Excited to make my New York Times debut with an essay they asked me to write about race, queer space and Fire Island. Grateful to all the people who spoke to me about their experiences there and other gay enclaves. And I’m especially grateful to the GREAT @flash9 for usage of their incredible work. My portrait is by my new best friend @gioncarlovalentine. Pick up the print edition of the piece this Sunday. *** “As I was running down the wooden walkways of the Pines, I passed “Black Lives Matter” signs... A question kept rattling inside my head... If these places love Black people so much, why do none of us live here?”