George M. Johnson

George M. Johnson is a writer and LGBTQIA+ activist. They have written on race, gender, sex, and culture for Essence, the Advocate, BuzzFeed News, Teen Vogue, and more than forty other national publications. George has appeared on BuzzFeed’s AM2DM as well as on MSNBC. All Boys Aren’t Blue is their debut. At the time of publication, George used he/him pronouns. In All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifest (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), a collection of personal essays, 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. Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren’t Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Publishers Weekly celebrated Johnson’s debut with All Boys: “In a publishing landscape in need of queer black voices, readers who are sorting through similar concepts will be grateful to join him on the journey.”