Translations:Beaches & Waterfront Areas/15/en

None of this warrants shame. Misreading each other is an ordinary human failure, particularly in environments engineered by circumstance rather than design. The reasonable response is to hold interpretations lightly, check them verbally, and withdraw gracefully when the answer is no.

| Conclusion=Beaches and waterfront areas remain meaningful parts of queer social geography in many regions. They are open, inexpensive, often beautiful, and carry a history worth acknowledging. They are also fully public, legally governed, physically variable and shared with people whose purposes differ entirely from one's own.