A review by potatoaficionado
When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History by Hugh Ryan

informative

4.5

I found a lot of this interesting - it was a good primer on queer history from the mid 1800s to the 1960s. On occasion, it reminded me of "Say Nothing" by Patrick Radden Keefe (about the Troubles in Northern Ireland) - the feeling that I was beginning with a two niche look at the subject, and should have started with a broader introduction. But that was much more rare with this book. I think the author did a good job contextualizing - both how things fit into New York City and the rest of the world. Overall it drew me in much more than I thought!

"I look forward to having a future, where we also have a past."