With many people still arguing that LGBT people shouldn’t have kids, the documentary Transgender Parents has stepped forward, to reveal ‘the gifts trans people bring to parenting because of, and not in spite of, their gender. It’s an intimate and tender look at the art of parenting, some of the hardest relational work in this life.’
Rémy Huberdeau’s film looks at the lives of six Canadian transgender parents, giving voice to their joys and struggles.
Huberdeaua told The Advocate, “One out of three trans people are parents in the USA, and in Canada it’s one out of four. That’s a signifiant number dealing with what it means to take care of families while being themselves”.
He also notes, “We are fortunate to have trans parents in the media,” due to scripted and reality TV shows. “But there is also a phenomenon of older trans women losing regular contact with their kids, and that sends shock waves through their lives. Parenting brings families closer together or it takes them apart. When people start worrying about who the parent has become, then that can be a recipe for things to fall apart.”
The documentary has already screened on the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s Documentary Channel, and will now be screened in various places across Europe this autumn, in Denmark, Germany, and Austria.
Take a look at the trailer below.
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