intersex children and young people

Your child is a taonga - Support for parents of intersex youth from Intersex Aotearoa (download this resource as a PDF)

VSC - A Practical Guide for Parents in Aotearoa NZ - An information hub for parents of people born with a variation of sex characteristics

Watch our webinar for parents and whānau of intersex young people

Resources published overseas

Intersex for Parents (Australia) - A page for if you have a new baby, or if you’re planning a pregnancy, or you’ve recently discovered that your child has an intersex variation

Intersex Support for Parents - Private Facebook group - access must be requested by writing to the administrators

InterLink peer support programme - Based in Australia but open to people in New Zealand. A programme for parents & carers runs between October and December 2023.

Supporting Your Intersex Child (EU) - A toolkit to introduce the topic, give advice on how to best support your intersex child, and where to get further information

What We Wish Our Parents Knew (US) - A brochure created by young intersex advocates to prepare other families with intersex kids for the journey ahead of them