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Gay Dads & Parenting Links - Australia

  • Gay Dads NSW - The Gay Dads Group has been established as a social/support group which organises dinners, picnics and information talks. The website is aimed at  keeping gay dads from all over NSW in contact, and aware of services available to them and highlight any news or articles that may be of interest.

  • Love Makes a Family - This Victorian community education and lobbying campaign aims to achieve equal rights and choices for lesbian, gay and bisexual, trangender and intersex (LGBTI or 'rainbow') parents, prospective parents and families. We are working to improve both the law and social attitudes in the broader community. The campaign is coordinated by the Fertility Access Rights Lobby, a working group of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, and The ALSO Foundation (a non-profit foundation that works to enhance LGBTI people's lives) and members of our communities.

  • Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby - The Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby represents gay and lesbian interests and works co-operatively and constructively within the political framework and the community at large. The VGLRL maintains a high level of community relevance. While it focuses on key issues the VGLRL continually canvases community needs and assesses the political landscape.

  • Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby - Information and advocacy for gay and lesbian parents, couples and individuals, including fact sheets on a range topics including parenting, work, relationships, writing a will, and federal issues.

  • Maybe Baby Melbourne - A social group for people who are considering forming a rainbow family. People of all sexualities who share the aim of creating a family within the GLBTI community are welcome.  We meet for a friendly and informal dinner / drinks on the first Tuesday of each month (excluding December and January) from 7pm the venue will be announced for each meeting.  There is no need to book. Singles and couples welcome.

  • PFLAG - Victoria - Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays promotes the health and well being of gay, lesbian and bisexual persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides an opportunity to dialogue about sexual orientation and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
  • GAMMA - Gay and Married Men's Association (VIC) - Gamma is a discreet information and support group for men who are married, previously married or in a long term heterosexual relationship, who feel emotionally and/or sexually attracted to other men. We meet on the last Monday of each month for group discussions and to listen to guest speakers. We are located in Melbourne, Australia.

Surrogacy Services:

  • Growing Generations - Welcome to the Growing Generations web site. Founded in 1996, Growing Generations is the oldest and largest surrogacy and egg donation firm dedicated to serving the gay and lesbian community. As you explore our web site, we encourage you to consider the many benefits of working with our agency.

  • Fertility Futures International, LLC - Fertility Futures is the source for extraordinary surrogates who will assist you in creating your dream of having a family. Our full-service agency will expertly guide you through the surrogacy process with compassionate and knowledgeable support. FFI was founded on one simple principle — to provide our clients with the highest standard of care in the surrogacy industry. From that simple mission, the company has grown from 2 dedicated founders, parents themselves through assisted reproduction, to a professional staff of 15 and a referral network of some of the most respected doctors, attorneys and psychologists in the surrogacy field. This highly skilled team has assisted more than 650 clients from over 18 countries.

  • OurBirthRight - OurBirthRight (Surrogacy Parenting Services) is an agency created specifically for the gay community. We work with physicians who have high pregnancy success rates. A smaller agency providing full service at a lower cost. Co-founders Paul Jones and Christina Maichl created OurBirthRight as a unique surrogacy service based on their own first-hand experience with surrogacy – Paul as a father of a child conceived through surrogacy and Christina as an experienced surrogate mother. They understand the challenges and rewards of making this significant decision.

  • Center for Surrogate Parenting Inc. -  The Center for Surrogate Parenting, Inc. is a world renown surrogate parenting agency with offices in California and Maryland. CSP was established because we strongly believe that couples who are ready and willing to take on the responsibility of parenthood deserve that opportunity. Having a child with the help of a surrogate can be an exciting and fulfilling way to meet that need. Unlike some alternative methods of creating a family, the surrogacy process allows a child to be biologically related to either one or (in the case of In Vitro Fertilization) both parents. It also gives the couple the opportunity to become involved in the pregnancy itself. And finally, since their child is conceived only because of their own existence, the true genesis of the child is its creation in the minds and hearts of the couple.

