Mark Latham has introduced another piece of legislation that directly attacks LGBTIQ+ people. The Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020 harms trans and gender diverse students by denying their existence and preventing teachers and counsellors...

The passing of Victoria’s Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2020 which bans practices that attempt to change or supress a person’s gender identity is another major step forward in ending...

Mark Latham has introduced another piece of legislation that directly attacks LGBTQ+ people. The Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020 harms trans and gender diverse students by denying their existence and preventing teachers and...

Rainbow Families is launching a new advocacy campaign - for law reform in relation to surrogacy laws and the status of parents whose children are born overseas. For children born through international...

We recently made a submission into the Federal Government's Surrogacy Enquiry.   Our recommendations are: 1. Work with state and territory ministers to create a consistent approach to legal parentage, adoption and fostering, assisted reproductive medicine, altruistic and commercial surrogacy and gamete donation, with the view to  expanding options for LGBTIQ parents (and parents experiencing  infertility); and  2. Lift the ban on commercial surrogacy; and   3. Form a new framework, led by a Government regulatory agency or NGO to  monitor surrogacy arrangements, with the view to protect children, surrogates  and intending parents, potentially within the context of a highly regulated local  market.  

We have been working with Rainbow Families Queensland and Rainbow Families Victoria on a joint submission into the Religious Discrimination Bill.  We do not support the Bills in their current form The 2nd exposure draft has not...

Rainbow Families has made a submission to the Federal Parliament's Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System. In preparing our response, we surveyed members of our community about their experiences and views on...

Rainbow Families has been invited to contribute to the Federal Parliament's Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System. You might recall that there was a comprehensive Australian Law Reform Commission review of the...

We have worked with Rainbow Families Victoria and Queensland on a joint submission to the Religious Freedom Reform Bills in response to Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 ...

You may have seen the news of late the Government will be introducing new laws to protect people of faith from discrimination.But there are also concerns from some in the LGBTIQA+ community...

A report into discrimination faced by LGBTIQ+-parented families when accessing Australian Government services. This report is a follow-up to the 2017 Rainbow Families NSW report Love makes a family: A report into...

We always have and always will fight for the rights of LGBTQ+ parents and their children. Have a look at some of the work we're doing to advocate for the rights of...

Reforms in recent years have brought significant developments in the legal recognition of LGBTIQ+ families. This has included recognising same-sex de facto relationships, and more recently, same-sex marriage as well as expanding the...

In 2010, the NSW Government legislated to allow same-sex adoptions. Since that time, Census data clearly shows that more and more LGBTIQ couples have opted to become parents. But adoption rates by...

Last month Rainbow Families made a submission to the review of the family law system.  We consulted with our community and had over 160 responses to the survey. Thank you to everyone...

Rainbow Families is preparing a report into discrimination LGBTIQ parents face when accessing Federal Government services and we want to hear from you.  Tell us about your experiences with Medicare, applying for...

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...

Rainbow Families NSW has told a Parliamentary Committee what it was like being at the pointy end of the marriage equality debate last year, in a submission to the Inquiry into Arrangements...

The Australian Government is conducting a review into whether Australian law (Commonwealth, State and Territory) adequately protects the human right to freedom of religion with particular regard to the intersections between the...