5/24/2023 0 Comments This is how we fight for our lives![]() ![]() She recovers, but her illness will continue to hang over them both. Before he leaves for school, his mother is hospitalized and diagnosed with congestive heart failure. ![]() Instead, he goes to Western Kentucky University where he has been offered a full scholarship. Saeed dreams of attending New York University but, though he is accepted, his mother cannot afford the fees. ![]() He does not come out to his mother, but she chastises him about his choices when she discovers that he has been having sexual conversations with older men on the internet. As a teenager, Saeed is approached by two older men with whom he engages in sexual activity. While visiting his grandmother in Memphis over the summer, their relationship deteriorates when his Grandmother forces her evangelical beliefs on him and she chides him for not being masculine enough. After hearing about a racist hate crime that resulted in the death of a black man not far from Saeed's hometown, he comes to associate his identity as a black, gay boy with the risk of violence and death. ![]() Saeed has a crush on his neighbor, Cody, and is attracted to the men he sees in pornography, not the women. However, he quickly comes to associate being gay with the risk of dying from AIDS. Amazon Kindle Ebook Edition.Īs a young boy being raised in Texas by his single mother, Carol, Saeed knows he is attracted to boys from an early age. The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: Jones, Saeed. ![]()
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