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Cruising in Rehoboth Beach

Poodle Beach is the informal gay end of the Rehoboth boardwalk, past Queen Street where the family crowd thins. There is no sign. Daytime on the sand is the scene; the town’s bar street is a few minutes inland.

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    Poodle Beach

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    Queen St & Prospect St, Rehoboth Beach, DE, Delaware, 19971, United States

    The informal gay section at the south end of Rehoboth Beach's boardwalk — beyond Queen Street where the crowd thins — has been a Delaware summer institution since at least the 1970s. Visit Delaware and national gay travel guides document "Poodle Beach" as the see-and-be-seen Atlantic strand for gay men, especially 20s–30s, while lesbians often prefer Gordon's Pond to the south. Five minutes' walk from the main boardwalk bars. No signage or official designation — community knowledge sets the boundaries. Evening boardwalk restrooms have a separate cruising reputation; daytime is the main beach scene.

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