Relate to Others with Confidence

About the EditorsA. Lee Beckstead (he/him), PhD, is white-Peruvian, gay, cisgender, currently nondisabled, and spiritual; was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and has been in a primary relationship with a man since 1997. He has been a psychologist in private practice since 2003 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He provides weekend retreats for male survivors of sexual abuse (MenHealing.org) and he is part of a diverse research team studying the health and satisfaction of individuals who are single and celibate or noncelibate or in a same-gender/queer or mixed-orientation relationship. Jacks Cheng, PhD, EdM, (ta, he, they) is a queer migrant of Taiwanese heritage to Canada and the U.S. Ta works as supervising psychologist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Ta is also the 2023 Chair of the Committee on Early Career Psychologists of the American Psychological Association. Sulaimon Giwa, PhD, (he/him/his) is an associate professor and interim dean of social work at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. Sulaimon is a scholar-activist who self-identifies as Black, Muslim, and gay. He authored the 2022 book, Racism and Gay Men of Color: Living and Coping with Discrimination.Mark A. Yarhouse, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in conflicts tied to religious identity and sexual and gender identity. He is the Dr. Arthur P. and Mrs. Jean May Rech Chair in Psychology at Wheaton College, where he runs the Sexual and Gender Identity (SGI) Institute. He is an award-winning teacher and researcher and is the past recipient of the Gary Collins Award for Excellence in Christian Counseling. He is currently the Chair of the task force on LGBT issues for Division 36 (Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) of the American Psychological Association. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is author or co-author of several books, including Understanding Sexual Identity: A Resource for Youth Ministers and Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture. His most recent books are Sexual Identity & Faith and Costly Obedience: Listening to and Learning from Celibate Gay Christians.Iva Žegura (she/her) graduated from and specialized in clinical psychology at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, in Zagreb and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Austria. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and is educated in gestalt integrative therapy, cybernetic psychotherapy, and sexual therapy. She works at the University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce in Zagreb, and collaborates with several national universities and departments of psychology. She is a member of the national list of experts for transgender health care at the Croatian Ministry of Health. She is the president of the Section for Clinical Psychology and Section for Psychology and Human Rights, and vice president of the Section for Psychology of Sexuality and Psychology of Gender. She is president-elect of the board of directors of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH). In 2022, she received the APA Division 52 International Psychology Global Citizen Psychologist Citation Award and in 2024, she received the highest professional award in Croatia “Ramiro Bujas” from the Croatian Psychological Association.ContributorsChristine Aramburu Alegría, Frances Aranda, A. Lee Beckstead, Eric Boromisa, Don L. Braegger, João Carvalho, Jacks Cheng, Jeannie DiClementi, Stefano Eleuteri, Alison Feit, Darren J. FreemanCoppadge, Susanna M. Gallor, Alejandro Gepp-Torres, Sulaimon Giwa, Iraklis Grigoropoulos, Nathalie Huitema, Jay Jacobsen, Erin S. Lavender-Stott, Tyler Lefevor, Isabel Lima, Paul Linden, Julia Mackaronis, Mani B. Mitchell, Eduardo Morales, Brie Radis, Alex Rivera, Christopher H. Rosik, Jordan Rullo, Walter R. Schumm, Samuel Skidmore, Lauren Smithee, Kersti Spjut, Denise Steers, Jim Struve, Tim van Wanrooij, Moshe-Mordechai (Maurits) van Zuiden, Amanda Veldorale-Griffin, Jeni Wahlig, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Mark A. Yarhouse, Iva Žegura

• AcknowledgmentsA. Lee Beckstead, Jacks Cheng, Sulaimon Giwa, Mark A. Yarhouse, and Iva ŽeguraChapter 1: Live Assertively Paul Linden, A. Lee Beckstead, Jeannie DiClementi, Julia Mackaronis, Jim Struve, Eduardo Morales, and Tim van WanrooijChapter 2: Find Places to Belong: You Do YouFrances Aranda, Samuel Skidmore, A. Lee Beckstead, Iva Žegura, Christopher H. Rosik, Jay Jacobsen, and João Carvalho Chapter 3: Develop Your Sexuality and Understand ConsentJordan Rullo, Alex Rivera, Nathalie Huitema, Don L. Braegger, A. Lee Beckstead, Alison Feit, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, and Kersti Spjut Chapter 4: Find Your Best Options for LGBTQIA+ Singlehood and RelationshipsMoshe-Mordechai (Maurits) van Zuiden, A. Lee Beckstead, Stefano Eleuteri, Erin S. Lavender-Stott, Darren J. Freeman-Coppadge, Tyler Lefevor, Eric Boromisa, Lauren Smithee, Christine Aramburu Alegría, Iva Žegura, and Jeni WahligChapter 5: Support for Parents of LGBTQIA+ Persons and for LGBTQIA+ ParentsSusanna M. Gallor, Grigoropoulos Iraklis, Mani B. Mitchell, Denise Steers, Walter R. Schumm, Jeni Wahlig, Alejandro Gepp-Torres, Isabel Lima, Jeannie DiClementi, Amanda Veldorale-Griffin, and Brie RadisReferencesIndexAbout the Contributors

Relate to Others with Confidence: A Guidebook for LGBTQIA+ People and Those with a Different Label or No Label is both a probiotic and prebiotic for the LGBTQIA+ soul; its main focus is on finding powerful ways for our community to flourish that are often missing in the traditional 'diet' of existing literature. It takes the conversation about the lived experience and, most importantly, the unique needs of individuals within our community to new heights in an easily digestible and actionable way.