George M. Johnson isn't surprised their book is being banned: "America has always had an issue with anything that tells the truth"

George M. Johnson always knew something like this would happen. Johnson's book, "All Boys Aren't Blue," is just one of many works from queer authors that have been removed from several libraries at public schools across the country.

"I knew it was going to rattle the nerves of people who have always suppressed stories like mine," Johnson told CBS News. "The United States of America has always had an issue with anything that tells the truth. Had I been a White queer author this book would have been (perceived) in a much different way. I would have been the second coming of Ernest Hemingway or some other great American 'writer.'"

The book, which was released in 2020, covers topics of consent, agency, sexual abuse, and depicts a sexual encounter and statutory rape. It has been removed from school libraries in 10 states, including Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas.