FI Bear contestants 2018: Rick, Jose, winner Ted, Daniel & Robert - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On March 2, organizer Shane Tate emailed notice that Fire Island Bear Weekend (www.FireIslandBearWeekend.com) 2021, which was scheduled for June 11 to 14, has been cancelled. This is the second consecutive year that the event has had to be called off due to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic.
Photographer Koitz has been chronicling the gay people and events of Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines for more than a decade and a half in work that has appeared in newspapers and been displayed in art shows. Koitz’s clear and sensitive photos find a dramatic setting in a new art book entitled “Gay Fire Island: It’s Good to Be Us,” with foreword by Patrick ...
