Origin of Lavender & History of the Gay Rights Movement on Long Island, New York

Lavender Color: Origins in Sayville (Gayville)

The color purple became the color of the gay movement because that is the main color of Sayville ("Gayville") NY. Almost all the veterans of Stonewall spent time there.

The color of Sayville is purple with gold trim. Fire Island became the world centre of gays because before WW2, Sayville was the largest resort in the country and full of summer theaters, and because of the south sun, a movie making area with plenty of actors and stage crews. The only way to the Fire Island Communities is through Sayville. A large percentage of the workers were Gay. As there was no roads or families in Fire Island, the Pines became a refuge, a place to hide. Because of the popularity of taking the train out to Sayville, purple became the color of the Gay movement.

According to Steven W. Anderson in "The history of the Rainbow Flag" in Planet Out "The color purple (or, more accurately, lavender) became popularized as a symbol for pride in the late 1960s -- a frequent post-Stonewall catchword for the gay community was 'Purple Power'." The use of purple came right out of New York: Where Sayville is located.

That is where he purple/lavender came from.

Note the color scheme of the "Out in Sayville" gay celebration - Purple with gold trim.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch Logo

The colors on the sayville.com site are lavender with gold trim.

Also, examine the colors for "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." Melissa Joan Hart, who owns the show is from Sayville.

Sayville Public Schools - School District

Official logo and color of the Sayville Schools: Lavender.

Sayville Flashes

Purple Power!

Stonewall.

They called for purple power at the Stonewall riot.

The Bunk House

People in Sayville spend time in a place called the Bunk House. It is a gay bar that has homosexual dancers and is located in the downtown. One of the most popular happening there among people in Sayville is the gay erotic dancers.

Out in Sayville

A yearly event where the people of Sayville celebrate their gayness is the GLBT festival, Out in Sayville. It has the whole hearted support of the community. A huge percentage of the village turns out for this gay pride month celebration event, as well as people as far away as Europe and San Francisco. Sayville is the Mecca of homosexuals, that is why it is called "Gayville." The site said, "The event was designed in part to facilitate a better relationship between Sayville Chamber of Commerce and the town’s large gay presence in town."

The stores in Sayville will make donations homosexual organizations they support such as the Gay & Lesbian Switchboard.

Stranded on Island of Gays

Oscar Wilde

First Known Gay Summer Visitor to Sayville!

Gay author Oscar Wilde "came out" to Sayville in 1882!

He was a house guest of Robert Roosevelt at his mansion in Sayville. We can only speculate what went on at night in that house, located in the swamp north of Middle Road in Sayville. Robert Roosevelt was the uncle of another guest at the house, the future President Theodore Roosevelt.

Oscar Wilde pictured in purple with gold trim.

Teddy TR Roosevelt Picture

TR spent nights at that house too.

"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."

Info about Oscar Wilde in Sayville is from the "History of the Sayville Community" by Charles P. Dickerson,

Billion Dollar Lawsuit and St. Lawrence Catholic School

A Catholic clergyman is part of a billion dollar lawsuit against the Catholic Church. Catholic Deacon Rev. William Michael Burke is accused of sexually abusing an elementary school student at the St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish school in Sayville. Burke died horribly in a mysterious house fire in 1995. Was it god's wrath?

This priest is in the same Rockville Centre Diocese as Father Pecoraro of the Amityville horror. While the diocese put pressure on Father Pecoraro, they and the people of Sayville permitted a real horror to happen.

World's First Real Gay Prom in Sayville

WABC News online said on Our Schools: Ga7 Proms (New York-WABC, May 25, 2001) that "it's a gay prom they're organizing. The Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth center in Bay Shore is throwing the first-ever event. ...It's a prom for all of Long Island's homosexual teens. The event will be held June 8th at the Island Hills Golf and Country Club in Sayville."

According to Ruth E. Harlow in her article Let's Leave No Child Behind (7/06/2001) in the Lambda Legal, the "first full-fledged prom for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender high school students in suburbia – specifically, Sayville, New York." According to the gay organization LIGALY “America’s first-ever full-fledged suburban gay prom,” Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth (LIGALY) will host its second annual gay prom. The event, entitled “The LIGALY Prom - Pride Gala 2002,” will be held on June 7, 2002 at the Island Hills Golf and Country Club in Sayville, NY," which was publicized in their May 28, 2002 press release.

Gays Cut up in Sayville Restaurant

In the 1970s several blacks cut up some homosexuals with knives in Sayville restaurant bathroom. Despite this event, a local gay rights activist said "When I was growing up in Sayville I never considered it a hostile place."

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

Weekend sightings of the cast of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" is common in Sayville. Note colors.

Gay Prostitution

As Sayville is the world's gayest suburb, gay prostitution has historically been the most important of all types. It is most rampant in the village on summer weekends when rich fags come out to Sayville to visit Fire Island. Young male college students supplement their incomes by performing trick with these rich men in exchange for cash.

Hairspray and Harvey Fierstein

Actor Harvey Fierstein (Pictured with with Rod Stewart) is often seen in Sayville on his way to Cherry Grove. Because he is gay, he is extremely popular in Sayville and wherever he goes he draws huge crowds in the village. He is the star of the hit Broadway Musical where he plays a girl's mother.

The Gazelle

Sayville "Man" had the nickname "The Gazelle."

A married man living in Sayville was so active and open about it that they gave him the nickname "The Gazelle." He even had a last name that rhymed with "gay!"

Sayville Author has Gay Child Abusers Die Horrible Deaths

Book review from Queer Horror:
"The book was okay, but extremely homophobic. There are two references to queer characters. One is a lecherous old man who tries to seduce a young boy and won't take 'no' for an answer, the other is a drag queen who tricks boys into having sex with him."

"Both characters die horribly, basically because they're queer."

"Interestingly, the author, who is openly gay, had this to say...'In a section of the novel where I describe a list of about eight female topless sex dancers at a strip club, they are all give female-equivalent names of eight of my closest gay male friends, as an in-joke."

Was Queer Horror Accurate?
According to a true expert of the book, NO!:
"It is a heterosexual story that points out the potential evils of violent, hardcore pornography on the minds of young children. The politically minded author of "Queer Horror,"; ... totally misrepresented the novel ..., for his own political ends. There are some gays who feel that every comment about gays that is not flattering is, by its mere existence, homophobic"

Tom Hroncich and his (-CENSORED-)

According to experts, one of the important events in the history of the Sayville area was the (-CENSORED-) of Tom "Honcho" Hroncich when he was a youth. Below is some quotes (http://outinsayville.com/ois2/drama.htm) from his website:

"It was the summer of 1984 and I had just turned (-CENSORED-)... He sat down beside me and put his hand on my knee. We spoke for a few minutes before he asked if he could kiss me. 'Sure,' I said as he leaned toward me. It was the first time I had ever made out with a man."

Tom "Wilde" Hronchich bears many similarities to Oscar Wilde, because they are both writers, the leading gay rights activist of the Sayville when they were there, controversial, and compare the Hroncich quote above to what Oscar Wilde said in his 1895 trial. In addition, they both liked purple and gold.

Hroncich is now the chair of the annual event in Sayville where the people of the village celebrate their gayness. The event is called "Out in Sayville" and he also has a publication called Long Island Outlook Magazine, which is a popular gay publication.

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