My very first encounter with the issues involved in lesbians having and raising kids was Choosing Children, a documentary by Debra Chasnoff and Kim Klausner.
I honestly don’t remember where I saw it. I was barely out, dating a reporter that gave me access to so many events that they are all jumbled in my mind. I do remember that the film had been out a few years — long enough to make an impression on the community. And I remember the tears, some happy, some not.
Choosing Children was the first film to chronicle the journey of gay men and lesbians to become parents and contributed to a new definition of family, one that included Lgbt parents and their children. It also captures much of the history that has led to recent Lgbt family rights victories like the California ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
This year marks the 25th...
I honestly don’t remember where I saw it. I was barely out, dating a reporter that gave me access to so many events that they are all jumbled in my mind. I do remember that the film had been out a few years — long enough to make an impression on the community. And I remember the tears, some happy, some not.
Choosing Children was the first film to chronicle the journey of gay men and lesbians to become parents and contributed to a new definition of family, one that included Lgbt parents and their children. It also captures much of the history that has led to recent Lgbt family rights victories like the California ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
This year marks the 25th...
- 9/3/2010
- by the linster
- AfterEllen.com
The Outfest Legacy Project, a collaboration between Outfest and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, has selected two more films about gay and lesbian issues for restoration: Queen of Hearts, originally released in 1967, looks at pre-Stonewall transsexual life, while 1984's Choosing Children, profiles six sets of lesbian mothers.
Parting Glances was the first title restored through the Legacy Project, which also is restoring the documentary Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives.
Parting Glances was the first title restored through the Legacy Project, which also is restoring the documentary Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives.
- 11/7/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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