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Kids and parenting

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

“All families are equal, but some families are more equal than others.”

“All families are equal, but some families are more equal than others.”

by Jac Tomlins · Feb 27, 2017

What happens if you ask your kids if they are equal? I was asked to speak on the theme of ‘Equality’ for the Sydney Mardi Gras, Queer Thinking, EqualiTea Party. This is the text of my speech – thanks, Corin, for the biggest laugh of the day! – and I’ve added some recent pics from […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Personal, Rainbow families Tagged With: Mardi Gras, Queer Thinking, rainbow families

The Rainbow Families’ Plebiscite Campaign

The Rainbow Families’ Plebiscite Campaign

by Jac Tomlins · Dec 1, 2016

Recently, I was asked to present at the Australian Progress FWD+Organise event in Sydney on the Rainbow Families’ Plebiscite Campaign. The Rainbow Families’ campaign was led by Felicity Marlowe and was part of a bigger anti-plebiscite campaign coordinated by Rodney Croome, Ivan Hinton-Teoh and Shelley Argent. Since then, I’ve been asked by a number of […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Marriage Equality, Rainbow families Tagged With: Australian Marriage Equality, Australian Progress, Rainbow Families Council, Rainbow Families NSW

An open letter to the kids of rainbow families who went to Parliament this week

An open letter to the kids of rainbow families who went to Parliament this week

by Jac Tomlins · Sep 14, 2016

Yesterday I travelled to Canberra with a group of Rainbow Families to urge parliamentarians to block enabling legislation for a plebiscite in the Senate. The main aim of the day was to give our kids a voice and an opportunity to talk about how a plebiscite would affect them. The kids were fantastic and, as […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Marriage Equality, Rainbow families Tagged With: Australian Marriage Equality, Just Equal, PFlag, Rainbow Families Council

How Fluff Ball Came Home

How Fluff Ball Came Home

by Jac Tomlins · Jun 16, 2016

Two years ago, Scout and Cully approached me with a request. My response was a definite No! Not a We’ll see kind of No, or a Maybe later kind of No, but a clear, emphatic, never-in-a-million-years-and-over-my-dead-body kind of No. From that time ‘til now the girls have engaged in a sustained campaign to achieve their […]

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