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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 2: Fire Island and Other Stories

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

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The Importance of History in Gay History

Shane O'Neill was arrested in the mid-1970s on Fire Island. Boyer: "It hurts me to hear you say, like, I want to go home and to hear someone who has control over you be like, no, we're not doing what you want" He says he feels protective of O'Neill but is also excusing this from a historical context.

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