Breastfeeding, Chest Feeding, and Human Milk Feeding

This book provides information and support to the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and more) community.

It covers breastfeeding, chest feeding and human milk feeding, aiming to be inclusive of all LGBTQIA+ families.

This book is a collaboration between Rainbow Families NSW and the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) and has been put together by members of ABA and the LGBTQIA+ community for the community. The Australian Breastfeeding Association is Australia’s peak breastfeeding information and support service. Rainbow Families is the peak NSW organisation supporting LGBTQIA+ parents and children.

ABA and Rainbow Families NSW would like to thank:
- Vasudhara Foundation, for providing funding
- LUSH! for providing funding
- Rainbow Families Queensland, for arranging photography
- Slugs, Snails and Fairy Tales Photography, for providing photographs
- Members of the LGBTQIA+ community, for providing personal stories and photographs
- Intersex Human Rights Australia for assistance and advice relevant to the intersex section of the book
- Stories and photographs have been sourced from the LGBTQIA+ community of Australia and the Australian Breastfeeding Association.

For more information on the Australian Breastfeeding Association and Rainbow Families See Chapter 15. Support services and resources.

We acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the lands on which we live, work, and raise our families. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. We pay tribute to and honour the lives of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, intersex, sistergirl and brotherboy people, past and present.