For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide

In 1947, playwright Ntazake Shange published a choreopoem called For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. The story would go on to inspire legions of women for decades and would later become the subject and title of a hugely popular feature-length movie. While the film was selling out movie theaters, young African-American and Latin gay men were literally committing suicide in the silence of their own communities.

Kaith Boykins is a political columnist and television commentator. He lives in New York and Miami. Visit www.4coloredboys.com.

Introduction	p. xi
Growing Pains
Back to School	p. 1
Guys and Dolls	p. 8
Pop Quiz	p. 14
Bathtubs and Hot Water	p. 18
Strange Fruit	p. 23
The Family that Preys
Teaspoons of December Alabama	p. 31
A House is Not a Home	p. 35
Mother to Son	p. 41
I'm Coming Out!
Pride	p. 53
Age of Consent	p. 58
The Luckiest Gay Son in the World	p. 66
Coming Out in the Locker Room	p. 70
When I Dare to Be Powerful	p. 83
For Colored Boys
To Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide	p. 93
Mariconcito	p. 96
Chicago	p. 103
Better Days	p. 115
One Day a DJ Saved My Life	p. 120
When the Rainbow is not Enough
No Asians, Blacks, Fats, or Femmes	p. 129
Alone, Outside	p. 136
When the Strong Grow Weak	p. 144
Faith Under Fire
The Holy Redeemer	p. 153
Coventry, Christ, and Coming of Age	p. 154
Religious Zombies	p. 167
Preacher's Kid	p. 176
Love is a Battlefield
I Still Think of You	p. 185
Bad Romance	p. 187
Afraid of My Own Reflection	p. 194
Just the Two of Us	p. 195
Hey, You	p. 205
My Night with the Sun	p. 208
Love Your Truth	p. 211
Boys like Girls
The Night Diana Died	p. 217
Many Rivers to Cross	p. 229
Becoming Jessica Wild	p. 241
In Sickness and Health
Umm…Okay	p. 253
Thank You, CNN	p. 258
The Test	p. 264
The Voice	p. 277
It's Only Love That Gets You Through	p. 284
Power to the People
We Cannot Forget	p. 293
Poetry of the Flesh	p. 294
Casualties of War	p. 301
How Do You Start a Revolution?	p. 308
Acknowledgments	p. 319
Contributors	p. 321
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For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough : Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home

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