By Eduardo Morales–
RAMA Blueprints on June 27, 2024, at the Brava Theatre, recorded a rare 90-minute podcast concerning the history of San Francisco Latinx LGBTQI+ history. For the podcast, Co-Producers Darren J. de Leon and Socorro Gamboa organized a panel of speakers to discuss this rich and all too under-discussed topic. Gamboa facilitated the discussion with three guests: yours truly (representing LGBTQI+ elders); a midcareer person, Claudia Cabrera, who is the Program Director at Si a La Vida of Instituto Familiar de La Raza; and a self-identified transgender individual, Tony Ramos, who is the LGBTQIA Youth Service Coordinator of Instituto Familiar de La Raza. Speakers represented their various viewpoints and recollections about Latinx LGBTQI+ history.
The discussion was lively and responsive to questions from the audience. Once the podcast is edited, the link for it will be placed on the AGUILAS website (https://www.sfaguilas.org/). I hope the podcast will inspire further documentation of the contributions of Latinx LGBTQI+ individuals in San Francisco history and motivate filmmakers, writers, and other creatives to address such topics as well.
For more information about RAMA Blueprints: https://bit.ly/4ceuffD
New Guidebook Designed to Increase Resilience to Minority Stress.
This month, a new book—Relate to Others with Confidence: A Guidebook for LGBTQIA+ People and Those with a Different Label or No Label—was released with a goal of increasing readers’ social resilience and assertiveness in response to minority stress. It highlights the need for belonging and community building and a safe, collaborative, and peaceful coexistence with our diverse, pluralistic cultures. The book is edited by A. Lee Beckstead, Jacks Cheng, Sulaimon Giwa, Mark A. Yarhouse, and Iva Zegura.
My contribution to this guidebook is as a co-author of Chapter 1 entitled “Live Assertively.” Other chapters include “Find Places to Belong”; “You Do To, Develop Your Sexuality and Understand Consent”; “Find Your Best Options for LGBTQIA+ Singlehood and Relationships”; and “Support for Parents of LGBTQIA+ Persons and for LGBTQIA+ Parents.” This effort and the upcoming collection series took about ten years to develop and provide various strategies to address different LGBTQI+ and multiethnic identities. I hope readers will find it useful in managing the various stressors in their lives. It is available in paperback, hardcover, and eBook (https://bit.ly/3Lk2ZjK).
Eduardo Morales, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus, retired Distinguished Professor, and current adjunct professor at Alliant International University. He is also a licensed psychologist and a founder and current Executive Director of AGUILAS, an award-winning program for Latinx LGBTQ+. Of Puerto Rican decent, he has received numerous distinguished awards and citations, including being named a Fellow of 12 divisions of the American Psychological Association.
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Published on July 11, 2024
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