Make it Easy Kia Māmā Mai launches Rainbow Easy Read booklets - Press Release
26 February 2025
The Make it Easy translation service has created a suite of eight booklets for and about the Rainbow (LGBTQIA+) community, covering topics including:
- coming out
- identities
- your rights
- supporting your rainbow friends and whānau.
Easy Read uses simplified language supported by images. It is designed for people with learning (intellectual) disability but many other communities find Easy Read a useful source of information that is easy to understand.
These booklets were co-designed with four people with learning disability, all members of People First New Zealand Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi.
These members were advisors who shared a range of experiences, including discrimination from support providers, difficulty with families, and wanting to support a trans flat mate.
"We found a real gap in accessible information about Rainbow communities," says project lead Andi Buchanan. “We hope this is the starting point in making this vital information available.”
The project was generously funded by the Rule Foundation’s Rainbow Wellbeing fund.
The Rainbow Easy Read documents are available for free download below:
https://linktr.ee/rainboweasyread
Other links:
https://www.makeiteasy.org.nz/
https://www.peoplefirst.org.nz/easy-read-library
https://www.rulefoundation.nz/the-rainbow-wellbeing-legacy-fund
Contact:
[email protected]
PO Box 9199, Marion Square
Wellington 6141