When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History by Hugh Ryan — thehungryreader.wordpress.com

Title: When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History Author: Hugh Ryan Publisher: St. Martin’s Press ISBN: 978-1250169914 Genre: LGBT Nonfiction, Social and Cultural History Pages: 320 Source: Publisher Rating: 5 stars I had never read something like this before – yes cities and the queer culture did merge in books and I have read parts of it, but nothing like this book. I honestly also believe that every city’s culture needs to be talked about through the people who live on its margins, and maybe that’s why this book hit a nerve the way it did. When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History by Hugh Ryan is the kind of book we all need to read, irrespective of orientation and labels.

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