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The Queer Histories of Brooklyn’s Working Waterfront

From the 1800s until post-WWII’s industrial decline, Brooklyn’s waterfront was a refuge for working class queer people. Journalist Hugh Ryan, founder of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, pulls back the curtain to tell this history, from the military factories that gave lesbians (and all women) economic freedom, to the transgender presence at Coney Island freak shows.











When: Thu., Jun. 8, 2017 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont St.
718-222-4111
Price: $5
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From the 1800s until post-WWII’s industrial decline, Brooklyn’s waterfront was a refuge for working class queer people. Journalist Hugh Ryan, founder of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, pulls back the curtain to tell this history, from the military factories that gave lesbians (and all women) economic freedom, to the transgender presence at Coney Island freak shows.

Buy tickets/get more info now