Some of the girls are in skimpy two-pieces. ![]() Many of the younger, leaner, buffer guys are in Speedos – many brightly colored – and some with attendant feather boas and exaggeratedly big sunglasses. Walking along that narrow path of the beach the people you encounter are the real attractions. LGBT people from far flung places make friends here on Memorial Day weekend and only see each other here year after year. When you are on a beach with tens of thousands of other LGBT people, they are all your friends. ![]() But LGBT people who live in small and medium-sized communities across the South don’t have that many places – that many spaces – where they can meet each other, socialize and just let their guard down a little. For people who don’t know, it’s hard to explain. Why free? Well, it’s just part of the conviviality of the beach that weekend. The options for campy camp themes are endless.Įvery so often, you’ll run into someone offering free – yes, free – Jell-O shots. I’ve also seen inflatable palm trees and make-shift beauty parlors stationed in the sand. I have seen entire “yards” marked off by college football themed signs and paraphernalia (think LSU or Alabama Crimson Tide). Everyone has their square of sand staked out – some very creatively so.
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