Organisations in the Provinces Around Wellington

• Closetspace
• MALGRA
• Massey UniQ Palmerston North
• Rainbow Club
• Rainbow Families NZ
• Spectrum (Nelson) Inc
• Taranaki Gay Men’s Group
• OUTLine New Zealand Inc.
• Rainbow Youth Inc

Closetspace

Youth group for teens 13 - 19 who might be questioning their sexuality.

Meetings on Wednesday nights alternating at the Youth One Stop Shop (YOSS) and Club Q.

Manawatu Lesbian & Gay Rights Association (Inc)

Offers a variety of support and social groups for GLBT community in Palmerston North

Massey UniQ Palmerston North

A special group for GLBT tertiary students (and their friends!) in Palmerston North

Rainbow Club

Meets generally the last Saturday of each month

A group for friendship and social contact in the Kapiti/Horowhenua area. Pot-luck barbecues etc. Visitors welcome. There is a small charge for membership and we meet in members' homes. Our aim is to provide social support to people in a more rural area where contact is often difficult to establish. We expect that members and visitors will treat each other with the greatest respect.

Rainbow Families NZ

Rainbow Families New Zealand is an organization dedicated to building relationships and connections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) parents, prospective parents, and their children.

We encourage our families to form strong community ties locally as well as across New Zealand by offering support and friendship to individuals at all stages of parenting and by providing a forum for our children to make life-long friends.

We meet regularly across the country in specific regions through informal family gatherings, celebrations, and events, and we participate in an online forum to stay connected across New Zealand. Please visit our website for more information.

Spectrum (Nelson) Inc

Spectrum Drop-In Centre. Social get together. Tea, coffee, chat, BYO welcome.

To provide a safe and friendly environment for gay and bisexual men through the provision of special events, educational opportunities and regular social gatherings.

To promote mutual support, tolerance and respect amongst gay and bisexual men in a non-threatening environment.

Taranaki Gay Men’s Group

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OUTLine New Zealand Inc.

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Providing telephone counselling, information, support, and referral to gay, lesbian and associated minorities and their significant others.

To support, affirm and advance the Aotearoa New Zealand Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) community to achieve successful outcomes by:

• providing programmes which cater for social, educational and emotional needs
• advocating for social, cultural and political rights
• nurturing and providing resources to meet community needs

Rainbow Youth Inc

Objectives:

• To provide unbiased information and education regarding sexuality, gender and identity to everyone in the community, in order to foster understanding and acceptance of diversity.
• To provide support, information and advocacy services to queer and questioning youth, their friends, family and wha-nau.
• To increase acceptance of the diversity of sexuality and gender in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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