PACG Book Club - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe and
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
Monday, March 18th at 5:15 pm - hybrid meeting
Edwards Congregational UCC
3420 Jersey Ridge Rd
Davenport, IA (map)
PACG Book Club
For March we will read two of the most banned books in the United States. They are relatively short and cover similar themes. We'll try meeting in person again, and hope for good weather!
Here is more about Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe from Goodreads:
"In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere."
Here is more about All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson from Goodreads:
"In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys."
"Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men 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."
Contact me for the Zoom link if you want to participate via Zoom.
Alta Price