The journalist digs deep into the past in this touching debut book on sexuality, gender identity and the power of family.
If you follow George M. Johnson on Twitter or read any of their articles, it’s apparent that they suffer no fools, especially racist, transphobic and homophobic ones. And that they have a profound love for their family, especially their grandmother Nanny, who died of brain cancer last year.beautifully captures both personas, giving a much-needed pushback to the oppressive powers that be, while showing their softer side.
I won’t lie; this wasn’t always easy to read, especially the chapters that dealt with your pain. I didn’t know you had gone through a lot of that. Do you think other people, whether they know you in real life or from social media, are going to be surprised, too? As a journalist, I had been writing my story in pieces for years, and it never seemed that I could get enough in an article that addressed every moment in my life. Also, at that point, I had been freelancing for five years and started realizing how I wanted my body of work to look like and how I wanted to use my platform and my voice.
There is such richness and nuance for how you write about your family and your experiences. Who did you look to for guidance when you started writing your story? Writing that chapter, I had to talk to my family about it first. At that time, I had gotten to a place of empathy because I realized that someone must have harmed him for him to hurt me. What was going on with him? Yes, he needs to be held accountable, but also I still felt this need to protect Black queer boys, no matter what. To not have empathy only does justice for white people, who will be like, “See, look how they treat their own.” So, I had to give my cousin humanity.
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