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FAG RAG FIRE ISLAND

MARCH

2020

PREVIEW

ISSUE

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June 14â€“28

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MASTHEAD Editor-In-Chief TOMIK DASH Photographers ELDAR KHAMITOV STEVEN LOVE MENENDEZ Artists ADAM CHUCK Contributors FAGUERREOTYPE, DR. S Graphic Design MICHAEL DAMOND

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CONTENTS 7

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

HUMANS OF FIRE ISLAND by Eldar Khamitov

24 GOLDEN

GATEKEEPING by Faguerreotype

28 GLITCH

by Adam Chuck

42 BODY & SOUL by Steven Love Menendez

50 SHRINK RAP: ASK DR. S

53 PARTIES 56 FERRY

SCHEDULE

57 PARTY PHOTOS

THIS PHOTO AND COVER PHOTO BY STEVEN LOVE MENENDEZ

Letter from the Editor It’s an odd thing to be working on all things related to summer while it’s still cold outside. Currently, when I hit the streets of NYC, I wear long johns layered underneath my pants. I’m bundled up in a down coat that doesn’t let the cold anywhere near my skin. And yet my life is consumed by things that won’t be happening until several months from now, when the sun will be beaming and a warm breeze will blow across my thighs as I make my way down Fire Island Blvd in my shortest of short shorts. I often daydream of the time when I can board the Sayville Ferry and cross Great South Bay into the gay little utopia that is the Pines and Cherry Grove. To act like I haven’t been counting down since the end of last September, when I took my last ferry ride off of the island would be a lie. When friends who have never been ask me what it’s like out there, I often reply that it is what you make it. If you want a weekend blitz of parties, you can have that. If you want a relaxing getaway, you can have that as well. If you’re an artist who needs a place to go for inspiration, your cup shall runneth over! There are so many different facets of the community out there and I wanted to create a place where it can all come together. FAG RAG Fire Island is born out of all of that. And this Preview Issue serves to give you a glimpse of what’s to come this summer. From our photo shoots, two of which were shot on the island, to our resource guide that will let you know what will be happening when the season gets started. Think of this as a diet version. And on Memorial Day weekend when the first print issue goes out, you’ll get the full calorie fantasy! I just lost all of the vodka soda gays, didn’t I? For those of you still here, I hope you enjoy, and be sure to follow us on IG @fagragmag, because there is still SO much more to come. Tomik Dash 7

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Humans of Fire Island

Photographer: Eldar Khamitov

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GOLDEN

GAYTEKEEPING Words by Faguerreotype

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hey? u there? ...? sorry no fat no femme no black no asian. just a preference “You have chosen poorly,” laments the knight from The Last Crusade. The Gates to Eternity are closed to you. St. Peter grabs a sweaty twink by the bum and saunters back to Tea. A rather dashing Deva takes you aside and explains that you’re entry to Heaven had been denied. You may wait in the Meatrack until the last ferry, the Dickdock is full. As you flip-flop away down the boardwalk wondering how long your phone charge will last, The Sphinxter, disguised as a deer, turns to you and whispers their riddle: “If safe spaces are guarded by Gaytekeeping, what makes you too threatening to enter?” 25

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Shrink Rap Ask Dr. S. __________________ Should I tell my friend if this happens

__________________ Every year me and a group of friends do a quarter share together. One of the friends in the group can’t keep a man, so each summer he has a different boyfriend sharing his bed. Plot twist, his flavor of the season seems to have lasted another year and will be returning this summer. What my friend doesn’t know is that his man made several passes at me last summer on Grindr. Yes they’re open, but I think going after your bf’s friend & sharemate crosses the line. When my friend would go to the Pantry or the beach the bf would message me like, “Meet me on the rooftop for a quickie.” Or, “I’m in the outdoor shower, come join.” I responded by asking him if his bf knew that he was making passes at me, and he would send a wink emoji or not respond at all. I left it alone because I figured he’d be gone next year like those before him. As summer approaches, I’m wondering if I should tell my friend if this happens again. Help! --SWITZERLAND Dear Switzerland: Before addressing what (if anything) to say, let’s step back for a moment. Wow -- things would be so much easier if we all led white-picket fence, 1950s TV-show, “I Love Lucy” monogamous lives. That way, this guy’s tacky behavior would be a clear-cut no-no. All the moral ambiguity would be drained from the world we instead inhabit, which allows for great sexual freedom but tends to fall down on the rules governing how we do this. I agree that this guy’s behavior “crossed a line” -- hitting on your bf’s 50

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buddies is (almost) always in poor taste. But who gets to decide just where that line gets crossed? As far I know, Grindr has no swipe option for “moral code.” Scruff lacks a pulldown menu of “sensitive boundary violations.” It’s up to each of us (and each couple) to figure out how to negotiate play, especially since queer worlds get small pretty quickly. So -- are you sure your friend would also think his bf crossed a line? Do you know if the two of them ever have tough but important discussions about how they define being “open”? What if you and your friend were just acquaintances, or if your friend were also regularly hooking up -- would that change things? Like I say, Lucy and Desi had it easy -- oh, but wait. They got divorced (and her follow-up solo show sucked). So what to do about it? Your choices are to say nothing to either of them, or something to both, or something to just one, or encourage them to talk with each other. If you were in your friend’s position, what would you want -- would you want you to say something? The trickiest path, but the deepest, would be to find a way to initiate a conversation between the two of them. Short of that, I’d try to handle it without casting anyone as the bad guy, since chances are at some point or other we’ve all played each of these roles: an ostrich guy assuming all’s well, a friend caught in a moral dilemma, and the pervy sex-addict whose dick once again overrides his basic ethical decency. Oh, the humanity... 51

