First and foremost, this book shouldn't be banned. While there are some explicit scenes, none are beyond the capability of teens or any worse than what they are absolutely seeing online.

With that out of the way, this book was unfortunately a disappointment. It makes for a decent memoir and George Johnson definitely has a way with words, but the manifesto part fell flat for me. They don't really acknowledge their privilege growing up as a middle class person, nor do they address their father being a cop except for at a brief line at the very end. If they wanted it to be representative of all queer people, then they should have gone more in depth with these topics. They also handled trans issues incredibly poorly. They deadnamed and misgendered their trans cousin, and says that they identify as queer now rather than gay because he's attracted to trans people. These sections left a very bad taste in my mouth. They also constantly call themself effeminate in a very negative way and never really deals with hating the feminine parts of themself. 

I like how they discuss being sexually assaulted. Going through almost the exact same thing as them, this part felt more like the relatable, helpful discussion they were trying to achieve in the rest of the book. I also loved the way they talked about their grandmother being such a guiding force in their life and how that is incredibly important for Black and queer youth.

I wouldn't necessarily recommend this book, but read if you're interested with these criticisms in mind.