Colourful Families: The Importance of Gayby Baby

Conservatives have accused it of 'promoting homosexuality', and one Australian state notoriously banned the documentary from being shown to students during school hours. Far from doing damage to anyone, Gayby Baby has the potential to remove the stigma around same-sex-parented families, writes gayby Claudia Long, and reassure children in such families that there is nothing wrong with having two mums or two dads.

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