About this podcast
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.
Episodes
- EPISODE 7: Extra · 20 min*This is a QUEER GROVE episode extra* The captivating Pearl Bennett's talks about coming to New York City in the 70s, working in Cherry Grove and the fantastic journey to her…
- EPISODE 7: Walking While Trans · 53 min · Episode 7We’re taking a look at the transgender history of Cherry Grove. Men have held court since the early days, women worked to become the dominating force, but for trans men and women…
- EPISODE 6: Extra · 8 min*This is a QUEER GROVE episode extra* The LGBTQ spectrum keeps expanding and one's identity an important part of their queer journey, and everyone finds what term best describes…
- EPISODE 6: What About the Women? · 43 min · Episode 6We're looking at the women’s history in Cherry Grove. Their struggles for acceptance in a gay male driven environment, the bonding, the sexuality and the important impact they’ve…
- EPISODE 5: Let's Talk About Sex · 48 min · Episode 5There 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…
- EPISODE 4: Extra · 23 min*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…
- EPISODE 4: Here Come The Gays · 45 min · Episode 4We’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…
- EPISODE 3: Extra · 13 min*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…
- EPISODE 2: Our Indigenous Roots · 32 min · Episode 2We explore how the 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…
- EPISODE 1: Welcome to Cherry Grove · 33 min · Episode 1Get 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…
- EPISODE 3: The Founding Families · 33 min · Episode 3When 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…
