A review by k80uva
When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History by Hugh Ryan

4.0

An informative and engaging history of queer life in Brooklyn, pre-Stonewall. If you're someone who studies this subject closely, you may not find a ton of new material here, but this book is a really helpful synthesis of a lot of work that came before it and it weaves together discussions of policing, literature, social history, and geography to create a cohesive picture of a history that has long been fragmented and difficult to trace.