Birth Trauma Australia is evolving its language to better reflect the people we support. We are adopting Women+ as a more inclusive, compassionate, and accurate way to refer to individuals who may experience pregnancy, childbirth or birth-related trauma.
Why Women+?
The journey through conception, pregnancy, birth, or healing afterward is not limited to cisgender women. We acknowledge that trans, nonbinary, queer, and gender-diverse parents also experience perinatal and birth-related trauma. The term Women+ allows us to hold space for all who give birth and heal, without erasing anyone’s identity or experience.
What it means for us
- We remain consumer-centred: your voice shapes our words, our priorities, and the care we advocate for.
- We are inclusive: we support birthing individuals and their families in all their diversity.
- We commit to learning: we listen, adapt, and evolve as our community’s language and understanding grow.
In using Women+, we are not changing our mission — we are simply expanding our language to reflect our values more fully. We continue to advocate for safer births, respectful care, informed consent, and trauma-informed practices that honour your identity, your story, and your healing.
