“Edie Windsor: Champion for Marriage Equality” at the New-York Historical Society “The Women’s House of Detention” has been hailed by critics as a “vital contribution to LGBTQ history” that is “compelling from start to finish.” Ryan sits down with fellow LGBTQ history extraordinaire Eric Marcus, founder and host of the “Making Gay History” podcast, for a conversation about his latest work. The incredible story about a little-known prison in Greenwich Village that housed tens of thousands of queer women, trans men and gender-nonconforming people between 19, most of them incarcerated for being improperly feminine, is the subject of a new book by award-winning author and historian Hugh Ryan. “The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison” Eric Marcus in conversation with author Hugh Ryan at Housing Works Bookstore Celia Gooding, left, and Laila Kelly pose for a picture in front of the Stonewall Inn before the Queer Liberation March in New York, Sunday, June 30, 2019.
