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Poodle Beach is a popular beach and LGBT tourist destination in the city of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, United States. Poodle Beach is alternatively known as Poodle Point.

Location and significance
Poodle Beach (alternatively known as Poodle Point) is located south of the boardwalk's intersection with Queen Street in the city of Rehoboth Beach. Poodle Beach primarily draws gay men, while Rehoboth's other LGBT beach, North Shore Beach within Cape Henlopen State Park, is frequented by lesbians. Architect and graphic designer Richard Saul Wurman in his Access Washington, D.C. series refers to Poodle Beach as "the raison d'être of Rehoboth."

Toponymy and history
In his 2000 novel Tosca's Kiss, author Tyler Colby asserts that according to legend, the beach was given its current toponym during the 1960s when two out gay men would arrange their lawn furniture there and sit with their miniature poodles while drinking champagne.

Popular culture
Due to its popularity with the LGBT community, Poodle Beach has been referenced in various mediums within pop culture. In addition to its reference in Tyler Colby's Tosca's Kiss (2000), Poodle Beach serves as the setting of several other works of fiction including William Mueller's Rome Revisited (2005), John Simpson's Alex & Clayton (2012),