Actual Rating: 3.75 stars

Listened to audiobook

“I was always meant to stand out.”

Language is Power! and so is knowledge. Such a good and important read.

Such a beautiful memoir! There’s several books I’ve found that I feel should be required reading for teens today and this is definitely one of them

"Navigating in a space that questions your humanity isn’t really living at all. It’s existing. We all deserve more than just the ability to exist."
An important, must-read for young queer men of color. Although I’m not the demographic, I thoroughly enjoyed—and was a bit heart-broken by—the audio version read by the author.

This was tough for me to get through because it was so raw. I’m glad this book exists and it’s important, but it just hit too close to home for me to really “enjoy” it.

I feel like memoirs by young people of color are losing their impact on me. The writers face similar challenges, which I guess shows that there is legitimate and consistent inequity in America. And in this case, there's the queer angle, too.
My question after reading this book is also the same as after reading others' memoirs: practically speaking, what should be done to address these challenges?

Great book, but I definitely feel like it's aimed at YA readers. It makes all of its points very clear instead of leaving things for subtext. I am a sucker for origin stories of basically anyone.