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by Troy Johnson

Author:	Troy Johnson
Subcategory:	Sex
Language:	English
Publisher:	Arcade Publishing; First Edition edition (June 16, 2008)
Pages:	256 pages
Category:	Self-Help
Rating:	4.7
Other formats:	mobi mbr lrf lit

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For six years, he hosted and cowrote Fox Rox, a television show about underground music, for which he won two Emmy Awards. He also hosted Outta Left Field, a pregame TV show for the San Diego Padres

For six years, he hosted and cowrote Fox Rox, a television show about underground music, for which he won two Emmy Awards. He also hosted Outta Left Field, a pregame TV show for the San Diego Padres. He has written for Billboard, Mojo, Paper, Rolling Stone, the San Diego Gay and Lesbian Times, and Spin. He lives in San Diego, and he loves his mother. This is his first book.

Family and friends distanced themselves from Troy’s mother when she came out, and so did Troy. He told the family counselor it didn’t matter as long as his mother was happy, but he lied.

Troy Johnson, Writer: Campus Eats. Troy is a San Diego-based author, writer and TV host Release of his book, "Family Outing: What Happened When I Found Out My Mother Was Gay: a Memoir". Troy is a San Diego-based author, writer and TV host. He has a degree in Speech Communications and Poetry from California State University, Chico. He's the food critic for San Diego Magazine, and appears regularly as a judge on the Food Network series, "Guy's Grocery Games. He also co-hosts the series "Campus Eats" with Jenny Dell on Big Ten. Release of his book, "Family Outing: What Happened When I Found Out My Mother Was Gay: a Memoir".

His first book has just been published. It's called Family Outing: What Happened When I Found Out My Mother Was Gay.

What Happened When I Found Out My Mother Was Gay. by Johnson, Troy. Pub Date 01 Jun 2008.

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Describes the author's teenage discovery about his mother's sexual orientation in the years prior to modern understandings about homosexuality, tracing his personal journey from a mom-hating homophobe to a gay-rights advocate with a unique perspective about sexual identity and social awareness.

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Mot

A very candid personal account of how discovering your mother is gay can impact a boy on the verge of adolescence. Johnson uses shocking honesty to recount how his life got turned upside down when his mother's ex-lover outed his mom when he was only ten years old. The opening chapter titled "Tattle Dyke and Freckle Spawn" begins Johnson's humorous and witty memoir filled with clever commentaries like Johnson saying he wanted to plug all his mother's gaps with men (this after coming home from school to find a man drinking wine with his mom, surely a good sign to end her lesbianism). He also reflects on how his mother being gay may have affected his sister in different ways than it did him. Johnson takes a light approach to a heavy subject creating an amusing as well as insightful glimpse into what is becoming a more common family dynamic. Would love to read more by this author as his style is fresh, original and entertaining.

Dugor

My son called me to tell me to read this book, I can't thank him enough. I hope this author continues to write, he is amazing. This book is about him finding out , at age 10, that his mom is gay. It is HILARIOUS, moving, honest and impossible to put down once you start to read. I will keep this book because I know I will read it again, it is THAT GOOD!

misery

Ten year old Troy Johnson was, as usual, late in getting ready for school, when a friend of his mother's (now irrevocably nicknamed "Tattle Dyke") came to the door and abruptly revealed to him that his mother was a lesbian. His father, previously divorced from his mom but still a part of Troy's life, arrived soon thereafter, in order to help Troy cope with the news. Despite an initial crying jag, both thought young Troy took the news rather well, and seemed to put first the need for his mother to be open and honest with Troy and his older sister. He was "all right with it" ... really. Or so he told them.

In reality, Troy inwardly manifested the classic reactions to such news: anger at his mother for not being "normal," denial that this could somehow be changed (if he behaved real well and helped her meet a good man), aprehension that his friends at school would find out and taunt him, but, most of all, that ultimate fear that he somehow would inherit the "gay gene" (a concept that would not have any scientific support for many years) and turn out to be a homosexual himself. The latter was reinforced by later talks with his mother, who revealed that she didn't have an inkling she might be lesbian until after high school, and didn't know for sure until she was well into her 30's. He felt a "time bomb" ticking in himself.

Troy dealt with his fear of "turning" gay by being as aggressively heterosexual as he could. To a preteen, this meant being one of the "cool" kids, a bad boy who got into trouble for acting out in class, and for vandalizing school property and nearby construction sites. In his teen years, he became a heavy "partier", a heavy drinker, and focused his powers of persuasion to have sex with any girl who would have him. Even a month's stay at a teen rehab facility didn't change him, nor did his first year of college. Only after almost being expelled from college, almost a year of hanging around with a group of "born again" Christian students, and being around an unusually liberal group of students in his major did he realize what he had been doing, simultaneously "acting out" to punish his mother for being lesbian, and trying to smother out whatever part of him might be leaning toward being gay. Long talks with a lesbian student made him realize how unfairly he was judging his mother, whose choice to be "out" had already resulted in others - including her own parents, and his sister - judging her harshly as well. It was a revelation that would affect him the rest of his life.

Not your standard-issue "parent comes out, child understand, joins parent in waving rainbow flag in next parade" fictional story, and, as such, an invaluable and realistic commentary for those dealing the reality that they have a gay parent. The story is told realistically and with significant wit and charm by the author, and is much recommended as a great read. Five rainbow stars out of five.

olgasmile

This book is really funny and an interesting way to read about what for many is an uncomfortable topic. I found it especially interesting because it takes place in San Diego where I live and he mentions many places I am familiar with, including Rancho Bernardo Community Church. Unfortunatey, his success at being humorous was at the expense of greatly mischaracterizing that church, at least as I've experienced it for the last 14 years as an adult. Johnson writes that the church's definition of "community" was "Brothers and sisters united against abortion, fags, and good music." The church actually has great music in their comtemporary services, is open to homosexuals and everyone else, and I've never heard anything about abortion there. Perhaps his youth experience was much different, and if so, I am sorry. Coming from a really fundamentalist church, I found Rancho Bernardo Community Church like a breath of fresh air: very welcoming, undogmatic, and non judgemental.

Uleran

Sure, Troy Johnon's debut book is about his struggle to accept his mother (and himself) after finding out she is a lesbian. But the L word could be subsituted for any number of parental characteristics that have been the core of teen-parent angst throughout history. Troy's mom was a lesbian, but had she (or his dad) been a drunk, control freak, racist, immigrant, workaholic, or deadbeat, he would've still grown up with painful tales to tell. I'd hate to see this book pigeonholed as a "gay book", because the story and it's lessons are universal. Part of growing up is learning to accept that your parents aren't perfect, and figuring out how their issues relate to you.

Having a gay mom in a conservative town, in a conservative era set the stage for a uniquely difficult adolescence for Johnson. Luckily, he has a knack for telling these painful tales in a way that we can all laugh at them. For overcoming the challenges of growing up with a gay parent, not to mention surviving his own rebellious antics, Johnson has earned the right to have the last laugh.

Dukinos

Family Outing is a "memoir" worth reading. Troy Johnson, in his own inimitable style, fearlessly looks at himself, his family, and societal norms with remembered angst, tenderness, and wit. His ability to "hold the mirror" for all concerned is uncanny, and his sense of humor contagious. He is not afraid to tackle some of the issues of human sexuality - a still-taboo subject for many.....doing it with searing honesty, laugh-out-loud humor, and sensitive poignancy. He takes the words, 'gay'. 'lesbian' and 'homosexual' out of any politically correct dryness and brings them to life in an engaging, intimate talk with the reader. I highly recommend it!

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