‘Patricia Fitzgerald, Kay Guinness, Mary Ronin, and Bea Greer, Duffy's Hotel', ca. 1950
Cherry Grove Archives Collection, Gift of Gay Nathan and Julie Paradise
Long summer days on the beach, gay-themed theater productions, weekend house parties, sitting together in local bars and restaurants, community fundraisers—all these were spaces where gay people and their straight neighbors could form social connections and share experiences that were not possible off-island.
