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Storm Clouds and Rainbows –
The Journey of Parenting a Transgender Child

This resource offers insights from a parent perspective on how best to support a transgender child. It is based on international research and interviews with parents in Aotearoa from different social and cultural backgrounds, who were asked to reflect on their experience of raising a transgender child.

(read on screen - PDF with page spreads)
(read or print - PDF with single pages)
(accessible Word version of Storm Clouds and Rainbows)