Rainbow Families have today launched a crowdfunder to support the development of ground-breaking resources for and with transgender and gender diverse parents.
Mat Howard, Co-Chair of Rainbow Families said: “For families where one or more parents are transgender or gender diverse, the everyday challenges of raising children can be intensified by experiences of misunderstanding, exclusion or even hostility and hatred.
“There are very few resources available to provide guidance, and we want to change that.”
Working with their transgender and gender diverse parents, Rainbow Families NSW will create a series of ground-breaking and life-affirming resources designed to assist with the process of transitioning in community, relieving much of the pressure they experience to educate and inform others.
The resource will aim to provide clear information around common struggles faced by transgender and gender diverse, including:
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Finding the best way to include their partners, children and extended families in the process of transitioning;
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Educate and inform teachers, health workers, colleagues, friends and other members of the LGBTIQA+ community about the experience of being transgender;
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Mediate and support children's experiences at schools, child-care centres and sporting clubs;
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Practice self care and support themselves through the process of transitioning and beyond; and
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Find ways to celebrate the diversity of their families .