The People’s Beach has been a well-liked gathering place for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood for the reason that Nineteen Forties, formed by its beachgoers into greater than only a spot to sunbathe and swim. It’s a spot of direct and oblique social activism, the place queer pleasure is on the coronary heart of the jumble of music, umbrella and our bodies packed tightly alongside the shoreline every weekend.
But the land instantly surrounding the seaside is drastically and shortly altering. The latest demolition of an deserted constructing, a $50 million constructing restoration plan and erosion threaten the way forward for this secure haven, some activists and beachgoers informed ABC News.
Read extra: https://abcnews.go.com/US/uncertain-future-historic-lgbtq-safe-space-new-york/story?id=111409871
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