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 clothing our society views as masculine. In his mid-twenties, he had top surgery and began taking the hormones that would lower his voice and give him a beard, and he changed his name and pronouns. Never a Girl, Always a Boy is both Jeremy's and his family's coming-out story, told from multiple perspectives—a ...

“A sensitive and powerful memoir of racial change in the South in the 1960s.”―BooklistIn 1967, when Jo Ivester was ten years old, her father transplanted his young family from a suburb of Boston to a small town in the heart of the Mississippi cotton fields, where he became the medical director of a clinic that served the poor population for miles around. But ultimately it was not Ivester’s father but her mother—a stay-at-home mother of four who became a hi...

'My child just came out to me as trans: What should I do?'If you are a parent looking for an answer to this question, you have come to the right place. Gathering together practical advice and personal experiences from a range of parents, activists and experts, this FAQ book provides answers to the most common questions you will have as a parent of a transgender child.What if they change their minds?How do I make sure my child is safe at school?