num_pages: 280
description: Long before Kevin Jennings began advocating to end anti-LGBT bias in schools, he was a victim of it. In Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son , Jennings traces the roots of his activism to his elementary school days in the conservative South, where "faggot" became more familiar to him than his own name. Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son is that rare memoir that is both a riveting personal story and an inside account of a critical chapter in our recent history. Creating safe schools for all youth is now a central part of the progressive agenda in American education—and Kevin Jennings is at the forefront of that fight. Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son earned an A- in Entertainment Weekly , was featured in Salon and The Advocate , and was called "a great read" by People .
language: English
title: Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir of Growing Up, Coming Out, and Changing America's Schools
titlecomplete: Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir of Growing Up, Coming Out, and Changing America's Schools
genres: Biography, Gay, Autobiography, Religion, Education, Queer, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Memoir, LGBT
ratings_count: 312
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Non-Fiction
publisher: Beacon Press