Community & Wellbeing

Rainbow Families Victoria: Community support group that advocates for, celebrates and uplifts LGBTQ+ Rainbow Families.

The Neighborhood: A Virtual Hub for LGBTQ+ Families

Birthing and Breast/Chestfeeding For Trans People and Allies

The ‘Other’ Box: A facebook support group for parents & future parents who identify as ‘other’ in any way.

Gay Dads Australia

Holistic Health For Transgender & Gender Variant Folks

Queerspace: Counselling, case management, advocacy, research, training, professional development and consultancy.

Thorne Harbour Health (THH): Family violence counselling, general counselling, case management, health and community support services for people who are LGBTIQA+, questioning and living with HIV. Call (03) 9865 6700 or email enquiries@thorneharbour.org

Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council Directory

AGMC is a peak body for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer individuals and community groups of multicultural and multifaith backgrounds.

Birth & Parenting

(Article) What Queer-Affirming Doulas Can Provide New LGBTIQ Parents

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A resource guide by and for the trans, gender expansive, and non-binary community and their families.

Trans-Parenting: An organisation dedicated to providing support and educational resources to parents raising a gender independent child.

Birthing Beyond The Binary: Resources, tools and webinars, they also offer a facebook support group here.

Trans & Gender Diverse Parents Guide by Jacqui Tomlins

Families like mine: Families like mine is a multimedia guide that offers practical advice to families of young gender diverse people, same-sex attracted and bisexual people, and those who are questioning their sexuality or gender identity.

What Makes a Baby (Book) by Cory Silverberg & Fiona Smyth (Illustrator)

LGBTIQ+ Resources


LGBTIQ+ Family Building

Family Equality: An organisation that advance legal and lived equality for LGBTQ families, and for those who wish to form them, through building community, changing hearts and minds, and driving policy change.

Trans Family Building: Resources from Family Equality

LGBTQ+ Family Building Directory (US)

Donor Conceived Resources for LGBTIQ+ Families (US)

The Australian Surrogacy Handbook by Sarah Jefford (family creation lawyer)

Surrogacy and Donor Conception Blog by Sarah Jefford

Nourish: An online presentation about starting a rainbow family

Research Summary from the Australian Institute of Family Studies - Working Together to Care for Kids: Foster and relative/kinship carers and their experiences

(Article) How to become a foster carer in Australia

(Article) Preparing for Pregnancy as a Non-Binary Person

(Article) What Every LGBTIQ Person Needs to Know About Becoming a Parent

A list of lawyers specialising in working with LGBTIQ+ families in Victoria

LGBTIQ+ Legal Service: LGBTIQ+ Outreach Lawyer at Thorne Harbour Health - LGBTIQlegalservice@throneharbour.org or ph. 0490 086 090

Known Donor Contract (Sample Template) 

AdoptChange.org

Mosie Baby: Home Insemination kit

Stories

Masculine Birth Ritual: A podcast for conversations about masculine-of-center & genderqueer people making, birthing, & raising humans

Biff & I: A youtube channel where parents Trystan & Biff share their lived experiences around parenting & family.

Family Equality Book Nook: A list of LGBTQ+ family-friendly books for the whole family.