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The never-before-told story of Brooklyn's vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day.

***An ALA GLBT Round Table Over the Rainbow 2019 Top Ten Selection***
***NAMED ONE OF THE BEST LGBTQ BOOKS OF 2019 by Harper''s Bazaar***

A romantic, exquisite history of gay culture. Kirkus Reviews, starred

[A] boisterous, motley new history...entertaining and insightful. The New York Times Book Review

Hugh Ryan's When Brooklyn Was Queer is a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBT history of Brooklyn, from the early days of Walt Whitman in the 1850s up through the queer women who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II, and beyond. No other book, movie, or exhibition has ever told this sweeping story. Not only has Brooklyn always lived in the shadow of queer Manhattan neighborhoods like Greenwich Village and Harlem, but there has also been a systematic erasure of its queer historya great forg

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      Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
      Publication Date: 23/06/2020
      ISBN13: 9781250621405, 978-1250621405
      ISBN10: 1250621402
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The never-before-told story of Brooklyn's vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day.

      ***An ALA GLBT Round Table Over the Rainbow 2019 Top Ten Selection***
      ***NAMED ONE OF THE BEST LGBTQ BOOKS OF 2019 by Harper''s Bazaar***

      A romantic, exquisite history of gay culture. Kirkus Reviews, starred

      [A] boisterous, motley new history...entertaining and insightful. The New York Times Book Review

      Hugh Ryan's When Brooklyn Was Queer is a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBT history of Brooklyn, from the early days of Walt Whitman in the 1850s up through the queer women who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II, and beyond. No other book, movie, or exhibition has ever told this sweeping story. Not only has Brooklyn always lived in the shadow of queer Manhattan neighborhoods like Greenwich Village and Harlem, but there has also been a systematic erasure of its queer historya great forg

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