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"As a child, I grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas
where we live now, but for a brief time, my family and I moved to
Memphis, Tennessee. During Martin Luther King Jr's death, the rioting
and the racial tension were pretty scary...my parents decided to move
back home... We did and my sisters and I left many friends, never
to know what happened to them. I was 9-years-old and my best friend
who was also 9 and we never saw one another again. Last month, this
friend, who I have not seen in 32 years, called me from Memphis where
she still lives. She informed me she is a lesbian who has had 2 children
through artificial insemination. She had forgotten my last name and
then saw the documentary and remembered me!!! She looked up my number
and called, filling me in on the last 32 years! It was amazing. She
also enjoyed the documentary but she said that it concerned her. She
is hoping for a little more normalcy when her children start school...
I wasn't sure what to say to her but we talked for a very long time.
I appreciate the Our House documentary and I'm really glad that me
and my family were one of the families asked to do it. Thanks again....Sophia"
"My name is Danna, I was featured in the documentary
"Our House." I was 14 when it was filmed about a year and a half ago.
A lot has changed since then, and not just physically. For one, I
am no longer Mormon. Being involved in the documentary was a truly
awesome experience. It really made us think, because they asked a
lot of questions I didn't normally think about, and talking about
everything involving my gay father, helped everyone, including me,
understand where I'm coming from. So many people have come up to me
telling me how great I was in the documentary. While I sometimes don't
like getting so much attention, it's great to think that I can affect
so many people. I encourage everyone to just be honest and do everything
you can to be open and help one another."
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