Banned Book Club | All Boys Aren't Blue

Sat May 02 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm UTC-04:00

Burlington Branch Library | Knoxville

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Banned Book Club | All Boys Aren't Blue
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Co-led by our Bookshop Director Annastasia Williams and Michelle Christian, from UTK’s Department of Sociology, the Banned Book Club will regularly read and discuss commonly banned or challenged books in Tennessee. Join us in building an active local community to mobilize against book bans!

More About All Boys Aren't Blue:
In a series of personal essays, the prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting their teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to going to flea markets with their loving grandmother, to George's first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer children.
Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer people of color, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Johnson's emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults.
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Burlington Branch Library, 4608 Asheville Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37914-3614, United States

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