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Jo Ivester

Born

Newton, MA, The United States

Website

http://www.joivester.com

Genre

Nonfiction, Memoir

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Jo Ivester was raised in a politically active family. In 1967, when she was ten years old, her father moved their family from Boston, MA to an all-black town in the Mississippi Delta, where they were drawn into the heart of the civil rights movement. Because of this experience, Jo is committed to advocating for equal rights for all. Her best-selling, award-winning memoir about her family’s time in Mississippi, The Outskirts of Hope (She Writes Press, April 2015), has led to numerous speaking engagements about racial relations. In the last few years, she has broadened her focus to raise awareness about the transgender community, and now serves on the board of Equality Texas, a non-profit LGBTQ rights organization. When not focused on family, ...more

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Review of “Sissy,” by Jacob Tobia

“I was taller and shinier than the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.” That’s what Jacob Tobia writes after describing their successful fundraising efforts for an LGBTQ homeless youth center in their recent book Sissy,” which they describe as a “heart-wrenching, eye-opening, and giggle-inducing memoir about what it’s like to grow up not sure if you’re (a) a girl, (b) a boy, (c) something in betwee

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Jo Ivester’s books

Average rating: 4.23 · 1,742 ratings · 248 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Never a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey 4.30 avg rating — 1,264 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960s Deep South 4.04 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Child Told Me They're Trans...What Do I Do?: A Q&A Guide for Parents of Trans Children by Amy Cannava (Contributor), Clara Baker (Contributor), Clara Lee (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey by Jo Ivester, Jeremy Ivester (Narrator), Sammy Ivester (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Jo Ivester (?)

“I am a Jew. . . . If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”
― Jo Ivester, The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960s Deep South

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