"Address[es] longstanding issues of sexual abuse, suicide, HIV/AIDS, racism, and homophobia in the African American, Latino, and Asian-American communities, and more specifically among young gay men of color. The ... book tells stories of real people growing up gay, seeking love, finding their own identity, and ultimately creating their own sense of personal and political empowerment"--P. [4] of cover.

Back to school / Craig Washington -- Guys and dolls / Jarrett Neal -- Pop quiz / Kevin E. Taylor -- Bathtubs and hot water / Shaun Lockhart -- Strange fruit / Antonio Brown -- Teaspoons of December Alabama / Rodney Terich Leonard -- A house is not a home / Rob Smith -- Mother to son / Chaz Barracks -- Pride / James Earl Hardy -- Age of consent / Alphonso Morgan -- The luckiest gay son in the world / David Bridgeforth -- Coming out in the locker room / Rod McCullom ... [et al.] -- When I dare to be powerful / Keith Boykin -- To colored boys who have considered suicide / Hassan Beyah -- Mariconcito / Emanuel Xavier -- Chicago / Phill Branch -- Better days / Jamal Brown -- One day a DJ saved my life / Jonathan Kidd -- No Asians, blacks, fats, or femmes / Indie Harper -- Alone, outside / G. Winston James -- When the strong grow weak / Kenyon Farrow -- The holy redeemer / Victor Yates -- Coventry, Christ, and coming of age / Topher Campbell -- Religious zombies / Clay Cane -- Preacher's kid / Nathan Hale Williams -- I still think of you / Jason Haas -- Bad romance / Darian Aaron -- Afraid of my own reflection / Antron Reshaud Olukayode -- Just the two of us / Curtis Pate III -- Hey, you / Erick Johnson -- My night with the sun / Mark Corece -- Love your truth / B. Scott -- The night Diana died / Daren J. Fleming -- Many rivers to cross / André St. Clair Thompson -- Becoming Jessica Wild / José David Sierra -- Umm-- okay / Tim'm T. West -- Thank you, CNN / David Malebranche -- The test / Charles Stephens -- The voice / Ron Simmons -- It's only love that gets you through / Robert E. Penn -- We cannot forget / Victor Yates -- Poetry of the flesh / Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano -- Casualties of war / L. Michael Gipson -- How do you start a revolution? / Keith Boykin.