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Drawing on the authors' research, surveys, and interviews with same-sex couples, this guide addresses common challenges and unique stresses they face and how to overcome them, emphasizing stress related to experiences with prejudice or discrimination, the anticipation or fear of rejection, decisions about when to conceal or disclose identity, and negative feelings that have been internalized about identity. It illustrates how this type of stress shows up in their everyday lives, how to recognize and label these experiences, and suggestions and activities for coping and thriving. It describes how to set appropriate boundaries with others, use assertive communication skills, and create positive social support, and outlines common stress experiences couples encounter in families, religious institutions, the workplace, communities, and with laws and policies, such as family gatherings, parenting and having children, going out, marriage, and advanced planning. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
