Social Identity

Taking everything they know from more than a decade of working with the queer and trans community, their personal journey of gender exploration, and clinical best practices, licensed therapist, coach and speaker Rae McDaniel created the Gender Freedom Model. A uniquely supportive narrative for gender exploration and transition grounded in queer joy, their nine-pillar model has helped thousands of transgender and nonbinary individuals explore gender through play, pleasure and freedom. And now, it can help you too.

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

This poetry handbook, "When they Stole Away Our Virginity - Poetry of Life" is a collection of poems from the heart on life issues. A must-read for all poetry-lovers. - When They Stole Away Our Virginity (Poetry of Life) invites readers on a poignant journey through the myriad complexities of the human experience. This evocative collection of poems grapples with the themes of innocence lost, love's betrayals, people, love, politics, governance, God, Christian living, culture, traditional beliefs, marriage, virtuous living, education and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of ...

Join children from Haiti, India, Korea, Rwanda, Spain, New Zealand, and many more countries as they each declare God's truth about their identities. Each moment is a joyful exploration of how God has uniquely made every child to reveal His glory, but also serves as a beautiful reminder for kids about who they are—and, most important, whom they belong to.

How do I make it big on social media? What is my story - and who is my audience? What content should I post to achieve #success? How do I go viral...or how long will it take me to get noticed? Selfie Made is a one-of-a-kind guide to creating a digital identity, finding an audience, and building a powerful brand - your own! - on the Internet.

Аниме — это японская анимация, но в отличие от западной, ориентированной на детей, большинство аниме создается для взрослой или подростковой аудитории и выделяется уникальным стилем рисунка…. Так мы могли бы рассказать об этой книге, но аниме — это уникальное культурное явление со своими жанровыми особенностями, глубокими смыслами и философией. В этой книге вы найдете эссе на совершенно разные темы: подход к дизайну персонажей и "тайные смыслы", особенности романтики и творчества Хаяо Миядзаки.

It is critical to break down the growing body of myths and misinformation and to discover the truth about everyday health and well-being. Dr. Bernard Patten suggests that the benefits from even small changes in nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle are enormous, and, properly applied, will increase your life-span and greatly decrease your healthcare costs. Health Is Wealth is the place to start making these changes.

What does it mean to be Muslim in India? What does it mean to look like one's religion? Does one's faith determine how one is perceived? Is there a secular ideal one is supposed to live up to? Can people of different faiths have a shared culture, a shared identity? But You Don't Look Like a Muslim is a work that every thinking Indian must hear.

Wanting to be included is a universal longing. We have struggled to find our place in life. We have watched our kids struggle to find theirs. Although this book addresses gender identity, it is for anyone who has felt excluded in life. Our hope is to provide community and safe spaces for expressing daily struggles in life.

Acclaim for A Revolution of the Mind “A great Chicago novel.” – Chicago Reader “A provocative, emotional novel unafraid to bare its teeth.” -Independent Book Review “Whether A Revolution of The Mind garners the large audience it deserves, remains to be seen, but in my opinion, Author Perry has penned a winner in this illuminating and meticulously edited read.” - Pacific Book Review "There is no question that A Revolution of the Mind is literary fiction and that MV Perry is firmly set within the classical style of the literati. This is not a light read. It is not even a heavy ...

Folk music is more than an idealized reminder of a simpler past. It reveals a great deal about present-day understandings of community and belonging. It celebrates the shared traditions that define a group or nation. In America, folk music - from African-American spirituals to English ballads and protest songs - renders the imagined community more tangible and comprises a critical component of our diverse national heritage.

As Asian Americans are rising in terms of number and influence, the need for understanding their identity becomes important on academic, social, political, economic, and intellectual levels. This book is a very important book to meet the rising need that has been largely neglected in academia and in the publishing industry thus far. This book is an essential addition to all serious university libraries, public libraries, and private personal libraries of educated individuals.

A reckoning with the way we choose to see and define ourselves, Self-Portrait in Black and White is the searching story of one American family's multi-generational transformation from what is called black to what is assumed to be white. Thomas Chatterton Williams, the son of a 'black' father from the segregated South and a 'white' mother from the West, spent his whole life believing the dictum that a single drop of 'black blood' makes a person black.

In his ground-breaking book, Gary Younge argues that we have recoiled into refuges of race or class, religion or national identity to survive in a state seemingly indifferent to our lives. Ranging from his Stevenage childhood to present day America, from the borders of Europe to division in South Africa, Younge explores the issues that bind the powerful elite and the poor immigrant, the fundamentalist and the conservative.

In this powerful, extensively researched and deeply personal audiobook, Kenny Ethan Jones, trans activist and writer, offers an authentic and in-depth insight into the trans experience. From gender dysphoria to surgery, from being outed to finding love and considering parenthood, Kenny Ethan Jones draws on his own life and the stories of others from the trans and non-binary communities to create discussion around the complexities and reality of the trans experiences in today's society.

We live in a world where trans lives are now mainstream and many forms of nonbinary and gender-diverse identities exist. This is also a world in which some people have some very strong views about how other people identify and how those people should be treated. If you happen to be someone who is running - or is thinking of setting up - a group, programme or event for women (or for a specific group of people for whom gender may be a defining feature) then you need to have an understanding of some of these issues so that you can lead with integrity.

In the heart of Ironridge, a city caught between the decay of its industrial past and the stark divide of its economic reality, sixteen-year-old Eddie "Edge" McGowan is fighting for a way out. Growing up on the wrong side of Main Street, where opportunities are scarce and hope is even harder to come by, Edge knows the odds are stacked against him. But he refuses to let his circumstances define his future. As tensions rise between the haves and the have-nots, Edge and his close-knit group of friends find themselves at the center of a brewing storm. Navigating the gritty streets of Ironridge,...

In Georgina Lawton's childhood home, her Blackness was never acknowledged; the obvious fact of her brown skin, ignored by her white parents. Over time, secrets and a complex family story became accepted as truth and Georgina found herself complicit in the erasure of her racial identity. It was only when her beloved father died that the truth began to emerge. Fleeing the shattered pieces of her family life and the comfortable, suburban home she grew up in, at age 22 Georgina went in search of answers.

Our society is undergoing an evolution, and we should take this as a call to action to ensure that all people, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, age, ethnicity, race, religion, or social class, are treated as humans worthy of respect.

Perhaps you’ve begged Mistress to make you a pretty girl, to take away all those nasty bits that categorize you as male. You’ll do anything to stay in her world. To be a girl forever. She has the power to change your sex, to set you free forever. And yet, there is a force within you resisting the metamorphosis. This audiobook is not for the faint of heart. Written by trans dominatrix Mistress Persephone Rose, You’re a Girl Now Suck It unravels the very fiber of your being and sews it back in ways you might never have imagined.