description: Heartbreaking, poetic, and intensely personal, Butterfly Boy is a unique coming out and coming-of-age story of a first-generation Chicano who trades one life for another, only to discover that history and memory are not exchangeable or forgettable. 
title: Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
titlecomplete: Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa (Writing in Latinidad)
genres: Queer Lit, Biography, Gay, Research, Mental Health, Queer, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Memoir, LGBT
ratings_count: 523
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Randy Shilts Award
category: Gay Nonfiction