Feel Secure in Yourself

An important resource for understanding more about gender and sexual orientation.

--Anthony F. Bogaert, Brock University; author of Understanding Asexuality

I applaud the clinicians, researchers, and community leaders who held divergent viewpoints but came together to produce Feel Secure in Yourself: A Guidebook for LGBTQIA+ People and Those with a Different Label or No Label. Their contribution to common-ground ideas about sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, faith and purpose of life, emotional health, resilience, and relationships will benefit readers who are also committed to collaboration, heterodoxy, and truth-seeking.

--Zander Keig, author of A Third Space: A Nonconformist's Guide to the Universe; host of The Umbrella Hour podcast

In an era of ideological and political polarization, Beckstead et al. set out to openly examine the contradictions inherent in diverse approaches to LGBTQIA+ lives. This uniquely conceived and executed collaborative text boldly gives voice to the opposition of--as well as the dignity of--LGBTQIA people, and, in the process, teaches compassion for the self. This text offers an approach to self- and other-interrogation that is valuable for mental health professionals, policymakers, advocates of all perspectives, and all curious readers. Ambitious, revelatory, compassionate, and intellectually responsible, Feel Secure in Yourself is informative and effective for anyone who struggles with self-acceptance around sexuality or gender, no matter how one believes what is or what should be.

--Jamison Green, PhD, author of Becoming a Visible Man

This is a book for those interested in making peace across different views. It is, in itself, an effort at peacemaking across differences in values and ideas about LGBTQIA+. Grounded in research and including over a hundred contributors, this book will make a contribution to scholarly literature, clinical practice, and individual readers.

--Jenell Paris, professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Messiah University

This is an exceptionally thorough and detailed book aimed at supporting people across the LGBTQ community and even those who feel they sit outside it. The text particularly embraces the challenges of holding different attitudes towards faith, religion, and sexuality and so will be helpful for those who feel unable or unwilling to come out.

--Dominic Davies, founder of Pink Therapy; fellow, National Council of Psychotherapists, UK