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All Boys Aren’t Blue

George M. Johnson

Start date: June 16, 2024

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Oct 14, 2020 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: 50-poc, young-adult, memoir, cybils-judge-2020

This is a frank and open memoir of childhood and adolescence written by a gay man hoping to make things easier for the next generation of gay Black boys. He vividly remembers the confusion and the fear around not having the right kind of masculinity; he always wanted to do "girl" things like jump roping and dressing up, even though he was good at sports as well. Johnson affirms that his family loved him unconditionally, from his grandmother who had his back always (she founded a soup kitchen whe ...more

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Jul 31, 2023 Jen K rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A powerful memoir about growing up Black and Queer. Johnson always knew that he was a bit different from the other boys. He loved double dutch and was called names. He didn't know what it meant or how he identified and tried to hide, idealizing masculinity. Luckily he had a fabulous and accepting family that supported him whether he played football or joined the bowling team.

I love how Johnson uses his platform to thank his family and friends but also to use his own experiences of trying to fig ...more

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