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Documentary Celebrates LGBT Families

In October, the State Theatre in NGLCC, and Wells Fargo “This film is really to showcase
By Melissa Lowery
New Jersey partnered with Bristol- underwrote the film’s production. that LGBT families and LGBT
Myers Squibb and NGLCC: Scott Fergang, chair of lives are just like anyone else’s
National LGBT Chamber of the Board of Trustees of the lives. We are a lot more similar
Commerce to screen “Families State Theatre, said, “The than people think. When we put
Like Yours” in an effort to promote selection process leading to this our differences aside and we
understanding and love within the screening was a no-brainer. This understand our human level of
LGBTQ+ community. documentary will make you laugh family, of love, of relationships
Through candid interviews and one second then make you cry the and just the day to day of rushing
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BEQTV humorous real life stories, award- next. But most importantly, it will your kids to soccer practice
make you think about perceived
or putting food on the table or
winning filmmakers Rodolfo Moro
BusinessEqualityMagazine.com and Marcos Duszczak demystify differences between us and how working through marriage issues
https://youtu.be/mnuSI-dBTMU
LGBT families and their lives, hate causes misguided judgments or whatever it may be. And this
showcasing that they are just as about people who are no different film puts our commonality in
loving, busy, and complicated as than you or me or anybody. At perspective not only for LGBT
any other family. The film follows the base of this hate is fear of people looking to create families
six families as they attempt to the unknown and education but for people who think differently
balance work and school, rush and understanding debunks or badly about the LGBT
kids to sports practice, and the unknown, leaving love and community,” said Sabrina Kent,
deal with diaper duty. From empathy in its place.” special assistant to the president
all across the nation and in all Each family displays its own and CEO of the NGLCC.
different stages of family life, from unique character, yet together While discussions of the timing
conception to grandchildren, they reveal the commonalities of the screening were originally
these families represent a cross- of all humanity. While they may centered around Coming Out
section of the modern American face different challenges, they Day, an LGBTQ+ awareness day
family-- the only difference is that go through universal struggles observed on Oct. 11 and 12, the
they are LGBT families. Bristol- and successes that all families Theatre along with its partners
Myers Squibb, Dk Realizadores, experience. in the venture eventually set the

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