Parker Sargent is a writer, director and producer. She is currently the President of the Cherry Grove Archives Collection, the host of the podcast docuseries "Queer Grove", the director of Trans Celebration Weekend and she has created over a dozen documentary films about the history, culture and lifestyle of Cherry Grove, Fire Island.

Over the last decade Parker has focused on documenting her queer community history with films such as The Panzi Invasion (2016), Grove Girls (2018), Roseland (2022), In the Meat Rack (2022), Making Miss Cherrys (2025) and a series of short films about the events and personalities that make Cherry Grove so colorful and queer.

Parker has written and staged various theater productions, including "The Fabulous Monroe Sisters", "Gina Yashere Live", and "A Gay Night of Neil Simon".

She curated the "Safehaven: Gay Life in 1950s Cherry Grove" Exhibition at New York Historical Society and Stonewall National Museum, as well as presenting exhibitions by artists Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Francesca Galliani, Lola Flash and KOITZ.

Through her works Parker Sargent celebrates queer culture, hoping to educate, entertain and inspire our LGBTQIA+ community.

Sargent's work documenting the Grove's history has been featured by The New York Times, Newsweek, Vogue, The Advocate, CBS, NPR and PBS.

Contact: parkerMsargent@gmail.com