I reviewed the lesbian mom movie The Kids Are All Right when it first came out, a little over a week ago. At the risk of overdoing it, I want to write some more. Many other lesbian bloggers have also turned their pens to reviews, including Dorothy Snarker at After Ellen, Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard […]
Regardless of whether you’ve seen The Kids Are All Right yet (and you should—here’s why), what do you think the next major film about lesbian moms (or heck, any type of LGBT family) should be about? I’d love to see a family that wasn’t white and middle class, myself. How about you? What family characteristics,
I’m pleased to see coverage of The Kids Are All Right popping up all over the media. (My own review is here.) I wanted to highlight a couple of interviews with director Lisa Cholodenko and many in the cast, including Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hutcherson, and Mia Wasikowska. Below is comedian Bridget McManus doing
(The Kids Are All Right opens in select theaters tomorrow, and in wider release soon thereafter. My short review: Go see this film. My longer review, which first appeared in Bay Windows, is below.) I was a skeptic. When I first heard of The Kids Are All Right, a film about a pair of lesbian
Did any of you watch Gary and Tony Have a Baby, the story of two gay men starting a family, last night on CNN? What did you think? There have been a variety of opinions about the show (even leaving aside the far-right nonsense)—but if you haven’t read them yet, I hope you’ll leave a comment
CNN’s hour-long profile of two gay dads, Gary and Tony Have a Baby, airs Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET. In preparation, CNN has put together a study guide of “Before-Viewing Discussion Questions,” aimed at students in grade 11 and up. They include: “How would you define the traditional American family? Can you think of
High Noon Entertainment, the company behind cable TV hits Cake Boss, Cool Tools, House Hunters, and more, is seeking LGBT families in the process of adoption or creating a family through surrogacy, as well as birthmothers. Below is the e-mail I received from casting director Michelle Chihara: I’m a casting director with High Noon Entertainment
Well, some of us, anyway. Here’s actor Cynthia Nixon at the Sex and the City 2 premiere last night. Compare, if you will, the short-haired, softball playing, sturdy black pumps-wearing Elena Kagan, who is neither a lesbian nor a mom. And to stir the stereotypes even more, go have a read of the Advocate’s cover interview
Filmmaker Lisa Marie Evans is creating a documentary compiled from home videos sent in by LGBT parents around the globe. She writes at the Web site for Gayby Boom, “We strive for a diverse representation of the LGBT community for this film. We need you and your story! You needn’t edit your videos, we’ll do
Last week I discussed the film Mom’s Apple Pie, which documented the role of lesbian moms in the early LGBT rights movement (and is now out on home video). Now comes word of Raising Hell, a half-hour documentary by Ed Webb-Ingall that profiles the experiences of the young adult and adult children of lesbian and
