num_pages: 304
description: 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.
language: English
title: All Boys Aren't Blue
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)