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coming of age, coming out, and coming home

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For colored boys who have considered suicide when the rainbow is still not enough

coming of age, coming out, and coming home

First Magnus edition.
  • 12 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

"Address[es] longstanding issues of sexual abuse, suicide, HIV/AIDS, racism, and homophobia in the African American, Latino, and Asian-American communities, and more specifically among young gay men of color. The ... book tells stories of real people growing up gay, seeking love, finding their own identity, and ultimately creating their own sense of personal and political empowerment"--P. [4] of cover.

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Magnus Books
Language
English
Pages
333

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Growing Pains:
Back to school / Craig Washington
Guys and dolls / Jarrett Neal
Pop quiz / Kevin E Taylor
Bathtubs and hot water / Shaun Lockhart
Strange fruit / Antonio Brown
Family That Preys:
Teaspoons of December Alabama / Rodney Terich Leonard
House is not a home / Rob Smith
Mother to son / Chaz Barracks
I'm Coming Out!:
Pride / James Earl Hardy
Age of consent / Alphonso Morgan
Luckiest gay son in the world / David Bridgeforth
Coming out in the locker room / Rod McCullom, DeMarco Majors, Wade Davis, and Will Sheridan
When I dare to be powerful / Keith Boykin
For Colored Boys:
To colored boys who have considered suicide / Hassan Beyah
Mariconcito / Emanuel Xavier
Chicago / Phill Branch
Better days / Jamal Brown
One day a DJ saved my life / Jonathan Kidd
When The Rainbow Is Not Enough:
No Asians, blacks, fats, or femmes / Indie Harper
Alone, outside / G Winston James
When the strong grow weak / Kenyon Farrow
Faith Under Fire:
Holy redeemer / Victor Yates
Coventry, Christ, and coming of age / Topher Campbell
Religious zombies / Clay Cane
Preacher's kid / Nathan Hale Williams
Love Is A Battlefield:
I still think of you / Jason Haas
Bad romance / Darian Aaron
Afraid of my own reflection / Antron Reshaud Olukayode
Just the two of us / Curtis Pate III
Hey, you / Erick Johnson
My night with the sun / Mark Corece
Love your truth / B Scott
Boys Like Girls:
Night Diana died / Daren J Fleming
Many rivers to cross / Andre St Clair Thompson
Becoming Jessica Wild / Jose David Sierra
In Sickness And Health:
Umm-okay / Tim'm T West
Thank you, CNN / David Malebranche
Test / Charles Stephens
Voice / Ron Simmons
It's only love that gets you through / Robert E Penn
Power To The People:
We cannot forget / Victor Yates
Poetry of the flesh / Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano
Casualties of war / L Michael Gipson
How do you start a revolution? / Keith Boykin
Acknowledgments
Contributors.

Edition Notes

Other Titles
Coming of age, coming out, and coming home

Classifications

Library of Congress
HQ76.2.U5 F67 2012

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xv, 333 pages ;
Number of pages
333

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25769653M
Internet Archive
forcoloredboyswh00keit
ISBN 10
1936833158
ISBN 13
9781936833153
OCLC/WorldCat
744288965
Wikidata
Q61449164

Work Description

In 1974, playwright Ntozake Shange published For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. The book would go on to inspire legions of women for decades and would later become the subject and title of a hugely popular movie in the fall of 2010. While the film was selling out movie theaters, young black gay men were literally committing suicide in the silence of their own communities.

When a young Rutgers University student named Tyler Clementi took his own life after a roommate secretly videotaped him in an intimate setting with another young man, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a YouTube video with his partner Terry to inspire young people facing harassment. Their message, It Gets Better, turned into a popular movement, inspiring thousands of user-created videos on the Internet. Savage's project targeted people of all races, backgrounds and colors, but Boykin has created something special "for colored boys."

The new book, For Colored Boys, addresses longstanding issues of sexual abuse, suicide, HIV/AIDS, racism, and homophobia in the African American and Latino communities, and more specifically among young gay men of color. The book tells stories of real people coming of age, coming out, dealing with religion and spirituality, seeking love and relationships, finding their own identity in or out of the LGBT community, and creating their own sense of political empowerment. For Colored Boys is designed to educate and inspire those seeking to overcome their own obstacles in their own lives.

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