Overview
What makes great relationships work? Trailblazers In Love blends memoir, real-life photography, and sage advice from LGBTQ+ couples together twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty+ years. With remarkable candor and vulnerability, these inspirational role models share how they came out, fell in love, faced enormous adversity, and overcame discrimination and rejection to thrive against all odds. Filled with hope, wisdom, and triumph, this collection of stories is a must-have resource for queer people, allies, aspiring allies, mental health professionals, and affirming clergy. NOTE: The hardback version makes a beautiful coffee table book.
Full Product Details
Author: Jeff Lutes
Publisher: Contemporary Relationships Press
Imprint: Contemporary Relationships Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.671kg
ISBN: 9798989011704
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 11 October 2023
Audience:
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Imagine yourself at a dinner party with an interesting variety of long-term same-sex couples, and there's an inquisitive journalist/therapist there who peppers them all with incisive questions. That's the experience you'll get from this delightful and exceedingly valuable book. John Corvino, PhD, Dean, Irvin D. Reid Honors College, Wayne State University In these stories, the reader will find rich and complex narratives about couples navigating both internal and external challenges in finding love and sustaining healthy relationships. We learn substantively more from these personal journeys than the clinical and research literature on same-sex couples available today. Vagdevi Meunier, PsyD, Gottman Master Trainer, Founder & Executive Director of The Center For Relationships This book provides hope for younger generations of queer people like me. It reminds us that love is possible, love is revolutionary, and generational wisdom is invaluable. Shemeka Thorpe, PhD, Sexuality Researcher & Educator A wonderful guide to help navigate healthy relationships, non-affirming families and friends, and the trauma many still experience from misguided religious teachings about sexual orientation and gender-identity. Trailblazers In Love can benefit new couples, as well as those seeking long-term relationships. Mitchell Gold, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Home Furnishings; Co-founder, Chairman Emeritus
Author Information
Jeff Lutes is a licensed professional counselor in private practice in Austin, Texas. He is the Executive Director of the Contemporary Relationships Conference (CRC) and the Queer and Trans Affirming Professional (QTAP) certification program. He has published chapters on LGBTQ+ affirmative counseling in three professional textbooks, authored a children's book about family diversity, and presented at the conferences of the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy, the American Family Therapy Academy, and the American Counseling Association. Jeff and his husband, Gary Stein, have been together since 1998.
