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- ↑ Brent Hartinger, "Review: Gay "Fatherhood Dreams" Sometimes Come True". Logo , November 18, 2009.
- ↑ Zosia Bielski, "The documentary My Dads, My Moms and Me catches up with LGBTQ parents and their grown-up kids". The Globe and Mail , September 30, 2019.
