Real Talk About LGBTQIAP
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Pansexual
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
REAL TALK ABOUT LGBTQIAP is a sincere conversation about the who, what, when, how, and why of human sexuality, gender identity, and biological sex.
REAL TALK takes a deep dive into each group represented by the acronym, and also explores issues like bathroom laws, conversion therapy, discrimination, freedom of speech, and religious freedom bills/laws.
Author Tara Y. Coyt explores these questions and issues by sharing a variety of LGBTQIAP perspectives, including LGBTQ Institute Executive Director Ryan Roemerman, Fulton County Commission Co-Chair Joan Garner, Outwrite Bookstore Founder Philip Rafshoon, transgender activist Vandy Beth Glenn, and others from across the United States.
REAL TALK also presents information from leading researchers like Georgia State University sociology professor Dr. Eric R. Wright, and organizations such as GLAAD, HRC, Georgia Equality, American Psychology Association. Also included are biblical scholars and historians like Peter J. Gomes, Rabbi Debra Kolodny, Reza Aslan, Evangelicals Concerned, and others.
“Comprehensive …explanatory…thoroughly articulated…” - BookLife/Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Coyt's comprehensive if perhaps overlong explanatory book for fellow "straight allies" of LGBTQ people helpfully addresses questions that they might otherwise burden marginalized people with and provides a thoroughly articulated case for respecting others. The book follows a q&a format, with answers supported by data from mainstream scientific, research-based, and advocacy sources, as well as personal statements from interviews with respondents with LGBTQIAP identities. She separates the initialism into sexual orientation topics (lesbian and gay, bisexual, asexual, and pansexual) and gender and body variation topics (transgender and intersex); the awkward section for "Q" usefully discusses the complexity of reclaiming slurs, but also, possibly confusingly, introduces genderqueer topics before transgender ones. Further sections discuss coming out, legal and societal equality, and the lack of textual evidence of objections to homosexuality in the Bible. Sometimes, answers to more socially complex topics like that of "passing" are oversimplified, and a few spots, notably the discussion of intersex biology, are technically wrong or overly vague. Throughout, Coyt reaffirms that "discomfort an excuse to be disrespectful" and advocates for "treating our fellow humans with love and respect." This targeted resource may be just the right thing to guide uninformed potential allies gently onto a path of compassion. (BookLife)
