Read Banned Books: All Boys Aren't Blue

Book cover showing a Black person, from near the top of their head to the top of their bare shoulders, with flowers in their hair. The background fades from light blue on the top to light pink on the bottom. Text on the cover includes 'A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER' along the top in small type, 'ALL / BOYS / AREN'T / BLUE ' in large letters down the left side, and 'A MEMOIR-MANIFESTO by / GEORGE M. JOHNSON' in smaller letters in the lower right.
Cover of 2020 edition. (Source: Publishers Weekly review)
Title:All Boys Aren't Blue
Author:George M. Johnson
First published:2020

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This 'memoir-manifesto' is a series of personal essays in which the author (who now uses they/them pronouns) describes growing up Black and queer in New Jersey and Virginia, and relates what they wish they and their friends knew in retrospect. The essays include descriptions of sex, and of sexual abuse as well as other traumatic incidents. The New York Public Library designated it as one of their Best Books for Teens in 2020.

Categories: lgbt | recent-censorship | sex

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