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Welcome to the Rainbow Families blog, where we share resources, thoughts, and news about everything going on in the Rainbow Families community!
Love (still) Makes A Family Report
13.06.2019
Rainbow Families has launched a report into discrimination faced by LGBTIQ+ parented families when access Australian Government Services. This report is a follow-up to the 2017 Rainbow Families NSW...
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Are you our new treasurer?
30.05.2019
Are you good with money? Do you like making sure the books balance? Do you have 4 hours each month you could volunteer to support LGBTIQ+ parents? You could be our new treasurer! Our wonderful tre...
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Family Pride Wrap Up
26.05.2019
Thank you to everyone that came to Family Pride on Sunday May 26th. This year was huge with over 500 people coming out to celebrate with the Rainbow Families Community. Families enjoyed entertain...
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Trans and Gender Diverse Parents Guide
16.05.2019
The Rainbow Families Trans and Gender Diverse Parents Guide details the personal stories of trans and gender diverse (TGD) parents, their partners and children. Each story is unique – reflecting a ...
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Somewhere Over The Down Under Rainbow
09.05.2019
Photographer Mia Mala McDonald is currently looking for families from all over Australia to be part of her book Somewhere Over The Down Under Rainbow. The Project “Our generation of rainbow fam...
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Give Out Day
29.03.2019
Improving the lives of LGBTIQ+ people doesn’t stop at marriage equality. But in Australia, there is a clear lack of funding support to take us further. Rainbow Families is the peak body for LGBTIQ...
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Every child deserves a legal parent
28.03.2019
Rainbow Families is leading the charge with Dowson Turco Lawyers, the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby and Surrogacy Australia to campaign for law reform in relation to surrogacy laws and the statu...
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Transgender Day of Visibility
28.03.2019
Each year March 31st acknowledges the trans community worldwide with “Transgender Day of Visibility”. This day celebrates the trans community and raises awareness of discrimination that is still fa...
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Gay and transgender hate crimes update
28.03.2019
Following the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into institutional responses to gay and transgender hate crimes between 1970 and 2010, and the interim report of the parliamentary committee, Rainbow Familie...
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Election responses are in
21.03.2019
This weekend, NSW will go to the polls. As the peak body for LGBTQIA+ parented families in NSW, we asked the people vying for your vote about some of the issues affecting our families and our comm...
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