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The Outer Banks Gay Beach (Gay Day Every Sunday at Coquina) May through September

Start your vacation on Sunday afternoons at Coquina Beach.  Even though the crowd will be larger on Sundays this is our spot every day of the week.  See below for directions.

All of our beaches on 150 miles of barrier islands are top rated, world class beaches. According to Stephen Leatherman, “Dr. Beach”, Ocracoke Island Beach was named the top beach in America for 2007. There are no strictly gay beaches here but Coquina Beach is the "Hotspot".

It has been a long tradition among the Outer Banks local gays to have a beach party at Coquina Beach most Sundays during the summer months.  Back in the 1970s and ‘80s the Lost Colony actors congregated at the north end of Coquina Beach at the ranger station. Sunday was the natural choice since the Lost Colony didn’t play on Sunday evenings.  A powerful nor’easter blew through in the late 1980s and covered the parking lot there in very deep sand. This forced "the colony" to move to the south end of Coquina. The local gays, including some colony folk formed a group called "The GLC" in the early 1990s and at it's high point around 150 gay and lesbians gathered here on summer Sundays.  Around the turn of the millenium some key members of the GLC moved away and the group stopped coming.  Your friends here at TheGayOBX.com have revived this long standing Sunday tradition starting this past summer of 2009. We decided to return to the north end of Coquina for it’s feeling of isolation, more beautiful dunes and there’s a sheltered deck here with picnic tables between the parking lot and the dunes. Start your vacation by joining us every Sunday afternoon. Since this spot is somewhat isolated from the lifeguarded area further south, feel free to hang out here any day of the week.  Coquina Beach is located across highway 12 from the Bodie Island lighthouse, just south of South Nags Head. Park in the last parking lot on the north end near the sign that says, “The Sand Castle”. Our beach is just over the dunes from the sheltered picnic tables., be sure you are in the parking lot that has the wind turbine. If it’s raining check this website for alternate plans. Click here for a direct link to our map for the Coquina Beach location.  thegayobx.com/default/index.cfm/attractions-map/south-nags-headbodie-island/