Jacob Tobia

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Jacob Tobia (born August 7, 1991) is an American LGBT rights activist, writer, producer, television host, and actor.

Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story was published in 2019.

In DreamWorks' animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Tobia is also the voice of Double Trouble.

Early life and education

Tobia's grandparents were Syrians who immigrated to the United States in the 1950s and spoke Arabic, a word that Tobia says is "the word that I do not know but wish I did." Tobia was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, as part of a Methodist family, and graduated from Raleigh Charter High School in 2010, serving as president of the Gay Straight Alliance and being instrumental in student life. Tobia applied to Harvard University and was accepted but chose Duke University instead, where they received a master's degree in Human Rights Advocacy. Tobia, a Duke University undergraduate, served as the vice president of Blue Devils United and president of Duke Students for Gender Neutrality.

Personal life

Tobia identifies as genderqueer and employs singular pronouns.

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Career and activism

Tobia is a recipient of the Campus Pride National Voice and Action Award and a Point Foundation Scholar Harry S. Truman Scholar. Their writing has been featured on MSNBC, MTV, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Guardian, BuzzFeed, Jezebel, and other media outlets. They've also served on conference panels and appeared at Harvard University, Princeton University, Columbia University, and several national LGBTQ conferences throughout the country. Before starting a career in television, they worked with the United Nations Foundation, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.

Tobia's donation of more than $10,000 for the Ali Forney Center on the Brooklyn Bridge in five-inch heels as part of their Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) commitment to action in September 2013. They were recently recognized by CGI U in 2018 at the University of Chicago for their larger contribution to the LGBTQIA+ community.

Tobia was featured in MTV's The T Word, where they were interviewed by Laverne Cox. Tobia was profiled in GLAAD Award-nominated episode of True Life: I'm Genderqueer by MTV in 2015. They were selected in Out's 100 in 2016. Queer 2.0, Tobia's first LGBTQ news program for NBC News, was created, co-produced, and hosted Queer 2.0 later in 2016.

Tobia went from New York to Los Angeles in 2017 to begin working on Season 4 of Joey Soloway's drama Transparent. In season 4 of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Tobia appeared as Double Trouble.

Tobia became the face of a gender non-conforming cosmetic makeup brand Fluide's advertising campaign in 2018, a line of lip colors named after queer spaces, such as gay bars.

Tobia revealed a memoir titled Sissy in June 2017. Putnam Books acquired the book in a six-figure contract. Sissy was published in March 2019 and was listed as a National Bestseller. Tobia was on Trevor Noah's The Daily Show to promote the book. They discussed the use of gender violence and the playful nature of non-binary genders. The New York Times Book Review compared Tobia to David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling. "Tobia" draws readers into their personal journey as a gender-nonconforming young person in North Carolina, according to them. Sissy is a success.

Showtime also revealed in November 2019 that they will be presenting a half-hour program based on Tobia's memoir Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Novel. Looking, Tobia will co-write and co-executive producer on the adaptation with Michael Lannan, co-creator of the HBO series Looking. Tobi Gibran, a non-binary student who migrates from North Carolina to New York City, will be the subject of the series.

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