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George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

  • All Boys Aren't Blue

  • This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer.

    From memories of getting their teeth kicked out by bullies at age five to their loving relationship with their grandmother, to their first sexual experience, the stories wrestle with triumph and tragedy and cover topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, inequality, consent, and Black joy.

    PRAISE FOR ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE

    A moving and brilliant exploration of Black queerness. Stylist

     An exuberant, unapologetic memoir infused with a deep but cleareyed love for its subjects. The New York Times

    An empowering read . . . All Boys Aren't Blue is an unflinching testimony that carves out space for Black queer kids to be seen. Huffington Post

    Powerful . . . All Boys Aren't Blue is a game changer. Bitch Magazine

    All Boys Aren't Blue is a balm and testimony to young readers as allies in the fight for equality. Publishers Weekly

GEORGE M. JOHNSON is a writer and activist based in New York. They have written on race, gender, sex, and culture for Essence, the Advocate, BuzzFeed News, Teen Vogue, and more than forty other national publications. All Boys Aren't Blue is their debut, and was an Amazon Best Book of the Year, an Indie Bestseller, a People Magazine Best Book of the Year, and optioned for television by Gabrielle Union.

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