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Summary:

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.

Table of Contents:

• Author's note ; Introduction: Black. Queer. Here.
• Act 1. A different kid: Chapter 1. Smile ; Chapter 2. Identity ; Chapter 3. "Honeychild" ; Chapter 4. Fags play football, too ; Chapter 5. "Honest Abe" lied to me ; Chapter 6. You can't swim in cowboy boots.
• Act 2. Family: Dear little brother ; Chapter 7. Nanny : the caregiver, the hustler, my best friend ; Chapter 8. Daddy's second chance ; Chapter 9. Losing hope ; Dear Mommy ; Chapter 10. A lesson before dying.
• Act 3. Teenagers: Chapter 11. Boys will be boys ; Chapter 12. The prom kings we never were ; Chapter 13. Setting myself free or setting myself up?
• Act 4. Friends: Chapter 14. Caught in a haze ; Chapter 15. Losing my virginity twice ; Chapter 16. Don't know why I didn't call.

Author/Creator:

Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

All boys aren't blue: a memoir-manifesto [by Johnson, G.M.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: All boys aren't blue [by Johnson, G.M.] (First edition; New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020 — ISBN 9780374312725; OCLC Number 1152521240)

Subjects:

Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- — Juvenile literature

African American gay men — Biography

African American gay men — Juvenile literature

Gays — Identity — Juvenile literature

Gay men — Identity — Juvenile literature

Johnson, George M.

African American gay men.

Gays — Identity

Gays

Gay men — Identity

Gay men.

Young adult literature

United States

Genres:

Young adult literature

Autobiographies

Biographies

Juvenile works

Audience:

Children
Teenagers

Creator Demographics:

Americans
African Americans
Sexual minorities
Non-binary people
Gender-nonconforming people

Physical Description:

ix, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

J921 J63a

ISBNs:

9780374312718 (hardcover, alkaline paper)
0374312710 (hardcover, alkaline paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019018174

OCLC Numbers:

1098231312