My Government Means to Kill Me

My Government Means to Kill Me

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Publisher's Synopsis

"A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story, following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s NYC, from the television drama writer and producer of The Chi, Narcos, and Bel-Air Born into a wealthy Black Indianapolis family, Earl 'Trey' Singleton III leaves his overbearing parents and their expectations behind by running away to New York City with only a few dollars in his pocket. In the City, Trey meets up with a cast of characters that change his life forever--from civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, who he meets in a Harlem bathhouse, to his landlord, Fred Trump, who he clashes with and outfoxes. He volunteers at a renegade home hospice for AIDS patients, and after being put to the test by gay rights activist Larry Kramer and civil rights leader Dorothy Cotton, becomes a founding member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). Along the way Trey attempts to navigate past traumas and searches

Book information

ISBN: 9781250833525
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Imprint: Flatiron Books
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20220119
Language: English
Number of pages: 276
Weight: 468g
Height: 163mm
Width: 242mm
Spine width: 25mm