interview All Boys Aren’t Blue author George M Johnson: ‘You’re conditioned to think a 12-year-old isn’t ready for these topics’ The activist and writer talks to Nicole Vassell about their startling memoir of growing up Black and queer in New Jersey, its frank discussion of sex and trauma, and about weighing up personal vulnerability against how it would feel ‘if I kept something back, and have to watch someone be harmed because I said nothing’ Sunday 07 March 2021 06:30