Transgender Stories Through Mothers’ Eyes
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Sunday, October 18 · 4pm
Transgender Stories Through Mothers’ Eyes · A Two Author Event
$10 Florida Series
Jo Ivestor Once a Girl, Always a Boy
A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
Jo Ivestor’s book is the story of her son’s difficult yet joyful journey. Her son, Jeremy, is transgender. Thirty years ago, she welcomed him into the world as a daughter. As a child, Jeremy preferred “masculine” toys and clothes; in his twenties, he had sex reassignment surgery. The book is told from multiple perspectives: Those of the siblings who struggled to understand the brother they knew as a sister, and of the parents who joined him in the battle against discrimination. This is a story of acceptance in a world not quite ready to accept.
Jo is an LGBTQ speaker and advocate with degrees from MIT and Stanford. She serves on the boards of Equality Texas, the ADL, and GLSEN.
Mimi Lemay
What Will I Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation
This courageous book teaches us to listen to our children, remove preconceptions and see the world through a child’s eyes. It chronicles a family’s journey of losing a daughter named Em and gaining a son named Jacob - and of three generations of seekers learning to forge their own paths, just as Jacob had when he resolutely declared himself a boy at age two. In accepting Jacob for who he was, the author’s nuclear family moved through emotional turmoil to peace and understanding, grounded on a solid foundation of love.
Mimi Lemay is an international advocate for transgender youth and a member of the Parents for Transgender Equality National Council at Human Rights Campaign and holds a master’s in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.