Exploring the history, culture and lifestyle of the legendary LGBTQIA+ safe haven of Cherry Grove, Fire Island. Hosted by documentary filmmaker Parker Sargent, we'll learn about the gay roots of the Grove and how the community continues to stay gay, through interviews of those who helped create this LGBTQ safe space and those who are keeping queer today.
Pearl Bennett recounts her move to New York City in the 70s, her experiences in Cherry Grove, and her transformative journey to embracing her trans identity in this interview.
3 Jun 2025
EPISODE 7: Walking While Trans
This episode explores the unique experiences of transgender men and women in Cherry Grove, examining their place within the community's history.
23 May 2025
EPISODE 6: Extra
This Queer Grove episode explores the ever-expanding LGBTQ spectrum, emphasizing the importance of individual identity and self-discovery within the queer journey.
23 May 2025
EPISODE 6: What About the Women?
This episode explores the history of women in Cherry Grove, examining their challenges, relationships, sexuality, and significant contributions to the community.
17 May 2025
EPISODE 5: Let's Talk About Sex
There is a sexual energy in Cherry Grove...and that energy can be felt in the literal space, but it has also become part of the identity, how the world sees this small sand bar that has become a promise in queer culture of a place that you can go to and experience freedom, and community and nature, and sex. We're going to dive into the early days of cruising in the 1950s, to the opening of the Belvedere, the liberation of going topless on the beach, dancing at the Monster bar, the thumping ...
15 May 2025
EPISODE 4: EXTRA
*This is a QUEER GROVE episode extra* It seems like the queer identity has always been part of culture, but its a rather new concept in the scope of society. So we wanted to share more of our interview with Hugh Ryan to fully understand how LGBTQ people became party of the mainstream narrative.
10 May 2025
EPISODE 4: Here Come The Gays
We’re going to take a look back at the gays that came before us. Not just who they are, but the path that they had to tread to create queer community and how it brought them to Cherry Grove.
10 May 2025
EPISODE 3: Extra
*This is a QUEER GROVE episode extra* In the Grove we have more straights than we usually admit to, but because they embrace the lifestyle and culture of Cherry Grove, we all kinda consider them queer too. This is especially true of Shirley Munnell. Shirley is not only one of the few straight women in Cherry Grove, she has been a rather important one.
10 May 2025
EPISODE 2: Our Indigenous Roots
We explore how island was formed in 1690, we'll discover who were the first inhabitants of this land and how Fire Island and Cherry Grove got their names. We'll discuss the power of connecting to our queer lineage and how honoring those who came before us, can improve our experience in the space today.
10 May 2025
EPISODE 1: Welcome to Cherry Grove
Get an introduction to what we'll be exploring in the QUEER GROVE docuseries. Cherry Grove, Fire Island is a unique community with a rich queer legacy that is unmatched anywhere else in the world. Through this podcast we will try to illuminate the many aspects of the Grove’s queer history, culture and lifestyle. Over the past 10 years, host Parker Sargent has been documenting community members and has created over a dozen films about the history of the Grove. And in the tradition of ora...
10 May 2025
EPISODE 3: The Founding Families
When we’re talking about the queer history of Cherry Grove, it can seem easy to discount the influence of the straight people that were here first, but a lot of what they created in the early years, would be the foundation for the community when it became gay and is still very much part of how the space is utilized today. A sense of togetherness, specialness and freedom. That seems to be what was always in the heart of Cherry Grove.
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