In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents

In a time when LGBT families are debated and attacked in the media, courts and Congress, from school houses to state houses across the country, five young people who are children of LGBT parents give you a chance to walk in their shoes - to hear their own views on marriage, making change, and what it means to be a family. This film was produced by the COLAGE Youth Leadership and Action Program and directed by Jen Gilomen.

Dir. Jen Gilomen & COLAGE 2005 31 min. USA

Founded in 1977, Frameline is the nation's only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the funding, exhibition, distribution and promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media arts. Frameline Voices is a new digital initiative that showcases diverse LGBT stories and expands access to films by and about people of color, transgender people, youth, and elders.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• LGBT parents
• queer cinema
• independent film
• COLAGE
• Jen Gilomen

[wanderlustonwheels]

The kids on this video are all amazing. Best of luck to all of you and your wonderful families!

[solitasolano]

So if these kids live in Tennessee now, they won't be able to talk about their same sex parents until they are in 9th grade. That's the law moving through the legislature.

What are those people thinking?

[xEmmaRawrs]

Oh my god, the boy is so articulate!

[hakkeboef68]

08:20 - 08:40

This kid got it right.

[poohwifee]

i love this...im bi and few my friends are lgbt and our children will have to deal with this just as we did

[LGBTQrainbow]

I've always wanted gay dads...it might just be because I'm gay....but...ive always wanted them they seemed like more fun and less dramatic :)

[mrssarkazz]

awesome!

[Zinetha]

I have a lesbian friend who has two moms (one biological) and biological dad.

My parents are straight, I am a bi woman and with a man. I love him forever, and when we will have children they will be taught to accept everyone as they are born, only to be judged by the things they do; not their sex, who they love, what god they believe in or don't believe in, where they were born, how much money they got, their skin or hair colour or their other natural apperiance or style of choice.

<3BiPride<3

[Downwithdaclow1111]

One of my best friends is gay and struggling to come out, because of ourcschools tolerance for stuff like this:( btw the chick in this video is hot!

[ArtsyWolf11]

When I was 10 I watched a musical called Rent, it changed the way I saw people. Now I'm 11 and I tell people in my class that saying: that's so gay, is very offensive! I also have a lesbian aunt who just had a marriage commitment service! No a wedding. This is a serious problem so I'm glad that these people will stand up for themselves:)