Comments on: Reminder: Gay Dads on Oprah http://www.mombian.com/2007/01/26/reminder-gay-dads-on-oprah/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dana http://www.mombian.com/2007/01/26/reminder-gay-dads-on-oprah/comment-page-1/#comment-18269 Dana Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:30:37 +0000 http://mombian.com/2007/01/26/reminder-gay-dads-on-oprah/#comment-18269 Abigail Garner makes a <a href="http://damnstraight.oversampled.net/2007/01/28/what-was-negative-about-oprahs-previous-portrayals-of-gay-families/" rel="nofollow">good point</a> about Family Pride's announcement of this event. She notes that Family Pride says this is Oprah's "first positive portrayal of a gay family," when in fact Oprah has previously shown several gay families in a positive light, even garnering a GLAAD award in 2004 for one episode. Abigail notes: <blockquote>It’s one thing for homo-hesitant and homo-hostile people to divide our families into the ones that deserve recognition (”good gay families”) and the ones who should keep to themselves (”families with issues”) lest the make the “good” gay families look bad. It’s quite another for a national LGBT parenting organization to justify the distinction.</blockquote> Abigail Garner makes a good point about Family Pride’s announcement of this event. She notes that Family Pride says this is Oprah’s “first positive portrayal of a gay family,” when in fact Oprah has previously shown several gay families in a positive light, even garnering a GLAAD award in 2004 for one episode. Abigail notes:

It’s one thing for homo-hesitant and homo-hostile people to divide our families into the ones that deserve recognition (”good gay families”) and the ones who should keep to themselves (”families with issues”) lest the make the “good” gay families look bad. It’s quite another for a national LGBT parenting organization to justify the distinction.

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