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SCMP | Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society
Located off New York’s Long Island, Fire Island has been an LGBTQ refuge since the 1950s. Truman Capote, W.H. Auden and Tennessee Williams spent time there. Above: Men relax with drinks on Fire Island, in 1963.