All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir Manifesto
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Title
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir Manifesto
Subject
LCSH: Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- | Homophobia. | Racism against Black people. | Coming of age.
HomoIT: Black queer people. | Queer men. | Queer youth. | LGBTQ+ youth victims of bullying.
HomoIT: Black queer people. | Queer men. | Queer youth. | LGBTQ+ youth victims of bullying.
Description
A New York Times Bestseller and the #1 Most Challenged Book in America according to the American Library Association
In a series of personal essays, award-winning author and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their 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. (Johnson used he/him pronouns at the time of publication.) --provided by publisher.
In a series of personal essays, award-winning author and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their 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. (Johnson used he/him pronouns at the time of publication.) --provided by publisher.
Creator
Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-
Publisher
Square Fish, Farrar Straus Giroux
Date
2024
Rights
© 2020 by George M. Johnson
Format
Book
Language
English
Extent
xxi, 304 pages; photographs; 21 x 2.5 x 13.5 cm.
Collection
Citation
Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-, “All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir Manifesto,” Special Collections, accessed October 27, 2025, https://archive.fims.uwo.ca/specialcollections/items/show/799.