Before revision: Circuit parties were first developed in connection with the early tea dances, attended by a subset of gay men, as well as theme parties held on Fire Island , in the days before the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
After revision: and The Hamptons on Long IslandCircuit parties were first developed in connection with the early tea dances, attended by a subset of gay men, as well as theme parties held on Fire Island , in the days before the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.