Voicing Pride

23/09/2018

Seeking survey participants! If you can help by participating in this survey, awesome! If you can share this survey on facebook, also awesome 🙂 https://aut.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0kMVuEm6DzH6X7T

29/06/2018

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The new book follows two women who fall in love at sea.

25/05/2018

Answer two questions and have your say in the Inquiry into Mental Health & Addiction!

are seeking contributions from the LGBTQIA+ community and will present these to the Mental Health Inquiry Panel.

is a project inspired by , in response to the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction.

22/05/2018

A “‘broad-brush’ approach [to bullying] is akin to bailing out water on a leaky boat”

Our founders have been reflecting on Pink Shirt Day. Check out their thoughts on bullying in NZ featured in their guest post on the Spinoff!

Well put, team 🌈👊

The bullying and su***de rates among q***r youth are dramatically higher than than for non-q***r youth. Joel Bateman and Henry Yuen on how NZ schools can provide targeted support for LGBTQ+ students. The years of growing up and stepping through adolescence are a turbulent time for young people wr

24/01/2018

"Why not make people's lives easier...?"

Words to live by 👌❤️🌈

Stats NZ's decision to exclude s*x, gender and s*xuality from its upcoming census has come in for criticism from the q***r community. But it turns out businesses in New Zealand – most recently Southern Cross Health Society – are already well ahead of the curve. Despite announcing back in 2015 th...

13/11/2017

Excited to see this book published! Let’s make it happen 👍🌈⛵️ click the link below to support the Kickstarter page!

Chaz Harris' book Maiden Voyage tells the story of the love between two young female characters.

12/11/2017

Awesome to see EGGS making a difference 👏 even more awesome to see students supporting other transgender students - Trans Tea Time, you're a bunch of legends! 🌈🌻

An exclusive Auckland girls school is supporting a group of seven transgender students transition into boys.

11/10/2017

Beautiful story of a school supporting its teachers and overcoming adversity. Must read! Thank you Lisa 🙌🏼🌈

I was 21 years old when I first began teaching and was still figuring out my identity and s*xuality. I was the typical over-achiever, trying to be perfect and in terms of s*xuality, fit the mould of what I thought my parents expected and what was deemed then socially acceptable.

02/10/2017

Like, comment or share if you love Rainbow Youth's new ad campaign

06/09/2017

Grab a quick couple of minutes to give this a read. Props to Rae for speaking out about gender fluidity and bullying. You're a cool human!

Rae Hunter is not "confused" as some say, and wants to be known as "just a person".

02/09/2017

Love this work!! We are huge supporters of encouraging and providing help to schools so that they can take ownership of creating a safe environment for all students!

A set of guidelines has been updated for schools to help them create a safe and affirming environment for all students. 🤩

http://ppta.org.nz/news-and-media/affirming-diverse-s*xualities-and-genders-in-schools/?1

PPTA rainbow taskforce convenor and secondary school teacher Shawn Cooper says, “There have always been students with diverse gender identities and s*xualities, that’s not new. What is new is we’re now calling on schools to develop safe and affirming practices to help these students thrive!”

25/08/2017

Our friend's across the ditch are about to vote on something very important! Let''s do this Australia!. 🌈🌈🌈

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/23/the-answers-in-the-post-australian-marriage-equality-vote-explainer

Everything you need to know about why Australia is planning to have a postal survey on same-s*x marriage