The first is a DVD called " CLOSET SPACE" filmed by the South Australian Cooperation by "Cindigo Vision".
It was filmed in Adelaide at Rochdale Bed and Breakfast which is a lovely old building and great place to stay.
The filming took the whole day and it was just after a split from a violent marriage, (my 5th marriage) so I was not really feeling very well and had to catch a train and bus from Gawler at around 5 am in the morning to get there in time.
Simon Royal from ABC was the man who interviewed us at the time (plus was the time my gay son disowned me for reasons I still don't know?)
It was quite a nice day very challenging and yet fun to see how the film industry works.
After the filming the film came out on video but now you can get it on DVD. You can get this video at most Libraries and is promoted by Parenting S.A.
I think it is a great video for parents who have gay children and how they react when their children come out?
The second article In had published was in a book called "MY CHILD IS GAY" written by Bryce McDougall. This was published and sold in 1998.
My story is on page 94, and I write in my name of Pamela Du-Valle.
Then in 2003/2004 I was contacted by author Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli as she was writing another book on gay children and their coming out. I sent in my articles and poems and was surprised to find one of my poems was after the Foreword ( which was written by The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CGM Oct. 2004) and then my article called "MY SON CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET AND I WENT RIGHT IN" was on the next page. I felt so proud of this but to be honest I havent said much about all of the above until now.
Perhaps those of you who are interested may want to look these books and DVD up and even buy them. I dont get any monetary gain from any of these. It was all done for love.
So as you follow my blog you will find the subject of homosexuality and having a gay child will come up in my story. Just another hurdle in life I had to deal with.
I also will be adding at end of my story the books and quotes that inspired and helped me through many a hard time. These I will leave until end of my story as my writers block has gone and I want to keep writing before writers block comes again. Writing my story is confronting , haunting and yet at the same time a healing process I ought to have done years ago. Until the next blog.
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