The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate

The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate by Jeannie Gainsburg, M.S.S. ’92, provides practical tools for teachers, counselors, social workers, medical practitioners, college professors, and parents who want to be supportive of the LGBTQ+ community but don’t know how. Topics include information on identities and language, tips about what to say and what not to say when someone comes out to you, the etiquette for respectful conversations, common questions and concerns, creating more LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces, and more. This is not a book about why to be an ally, but rather how. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020)

Jeannie Gainsburg, M.S.S. '92, is an educational trainer and consultant in the field of LGBTQ+ inclusion and effective allyship. She has personally facilitated or co-facilitated more than five hundred trainings and workshops in more than twenty different states at corporations, colleges, government agencies, K-12 schools, hospitals, faith communities, and more.