Services and resources for same-sex parents
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Outline (formerly gay line/lesbian line) Ph. 0800 688 5463 or (09) 303 3584 weekdays 10 am - 10 pm, weekends & holidays: 5 pm - 10 pm www.gayline.org.nz Outline provides free and confidential support, information and counselling to gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people and their significant others. |
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Wellington Gay Welfare Group Ph. (04) 385 1816, helpline@gaywellington.org The Wellington Gay Welfare Group provides support to gay men by way of a telephone service which operates every evening and a support group called ‘newcomers’ for men who are gay or think they may be. |
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Persons Seeking Telephone Counselling and Support from outside the local call area of State or |
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Callers from the ACT may call 1800 18 4527 between 7.3Opm and 10pm local time. Your call will be diverted to the Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service of NSW. The AIDS Action Council of the ACT provides a professional counsellor who can provide support on a one-to-one basis. This free service is available for people living with HIV/AIDS and for people coming to terms with their sexuality or transgender status. The service is also available for partners, families or friends. To make an appointment to see the counsellor, please contact 02 6257 2855 during business hours. |
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Gay and Lesbian Welfare Association 1-800-18-4527 or 07-3017-1717 |
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Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service of NSW 1-800-18-4527 or 02-8594-9596 Outside of Sydney Areas call: 1800 - 18 - GLCS (1800 - 18 - 4527) |
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Gay and Lesbian Community Services of 1-800-18-4527 or 08-9420-7201 |
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Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service of SA 1-800-18-2233 or 08-8334-1623 |
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Working It Out provides counselling and support for newly-identifying LGBTI people 03 6231 1200 |
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Gay and Lesbian Switchboard http://home.vicnet.net.au/~glswitch/ 1-800-18-4527 or 03-9827-8544 |
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Gay & Bisexual Men’s Line Telephone Service Sunday, Monday and Tuesdays 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm. FREECALL 1800 181 888 Callers from outside of 1800 18 4527 between 7.30pm and 10pm local time. Your call will be diverted to the Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service of SA. |
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Support for Same Sex Parenting |
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Parents With Pride is a support, networking, and resources forum for Australian and NZ parents, partners, and prospective parents who identify as being GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans*), and their families. Providing free resources and local group listings ... bringing families together. http://au.geocities.com/pwpaus/index.htm General enquiries - Parents With Pride Email: pwpaus@yahoo.com.au Address: Ph: 0417 997 204 |
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Rainbow Families rainbowfamiliesnz@gmail.com Rainbow Families is an email group list and website connecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender parents throughout The list enables Rainbow families to organise regional meetings and social get togethers. The list also has a support purpose to enable parents to receive ideas and opinions from other GLBT parents regarding raising children in Rainbow families. |
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Rainbow Families http://rainbowfamilies.homestead.com/ A network of children and grand-children of rainbow people, rainbow parents and grand-parents, rainbow people who want to be parents, and the wider whanau of people who play a significant role in rainbow children's lives. (By "Rainbow" we include Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Asexual, Transgender, Intersex, Takataapui, and Fa'afafine people). The group is inclusive and primarily focussed on "rainbow" children so that they can grow up knowing that they are part of a larger family. Another important focus is providing opportunities for rainbow adults who have or want to have significant roles in children's lives to meet. |
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Gay and Bisexual Dads http://groups.msn.com/WellingtonGayFathersGroup A social group, providing peer support for gay, bisexual and transgender fathers and their partners. |
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Maybe Baby A social group for people who are considering forming a rainbow family. |
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Rainbow Families Council Rainbow Families Council is a volunteer community organization working for same-sex parented families in http://www.rainbowfamilies.org.au/ |
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Prospective Lesbian Parents Victoria (PLP) is a friendly and informal group for women who may be interested in becoming a parent. We meet once a month to hear from guest speakers and have general discussions about parenting. New people are welcome to come along any time. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~plpvic/ |
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Gay Parent Network is a http://au.geocities.com/gay_parents/ |
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Gay Dads A group for GLBTI dads to talk about issues. Phone Barry on 0419 661 145 Email: gaydadsbne@hotmail.com |
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Pinkparents A community, social, support and lobby group for lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, prospective parents, queer parents, families and friends. http://www.pinkparents.com.au/ email: |
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A contact/news site for the group Blue Mountains Rainbow Parents. Is for lesbian mums and gay dads living from Penrith to Lithgow in NSW. A place for up coming events and contacts to be posted. Generally by invitation only, however by emailing a request to join with some info about yourself your request will be looked at by the moderators Email group: http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/bmrainbowparents/?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=2 |
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Rainbow Families NSW is a group for members of the GLBTQ community in NSW who are either gay parents, children of GLBTQ parents or who wish to become parents.Rainbow Families NSW welcomes members who want to give and receive support, advice, encouragement and affirmation. Email: rainbowfamiliesnsw-subscribe@yahoogroups.com explaining your reasons for wishing to join the group and how you found out about it. |
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Family Pride ACT Family Pride ACT is a new social group for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex community, their families and their friends in the ACT. Everyone is welcome ~ people with children of all ages, people thinking of having children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends …… almost any other family configuration you can think of! We plan to have occasional social activities and/or a discussion forum within the community. Email group: http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/familyprideact/?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=3 |
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Websites and resources for kids with same sex parents |
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COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere) is an organisation that supports children, youth and adults with LGBT parent(s). The website provides online communities, pen-pals from all over the world, posters and resources for schools, and lots more. COLAGE is based in the |
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Support and information for young people http://www.reachout.com.au/home.asp |
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Learn to Include A series of pre-school children’s story books about a lesbian family. There is also a teacher’s manual. Available at: http://www.hotkey.net.au/~learn_to_include/ |
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Support for family and friends of lesbian, gay and trans people |
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PFLAG South Ph. (03) 466-4600 10am-2pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday http://au.geocities.com/pflagsouth/index.html PFLAG is a group for parents and families with lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered members. It is based in the lower half of the |
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PFLAG Australia Links to state-based branches can be found on thePFLAG Australia website PFLAG is a group for parents and friends of gay and lesbian people who are a part of our community. http://www.pflagaustralia.org.au/ Email: info@pflagaustralia.org.au Phone: (02) 9869 1454 Fax: Address: PO Box 3751, Marsfield NSW 2122 |
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Other resources |
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Talking Turkey A legal guide on same sex parenting, which has been produced by the Inner City Legal Centre in Sydney. This has been updated in 2005. Available at http://www.iclc.org.au/talking_turkey/ |
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Over the Rainbow: A guide to the law for lesbians and gay men in Victoria. This site features detailed, searchable information about areas such as anti-discrimination law, health, inheritance, property division, death compensation and State superannuation for lesbians and gay men in Victoria. Over the Rainbow online is an initiative of the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby and the Department of Justice. |
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