"The greatest tool you have in fighting the oppression of your Blackness and queerness and anything else within your identity is to be fully educated on it."

— George M. Johnson; All Boys Aren't Blue

#amreading #GeorgeMJohnson #bannedbooks

"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."

— George M. Johnson; All Boys Aren't Blue

#amReading #GeorgeMJohnson #bannedbooks

I’m #Reading the Most #Banned #Books in #America: ‘#AllBoysArentBlue’ by #GeorgeMJohnson.

It’s the #memoir of a #prominent #activist named George M. Johnson and his #journey toward discovering his #identity as a #black #gay #man.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.hercampus.com/school/fsu/lifestyle-im-reading-the-most-banned-books-in-america-all-boys-arent-blue-by-george-m-johnson/

"Aus den Regalen verbannt

Immer öfter werden #Bücher aus US-amerikanischen Schulbüchereien und #Bibliotheken verbannt. Viele davon befassen sich mit #Rassismus, LGBTI*-Themen – oder stammen von nicht weissen Autor*innen."

https://www.amnesty.ch/de/ueber-amnesty/publikationen/magazin-amnesty/2023-3/aus-den-regalen-verbannt

#Zensur #Schulbücher #LGBTQ #BIPOC #USA #Bildung #AmandaGorman #Silencing #Sexualität #Geschichte #NichtweisseAutorInnen #ToniMorrison #ArtSpiegelman #MaiaKobabe #Trans #Geschlechtsidentität #KritischeRaceTheorie #Dogma #GeorgeMJohnson

what was the last book you read by a BIPOC author?

All Boys Aren't Blue
Johnson, George M.
#GeorgeMJohnson
It's an important book, very very honest.

@bookstodon @diversebooks #books #reading #sff #literature #bookstodon

#DemocracyNow #lgbtqplus
#queerhobia. #bookbanning
The Silencing of #Black & #Queer Voices: #GeorgeMJohnson on 15-State #Ban of #AllBoysArentBlue"

School districts and #Republicancontrolled #statelegislatures are rapidly intensifying efforts to ban certain books about #race, #colonialism, #sex and #gender i...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVw2U_IgpMQ