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“A funny, tender and disturbing history of LGBTQ life.” ―The Guardian“A hungry archivist, Hugh Ryan unearths vivid material to populate this story [of queer Brooklyn]….The archival discoveries that Ryan has made evoke a world of affection and pleasure.” ―The New Republic“An exquisite, strange, and beautiful book.” ―Out.com“A dynamic combination of meticulous research and impassioned prose.... A romantic, exquisite history of gay culture." ―Kirkus Reviews, starred"This evocative and nostalgic love song to the borough and its flamboyant past offers a valuable broadening of historical perspective.” ―Publishers Weekly“When Brooklyn Was Queer achieves everything one could want in a history.... Thorough research, engaging storytelling, fascinating stories and a history of obscurity make this investigation of queer Brooklyn a compelling, essential read.” ―Shelf Awareness“Fascinating.... A number of celebrated creative types figure prominently.... Greater attention is given, however, to those who, once influential, have now been forgotten. Bringing them alive again is one of the valuable services Ryan’s fine work contributes to queer history.” ―Book Riot“You think Brooklyn is queer now? When Brooklyn Was Queer (St. Martin's Press) by Hugh Ryan traces the borough's vibrant, forgotten queer history beginning in the mid-1850s and continuing to the present day, essentially replacing the ‘systematic erasure’ of its longtime LGBTQ community and restoring its rightful place in the saga of Brooklyn.” ―The Bay Area Reporter~~~“A monumental achievement of queer social history, Hugh Ryan’s When Brooklyn Was Queer animates a time not so dissimilar to our own in which desire and loneliness fuel a need for intimacy and community. Ryan’s book is an important new addition to the work of pioneers such as Joan Nestle and George Chauncey, a story told in vivid prose that's filled with small moments both heartbreaking and beautiful.” ―Ira Sachs, filmmaker“A delicious, fun, and moving study, cohered and popularized from generations of queer historians and deepened with new and exciting primary research. Hugh Ryan’s love for queer Brooklyn is page-turning, intersectional and an engrossing read.” ―Sarah Schulman, Stonewall Book Award-winning novelist and AIDS historian“Meticulous research and wonderfully skillful storytelling make Hugh Ryan’s book a revelation of queer history as well as a joy to read.” ―Cleve Jones, Lambda award winning author of When We Rise“Hugh Ryan’s When Brooklyn Was Queer is a real eye opener. So much of our history seems to focus on the bars in the West Village and the activism that sprung forth from them 50 years ago that we have nearly forgotten there was a vast trove of rich and diverse queer stories that pre-dated the Stonewall riots happening just across the river. From the beginning radical Brooklyn was intellectual, sexy, and dangerous! Who knew?” ―Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, singer-songwriter, actor, and Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels“With meticulous research and fierce compassion, Hugh Ryan brings stories and communities almost lost to history to vivid life. Ryan’s brilliant work is a thrilling portrait of the endurance, resourcefulness, and indefatigable joy queer people brought to bear upon the challenge of their own survival. This is an essential book, and I’m more grateful to it than I can say.” ―Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You“Tender, compelling, fascinating―Hugh Ryan is doing essential work here, bringing us stories of the lives we almost lost to time and gentrification, stories we need urgently, of the queer life that thrived before this moment. Ryan brings us back to a time before we had even the expectation of legal acceptance, and the lives people made as they could, and his interlocutor’s eye for where to look is, as ever, brave and unstinting.” ―Alexander Chee, author of the Los Angeles Times bestselling The Queen of the Night“Ryan does an amazing job of finding fascinating and surprising stories.... This book is a remarkable investigation into 19th and 20th century history that vividly opens up an entire field of study that will only grow in importance in the decades ahead.... Exquisite....Ryan’s When Brooklyn Was Queer fills an incredible gap in our knowledge, both about the history of Brooklyn, and about the history of sexuality.” ―Deborah Schwartz, President of the Brooklyn Historical Society“When Brooklyn Was Queer is a treasure for anyone who wants to look deeper, who wishes to better understand the city and its history, for anyone who walks through Brooklyn and sometimes feels the ghost of history. Spanning centuries, neighborhoods, races and classes, this is an ever fascinating story of the inventive, fascinating, striving, hustling and romantic queers who made and make Brooklyn the magical, heartbreaking place of promise.” ―Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman, a New York Times Critics’ Top 10 Books pick; New York Times contributing writer; Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study Fellow“Layer by layer, American queer historians have been filling in the portrait of our complex and compelling past. In this enthralling journey through the vibrant borough of Brooklyn, covering over a 100 years, Hugh Ryan combines his excellent story telling with his passionate quest to throw open the doors of Brooklyn bedrooms and government files, of Naval Yard beats and Coney Island adventures, recovering the queer lives of those Brooklynites who came before. An American story, of desire, surveillance, resistance, and creation within the shadow of that great bridge. Ryan is immensely readable.” ―Joan Nestle, co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives

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About the Author

Hugh Ryan is a writer and curator based in Brooklyn. He is the Founder of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, and sits on the Boards of QED: A Journal in LGBTQ Worldmaking, and the Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Tin House, Buzzfeed, the LA Review of Books, Out, and many other venues. He is the author of When Brooklyn Was Queer, and is the recipient of the 2016-2017 Martin Duberman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, a 2017 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Nonfiction Literature, and a 2018 residency at The Watermill Center.

