出櫃父母在偶家

出櫃父母在偶家  Gayby Baby 
Maya Newell
Australia / 2015 / Color / 85mins

2015 加拿大國際紀錄片影展 2015 雪梨影展 2015 墨爾本國際電影節

本片描寫澳洲四個同志家庭孩子的故事—葛斯、艾寶尼、馬特和葛拉罕,他們的父母剛好都是同性戀。當他們正與青春期裡的諸多挑戰搏鬥時,外面的世界則正在對婚姻平權的議題進行抗爭;少見從小孩視角呈現在同志家庭成長的樣貌,關乎家庭、性別、性與親子關係衝突等議題。在台灣同志領養小孩議題爭議不斷之時,可謂為值得參考的影像紀錄。

It is a portrait of four kids – Gus, Ebony, Matt and Graham – whose parents all happen to be gay. As they each wrestle with the challenges of oncoming adolescence, the outside world wrestles with the issue of marriage equality and whether or not kids like them are at risk. Gayby Baby is a living, moving portrait of same-sex families that offers a refreshingly honest picture of the value systems that really count in modern life. Just what is a 21st Century family and how and by whom should it be defined?