Although it’s been nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, most critics feel The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko’s film about two lesbian moms, their teen children, and their sperm donor, won’t take home any prizes tonight.
That’s okay. Whether it wins, or even if you disliked it (as many in the lesbian community did because of the affair between one of the moms and the donor), it has given us yet another opportunity to shine a positive light on LGBT families.
The Web site of Focus Features, the film’s distributor, includes the stories of three members of COLAGE, the national organization for people with LGBTQ parents. You can also view them on the COLAGE Web site. (While you’re there, check out the COLAGE DI Guide, with advice and perspectives for and about donor-conceived youth and young adults raised by LGBTQ parents.)
On a related note, HRC has launched We’re All Right: Kids of LGBT Parents Speak Out, a place for those with LGBTQ parents to submit and share videos about their experiences. Their headline video is the one of Iowa college student Zach Wahls, which I mentioned last week.
Will the movie—and the real-life stories shared as a result of it—help change hearts and minds? That remains to be seen. It doesn’t seem to have curbed the egregious use of “alright” in our society, but maybe that’s the fault of rock ‘n roll.
