Social & support groups
For parents and families
Support networks, guides and services for parents and families of trans and gender-diverse children.
Supporting a trans or gender-diverse child can bring up a lot at once — practical questions about healthcare and school, and harder ones about what it means for your family. These organisations are run largely by parents who have been through it, and none of them expect you to have the language sorted out first.
Transcend
A parent-led peer support network and information hub for transgender children and their families in Australia.
Women's and Children's Hospital — Gender Diversity
Gender Diversity Adolescent Medicine and Psychiatry appointments. The Gender Diversity Team will accept new referrals across South Australia for any child or young person up to the age of 17 years with concerns regarding their gender identity.
Parents of Gender Diverse Children
Provides a voice to parents of transgender and gender-diverse children.
TransHub — for families
Information for parents supporting gender-diverse children across all ages.
Transforming Families
An academic and community collaboration offering research and resources for parents.
Pink Parents
Adelaide's largest (and oldest) community of LGBTQIA+ families, offering playgroups and family events.
Rainbow Families Adelaide
A volunteer-led organisation supporting LGBTIQA+ families through connection, education and advocacy.
Being Proud
A Tasmanian resource for parents of LGBTQIA+ and gender-diverse youth.
The Rainbow Owl
Books and resources for supporting trans and gender-diverse youth.
Parenting Your Trans Child — podcast series
Insights and strategies from Trans Wellbeing co-founder Ari Heart.