Reminder: Gay Dads on Oprah

January 26, 2007 • Entertainment, Raising • 2 Comments

A reminder that gay dads Mark and Andy Sutherland-Travino, along with their children and great niece, are going to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show this coming Monday, January 29, in an episode titled “Extraordinary Families.” Check local listings for the exact time of airing.

The Sutherland-Travinos are members of the Family Pride Coalition’s OUTspoken Families speakers-bureau program. Kudos to them for taking the stage on behalf of all our families.

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Dana
January 28, 2007 at 9:30 pm

Abigail Garner makes a good point about Family Pride’s announcement of this event. She notes that Family Pride says this is Oprah’s “first positive portrayal of a gay family,” when in fact Oprah has previously shown several gay families in a positive light, even garnering a GLAAD award in 2004 for one episode. Abigail notes:

It’s one thing for homo-hesitant and homo-hostile people to divide our families into the ones that deserve recognition (”good gay families”) and the ones who should keep to themselves (”families with issues”) lest the make the “good” gay families look bad. It’s quite another for a national LGBT parenting organization to justify the distinction.