Rainbow relationships can be a place of love, support, joy and healing. Rainbow relationships also face unique challenges. Below is a list of resources and readings for rainbow people and their loved ones to build healthy relationship skills.
Relationships
- Respectful Rainbow Relationships poster, This Is Us campaign resource.
- Consent information for trans and queer people – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- It’s your choice: personal autonomy in a relationship – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- Ending an abusive relationship – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
Navigating Conflict
- A guide to empathetic / Nonviolent communication.
- Triggers: past trauma memories and how to discuss them – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- A good argument: fighting without fighting – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- Active listening: a communication resource – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
Community Justice
- This toolkit has been put together to provide guidance for people who want to learn about running community interventions to interpersonal violence.
Transgender
- The Transgender Guide to Sex and Relationships – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- Dating a trans person 101: respect – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- Signs of an unhealthy relationship dynamic – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- Be an Ally 101 – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- Trans 101: glossary of trans words and how to use them – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
Intersex
- Visit Intersex Aotearoa to learn more about intersex.
- Information for families and allies.
- Information about Intersex community and connection.
Takatāpui
- Takatāpui: Part of the Whānau booklet & Trailer – Elizabeth Kerekere, Mental Health Foundation.
- Takatāpui: Over the Rainbow – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
Disabled Rainbow People
- Read about the lived experiences of rainbow disabled people in the All of Us project
- Autistic Trans People – Gender Minorities Aotearoa
Refugee and Migrant Rainbow People
- Information, community and advocacy at Rainbow Path.
- Further resources available at asylum Seekers Support Trust
- Fleeing Persecution Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Gender Expression: Information for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Families
- Be There Campaign, information for families of rainbow young people
- Supporting transgender people – free online course – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- Help! Is my child Transgender? – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
- Let’s Talk: A Resource Guide for Parents – OutLine Aotearoa
- Growing Up Takatāpui: Whānau Journeys – Tiwhanawhana Trust, RainbowYOUTH.
- Gender Minorities Aotearoa resource list for Youth and Whānau.
Schools
- A list of resources for schools.
- Affirming schooling for transgender kids – Gender Minorities Aotearoa