For Parents

Family Support for Parents and Carers of Transgender and Gender Diverse Young People

Contact our parent peer support representatives through this (HGA) website

or click here to email parents@huntergenderalliance.org

The parents of TGD young people are socially vulnerable in that their children and their parenting are under the spotlight of public opinion, much of it negative, and they have a shared need for both information and support. Many have lost friends and family contact as a result of supporting their children's needs.

Our view is that your role as a parent of a gender diverse child is to be your child's first and greatest ally - but we are compassionate and understanding that parents may struggle with this.  

Find other parents in Newcastle and surrounding areas - we are available to chat by phone or over a coffee, to reassure and provide information about lived experience.   Some of our children have met and gained friendships through these connections.  Parents become comfortable to share their own child's experiences in educational, health, social and legal settings. We maintain your family confidentiality with a strict respect for privacy and with respect for where other families are up to. 

Newcastle parents are part of a network of support groups - you can reach them by contacting HGA. 

Alternatively, public access to information and private parent support groups across Australia is also available at these web pages:

The Gender Centre

Click here to go to The Gender Centre's website

Parents Of Gender Diverse Children

Click here to go to the Parents of Gender Diverse Children Website.

Transcend Australia

Click here to go to Transcend's website