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Rasheed Newson

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🏳️‍🌈📚Author: My Government Means to Kill Me 📺 Writer: Bel-Air/Narcos/The 100

us.macmillan.com/books/9781250833549/mygovernmentmeanstokillme

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Why I included footnotes in my novel, “My Government Means to Kill Me” #QueerBookTok #LutherVandross #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #Footnotes #BlackAndQueer created by Rasheed Newson with Luther Vandross’s Never Too Much

Why I included footnotes in my novel, “My Government Means to Kill Me”

#QueerBookTok #LutherVandross #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #Footnotes #BlackAndQueer

created by Rasheed Newson with Rasheed Newson’s original sound

I wrote “My Government Means to Kill Me,” a novel about a 🏳️‍🌈 Black man coming of age in NYC in the midst of the AIDS epidemic, in part because we lost so many amazing artists to AIDS and so many stories were left untold. For #WorldAIDSDay, I wanted to celebrate the lives and incredible work of talented 🏳️‍🌈 writers that we lost too soon. #aidsawareness #queerbooktok #queerauthor #lgbthistory created by Rasheed Newson with Cordelia’s Little Life

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I wrote “My Government Means to Kill Me,” a novel about a 🏳️‍🌈 Black man coming of age in NYC in the midst of the AIDS epidemic, in part because we lost so many amazing artists to AIDS and so many stories were left untold.

For #WorldAIDSDay , I wanted to celebrate the lives and incredible work of talented 🏳️‍🌈 writers that we lost too soon.

#aidsawareness #queerbooktok #queerauthor #lgbthistory

Replying to @JoeTheeLion For World AIDS Day this year, I wanted to celebrate the lives of 5 talented songwriters that we lost to AIDS. #worldaidsday #MusicHistory #lgbthistory #YMCA #JacquesMorali #twotomakeitright #DavidCole #IHonestlyLoveYou #peterallen #SuddenlySeymour #HowardAshman #LastDance #pauljabara created by Rasheed Newson with Village People’s Y.M.C.A.

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Replying to @JoeTheeLion For World AIDS Day this year, I wanted to celebrate the lives of 5 talented songwriters that we lost to AIDS.

#worldaidsday #MusicHistory #lgbthistory #YMCA #JacquesMorali #twotomakeitright #DavidCole #IHonestlyLoveYou #peterallen #SuddenlySeymour #HowardAshman #LastDance #pauljabara

Footnote 24 in "My Government Means to Kill Me" highlights how Bayard Rustin and Walter Naegle (along with many other 🏳️‍🌈 Americans) had to get creative in order to achieve rights that straight couples took for granted. #BayardRustin #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #Footnotes #LgbtHistory #QueerBookTok created by Rasheed Newson with JU$t’s September (Dreamy Version)

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Footnote 24 in "My Government Means to Kill Me" highlights how Bayard Rustin and Walter Naegle (along with many other 🏳️‍🌈 Americans) had to get creative in order to achieve rights that straight couples took for granted.

#BayardRustin #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #Footnotes #LgbtHistory #QueerBookTok

On page 23 in “My Government Means to Kill Me,” the main character lists five books that Bayard Rustin recommends to him as a part of his 🏳️‍🌈 education: Dancer from the Dance, Just Above My Head, City of Night, Loving Her, and F***ots. #BayardRustin #Rustin #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #QueerBook #BlackAndQueer created by Rasheed Newson with Richard Carter’s Le Monde - From Talk to Me

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On page 23 in “My Government Means to Kill Me,” the main character lists five books that Bayard Rustin recommends to him as a part of his 🏳️‍🌈 education: Dancer from the Dance, Just Above My Head, City of Night, Loving Her, and F***ots.

#BayardRustin #Rustin #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #QueerBook #BlackAndQueer

Ten years ago, on November 20th, Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. #onthisday #BayardRustin #Rustin #PresidentialMedalOfFreedom #BarackObama #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #Footnotes created by Rasheed Newson with Danilo Stankovic’s Stories 2

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Ten years ago, on November 20th, Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. #onthisday
#BayardRustin #Rustin #PresidentialMedalOfFreedom #BarackObama #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe
#Footnotes

Replying to @MSL 😂 It’s actually a reading from my novel, “My Government Means to Kill Me” at Literary Death Match in LA. #QueerBookTok #BlackAndQueer #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe created by Rasheed Newson with Rasheed Newson’s original sound

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Replying to @MSL 😂 It’s actually a reading from my novel, “My Government Means to Kill Me” at Literary Death Match in LA.

