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For we are glorious…

For we are glorious…

by Jac Tomlins · Mar 9, 2018

I am sitting in the dining room of the Holiday Inn at Potts Point with Sarah and the kids. It’s the morning before Mardi Gras and, as I glance around the room, I realise its chock-full of queers: older gay male couples, tables of fit boys, and groups of middle-aged dykes. I do a quick […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Rainbow families Tagged With: Mardi Gras 2018, marriage equality, rainbow families, Rainbow Families Community

It’s OK to feel like crap!

It’s OK to feel like crap!

by Jac Tomlins · Nov 20, 2017

It’s been a few days since the announcement and I’ve been trying to process how I feel. It’s complex. Difficult. Messy. And it’s taken time. But I’ve had some good conversations and I think I’ve got it now. I’ve been listening to other people too and I think some of you might be in the […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Personal Tagged With: marriage equality, rainbow families

I love what we just did

I love what we just did

by Jac Tomlins · Jul 6, 2017

On Tuesday morning, I was extremely excited and enormously relieved to reach the target for my crowd-funding campaign. The campaign was to cover the costs of self-publishing, ‘The Curse of Grandma Maple!’ a book for primary school kids that features a rainbow family. That evening – happily exhausted – I wrote this to say,  ‘Thank […]

Filed Under: Books and writing, Kids and parenting, Rainbow families Tagged With: rainbow families

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

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