Real Talk About LGBTQIAP

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Pansexual

Tara Coyt

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About The Book

Real Talk About LGBTQIAP: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Pansexual is an award-winning book that explores over 200 questions about sexuality, gender identity, and biological sex. Tara Hoyt, a heterosexual, cisgeneder writer who answers questions through interviews with diverse groups of LGBTQIAP voices from acrsos the United States. This conversational book also delves into questions such as, “Why should you care?” “What should loved ones do?” and “What is the harm in acceptance?” Also included are findings from the American Psychology Association, Georgia Equality, GLAAD, HRC, PFLAG, and Pew Research center. Other topics discussed: freedom, equality, self-actualization, and the Bible, as well as current issues like bathroom laws, conversion therapy, healthcare, and religious freedom.

Real Talk About LGBTQIAP book stack

Promises real talk, and delivers.

Nick Schenkel

Director, West Lafayette, Indiana Library

A powerful and important entry point for us to begin dialogue.

Chevara Orrin

Founder, We Are Straight Allies

Comprehensive... explanatory... thoroughly articulated

Publishers Weekly

Book Life

I am impressed with the breadth and thoughtfulness.

Eric R. Wright, PhD

Chair, Georgia State University Dept. Of Sociology; LGBTQ Institute Scholar

About Tara Coyt

Tara Coyt

Tara Coyt

Tara Coyt is an award-winning marketing and advertising professional, author, speaker, photographer, and painter. Her book Real Talk About LGBTQIAP won a New Generation Indie Book award and was nominated for the Georgia Author of the Year Award. Tara has also developed books for two NBA All-Stars, a Death Row Records photographer, and several entrepreneurs. She is also the founder of Coyt Communications and Get it Write, a coaching program for aspiring authors.

Tara has been active in community and non-profit organizations since childhood. Board appointments include the Atlanta-Rio Sister Cities Foundation, Atlanta Technical College Foundation, and Atlanta Writers Club. Tara has been a member of the Black Journalists Association, and National Association of Minorities in Communications, and is a graduate of the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta VIP. She is an ally for LGBTQ equality, a GLAAD Media Institute alumnus, and has participated in Georgia Equality’s speaker training program.

Tara Coyt and her twin brother were born in Cleveland, OH. She earned a BS, Natural Sciences from Xavier University (OH) and an MBA, Marketing from The Ohio State University. Tara resides in Atlanta, GA.

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