Comments: I just watched this film on PBS... how cool! I wish Randy and Drew were my dads.... The film was very well-made and definitely showed a lot of different perspectives. It didn't try to foist one viewpoint or another, just showed the facts. If it had been during primetime and more people watched it (instead of 10 PM on a Friday), maybe some minds would have been changed. It's very interesting that Jack's parents and Jasmine's parents worry about what kind of peer environment their kids will have. All three of these families seems so isolated - are there so few gay families in Canada? Living in NYC I'm surrounded, thankfully. Most of my friends are gay, and both of my parents' churches have more kids of gay parents than of straight parents. I wonder whether "gay parenting" will be in my future. This film makes it seem very scary. I guess I'll never leave NY. If I get a copy of this film, I might show it to my GSA. What do you think about that? Do you think it's valuable to educate queer/allied teens about possibilities for their futures?
Comments: what a beautiful film. Would be required viewing in the citizenship class I would require if I were in charge.
Comments: I just wanted to say, great film! AND for everyone interested in the subject, there is a Norwegian film just released about a young gay man who uses a surogat mom. Not sure how to get hold of it but here is the link. http://www.nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/show.html?id=859
Comments: A great film, well-done and bound to be controversial with conservative types. But at the end of the day, all that is important is that a child's parent or parents love them and provide constancy. Period.
Comments: Wow great show to see on TV.. Me and my husband live in Ontario and we are waiting for an adoption match right now and your stories give us hope. Thank you soo much for this it really renewed our excitment for parenthood
Comments: just want to say codos to those who appear in this doc. you should be commended for your courage and shareing. Thanks for standing up for what's right and opening to the public your personal lives as an illustration of positive possibilities.
Comments: I thought it was a great film, and an important one--thanks for making it. There have always been gay parents, it's just that many have not been out in past, which I hope is changing! And of course the idea that children today are most often raised by two married hetero parents is just not true! I loved how at the beginning of the film that guy was saying how kids need two parents and the woman with him pointed out so many kids come from divorced parents and then says, "you're divorced!" We really can be blind--even when our own lives that show our beliefs are unfounded.
Comments: All that I can say is wow. I want to congratulate you for making such a wonderful statement, especially during the times that we live in today. You have made me truly believe that it doesn't matter who the child's parents are, as long as the child is loved. Thank you so much for this amazing experience.
Comments: Wow, I feel famous. Sweet. And I get a website that people can post comments on! Well, me and everyone else in the documentary, and anyone who helped make it... Also, I have to say that Jasmine, that teenager person, is amazing and awesome and suchlike. Even though she was sick during the filming, and missing school, and depressed sounding when actually just very tired... And the 'Steve, Wendy, Coreen, Zea and Jazz co-parenting, etcetera...' family say thanks for all the comments and such. Mum (the Wendy one) was blubbering at all of them, and had to stop about twenty times to collect herself. And I had something else to say,but I don't remember what it was. So. Hope y'all enjoyed.
Comments: As a gay parent, I would like to commend you for showing a great message of hope, inspiration and honesty through your documentary. Children of gay families across the country and around the world are growing up in homes that speak no hate, but instead nuture with love and honesty. Thank you for your work on such an issue that can seem so volatile to some and peaceful to others. My husband Jeremy and I stayed up for hours after watching your documentary, we talked about how excited we were to have more children, what our dreams were for all of them. I grew up never believing that I would be a father or that I would even have a husband. I never even dreamed it was possible. And here I sit, thinking I best be getting to bed soon because I have to pick up our daughter from a sleepover in the morning. God, what a beautiful country we live in. This is what freedom is, this is what Canada is. Thank you again, Darcy Michael
Comments: We think this was wonderful story and we are happy that we now live in a time where people can make their own decisions about having a loving family regardless of their sexual orientation. Having a family has nothing to do with religion, or sexual orientation. Every person has the right to live and love free from judgement. I only hope that one day I myself will have a loving family of my own.
Comments: I think it is amazing and beautiful, what these men have done. They should not be ashamed of themselves in any way. They should be regarded as role models and should be extremely proud of what they have accomplished and how they are positively changing Canadian society. I wish them all the best of luck, and only hope that more people are given the chance to realize their dreams of being an amazing parents.
Comments: My partner and I have been together for 12 years and adopted our daughter in 2005 and our son in 2006....we loved the documentary and thank you for showing loving families like ours, the chidren are loved by parents who prayered for so long to be blessed with these children. It's very simple really, we are two parents who love each other and love our children.....
Comments: Wow, I just have to say what a beautiful film. As a Canadian I feel proud that these men are able to parent children via surrogacy, adoption and co-parenting. I realize that we do have a long way to go but this is definitely a start in the right direction and hopefully in the near future it will be common place to see gay men and women fulfilling their dreams of parenthood with ease. A follow up film on the family's featured would be great. Congratulations to the men and their families and good luck in the future. Warmest regards Jennifer in Ottawa
Comments: What an excellent documentary. I am a grandmother in a traditional family, but what more is there except to love and care for a child? Congratulations on the presentation.
Comments: I didn't need to be convinced that gay families should be allowed to raise children, for I have always felt this way, but this emotional film should demonstrate to anyone in doubt just how much love, joy and pride is to be found in these homes. I will especially remember the words of the 4-year old girl with one dad and two mommies, who when asked if it was confusing answered, (as if annoyed), "No it isn't confusing. I am the luckiest, I have the most parents." In a world where so many children suffer, where too many families struggle to get by, with divorce rates what they are, and children waiting for foster- and adoptive homes, we should be thankful for all the respectful, supportive and loving parents out there, no matter what kind of families they make up, gay, straight or in between. Love should be a part of the definition of family, and many abusive or neglectful 2-parent, heterosexual families raise children even when this much needed commodity is severely lacking. Are they more deserving? No way. |