Supporting queer & gender diverse youth in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Resources

Starting and Strengthening Rainbow Diversity Groups

This resource is a refresh of the 2011 resource around how to start and successfully run a QSA (Queer-Straight Alliance) group in your school.

TAKATĀPUI.NZ

Interviews with seven takatāpui rangatahi and their whānau inform this resource about the journey to and the importance of whānau support in a takatāpui young person's life.

The i’m local project

The I’m Local Project aims to help queer & gender diverse youth all over Aotearoa to feel valued, recognised and supported in their local communities.

YOU, ME, US

RainbowYOUTH and the Ministry of Social Development’s ‘It’s not OK’ campaign have collaborated to provide a resource about healthy relationships for the queer & gender diverse community.

Out Loud Aotearoa Report

A project that uses art to tell the stories of queer and gender diverse people’s experiences and hopes for New Zealand’s mental health and addiction services.

Insideout

A friendly and accessible learning resource to help increase understanding and support of sex, gender and sexuality diversity, so we can all belong.

Your Local Rainbow Services Resource – Otago & Southland

This resource, funded by the Rule Foundation, lists all of the active groups supporting queer and gender diverse youth in Otago and Southland. It’s prefect for organisations who work with youth, school counsellors, Diversity Groups at schools or just to hand out to your mates!

Rainbow Rights

This website aims to provide accessible information about the legal rights of rainbow young people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Created in partnership with the at YouthLaw.