All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto / George M. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Youth Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Johnson, George M.

African American gay men--Biography.

African American gay men.

Gay people--Identity.

Gay people.

Gay men--Identity.

Gay men.

Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985---Childhood and youth.

Sexual and Gender Minorities.

Gay autobiographies.

Medical Subjects:

Sexual and Gender Minorities.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

African American gay men

Gay men

Young adult literature.

Physical Description:

ix, 304 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

All boys are not blue

Memoir-manifesto

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020.

Summary:

In a series of personal essays, 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. -- Publisher's description.

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

Afterword : All boys aren't blue

Acknowledgments.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- All boys aren't blue.

ISBN:

0374312710

9780374312718

OCLC:

1098231312

Publisher Number:

99986097396