In ONCE A GIRL, ALWAYS A BOY, Jo Ivester tells the story of her transgender son Jeremy through alternating perspectives of the Ivester family, including chapters from Jeremy that are based on the video journals he kept throughout his transition journey. From a young age, Jo and her husband noticed that Jeremy was partial to clothing and activities that society viewed as masculine; he called himself a tomboy. But as his preteen and teen years came to pass, he understood that label didn’t fit him at all. In his early twenties, Jeremy began his transition, adopting his new name and eventually und
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