TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,George M. TI - All boys aren't blue: a memoir-manifesto SN - 0374312710 AV - PZ9.4 .A3 J646 2020 U1 - 306.76/6208996073 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Farrar Straus Giroux KW - Johnson, George M. KW - African American gay men KW - Biography KW - Child sexual abuse KW - Gays KW - Identity KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft KW - Young adult literature N1 - Introduction: Black. Queer. Here -- A different kid. Smile ; Identity ; "Honeychild" ; Fags play football, too ; "Honest Abe" lied to me ; You can't swim in cowboy boots - Family. Dear little brother ; Nanny: the caregiver, the hustler, my best friend ; Daddy's second chance ; Losing hope ; Dear Mommy ; A lesson before dying -- Teenagers. Boys will be boys ; The prom kings we never were ; Setting myself free or setting myself up? -- Friends. Caught in a haze ; Losing my virginity twice ; Don't know why I didn't call -- Afterword: All boys aren't blue N2 - 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 ER -