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.
Loving Your Child When They are Different – Created by the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council and the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission for multicultural and multifaith families wondering how to best support those who have told them they are LGBTQA.
My Kid is Gay – US based site with articles that aim to help parents understand and support their LGBTQ kids.
QFamily – Resources and support for LGBTQIA+ families.
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 Diversity and Gender Dysphoria: Children and Teenagers’ by the Raising Children Network
‘When Your Child is Trans or Gender Diverse: Family Feelings’ by the Raising Children Network
‘“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
