Fire island

First-time visitors realize that wherever they stay, they don’t have to worry about what to wear or what to do on Fire Island.

Cozy New York City - COZY DAY TRIP TO FIRE ISLAND, NY

Bulging Speedos, tight Levis, tanned torsos and hosepipes galore: Tom Bianchi’s Polaroids capture summer sexiness through the eroticised male body. Bianchi – a photographer and writer from suburban Chicago who has published more than 20 books of work – began visiting Fire Island Pines in the 1970s, where he snapped gay couples cavorting on vacation on his Polaroid SX-70 camera.

Fire Island

Take a look back at Tom Bianchi's fleshy Polaroids of New York’s Fire Island, which then and now served as a highly toned, highly sexual refuge for the LBGT community.

Need a few ideas for your next weekend or day trip? You'll never be bored with this list of things to do in Fire Island.

Fire Island in New York is one of those special vacation destinations...

The gay rom-com from filmmaker Andrew Ahn and writer/star Joel Kim Booster is charming and represents a step forward—but it’d be nice to see different bodies represented on screen.