The Rainbow Families Council is a volunteer community organisation based in Victoria, Australia, that aims to ensure equality for rainbow families (parents, partners and prospective parents who identify as being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex, and their children). We invite you to join us by becoming a member, get informed, get support and get active!

**The Rainbow Families Council website is temporarily unavailable. Stay tuned - our new website will be uploaded soon! **

In the meantime you can

• Come along to our Annual General Meeting - Sunday 11 September at 2pm, at Clyde Street Community Hall, 64 Clyde Street, Thornbury. Come and celebrate the work of RFC in 2010-11, and vote in a new committee. Hear Dr Jen Power present her "Work, Love, Play" based on research with 450 same-sex parented families. There will also be some fun activities for kids.
• Find us on Facebook
• Join the Rainbow Families Council yahoo email group (an email-based discussion group for lesbians and gay men who are prospective or current parents, and their children) - go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainbowfamiliesvic, or send an email to rainbowfamiliesvic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
• Become a member of the Rainbow Families Council - $10/year for single membership; $20/year for family. Fill in the online membership form or download and post us the membership form (pdf) - and you can pay via PayPal or via bank deposit (see bank details on the membership form (pdf))
• To contact us please email us
• Download our publications
  • Rainbow Families and the Law is our comprehensive guide to the current laws in Victoria relevant to same-sex parented families, prospective parents, donors and surrogates.  Download it as the full kit (pdf - 1MB) or in sections:
    1. Introduction and definitions (pdf)
    2. Recognising pre-existing families (pdf)
    3. Options for prospective lesbian parents (pdf)
    4. Options for prospective gay male parents (pdf)
    5. Options for prospective sperm donors, egg donors and surrogates (pdf)
    6. Donor information and registers (pdf)
    7. Resources and links (pdf)
  • 'Who's in your family?' information sheets and posters for early childhood services, primary schools and the rainbow families who use them:
    1. Introducing rainbow families (pdf) – a guide for early childhood services - A4 info sheet
    2. Creating inclusive children’s spaces (pdf) - info sheet
    3. How children play (pdf) - challenging myths and stereotypes – info sheet
    4. Tips for choosing a rainbow-family friendly childcare centre or kindergarten (pdf) - info sheet
    5. Who is in your family? Our families come in all different shapes and sizes (pdf) - A3 poster with animals
    6. Who is in your family? Our families come in all different shapes and sizes (pdf) - A3 poster with people