SISSY: A COMING-OF-GENDER STORY, by Jacob Tobia
Author: Jacob Tobia (pronouns: They/Them)
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Review by: Giselle Bloch, Pflag Parent

I read Sissy in two days; I simply couldn’t put it down! In their memoir, Jacob is raw, honest and vulnerable. They use humour and emotion to share their gender journey of two decades.

Jacob grew up not knowing if they were a boy, a girl, something in between or something outside those boxes. They didn’t understand what they felt yet persisted nonetheless in discovering their truth. Despite times of isolation, pain and fear, Jacob knew they had to be true to their identity.

Jacob explores difference in all its wonder and glory. They touch on power and privilege, systemic inequalities, feminism and toxic masculinity, and family relationships – all in a subtle way to allow us to pause and examine our own conscious and unconscious belief system.

Sissy will empower everyone to think about gender in a new way, and to aim to live more authentically. This beautiful exploration of gender by Jacob Tobia is an absolute must-read!