Queer Stories of Loss, Hope and Resilience

This book shows how people deal with different kinds and aspects of losses in their lives, what they have learned from their experiences and what opportunities arose when healing began. This includes loss through deaths but mostly loss of safety and a sense of belonging, loss of opportunity and/or of community whether due to coming out as queer, the ending of a relationship or otherwise. The interviewees identified as gay, queer, nonbinary, trans, bi and lesbian. While – as the author acknowledges – there is no right or wrong way to grieve or process loss, the book provides many valuable and helpful insights

/ Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Menschen mit verschiedenen Arten und Aspekten von Verlusten in ihrem Leben umgehen, was sie aus ihren Erfahrungen gelernt haben und welche Möglichkeiten entstanden, als die Heilung begann. Dazu gehören Verluste durch Todesfälle, aber vor allem der Verlust von Sicherheit und Zugehörigkeit, der Verlust von Möglichkeiten und/oder von Gemeinschaft, sei es durch ein Coming-out als queer, das Ende einer Beziehung oder aus anderen Gründen. Die Befragten identifizierten sich als schwul, queer, nichtbinär, trans, bi und lesbisch. Obwohl es - wie Andrew Flewitt einräumt - keinen richtigen oder falschen Weg gibt, zu trauern oder Verlust zu verarbeiten, bietet das Buch viele wertvolle und hilfreiche Einblicke.

Verlagsbeschreibung:

'For anyone who has experienced or is dealing with loss, I hope you find this book inspiring.'

This collection of queer experiences of loss, hope and resilience explores different aspects of loss, the challenges of these situations, but also how queerness might help people to navigate change and loss and the opportunities and hope that can arise when healing begins.

Exploring experiences of loss in all its forms - from bereavement and relationship breakups to loss of community, safety and identity - the book considers how queerness might help people to navigate change and loss and asks the question: do you believe in life after loss?

Curated by Andrew Flewitt and with contributions from psychotherapist Silva Neves throughout, the book features interviews with:
Nathaniel J. Hall - Zachary Tucker - Euan - Jamie Windust - Juno Roche - Vaneet Mehta - Luciana Cousin - Mendez - Theo Parsonson

Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy

Seahorses is a groundbreaking anthology that shares the experiences of trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people who have navigated pregnancy.

What can trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people expect from pregnancy? What roles do supportive friends, family members, and care providers play? What are some of the fabulous family structures folks are creating?

This collection brings together a wide spectrum of voices to share unique stories about navigating family building, pregnancy, fertility treatments, conception, loss, healthcare, abortion, childbirth, the early days of parenting, and the intersections of legal, political, and cultural contexts. Alongside individual stories, this book features collaborative round-table discussions where contributors address shared questions about personal journeys, community, advice and information, and pregnancy care.

Seahorses is both a vital resource for trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive communities and an invitation for readers of all genders to get a glimpse of trans joy and resilience that will stick with you and inspire you to love a little deeper. This book is an essential addition to conversations about gender, pregnancy, and family.

Contributors include Amari Ayomide, Amber Hickey, Felix Aster, g k somers, Halo Dawn, Jacoby Ballard, J. Workman, Jamie Cayley, Jess F Gutfreund, Kara Johnson Martone, Kathy Slaughter, LÍfthrasir Green, Aakash Kishore, Simon Knaphus, Simone Kolysh, Tom, and Zillah Rose.

The Phasing System. 5th revised edition.

Ein tolles Buch mit vielen wichtigen Infos und Tipps übers Stillen für Eltern, Bezugspersonen sowie weitere Menschen die stillende Personen begleiten und unterstützen wollen. Dabei geht es natürlich auch um die Vorbereitung in der Zeit davor sowie das Abstillen.Und es gibt einen Teil über Stillen mit Hilfsmitteln und das Simulieren vom Stillen. Inklusive Zeichnungen zu verschiedenen Still-Positionen, darunter eine stillende Person mit sichtbaren Masteknarben. Die deutsche Ausgabe und weitere Veröffentlichungen von Liesel Burisch gibt es hier.

Verlagsbeschreibung:

Queer Nursing offers an alternative, inclusive way for both performing and supporting nursing. Written as a human manual, it takes the reader through the nursing process from start to finish. Through easy, loving language it supports nursing parents, other parental figure(s) and friends in their journey of emotional and physical milestones as well as offering gentle ways to take care of each other.

The manual includes a new way of nursing by introducing the phasing system, which will aid the family in both starting and ending nursing in a calm, caring way.

Ein Ratgeber rund ums Stillen für Menschen jeden Geschlechts, der Informationen und Auszüge aus Interviews mit Fachleuten sowie Menschen, die selbst gestillt haben, enthält. Dieses Buch beantwortet viele Fragen, die insbesondere trans* und nicht-binäre Eltern und Bezugspersonen über das Stillen und zum Beispiel die Einnahme von Hormonen oder geschlechtsangleichende Operationen haben. Auch Antworten auf Fragen, wie sich z. B. Ernährung oder Medikamente auf das Stillen auswirken können, finden sich in diesem Buch.

Und dann gibt es natürlich vor allem Tipps rund um das Stillen selbst, wie z. B. Vorbereitungen, Stillpositionen, Hilfsmittel, Abstillen und Self-Care für stillende und nicht-stillende Eltern und Bezugspersonen. Wer lieber ein kürzeres Buch lesen mag, findet diese letzteren Tipps auch in Queer Nursing und dessen deutscher Übersetzung Stillen für alle.

A lactation guide for people of all genders that includes information and excerpts from interviews with people who have nursed children as wells as birth and lactation professionals. This book answers many questions trans* and nonbinary parents and caretakes might have about nursing and for example the intake of hormones or gender-affirming surgeries. But it also gives answers to questions generelly such as how diet or medication might impact lactation and nursing.

And, of course, there are above all tips around nursing itself, such as preparation, nursing positions, nursing aids, weaning and self-care for nursing and non-nursing parents and caregivers. For those who prefer to read a shorter book, these latter tips can also be found in Queer Nursing and its German translation, Stillen für alle.

Verlagsbeschreibung:

A lactation guide for people of any gender that includes information and excerpts from interviews with people who have nursed children as wells as birth and lactation professionals. This book answers a lof questions trans* and nonbinary parents and caretakes might have about nursing and for example the intake of hormones or gender-affirming surgeries. But it also gives answers to questions generelly such as how nourishment or medication might impact lactation and nursing.

And of course it includes tipps around nursing itself, such as preparations, how-tos and self-care for lactating and non-lactating parents and caretakes.
If you'd rather have less text and the latter tipps are also well laid out in Queer Nursing and its German translation Stillen für alle.

Verlagsbeschreibung:

Can I lactate if I've had top surgery?
When can I restart taking testosterone?
Where do I start with donor milk?
Finally, a book about lactation not geared exclusively towards cisgender women! Lactation for the Rest of Us is an early addition to the literature for queer and trans people who have seen themselves left out of previous informative books on chestfeeding and lactation. Useful information is included for transmasculine parents, transfeminine parents, non-binary parents, queer parents, helpers, adoptive parents, and even cisgender male parents. Covering the induction of lactation, difficulties one may encounter with chestfeeding, expert advice, and first-person testimonials, this is the book the queer parenting community has been waiting for.

Raising Kids Across the Gender Spectrum