Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey Jo Ivester

Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey

Author: Jo Ivester
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Book Title
Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
Author
Jo Ivester
ISBN
9781631528866
Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as what they thought was their daughter. As a child, he preferred the toys and games our society views as masculine. He kept his hair short and wore boys' clothing. They called him a tomboy. That's what he called himself. By high school, when he showed no interest in flirting, his parents thought he might be lesbian. At twenty, he wondered if he was asexual. At twenty-three, he surgically removed his breasts. A year later, he began taking the hormones that would lower his voice and give him a beard--and he announced his new name and pronouns. Once a Girl, Always a Boy is Jeremy's journey from childhood through coming out as transgender and eventually emerging as an advocate for the transgender community. This is not only Jeremy's story but also that of his family, told from multiple perspectives--those of the siblings who struggled to understand the brother they once saw as a sister, and of the parents who ultimately joined him in the battle against discrimination. This is a story of acceptance in a world not quite ready to accept.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Jo IvesterPublisher: She Writes PressPublished: 04/21/2020ISBN: 9781631528866Pages: 352Weight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20dReview Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2020 pg. 191Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 98
Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as what they thought was their daughter. As a child, he preferred the toys and games our society views as masculine. He kept his hair short and wore boys' clothing. They called him a tomboy. That's what he called himself.

By high school, when he showed no interest in flirting, his parents thought he might be lesbian. At twenty, he wondered if he was asexual. At twenty-three, he surgically removed his breasts. A year later, he began taking the hormones that would lower his voice and give him a beard--and he announced his new name and pronouns.

Once a Girl, Always a Boy is Jeremy's journey from childhood through coming out as transgender and eventually emerging as an advocate for the transgender community. This is not only Jeremy's story but also that of his family, told from multiple perspectives--those of the siblings who struggled to understand the brother they once saw as a sister, and of the parents who ultimately joined him in the battle against discrimination. This is a story of acceptance in a world not quite ready to accept.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Jo Ivester
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 04/21/2020
ISBN: 9781631528866
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2020 pg. 191
Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 98
Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as what they thought was their daughter. As a child, he preferred the toys and games our society views as masculine. He kept his hair short and wore boys' clothing. They called him a tomboy. That's what he called himself.

By high school, when he showed no interest in flirting, his parents thought he might be lesbian. At twenty, he wondered if he was asexual. At twenty-three, he surgically removed his breasts. A year later, he began taking the hormones that would lower his voice and give him a beard--and he announced his new name and pronouns.

Once a Girl, Always a Boy is Jeremy's journey from childhood through coming out as transgender and eventually emerging as an advocate for the transgender community. This is not only Jeremy's story but also that of his family, told from multiple perspectives--those of the siblings who struggled to understand the brother they once saw as a sister, and of the parents who ultimately joined him in the battle against discrimination. This is a story of acceptance in a world not quite ready to accept.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Jo Ivester
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 04/21/2020
ISBN: 9781631528866
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2020 pg. 191
Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 98