What Color Is Your Hoodie?: Essays on Black Gay Identity

by Jarrett Neal

In thirteen candid and provocative essays, author Jarrett Neal reports on the status of black gay men in the new millennium, examining classism among black gay men, racism within the gay community, representations of the black male body within gay pornography, and patriarchal threats to the survival of both black men and gay men. What Color Is Your Hoodie? employs the author’s own quest for visibility—through bodybuilding, creative writing, and teaching, among other pursuits—as the genesis for an insightful and critical dialogue that ultimately symbolizes the entire black gay community’s struggle for recognition and survival.

Genres: Nonfiction, LGBT, Queer, Essays

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 13, 2015

Reviews

[Joey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a slight bias since I know the writer, but there are some excellent lessons to be learned from this poignant collection of essays. I think, no matter your color, there is something to learn from any one of Neal's pieces.

[willowdog · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting essays on black gay sexuality highlight many issues including Baldwin vs Harris Holmes, Football and Gay Players, size, films, and interracial porn.

[Mills College Library]

306.7662 N341 2015