great aunt went out
00:09there in 1930. i walked over there in 1956. it was the summer of 1976. 1984. what are you doing
00:20this
00:20summer we're back on fire island this time seven layers deep into the pines cherry grove's sexier
00:29sister i think one of the great mysteries about fire island is where and how stuff happens a lot
00:35of it is obviously word of mouth i know there are like telegram channels there are obstacles that
00:40you don't even know exist like houses collapsing you couldn't smoke on the dance floor you couldn't
00:47drink on the dance floor the dance floor was for dancing the sex was for upstairs in the balcony
00:52and in the middle of the night the police raided the dj booth i've been to the meat rack
00:58i'm a gay man of a certain age yes i was in the meat rack she's like do you think
01:03they're gonna
01:03like me and i'm like you're joan rivers while all of these things are true like the money and the
01:10drugs and the beauty all of that is true and it's a really great place for gay people
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