Dr. Kryss’ books are available worldwide!
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Kryss’ Workplace book was chosen by Amazon Australia as one of their 2023 World Pride Books!
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"The Educator's Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion" was just named the top LGBT+ book for Parents! Click HERE to read the article!
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PostSecretAFTERWORD BY
Cofounder of The Trevor Project
Celeste Lecesne
Book Endorsements
This book is sure to be the go-to resource for LGBT+ inclusion in schools. Kryss is an extraordinary educator and anyone reading this book is sure to experience Kryss' passion for inclusion. Kryss is one of the greatest allies to the LGBT+ community I've ever met; she is a dear friend and truly one of a kind. I know that readers will learn more from this book than from any other existing resource and I emphatically support this book!
-- Jazz Jennings, transgender icon, multi-award winner, and star of TLC’s “I Am Jazz”
Kryss Shane has created an invaluable resource for any school administrator, curriculum expert, or advocate who wants to make sure that schools are affirming of sexual and gender diversity. For many years, the mental health and education professionals have sounded the alarm bell about the role of schools in LGBTQ+ suicide risk. We know that LGBTQ+ youth experience harassment by peers and teachers, physical and sexual assault because of perceived sexual orientation or gender identity and have thoughts of suicide and make suicide attempts 2x - 7x as often as cisgender heterosexual students. The "safe schools" movement is not enough. We must and highlight the beautiful life that queer kids can have and that is exactly what Kryss Shane has done with her book. She has provided foundational information about LGBTQ+ youth and how schools can integrate affirming content into their curriculum and school environment. Not a moment too soon.
-- Dr. Jonathan Singer, President of the American Association of Suicidology
”In my decades long journey as an advocate and policy maker promoting diversity, inclusion, fairness, and equality, Kryss Shane shines among - and often above - the most dedicated, sincere, seasoned, and effective leaders in the field. This publication could not be more timely. If you are an advocate, an educator, a parent, a co-worker, friend or neighbor to an LGBT+ identified youth, Kryss is the most engaging go-to coach and educator on best practices for creating safe and supportive spaces for including LGBT+ youth that are thoughtful, humane, and encouraging to all committed to the idea that all youth have a right to a solid, safe, and healthy and compassionate community. What Kryss provides in these pages is the interactive coaching and guidelines that many educators have been waiting for to help create and advance that kind of environment where all youth can thrive.”
-- Andrea Shorter, Co-Founder, Bayard Rustin LGBTQ Coalition, Former Director of Community Relations, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
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PostSecret
Featuring over a dozen interviews with world business leaders
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"In her first book, Kryss Shane created an invaluable resource to help schools become LGBTQ affirming environments. This time she is using her almost 30 years of experience and insight to transform workplaces. Although suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth, the highest suicide rate in the USA is among working-aged adults 45 - 60. One step towards reducing adult suicide is creating a workplace that affirms LGBTQ employees and parents of LGBTQ youth. While the June 2020 Supreme Court decision protecting LGBTQ workers under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was necessary, it was not sufficient to ensure workplaces were affirming environments. Shane's book meets this need and fills this gap."
— Dr. Jonathan Singer, President of the American Association of Suicidology
"Let's get down to business: whether you are a current business leader, someone dreaming or planning to become a leader in your industry, an advocate, or a customer who supports businesses invested in LGBT+ inclusion, Kryss Shane consistently delivers as the most engaging go-to coach and educator on best practices for creating supportive and productive LGBT+ inclusive businesses and workplaces. Kryss' coaching and interactive key lessons, guidelines, and leadership challenges exploring how and why creating LGBT+ inclusive work life is good business practice presented here could not be timelier or more on the money."
— Andrea Shorter, Co-Founder, Bayard Rustin LGBTQ Coalition; Former Director of Community Relations, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates; Former Director, Marriage Equality and Coalitions Strategies, Equality California; Inclusive and Safe Community Building Consultant and Strategist
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Cofounder of The Trevor ProjectCeleste Lecesne
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Campus Pride Founder Shane Mendez Windmeyer
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“Dr. Kryss Shane has created an invaluable resource for higher education institutions to become LGBT+ affirming environments. She draws from her almost 30 years of practice experience -and the insights from her first two books on LGBT+ affirming K-12 schools and workplaces- to create a practical guide for faculty and administrators. The increase in LGBT+-identified middle and high school students means that colleges and universities who want to meet the needs of next year's students have to become LGBT+- affirming institutions. As Past-President of the American Association of Suicidology, I know that one of the best ways to reduce suicide risk among LGBT+ youth is to ensure that their learning environment is affirming and supportive. Whether your campus is addressing LGBT+ issues for the first time or fine-tuning decades of thoughtful work, Dr. Shane's text will help your college or university get to the next level.”
-Dr. Jonathan Singer, Past-President of the American Association of Suicidology
“As someone who has traveled to hundreds of college campuses facilitating programs exploring secrets and stigma, I know first-hand the need for this book. As she has done with her two previous works in the field, Dr. Kryss writes Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive University: A Practical Resource Guide for Faculty and Administrators to a broad audience sharing nuanced insights leaving readers with practical actions that can help move all of us forward.”
-Frank Warren, founder of PostSecret
“On my show “I Am Jazz,” the world watched me grow up and then head off to Harvard. What many didn't realize was how much my parents and I had to research and work to ensure that any college I applied to would be inclusive and affirming of my transgender identity. The ongoing work of Dr. Kryss, including this book, “Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive University: A Practical Resource Guide for Faculty and Administrators” is not only easy-to-read and easy-to-follow, it is absolutely critical for the success of all current and future college students.”
-Jazz Jennings, Award-Winning International Transgender Activist and star of TLC network's hit show “I Am Jazz”
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WPATH President
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MTV’s The Real World New Orleans’
Danny Roberts
Book EndorsementsThe number one reason why gender-affirming care is so critical, is because it is lifesaving. There are few interventions in the modern medical era that we can truly call lifesaving, but gender-affirming care is one of those. We know that when gender-diverse individuals have access to an affirming and culturally and clinically competent healthcare provider, they have decreased rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality.
Gender-affirming care includes any aspect of healthcare that is delivered in a way that is informed by the lived experience of gender-diverse people with both cultural and clinical competence. It can include primary care, mental health support, gender-affirming hormone therapy, gender-affirming surgery, any other specialty care for general health, and more.
Gender-affirming care education starts in our health profession schools including medical school, graduate medical education programs, nursing school, pharmacy school, public health school, physician assistant school, social work school, psychology programs, physical therapy, and more. We need more educational programs for healthcare professionals who have finished their training programs, who did not have access to gender-affirming care education while in school.
We know that gender-diverse individuals have better health outcomes when they have even one supportive person in their life. We can all provide gender-affirming care in whatever we do. A great place to start or continue to do that is by reading The Medical Professional’s Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion: Creating a Workplace Culture that Nurtures a Welcoming, Inclusive, and Affirming Environment.
—Dr. Jerrica Kirkley, MD (she/her)
Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of Plume