George M. Johnson: Difference between revisions

'''George Matthew Johnson''' is a writer and activist best known for their "memoir-manifesto" titled ''All Boys Aren't Blue''.<ref name="Terrell">{{Cite web |title=George M. Johnson's New Memoir Reminds Us That ‘All Boys Aren't Blue’ |last=Terrell |first=Kellee |work=HuffPost |date=28 April 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-m-johnson-book-all-the-boys-arent-blue_n_5ea70d5cc5b6a30004e62a79}}</ref> The book was optioned for a TV series less than two months after its April 28, 2020 release.<ref name="Petski">{{Cite web |title=Gabrielle Union Options ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ Memoir For Series Development With Sony TV |last=Petski |first=Denise |work=Deadline |date=10 June 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/06/gabrielle-union-options-all-boys-arent-blue-memoir-tv-series-development-1202955815/}}</ref> Johnson has also written articles for outlets such as BuzzFeed, BET, Vice, The Root, Essence, Teen Vogue, and The Advocate.<ref name="Terrell" /><ref>https://interactives.theroot.com/root-100-2020/george-m-johnson/</ref>

{{quote|So "blue" refers to four things. The first is the push back against the gendering of colors. Blue is boy and pink is girl are so outdated. Boys should be whatever color they want and girls should be too, as well as non-binary folks. I'm sure if my parents did a gender reveal in 1985, I would've been blue balloons or smoke or whatever. Clearly I'm not a boy that was blue, LOL. The second reference is to my dad being a cop, which is often referred to as "blue." So we grew up in a "blue" household, which shaped some of the way that we were raised. The third blue is a reference to the character Blue in ''Queen Sugar''. He was a young boy that played with dolls and it was fine until he started getting older, and then the same women and men and figures in his life that protected his childhood innocence then started to question if he was going to possibly be gay because of his need to have this doll and it reminded me so much of me. The fourth and final reference is to the movie ''Moonlight'', which changed the way I think about so many things and the beauty of black boys looking blue in moonlight.<ref name="Mayer">{{Cite web |title='Give Them The Damn Information': Questions For George M. Johnson |last=Mayer |first=Petra |work=NPR.org |date=2 May 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.npr.org/2020/05/02/848764750/give-them-the-damn-information-questions-for-george-m-johnson}}</ref>}}