Just Like Everyone Else

A teenage boy’s worries about whether he might be gay become intensified when his mum decides to become a surrogate for a gay couple. A commercial coming-of-age story for tweens exploring identity, family and self-acceptance.
Thirteen-year-old
Aiden can’t breathe in his crowded family home. Running is his only respite
from four loud sisters and involved, touchy-feely parents. Then his mum makes
an announcement: she’s having another baby. Only, this time it’s not for her;
she will be a surrogate for gay couple Justin and Atif. Aiden
is incensed. As if his family wasn’t embarrassing - or big - enough already. But
he’s also scared. Aiden thinks he might be gay, and he’s really struggling to
accept this possibility. He’s definitely not ready to come out, but what if being
around Justin and Atif exposes him as gay?

If only he was just like everyone else.