For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home

Name: For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home
ISBN: 9781936833153

by Keith Boykin

Stonewall Book · 2013 · Winner

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Bolden/Agate BooksOctober 1, 2012Biography & Memoir NonfictionISBN 9781936833153

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Stonewall Book Award	2013	Winner	“Nonfiction winner”

About This Book

Keith Boykin's anthology gathers essays and personal narratives from Black gay and bisexual men about navigating race, sexuality, mental health, and survival. Winner of the Stonewall Book Award for Nonfiction.

About the Author

Keith BoykinAmerican

Keith Boykin (born 1965) is an American author, commentator, and former White House aide to President Bill Clinton, best known for his non-fiction works exploring Black LGBTQ+ experiences, race, and politics, including the New York Times bestseller Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America and his 2024 book Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?. He has received multiple Lambda Literary Award nominations, a win for For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Still Not Enough, and the American Library Association Stonewall Award for Nonfiction. BlackPast.org.