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Anyone and Everyone
Thursday, June 5, at 10 p.m.
on WKAR-23
Documentary Tells the Stories of Families with a Gay Child
Anyone and Everyone tells the stories of families from Utah to North Carolina and Wyoming to New York, all connected by a common thread — a gay child. This poignant and often heartbreaking documentary by first-time filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz (also the parent of a gay son) reveals a family’s struggle and desire to accept a child’s homosexuality.
The film features parents from a wide range of religions, nationalities and political leanings, all of whom discuss their initial reactions to their child's coming-out. While some showed unconditional support; others struggled with their child’s sexual orientation, either fearing alienation from their extended family, their church or their community. Some simply did not understand the universal nature of homosexuality, and that it can affect anyone and everyone.
Whether Japanese, Cherokee, Mormon, Catholic or Hindu, these families all share a deep love for their children, along with a struggle for acceptance, both in their own home and within society as a whole.
published: June 3, 2008
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