As the movement gave the opportunity for safe spaces and communities to be built as an escape from society for many gay people, actual physical communities were also being built. What was called “America’s first gay and lesbian town” was the rise of Cherry Grove on Fire Island. This community drew in many people with a taste in the arts and created a large growing primarily lesbian population post WWII. This community influenced many others to grow across the nation ranging from Florida to Massachusetts to Delaware. Provincetown, Massachusetts in particular became one of the largest gay towns at the time. Many queer community owned businesses flourished in these safe communities, allowing them to become politically active, giving them more of a voice to spread awareness that the queer community exists and shouldn’t be shunned out.
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