Parents of gays

Parents of gay people talk frankly about their reactions and feelings when they learnt of their children’s homosexuality.

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Credits

producer

Margaret Lacey

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016252

Language

English

Subject categories

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Coming out (Sexual orientation)

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Gay and lesbian studies

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Betamax; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1983

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