Author and curator Hugh Ryan's new book, , chronicles the borough's hidden LGBTQ+ history from the mid-1800s to just before the Stonewall Uprising. Today's Brooklyn is known as diverse and queer-friendly—but it wasn't always that way. "When I grew up," says Ryan, "you would think of fleeing from Brooklyn, if you thought of it. But in the 1920s and '30s, there were these spaces where you could go in Brooklyn to have these particularly queer experiences."With around the corner, we caught up with Ryan to talk about those experiences and some of the borough's famous gay figures.On June 22, Hugh Ryan will lead about its place in local LGBTQ+ history. Presented with Turnstile Tours for WorldPride, it will end at the s Sands Street Gatehouses.