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Through the rest of August, Goodkin will be featuring regular blog posts from Lisa Marie Evans, a documentary filmmaker in the process of making a film called Gayby Boom. Lisa is creating a movie and a movement with her current project by compiling home videos sent in from around the world by LGBT parents and children of, and exploring the ever-evolving family. We are more than happy to help her get the word out there. 

Father's Day is a special day for families across this country. It's a day we get to honor the male parent or partner in our lives, hopefully with something more than a tacky tie or beer mug (not that there's anything wrong with that!), and get to spend some quality time together. With that on the horizon, we wanted to say Happy Father's Day to all the Goodkin fathers out there, and bring to your attention a very special organization. 

It’s no secret that, for generations now, the Hispanic community has helped raise and nurture the children of Los Angeles. I myself am one of those fortunate families that have a Guatemalan nanny who helps me look after my kids. In turn, when I was born, a Mexican woman came to live with my family and stayed with us for 18 years, until I was grown and went off to college. She was, without question, part of the "village", or extended family, that helped raise “the child”.