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For her part, Tammi’s struggle to accept her sexuality has taken many fascinating (and sometimes devastating) twists and turns, including marrying a man in order to “be worthy of heaven”, and perfectly exemplifies why the mama bears movement is so vitally important to the LGBTQ+ community.
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Spread across the country but connected through private...
- The Film
Fundamentalist, evangelical Christian moms risk losing friends, family, and faith communities to champion their LGBTQ+ kids—even if it challenges their belief systems and rips apart their worlds.
Did you know there are more than 32,000 mothers in America — many from conservative, Christian backgrounds — who fully accept their LGBTQ+ children? They call one another “mama bears” because of the ferocity with which they fight for their children’s rights.
Spread across the country but connected through private Facebook groups, they call themselves “mama bears” because while their love is warm and fuzzy, they fight ferociously to make the world kinder and safer for all LGBTQ+ people.
Jun 20, 2023 · Learn more about who the Mama Bears are, how a filmmaker first learned about them, and why she wanted to tell the powerful story of conservative Christian mothers who became fierce LGBTQ+...
In this Case Study, Daresha Kyi discusses how MAMA BEARS, a film about mothers simply loving their LGBTQ+ children—and fighting for them—achieved enormous success on the festival circuit, as well as via a targeted impact campaign.
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MAMA BEARS explores the journeys of two mama bears and a young lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance exemplifies why the mama bears movement is vitally important. Genre. Documentary. Runtime. 1h 31m. Released. 2022. Director. Daresha Kyi. Producer. Laura Tatham. Executive Producer.
