Page 3 : Gay and Lesbian Self Help Guides - RainbowSauce: GLBT Resources for The Best in Queer Reading

The self help books on RainbowSauce are specifically written for LGBT community members - with issues such as coming out, coming out to children or family, AIDs, family relations, relationships, sexual identity and many other self help topics.

These self help titles are available from the USA, UK and Canada - click your local flag for reviews or purchase information. You can now click on any LGBT author's name to view all their book titles!

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	All Books by Deborah A. Miller - Coping When a Parent Is Gay (Coping) Library Binding (February 1993) Rosen Publishing Group; ISBN: 0823914046 "GLBT Self Help Books; This book is geared mainly towards young teenagers whose parents have just come out. It is helpful for its target audience in providing support and tips on dealing with difficult situations as far as homophobia is concerned and also provides a fairly extensive list of resources that children can contact to meet others in similar situations." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Bob Powers and Alan Ellis - Author of : A Family and Friend's Guide to Sexual Orientation : Bridging The Divide Between Gay and Straight Paperback - 256 pages 1 edition (July 1996) Routledge; ISBN: 0415912768 *~~ Featured Book Review ~~* "A Family and Friend's Guide to Sexual Orientation helps individuals and families to bridge the divide between gay and straight, to heal wounds that often accompany individuals and families' negative feelings about lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered persons. Consisting of thirty stories by individuals who have come to accept and embrace their own sexuality, twelve of the stories are by heterosexuals who, in addition to talking about their own sexuality, speak of the homosexuality of a loved one. The book also includes five personal stories from two families." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Ritch C. Savin-Williams - Author of : Mom, Dad, I'm Gay.: How Families Negotiate Coming Out Hardcover - 276 pages 1st edition (January 15, 2001) American Psychological Association (APA); ISBN: 1557987416 "GLBT Self Help Books; As mainstream America becomes more aware of the non-heterosexual community, gay, lesbian, transgendered, and bisexual teenagers are revealing their sexual identities to their parents at a younger age than ever before. Often this happens while teens are still living at home. How do they decide whether and when to take this risky step? What is involved in negotiating a new identity with parents? And how common are the coming out “horror stories” published in the popular press? Drawing from over 150 original interviews with teens, psychologist Ritch Savin-Williams separates fact from fiction in this survey of coming out experiences." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Michael Shernoff - Author of : Gay Widowers : Life After the Death of a Partner Paperback - 161 pages (March 1998) Haworth (T); ISBN: 156023105X "GLBT Self Help Books; A collection of first person accounts of the loss of a gay partner. This book reveals both personal stories and usable information on the reactions gay men have to grief. Through the use of anecdotes and timely analysis, one gets a more complete picture of the incredible passage gay men undergo in their grief journeys." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Michelangelo Signorile - Author of : Outing Yourself: How to Come Out as Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends, and Coworkers Paperback (June 1996) Fireside; ISBN: 0684826178 "GLBT Self Help Books; An author and columnist offers a sensitive, no-nonsense, supportive, fourteen-step program for coming out, as well as exercises, meditation notes, and anger checks and accounts of the experiences of lesbians and gays from around the nation." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Lynn Sutcliffe - Author of : There Must be Fifty Ways to Tell Your Mother Paperback (March 1996) Cassell Academic; ISBN: 0304331120 "GLBT Self Help Books; These personal "coming out" stories from a wide range of young women and men in the UK are divided into three sections: "Coming Out", "Shouting Out" and "Moving On". The stories explore ways to combat the fear many people face before telling their family about their sexuality; the means of expressing pride and helping to fight prejudice; and the process of building strong, lasting relationships with gay friends and partners. A role-play section is included for groups of friends to work from in developing the ideas and themes of the book." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Peter Sweasey - Author of : From Queer to Eternity: Spirituality in the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People Paperback - 288 pages (August 1997) Unknown; ISBN: 0304335525 "GLBT Religion; GLBT Self Help Books; Spirituality and Homosexuality - Diverse References" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Tina B. Tessina - Author of : Gay Relationships for Men and Women: How to Find Them, How to Improve Them, How to Make Them Last Paperback (May 1990) J P Tarcher; ISBN: 0874775663 "GLBT Self Help Books; Here is a step-by-step guide to making relationships work for America's more than twenty million gay men and women. Written in a warm, direct style, this book is leavened with humor and filled with anecdotes and examples drawn from the lives of the author's clients and friends." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:

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