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PHOTOS: The World’s 10 Best Gay Beaches 2013

Apr 10, 2013 by
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PHOTOS: The World’s 10 Best Gay Beaches 2013

It’s been an especially long winter this year, but those screams of “Keep those carbs away from me!” heard echoing from gay haunts across the northern hemisphere can mean only one thing: Summer 2013 is finally on its way. Just …

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Fire Island Pines Pavilion Returns With A Whole New (But Classic) Sound

Apr 05, 2013 by
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We  had a moment to kiki with one of the folks working on getting Fire Island Pines ready for summer 2013. We got a lot of good dish from her, some of which we can’t share yet because it hasn’t …

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Thank Godiva: Gays Will Be Able To Nude Sunbathe On Fire Island After All

Mar 01, 2013 by
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Thank Godiva: Gays Will Be Able To Nude Sunbathe On Fire Island After All

Earlier this week we reported that park rangers were cracking down on public nudity on Fire Island, a popular gay vacation destination just a few hours from Manhattan. While its true the public-decency statutes on the barrier island will be …

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New York’s Fire Island Bans Nude Sunbathing

Feb 27, 2013 by
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New York’s Fire Island Bans Nude Sunbathing

A longtime vacation mecca for New York’s gay community is ordering folks to cover up: Park officials on Fire Island have announced nude sunbathing will not be tolerated when the season begins later this spring. There has been a ban …

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WATCH: Fire Island Pines Pavilion On Track For Spring Re-Awakening

Feb 15, 2013 by
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Like a phoenix rising from the gay ashes, Fire Island Pines’ Pavilion is reemerging from the devastating 2011 fire that destroyed the legendary nightclub. Owners now say the Pavilion will be reborn in time for the Pines’ 60th anniversary season …

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Picture It: Fire Island Pines Invasion, 1999!

Dec 25, 2012 by
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzHgzG1NcU4] We’ve all heard about Christmas in July, but today we’re serving July in Christmas—specifically the annual July Fourth Fire Island Pines Drag Queen Invasion from way back in 1999. It’s a sea of shoulderpads, bi-level haircuts and Teletubbies. …

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More Details On Fire Island Pines, Cherry Grove After Hurricane Sandy

Nov 07, 2012 by
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More Details On Fire Island Pines, Cherry Grove After Hurricane Sandy

Taking a pause from our election victory dance, we received an email from Fire Island Pines Ventures general manager Constantino Papadakis, who gave us some more details about how the gay getaway fared with Hurricane Sandy: FIP Ventures, which owns …

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