Gay Relationships for Men and Women: How to Find Them, How to Improve Them, How to Make Them Last

By Tina B. Tessina

Book Overview

Gay Relationships is a comprehensive guide to creating healthy, loving relationships for gay men and lesbian women. Tina Tessina, Ph.D., provides unique insight into the special issues faced by same-sex couples and offers practical and sensitive advice that all gay men and women will find valuable, whether they are looking for a partner, are currently in the throes of a relationship, or are hurting from the end of a relationship and wondering how to make the next one better. "For same-sex couples who have always had to mentally revise heterosexually oriented relationship material, finally here is a book addressed to you, and one worth waiting for. Tina Tessina has written a first-rate how-to manual.... This book is superbly simple, clearly and sensitively written."- San Francisco Bay Guardian "A valuable, helpful book filled with enlightening information."- Seattle Gay News

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874775663
• ISBN13: 9780874775662
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Tarcher
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

What the experts say about Gay Relationships for Men and Women, 2nd Ed.

"Tina Tessina has made a significant step forward with the publication of Gay Relationships. I t provides an important service to the lesbian and gay community... Heterosexuals would be so lucky to have such a compendium of information. Highly recommended reading." -Edge Magazine "A valuable, Helpful book filled with enlightening information" Seattle Gay News "For same-sex couples who have always had to mentally revise heterosexually oriented relationship material, finally here is a book addressed to you, and one worth waiting for. Tina Tessina has written a first-rate how-to manual... This book is superbly simple, clearly and sensitively written." -- Isadora Alman, San Francisco Bay Guardian "Dr. Tessina displays a genuine introspection about gay and lesbian relationships. Her concern is not only with the formulation of such relationships, but also with providing practical information on long-term maintenance of the relationship once it occurs." --Rick Schroeder and John Morgan Founders and Chaircouple, Couples National Network "If you are interested in how to come out at work, the dynamics of living together, or the pros and cons of almost every decision you will face as a gay person in a relationship, Dr. Tessina addresses those issues with balance and love in this straight- talking, practical, caring primer." --Dr. Warren Farrell author, Why Men Are the Way They Are "A useful compendium of practical, straightforward advice. A valuable book for clients and therapists alike." Linda De Villers, past President, The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex