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  Title

  All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto First edition.

  Author

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

  Publisher:

  Farrar Straus Giroux,

  Pub date:

  2020.

  Description:

  ix, 304 pages :

  ISBN:

  9780374312718

  Item info:

  4 copies currently available - Glen Allen Library, North Park Library, and Tuckahoe Library.
  

  Number of holds:

  0

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  All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto First edition.
  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-
  
  
  

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  All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto First edition.
  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-
  

  Personal Author:

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

  Title:

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

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Publication Info:

  New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020.

  Physical descrip:

  ix, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

  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 ; Chapter 10. Dear Mommy ; 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.

  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.

  Held by:

  GAYTON GLEN-ALLEN NORTH-PARK TUCKAHOE LIBBIEMILL VARINAAREA

  Personal subject:

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

  Subject term:

  African American gay men--Biography.

  Subject term:

  Gay men--Identity.

  Subject term:

  Gay people--Identity

  Genre index term:

  Autobiographies. lcgft