Supporting Your Child
Parenting Your Trans Child – A podcast by Ari Heart, as part of the Trans Wellbeing Parent’s Program.
Transcend Australia – Transcend provides advocacy, support and resources for TGD youth and their families.
Transforming Families – Resources and tailored support for parents of TGD youth in Australia.
Transgender for Families – A basic guide for families of TGD people produced by A Gender Agenda.
Transgender For Parents – A basic guide for parents of TGD youth produced by A Gender Agenda.
Trans Wellbeing Parent’s Program – An online 7-week group program for parents of gender diverse young people.
My Kid is Gay – US based site with articles that aim to help parents understand and support their LGBTQ kids.
Yarning with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ Young People about Sexuality and Gender – A resource produced by Walkern Katatdjin.
‘Help! Somebody I love is transgender. Part 1: What does that even mean?‘ – Cassie LaBelle
‘Help! Somebody I love is transgender. Part 2: What should I say and do?’ – Cassie LaBelle
‘“Gender Exploratory Therapy”: A New Anti-trans Conversion Therapy With A Misleading Name‘ by Erin Reed.
‘Things I’ve Learned Parenting a Non-Binary Kid That Might Help You’ by Liz Vaccariello
Peer Support
Trans Pride Australia Allies Group – A Facebook group for TGD people, and their loved ones.
PFLAG+ – A group for parents and loved ones of anyone who is gender or sexually diverse. They run a number of different groups all around Australia and provide support, education and resources.
Reading List
- A Girlhood: Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays
- About a Girl: A Mother’s Powerful Story of Raising her Transgender Child by Rebekah Robertson
- TransFamily: Australian Stories from Loved Ones of Trans and Gender Diverse People
- TransFamily: Australian Stories from Loved Ones of Trans and Gender Diverse People. Volume 2
The TGD Resource Guide 