Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
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 told from multiple familial perspectives.
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 20, he wondered if he was asexual. At 23, 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. 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.
Jo Ivester, 2020
She Writes Press; Illustrated edition
ISBN: 978-1631528866
Tags: parenting, biography, transmasculine
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Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
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 told from multiple familial perspectives.
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 20, he wondered if he was asexual. At 23, 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. 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.
Jo Ivester, 2020
She Writes Press; Illustrated edition
ISBN: 978-1631528866
Tags: parenting, biography, transmasculine