Out There! Project
OUT THERE! is a Joint National Youth Development Project between the New Zealand AIDS Foundation and Rainbow Youth.
OUT THERE! aims to enhance the wellbeing of queer youth within Aotearoa New Zealand by providing resources, running workshops, commissioning research and organising hui (conferences).
OUT THERE! also runs Curious?, a support service delivered via texting for students questioning their emerging sexual or gender identity.
To contact Curious? send the word 'curious', then a space followed by any question in the body of a text message to the number 3535. Texts cost 20 cents.
More about the Curious? text support service
What we mean when we say queer
A reclaimed word that represents sexuality and gender diversity. We use it to encompass lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, fa'afafine, and takataapui identities, as well as everyone in between and not sure. This word is used by many people, but it is also appreciated that it is not the preferred term for everybody.