  • Surrogate Alternatives, Inc - Surrogate Alternative's Mission is to assist infertile couples who want to become parents and need an agency which specializes in third party reproduction through Surrogacy Arrangements. With the help of compassionate individuals and people involved in the infertility field, our goal is to make the dream of becoming a parent - a reality.

General Sites:

  • Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Victoria - Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (Victoria) Incorporated is a volunteer organisation which provides a telephone counselling, referral and information service. Switchboard's service is free, anonymous, and confidential. Our phones are staffed by trained volunteer counsellors who are themselves gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Switchboard was established in 1991 to provide a vitally important service to Melbourne's queer community. Since then, our service has grown to a team of over 60 trained volunteer counsellors that staff our service for over 30 hours per week, and take approximately 400 calls per month.

  • Rainbow Parents - Rainbow Parents provides a variety of resources to Proud Parents and their kids including best in class travel, shopping and a collective web resource guide for Proud Parenting.

  • Family Pride - The Family Pride Coalition (FPC) has for 25 years been the only national (US) non-profit organization solely dedicated to equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parents and their families. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., FPC supports nearly 200 membership-based LGBT parenting groups nationwide with a base of 35,000 supporters.

  • Colage - Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere. Our Mission: To engage, connect, and empower people to make the world a better place for children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender parents and families. People and Place: COLAGE was created for people just like you! In the United States alone, more than 10 million people have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender parent(s). Today, COLAGE is the only national organization in the world specifically supporting children, youth and adults with LGBT parent(s). Using our experiences and creativity, COLAGE offers a diverse array of support, education and advocacy by and for folks with LGBT parents.

  • Gay Parenting Page - There's a lot of information for gay parents on the web. But as a new dad, I was having trouble finding it. So, I created this page  to pull it all together, using my own journey as a guidepost for some places you might want to visit.  

  • Parents with Pride - Parents With Pride is a support, networking, and resources forum for Australian and NZ parents, partners, and prospective parents who identify as being GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans*), and their families.  Providing free resources and local group listings ... bringing families together.

  • Joy 94.9 - JOY Melbourne 94.9FM is Australia's only Gay and Lesbian Community Radio Station.  JOY Melbounre is a Gay and Lesbian volunteer-based community radio station, committed to providing a voice for the diverse lesbian and gay communities, enabling freedom of expression, the breaking down of isolation and the celebration of our culture, achievements and pride.

General Legal Help

  • Gay & Lesbian Immigration Task Force Inc. (Victoria)
    Advice & support for same sex couples seeking permanent residency for the overseas partner of Australian Citizen or permanent resident. Meetings at Betty Day Centre 6-7 Argyle Street, St Kilda 5:00pm, 1st Sunday monthly, 7:30pm 3rd Monday monthly.

  • Gaylawnet
    Dedicated to providing general information and resources concerning the law as it affects the global gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (GLBTI) community and the simplest access to a gay or lesbian (or gay or lesbian-friendly) lawyer.

  • HIV / AIDS Legal Centre ( HALC )
    Free confidential advice and referral for PLWHA`s (Partners, carers, family, friends where problem relates to HIV/AIDS). Sessions fortnightly each Thursday 7-9pm.

  • North Melbourne Legal Service
    Free legal advice and casework. Including Criminal Law, Police Complaints, Family Law, Discrimination, Social Security Law and Wills. Registered Migration Agent is available by appointment. Please note: NMLS services those in Nth & Wst Melb, Parkville and CBD

  • Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria - The Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria helps people resolve complaints of discrimination, sexual harassment and racial and religious vilification by offering a conciliation process that is confidential, impartial, free and simple.  The Commission is not a tribunal or court. We help people to resolve complaints by mutual agreement. We do not prosecute, make judgments for or against either side, nor can we award compensation.  In addition to our complaint resolution service, we offer information, education and consultancy services, conduct research and provide legal and policy advice.  The Commission is a statutory body that reports to the Victorian Parliament through the State Attorney-General.

  • Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission - The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission was established in 1986 by an act of the Federal Parliament. Our goal is to foster greater understanding and protection of human rights in Australia and to address the human rights concerns of a broad range of individuals and groups. We are an independent statutory organisation and report to the federal Parliament through the Attorney-General.

 

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