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Joe Campbell second from left and friends, Riis Park Beach, c. Campbell and Milk met at the beach and began a six-year relationship, living together on the Upper West Side. Source: playa gay. A group of women at the beach in Riis Park, s. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of the Lesbian Herstory Archives.

Craig Rodwell at Riis Beach, According to Rodwell, gay men were constantly harassed and given citations by police over alleged violations of the size of their bathing suits Rodwell was later arrested for objecting to this. Photo by Richard C. Courtesy of the New York Public Library.

Felix second from left; dressed as Carmen Miranda and friends at Screech Beach, summer David Bolt, Felix's partner of 34 years, said Felix was born in Brooklyn in and that he and his friends "found joy, companionship, and they were safe from harassment at this beach.

Courtesy of David Bolt.

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Aerial view of Jacob Riis Park, with the section of the beach popular with the LGBT community at the center of the photo in front of the Neponsit Hospital complex Located on a mile-long section of Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, Jacob Riis Park was named after the turn-of-theth-century social reformer and photojournalist.

Historically, New York City beaches have been popular public social gathering places for the LGBT community where they claimed certain sections as their own. When the park reopened inMoses hoped that it would be a more democratic version of Jones Beach due to its easy accessibility by public transportation and cars.

By the s the most eastern end of the beach had become a documented playa gay destination for mostly white gay men to sunbathe and cruise. Lesbian women also claimed a nearby area of the beach by the s. According to future gay rights leader and bookshop owner Craig Playa gaygay men were constantly harassed and given citations by police over alleged violations of the size of their bathing suits.

Rodwell was arrested when he attempted to object to this around As a site of activism, the beach was the location of a voter registration drive led by the Gay Activists Alliance GAAone of the first gay rights groups to form after the Stonewall Uprising. When the park was transferred to the National Park Service in with the creation of the Gateway National Recreation Area it became much more difficult to sunbathe nude.

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Historically, it has been the most popular gay beach in New York City. Header Photo. Credit: Christopher D.