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San Francisco Come out To Play – Celluloid Queer History

Posted by: Lez Get Real on September 6, 2010.

Posted by Melanie Nathan – From Kate Kendell at NCLR -9-06-10

Madonna 1985

“Everything old is new again. Do you remember 1985? Were you not even born yet? No matter where you were 25 years ago, next week you’ll want to see the piece of celluloid queer history that is Choosing Children.

Choosing Children is a 1985 documentary that tells the story about a choice that a growing number of lesbians and gay men were making at the time: to become parents after having coming out. Beginning in the early 1980s, lesbians, often in biological partnership with gay men, began choosing to have children as lesbian-identified parents, testing society’s perceptions of family, challenging family laws that had yet to incorporate LGBT people, and becoming pioneers in our movement for equality.

The legal advances we have made for our families since then are nothing short of breathtaking. Choosing Children poignantly captures our history and illustrates these early families’ contributions to today’s LGBT family rights victories, including the recent Proposition 8 decision by Judge Vaughn Walker in California. As Judge Walker wrote:

“The sexual orientation of an individual does not determine whether that individual can be a good parent. Children raised by gay or lesbian parents are as likely as children raised by heterosexual parents to be healthy, successful and well-adjusted.”

Tickets are selling fast, so be sure to get yours now! Affordable sponsorships are also still available, too—see your name up on the screen at the event and in the DVD credits!

Break out the shoulder pads, parachute pants, and Members Only jackets and come visit LGBT 1985 with us.

Sincerely,

Kate Kendell, Esq.
Executive Director
National Center for Lesbian Rights”