The Savvy Ally

Overview

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 the LGBTQ+ communities. It is chock full of practical and useful tools for LGBTQ+ advocacy, including:

Current and relevant information on identities and LGBTQ+ language

Tips for what to say and what not to say when someone comes out to you

LGBTQ+ etiquette and techniques for respectful conversations

Common bloopers to avoid

Tools for effectively navigating difficult conversations

Suggestions for addressing common questions and concerns

Actions for creating more LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces

Recommendations for self-care and sustainable allyship

This book will be useful for teachers, counselors, social workers, nurses, medical technicians, and college professors, as well as parents who want to be supportive of their LGBTQ+ child, but don't know how. This is not a...