#QueerBookTok #BlackAndQueer #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe

Exciting news about the “My Government Means to Kill Me” audiobook! #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #Audiobook #AudiobookTok #jelanialladin #SpotifyAudiobooks created by Rasheed Newson with Øneheart & reidenshi’s snowfall

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Exciting news about the “My Government Means to Kill Me” audiobook!

#MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #Audiobook #AudiobookTok #jelanialladin #SpotifyAudiobooks

Yesterday, I signed and personalized 200 copies of “My Government Means to Kill Me” for @ShopQueer.co in support of the Rainbow Book Bus. My hand may never recover, but I am immensely grateful. #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #BookTok #AuthorsOfTikTok #BookSigning created by Rasheed Newson with The Edwin Davids Jazz Band’s The Benny Hill Show

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Yesterday, I signed and personalized 200 copies of “My Government Means to Kill Me” for @ShopQueer.co in support of the Rainbow Book Bus.

My hand may never recover, but I am immensely grateful.

#MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #BookTok #AuthorsOfTikTok #BookSigning

Don’t tell our kids what my husband did with their Ken dolls. 😉 #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #KenDoll #QueerBookTok #blackandqueer created by Rasheed Newson with JRitt’s Benjamins Deli

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Don’t tell our kids what my husband did with their Ken dolls. 😉

#MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #KenDoll #QueerBookTok #blackandqueer

As soon as I heard Jelani Alladin’s audition to be the audiobook narrator for “My Government Means to Kill Me,” I knew he was the one for the job. #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #QueerBookTok #blackandqueer #AudiobookNarrator #JelaniAlladin created by Rasheed Newson with Rasheed Newson’s original sound

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As soon as I heard Jelani Alladin’s audition to be the audiobook narrator for “My Government Means to Kill Me,” I knew he was the one for the job.

#MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #QueerBookTok #blackandqueer #AudiobookNarrator #JelaniAlladin

Replying to @betatester There are just so many 🏳️‍🌈 1980s songs, so here’s Part IV… #1980sMusic #queermusic #petetownshend #klausnomi #peterallen #danhartman #thecommunards #samanthafox #janewiedlin #KonKan created by Rasheed Newson with Klaus Nomi’s Lightning Strikes

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Replying to @betatester There are just so many 🏳️‍🌈 1980s songs, so here’s Part IV…

#1980sMusic #queermusic #petetownshend #klausnomi #peterallen #danhartman #thecommunards #samanthafox #janewiedlin #KonKan

Replying to @InTheHotSeat There were so many songs that I listened to while writing my novel about a young 🏳️‍🌈 black man coming of age in the 1980s. Here are ten songs mentioned by name in "My Government Means to Kill Me" #MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #TheWeatherGirls #chakakhan #cyndilauper #pattilabelle #rickjames #janetjackson #thedoorsband #yvonnedecarlo #sistersledge #phylisshyman created by Rasheed Newson with The Weather Girls’s It's Raining Men

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Replying to @InTheHotSeat There were so many songs that I listened to while writing my novel about a young 🏳️‍🌈 black man coming of age in the 1980s.

Here are ten songs mentioned by name in "My Government Means to Kill Me"

#MyGovernmentMeansToKillMe #TheWeatherGirls #chakakhan #cyndilauper #pattilabelle #rickjames #janetjackson #thedoorsband #yvonnedecarlo #sistersledge #phylisshyman

Replying to @Roscoe Here are nine more 🏳️‍🌈 songs from the 1980s for your listening enjoyment. Did I miss any of your favorites? #80smusic #queermusic #IndigoGirls #JoanJett #EltonJohn #JoeJackson #Kajagoogoo #GeorgeMichael #FreddieMercury #VillagePeople #LutherVandross created by Rasheed Newson with Indigo Girls’s Closer to Fine

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Replying to @Roscoe Here are nine more 🏳️‍🌈 songs from the 1980s for your listening enjoyment.

Did I miss any of your favorites?

#80smusic #queermusic #IndigoGirls #JoanJett #EltonJohn #JoeJackson #Kajagoogoo #GeorgeMichael #FreddieMercury #VillagePeople #LutherVandross

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