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Product details

Hardcover: 320 pages

Publisher: St. Martin's Press (March 5, 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1250169917

ISBN-13: 978-1250169914

Product Dimensions:

6.4 x 1.2 x 9.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

5.0 out of 5 stars

5 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#3,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Learned so much from this wonderfully written book, including who it was that Edward Albee based his characters Martha and George on, and how Gypsy Rose Lee and Carson McCullers knew each other. The lens of gay Brooklyn provides new light on so many different aspects of our history--I would single out the literary, military, and theatrical, but another reader might easily discover other aspects; this book has so much to offer. A brilliant achievement.

I was a bit concerned that this might be a dry catalog of facts and events, aimed at historians, but it turned out to be a fascinating description of queer life that kept me turning the pages with its entertaining accounts of the goings-on in Brooklyn. The story begins in 1855 with the publication of Leaves of Grass, by a certain Walter Whitman, and ends in the 1960's when Brooklyn's queer identity declined, partly as a result of the demise of the waterfront and the closing of the Navy Yard in 1966.The author has unearthed an amazing collection of material on colorful characters of the period: female impersonators, male impersonators, and many other entertainers. And gay hangouts: cruising grounds, brothels, baths. And some of the scandals of the era: my favorite was the one that Walter Winchell called the "Swastika Swishery" about a male brothel full of sailors that was supposed to be a hotbed of Nazi spies during World War II (this one even resulted in Senate hearings). And the periodic lavender scares that targeted "degenerates."There was a thriving literary and artistic scene in Brooklyn, with such figures as Marianne Moore, Carson McCullers, Hart Crane, and many more. These all get covered, with often amusing stories of what they were up to. You don't have to be a Brooklynite to enjoy the book (my own experience with the city involved brief visits to gay friends in Brooklyn Heights in the early sixties). Lots of entertaining stories of a bygone era.

Fascinating. Eye-opening. Brilliantly put together. History that very much deserves to be told.I think the author did a wonderful job explaining complicated, nuanced issues like society’s evolving views on gender identity, sexual orientation, and even race. It was so enlightening to read how the contemporary mores and the changing scientific and psychological views of the times impacted queer people, as well as women and people of color of that period. I never realized before that queer people’s rights were actually threatened and constricted more with the passage of time, rather than less. Naively thinking that the further along the twentieth century, the better things got. Sadly, things got worse before they got better.The book is built up through glimpses into the lives of several (presumed) queer people of that period which makes it even more gripping and poignant, because we have actual people, faces and names to put on these facts. I very much enjoyed all the photos throughout the book, they help so much in visualizing everything. I was quite happily surprised by how many the author was able to find.I really enjoyed the writing style, which was incredibly informative and insightful, but never got too heavy or dry. Quite the opposite, in fact! I loved learning about Brooklyn’s queer history this way and I’ve highlighted numerous things along the way that I want to delve into deeper.Truly a wonderful read.

As a history teacher, New Yorker (parents and paternal grandparents born and raised in Brooklyn) and a supporter of the LBGTQ community I knew that I had to read this book as soon as I saw it on Netgalley. Luckily, I was approved and started reading it right away.From the first pages, you can tell the author had done a lot of research on Brooklyn’s history. I learned a lot about Queer lifestyle and Brooklyn itself. The stories about Queer people in Brooklyn was rich in information.Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I learned a lot about New York City history! Highly recommend if you are looking to expand your knowledge on the topic.

When Brooklyn Was Queer was a deeply researched and fascinating book.The history was absolutely intriguing. The author took the reader on a historical journey from 1855 to 1969. Along the way, the history of Brooklyn’s people and places came alive through a myriad of informative and captivating stories. For example, the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s role during the war was well known, but it was also a friendly place where LGBT met and even worked together. It was also interesting to read about Walt Whitman’s role in the prosperity of Brooklyn’s inclusiveness during his time living there. His poems added to the allure of Brooklyn and its people…especially for those who were able to decipher its meaning. Another interesting story involved the arrest of a cross dresser, which was not uncommon in 1913. Elizabeth Trondle wrote a letter to President Wilson asking for his permission to wear men’s clothing. But it was not just about the clothing. Trondle wanted to be respected and have opportunities for better paying jobs. She felt she could only have this life as a male.Of course, newspapers across the country published the letter. Trondle’s story not only drew attention to her cause, but society started to dissect and discuss sexology and queerness. There were those defending her actions, while others condemned her behavior. Unfortunately, so many years later, in today’s society, total acceptance is still hard to come by.Since I was born and educated in Brooklyn, I figured this would be an interesting book to read. I had no idea about this part of Brooklyn’s history. Well, I received an exceptional education by reading this book, and so can anyone else who enjoys not just history, but an absorbing read with the added benefit of educating yourself along the way.

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