Relate to Others with Confidence: A Guidebook for LGBTQIA+ People and Those with a Different Label or No Label

The LGBTQIA+ Peacemaking Book Project offers guidebooks and e-resources to increase social resilience and assertiveness in response to minority stress, focusing on belonging, community building, and peaceful coexistence with diverse cultures. It brings together scholars, clinicians, and community leaders with differing viewpoints to find common ground and improve LGBTQIA+ health and self-development. The resources are designed for the general public and can be used by academics, clinicians, researchers, religious leaders, parents, and other providers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 174 pages
Publication date: 20 June 2024
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

This guidebook aims to enhance readers' social resilience and assertiveness in the face of minority stress. It underscores the importance of belonging, community building, and peaceful coexistence with diverse cultures. The LGBTQIA+ Peacemaking Book Project offers two guidebooks, Feel Secure in Yourself and Relate to Others with Confidence, along with twelve e-resources self-published by each set of chapter coauthors. The chapter coauthors, who include scholars, clinicians, and community leaders, bring diverse perspectives and sometimes politically opposing viewpoints. Through their collaborative efforts, they have sought to bridge gaps, reduce prejudice, and improve LGBTQIA+ health and self-development for a wide range of readers. These self-help resources are designed for the general public and can be utilized by academics, clinicians, researchers, religious leaders, parents, and other providers who seek to gain updated and integrated insights and skills related to sexuality, gender, race and ethnicity, faith and purpose of life, emotional health, resilience, and relationships. This book project represents a social experiment in bridge-building and hope, aiming to empower readers with identity and skill development and to minimize the tendency to take sides, which can hinder growth.

Weight: 422g
Dimension: 237 x 157 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538190432