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The Savvy Ally
A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate
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This book is well-suited for allies of the LGBTQ+ community, including teachers, healthcare and mental health professionals, faith leaders, family members, friends, and anyone seeking to become a more knowledgeable and supportive advocate.
The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate is an enjoyable, humorous, encouraging, easy to understand guidebook for being an ally to LGBTQ+ communities.
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Bursting with passion and humour, The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate is a treasure trove for allies to the LGBTQ+ communities. This fully revised second edition includes:
The most current information on identities and LGBTQ+ language.
Tips for respectfully sharing, gathering, and using pronouns.
LGBTQ+ etiquette, including common language bloopers to avoid.
Tools for navigating difficult conversations.
Best practices for creating LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces.
Appropriate actions to take after messing up.
Techniques for self-care and sustainable allyship.
The Savvy Ally is a vital resource for teachers, mental health professionals, healthcare providers, college professors, faith leaders, family members, and friends who want to support and advocate for the LGBTQ+ people in their lives and help make the world a safer, more inclusive place. This informative, encouraging, and easy-to-understand guidebook will jump-start even the most tentative ally.
100% of the royalties from the first year of sales of this 2nd edition will be donated to nonprofit organisations working to build a safer and more inclusive world for LGBTQ+ people.
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Reviewers praise this book as a practical, effective, and user-friendly guide, highly recommended for personal and community libraries and educational curricula. The compassionate approach emphasises that being an ally isn't about perfection but about recognising mistakes and striving to improve. Readers appreciate the real-life examples, reflective questions, and scenarios that facilitate learning. Some initially sceptical readers of the author's perspective found it enlightening and supportive in their allyship journey.
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ISBN: 9781538169247
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 March 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Edition: 2nd edition
Illustration: 49 b/w illustrations; 1 b/w photos; 2 tables; 58 textboxes
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 223.0mm
Weight: 381g
Pages: 286
About the Author
Jeannie Gainsburg (pronouns: she/her/hers) is an award-winning educational trainer and consultant in the field of LGBTQ+ inclusion and effective allyship. Formerly the education director at the Out Alliance of Rochester, New York, she is now the founder of Savvy Ally Action, a small business that offers fun, accessible, and encouraging workshops and videos on how to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ communities. Jeannie has a BA in psychology from Brown University and an MA in social work and social research from Bryn Mawr College. She was under the impression that a citation was the result of driving too fast until January of 2019, when she received one from the New York State Assembly for Distinguished Educational & Human Rights Services for her work in promoting LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion. She lives in Rochester, New York, with her husband, Ed, and their cat, Carlos. Visit her website and download free ally goodies at www.savvyallyaction.com.
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