About
The I’m Local Project aims to help queer & gender diverse youth all over Aotearoa to feel valued, recognised and supported in their local communities.
Kicked off in 2014 by RainbowYOUTH, the I’m Local project focuses on contacting high schools, medical centres, hospitals, libraries, marae and community centres in more rural or isolated area of Aotearoa and supplying them with free resources about gender and sexuality. If your organisation wants to join the I’m Local project for free resources, head here!
This website is chock-a-block full of info about the a-z of being queer & gender diverse. We’re always looking for new info though, so if you want to contribute, head here for more details.
We also have an awesome region-by-region map of all the queer and gender diverse support groups for young people in Aotearoa. Pick your region and find your whānau!
YOUR LOCAL
Welcome to our regional directory of queer & gender diverse support groups all over Aotearoa.
Pick your region.
Find your whānau.
INFO
We’re working on gathering stories, interviews and articles that shed light on what it’s like to be queer or gender diverse in Aotearoa for young people.
Where would you like to start?
Latest Posts
Experiences of Rural Queer Youth Sought for Ground-Breaking Study
Kia Ora Friends & Whanau! Lorren, a placement intern at RainbowYOUTH is collecting interviews about rural life with queer-identified rural youth from around New Zealand. Selected interviews will be shared on the I’m Local website as a support resource for other queer rural folks. If you are between the ages of 18-28, queer-identified and would interested […]
Queer Selfies – A Short Documentary Exploring ‘Home’
What does home mean to you? Maybe it’s your house, maybe it’s your childhood town, maybe it’s your partner or friends, maybe it’s something else altogether? Filmmakers Robyn Paterson & Paula Boock have been together for sixteen years, but are working together for the very first time on this amazing project – Queer Selfies. “In […]
FREE STUFF
The aim of the I’m Local project is to make sure that communities all over Aotearoa are set up with the resources to help the queer and gender diverse people get access to identity affirming information and education.
Thanks to our awesome funders, we’re able to offer our Gender & Sexuality 101 Comic and posters for FREE to community groups and centres, high schools, medical centres, hospitals, libraries and marae.
