Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child

· Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Rachel F. Hirsch
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Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child provides parents of a LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning) child with a framework for helping their LGBTQ child navigate a world that isn't always welcoming. Tips from a mother with experience. Author Telaina Eriksen, a professor at Michigan State University and the mother of a gay daughter, explains what she and her husband have learned through experience, including how to deal with gay children coming out, tips on confronting bullying of gay children, guidance on becoming an advocate for gay children, and advice on building a support system in a gay family. Gender dysphoria and other concerns. Eriksen also covers the science on gender and how to help a transgender child through the various stages of development. Throughout the book parents and kids who have been there, share their stories. She also directs gay family parents to various resources online for help.

About the author

Telaina Eriksen taught creative writing for the Department of English at Michigan State University. Her work has appeared in By One's Own Hand: Writing About Suicide Loss (an anthology), Mother is a Verb, Under the Sun, the Fem, The Good Men Project, Role Reboot, and in many other online and print publications.

Rachel F. Hirsch is a voice-over artist, theater actor, and musician. She is known for her youthful sound and her facility with accents, dialects, and character voices. Her audiobook credits include numerous New York Times bestsellers for top publishing houses and production companies.

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