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Conservatives Target Queer, Black Memoir, ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’

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All Boys Aren’t Blue, the critically acclaimed young adult memoir by  George M. Johnson about growing up Black and Queer, has been removed from the shelves of Flagler County, Florida school libraries while the school board conducts a review of the book.

The book, along with three other young adult titles, had previously  been the focus of a criminal complaint filed by Flagler County  School Board member Jill Woolbright.

Woolbright’s complaint also included the books The Hate You Give, Speak, and Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. From @IamGMJohnson, the author of All Boys Aren't Blue: "I am an author who decided to tell their Black queer story so that others could feel seen in the ways I didn’t as a youth.

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