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Ferry Schedule EARLY SPRING || MARCH 16 - APRIL 2 Boats stop in Pines & Cherry Grove MONDAY - FRIDAY

Leave Sayville 6:45am, 3:15pm Leave Cherry Grove 7:05am, 3:40pm Leave Pines 7:25am, 4pm SATURDAY Leave Sayville 9:30am, 11:30am, 1pm, 4pm Leave Cherry Grove 10am, 12pm, 1:25pm, 4:25pm; Leave Pines 10:20am, 12:20pm, 1:45pm, 4:45pm

THURSDAY Leave Sayville 7am, 10:05am, 12:05pm (starts May 7), 3:30pm, 5:10pm, 7:30pm (starts April 30); Leave Cherry Grove 7:25am, 10:30am, 12:30pm (starts May 7), 4pm, 5:35pm, 8:15pm (starts April 30); Leave Pines 7:25am, 10:50am, 12:50pm (starts May 7), 4pm, 5:55pm, 7:55pm (starts April 30)

FRIDAY Leave Sayville 7am, 9am (to Cherry Grove only), 10:15am (to Pines only),12:15pm (to SUNDAY Cherry Grove only), 1:15pm (to Pines only), Leave Sayville 10am, 2pm, 4pm Leave Cherry Grove 10:25am, 2:25pm, 4:25pm 3:30pm, 5:30pm (starts May 8), 6:30pm, Leave Pines 10:45am, 2:45pm, 4:45pm 7:30pm(starts May 8), 9pm; Leave Cherry Grove 7:25am, 9:30am, 12:45pm, 4pm, 6pm SPRING SCHEDULE || APRIL 3 - APRIL 23 (starts May 8), 7pm, 8pm (starts May 8), MONDAY - THURSDAY 9:25pm; Leave Pines 7:25am, 10:45am, Leave Sayville 6:45am, 10:05am, 3:15pm; 1:45pm, 4pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9:45pm Leave Cherry Grove 7:05am, 10:30am, 3:40pm; Leave Pines 7:25am, 10:50am, 4pm SATURDAY Leave Sayville 8am, 9:25am, 10:25am, FRIDAY 11:25am, 12:25pm (starts May 2), 1:25pm, Leave Sayville 6:45am, 10:05am, 1:15pm, 3:20pm, 4:45pm, 6pm (starts April 25), 8:05pm 3:15pm, 6:30pm, 8:30pm; Leave Cherry Grove (starts May 2); Leave Cherry Grove 8:25am, 7:05am, 10:30am, 1:40pm, 3:40pm, 6:55pm, 9:50am, 10:50am, 11:50am, 12:50pm (starts 8:55pm; Leave Pines 7:25am, 10:50am, 2pm, May 2), 1:50pm, 3:45pm, 5:10pm, 6:25pm 4pm, 7:15pm, 9:15pm (starts April 25), 8:30pm (starts May 2); Leave Pines 8:45am, 9:50am, 10:50am, 11:50am, SATURDAY 12:50pm (starts May 2), 1:50pm, 3:45pm, Leave Sayville 8am, 9:25am, 11:25am, 1pm, 5:30pm, 6:45pm (starts April 25), 8:50pm (starts 3pm, 5pm; Leave Cherry Grove 8:25am, May 2) 9:50am, 11:50am, 1:25pm, 3:25pm, 5:25pm; Leave Pines 8:45am, 9:50am, 11:50am, SUNDAY 1:45pm, 3:45pm, 5:45pm Leave Sayville 9:25am, 11:25am, 12:20pm (starts April 26 to Pines, May 3 to Cherry SUNDAY Grove), 1:20pm, 2:15pm (starts April 26 to Leave Sayville 9:30am, 11:30am, 1:15pm, Pines, May 3 to Cherry Grove), 3:15pm, 4:15pm 3:15pm, 5pm; Leave Cherry Grove 10am, (starts May 3 to Cherry Grove), 5:15pm, 12pm, 1:45pm, 3:45pm, 5:25pm; Leave Pines 6:15pm, 7:15pm (to Pines only, starts April 26); 10:20am, 12:20pm, 1:45pm, 3:45pm, 5:45pm Leave Cherry Grove 9:50am, 11:50am, 12:45pm (starts May 3), 1:45pm, 2:45pm (starts LATE SPRING || APRIL 24TH - MAY 20 May 3), 3:45pm, 4:45pm (starts May 3), 5:45pm, MONDAY - WEDNESDAY 6:45pm; Leave Pines 9:25am, 11:25am, Leave Sayville 7am, 10:05am, 12:05pm (starts 12:20pm (starts April 26), 1:20pm, 2:15pm May 11), 3:30pm, 5:10pm; Leave Cherry Grove (starts April 26), 3:15pm, 4:15pm, 5:15pm, 7:25am, 10:30am, 12:30pm (starts May 11), 6:15pm, 7:15pm (starts April 26) 4pm, 5:35pm; Leave Pines 7:25am, 10:50am, 12:50pm (starts May 11), 4pm, 5:55pm

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