The Savvy Ally, Jeannie Gainsburg
The Savvy Ally, Jeannie Gainsburg
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The Savvy Ally
A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate

Author: Jeannie Gainsburg

Narrator: Shaina Summerville

Unabridged: 5 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/29/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

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; and 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 book about why to be an ally. This is a book about how to be an ally. The goal of The Savvy Ally is to create more confident, active allies who are effective advocates for change. This informative, entertaining, and supportive guidebook will surely jump-start even the most tentative ally.

About Jeannie Gainsburg

Jeannie Gainsburg is an educational trainer and consultant in the field of LGBTQ+ inclusion and effective allyship. Formerly the Education Director at the Out Alliance in Rochester, New York, she has personally facilitated or cofacilitated more than five hundred trainings and workshops in more than twenty different states at corporations, colleges, government agencies, K-12 schools, hospitals, faith communities, and more. Gainsburg 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. The Savvy Ally is her first book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Meike on June 24, 2024

Okay, let's start with a little story from my life as one of three straight, cisgender hosts of a literary podcast: We frequently interview and discuss the works of queer authors, but we tend to get terrified when it comes to recording conversations with or talking about texts specifically by nonbin......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on October 23, 2020

I have long considered myself an ally to the LGBTQ+ community but have often felt ill at ease with proper verbiage and have thought the questions I have are too dumb to ask/may unintentionally offend somebody. This book was the perfect resource for me to learn and feel more empowered to be an advoca......more

Goodreads review by Megan on July 04, 2022

This book is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to be mindful of being more inclusive, or to learn about ways to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 18, 2021

As a gay man, I can’t tell you how important this book is. For one, I never realized how much I didn’t know about my own community. The author is dedicate to their work and offers real strategies to make a difference—I can’t wait to share them with others. And I really hope we can create similar tex......more

Goodreads review by Rafa on August 13, 2021

Interesante, motivador, entretenido, respetuoso... Jeannie Gainsburg lo clava con esta magnífica "guía para convertirse en un defensor experto del coletivo LGBTQ+" El libro abarca casi todo lo que se debe saber para iniciarse en el activismo a favor de los derechos de la comunidad LGBTQ+: desde cuest......more