All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
- ISBN-10
- 0374312729
- ISBN-13
- 9780374312725
- Category
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-04-28
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Author
- George M. Johnson
Description
*An Amazon Best Book of the Year optioned for television by Gabrielle Union!* In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Johnson's emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults.
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