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A New Book for Rainbow Families

A New Book for Rainbow Families

by Jac Tomlins · Jun 13, 2017

‘The Curse of Grandma Maple!’ I’ve written a book for rainbow families – this time for the kids and their friends. It’s a fun, fast-paced mystery adventure about two Australian kids, Connor and Sam, and their Canadian cousins. I’ve decided to self-publish and I’m running a crowd-funding campaign to cover the costs. If you click […]

Filed Under: Books and writing, Kids and parenting, Rainbow families Tagged With: Gay Dads Australia, Rainbow Families Community, Rainbow Families Victoria

No. 4 Fertility for trans and gender diverse people – Dr Bronwyn Devine

No. 4 Fertility for trans and gender diverse people – Dr Bronwyn Devine

by Jac Tomlins · May 8, 2017

This blog is a follow up to ‘Marc: The story of a trans dad’ and provides details of the issues associated with fertility for trans people.  There’s a lot of practical information here, but what I love most about this interview is what Dr Devine says at the end: ‘I want people to not think […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Rainbow families, Transgender Tagged With: Rainbow Families Community, Rainbow Families Victoria, TGV, Transgender Victoria

No. 3 Marc: The story of a trans dad

No. 3 Marc: The story of a trans dad

by Jac Tomlins · May 8, 2017

This is a great story for so many reasons, not least of which is that everyone involved is positive, supportive and affirming – medical professionals, childcare staff, teachers, friends and family. So much of what we read about trans issues at the moment is negative, ignorant or frightening, and I think it’s really important to […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Rainbow families, Transgender Tagged With: rainbow families, Rainbow Families Community, Rainbow Families Victoria, TGV, Transgender Victoria

No. 2: The Challenges and Rewards of being a Gay Dad

No. 2: The Challenges and Rewards of being a Gay Dad

by Jac Tomlins · May 1, 2017

This is the second in a series of four posts highlighting a new resource  the, Early Years Support Guide, that I’ve developed in collaboration with Rainbow Families NSW. Recently, I was at a rainbow families event and was pleasantly surprised to see how many gay dads came along. We don’t have any statistics on this, […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Rainbow families Tagged With: Gay Dads Australia, rainbow families, Rainbow Families Victoria

A new resource and the first LGBT antenatal class

A new resource and the first LGBT antenatal class

by Jac Tomlins · Apr 26, 2017

I’m currently working with the rainbow families team in Sydney to produce an “Early Years Support Guide” that will be available at the International Family Equality Day, Sunday May 7th in Sydney. The Guide will contain some material from my Resource Kit for Rainbow Families, and a number of new sections. This blog is the […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Rainbow families Tagged With: rainbow families, Rainbow Families Victoria

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