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American historian For the Roman Catholic bishop, see Hugh Edward Ryan. For Irish-Canadian industrialist, see Hugh Ryan (railway magnate).
Hugh Ryan
Occupation
  • Historian
  • writer
NationalityAmerican
GenreNon-fiction
Notable awardsStonewall Book Award (2023)

Hugh Ryan is an American historian and non-fiction writer focusing on the LGBT history of New York City. He wrote The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison and When Brooklyn Was Queer.

The Women's House of Detention focuses on the queer women and transmasculine people who were systematically imprisoned in the New York City institution. The book won the American Library Association's 2023 Stonewall Book Award for nonfiction and Publishers Weekly called it "a vital contribution to LGBTQ history." Kirkus Reviews called it a "blistering critique of the country’s ‘criminal legal system’.”

When Brooklyn Was Queer focuses on the LGBT history of the borough's waterfront. The book was a 2019 New York Times Editor's Choice and one of Harper's Bazaar's Best LGBTQ books of 2019. It was a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction.

References

  1. "The Women's House of Detention". Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  2. "Queer Author Talk: Hugh Ryan with Jennifer Love Williams on The Women's House of Detention". Brooklyn Public Library. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  3. "The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan". Publishers Weekly. February 2, 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  4. THE WOMEN'S HOUSE OF DETENTION | Kirkus Reviews.
  5. Crain, Caleb (2019-04-20). "'When Brooklyn Was Queer' Evokes the Borough's Hidden History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  6. "Celebrate National Coming Out Day with the Best LGBTQ Books of 2019". Harper's BAZAAR. 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  7. "Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". Oprah Daily. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2023-03-24.


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