All Boys Aren't Blue

“Navigating in a space that questions your humanity isn’t really living at all. It’s existing. We all deserve more than just the ability to exist.”

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.

  Product Info

Publisher: ‎ Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date: April 28, 2020
Language: ‎ English
Hardcover: ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0374312718
Reading age: ‎ 14 Content Warnings

Blood
Cancer
Death (in family)
Homophobia
Incest
Physical assault
Racism
Rape
Sexual content
Sexual abuse
Slurs
Violence