Hi all I know this is short notice but i have just returned and started recovering from an exhausting trip. I just wanted to say that WEDNESDAY is on and we have a confirmed guest speaker - Karen Ritchie Karen Ritchie Karen worked with the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective and was a driving force behind [...]
October meeting cancelled – Sorry!
Hi all I am terribly sorry to cancel our October meeting but i will not be available due to my travels to South Africa. I have however secured a wonderfully knowledgeable and very much loved member of our LGBT community. She is awesome and makes things happen she is a mum for the [...]
September is here!
This month after a lovely brainstorm, we are changing things up a bit!! We have some members of the LGBTQ community joining us for chat; they will share their experiences of being part of the LGBT community in NZ. It might be nice to understand the good, the positive and the challenging aspects of being [...]
Check out Julia’s recommended links
Always Pflag - great site, great info www.pflag.org A Note to My Kid - www.anotetomykid.org/ awesome responses, fab insights David Leviathan on LGBTQ fiction for young adults - New York writer David Leviathan talks about LGBTQ young adult fiction since his first book Boy Meets Boy 13 years ago. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/201812042/david-levithan-lgbt-fiction Takatapui, part of the whanau - https://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/assets/ResourceFinder/takatapui.pdf Thanks Julia they are great especially [...]
A WELLINGTON HOO GAYBY!
I am hugely excited to share, the early baby steps start to, our new sister group of HOO Wellington! Yay and congrats to Julia and Paul who have stepped up and taken on the role of support facilitators in Wellington, connecting our parents and starting the conversation of supporting and loving our LGBTQ children [...]
August just blew in! See you on Wednesday!!
Hi all See you on the 3 August At Rainbow Youth 11 Edinburgh St, Auckland, 1010 entrance at the back in Abbey Street 6:30 pm This month we celebrated a life changing 30 years since the Homosexual Law Reform Act was passed in 1986. Many reasons make me feel pleased and proud to be in [...]
July, is here – lets meet on the 6th
Since we last met…. Sometimes I wonder if there is any value that the HOO group holds, is it enough, do I do enough, it seems to ebb and wane and I think ahh maybe people are getting it, maybe this is not necessary anymore but the something like Orlando Florida shooting happens and I know [...]
