Fire Island

Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg Just Shattered Cher’s Record for Fire Island Fundraising

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Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg Just Shattered Cher’s Record for Fire Island Fundraising

On a sticky August Friday afternoon on Fire Island, New York City’s second most illustrious summer weekend destination, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and First Secretary of Transportation Gentleman Chasten Buttigieg held the most successful fundraiser in the island’s history, according to event co-chair and former 18-year treasurer of the Democratic National Committee Andrew Tobias. He … Read more

A trip to Fire Island, New York’s sandy LGBTQ sanctuary and long-time font of inspiration, where simplicity meets fantasy

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A trip to Fire Island, New York’s sandy LGBTQ sanctuary and long-time font of inspiration, where simplicity meets fantasy

Since the 1950s, creatives – and particularly the LGBTQ crowd – have made pilgrimages to this strip of land 51km (30 miles) long off the southern shore of Long Island, to find inspiration, but often for more than that: to feel safe. Fire Island has long been a place where members of the queer community … Read more