A Colombian Australian intercountry adoptee shares their story of reunification with biological family.
Tag: adopted to Australia
A different type of Reunion
Damian shares about a different type of reunion, not with biological family but with an adopted sibling who got returned to the State in Australia.
Searching for my family in Sri Lanka
Gabbie shares about searching for Sri Lankan family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.
Searching for my family in South Korea
Samara shares about searching for Korean family in our series dedicated to exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities for intercountry adoptees.
Finding Peace after Adoption
Jonas shares on the complexities of being an intercountry adoptee, ending up on the streets at age 13 and getting his life back as an adult to find his peace.
Pop Culture and People of Colour
Benjamin shares about the barrier of pop culture and TV that can impede the path of intercountry adoptees to explore and connect with their racial history.
Sue-Yen Bylund on Racism
Sue writes eloquently about racism as an intercountry adoptee for our submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission National Anti-Racism framework.
Gabbie Beckley on Racism
Gabbie Beckley shares her experience of racism in being born in Sri Lanka and adopted to Australia. This is ICAVs newest Series on Lived Experience of Racism.
The Significance of Adoptee Eyes
Korean Australian adoptee Alexis Bartlett shares her digital art project exploring adoptee stories. In this piece, Alexis portrays the significance of our eyes.
My Father’s Death Anniversary
My Huong Le celebrates her American father in a Vietnamese tradition known as celebrating the Death Anniversary of loved ones. Sadly she never got to meet him.
Sold via adoption on the Gypsy black market in Greece
Roula shares her story of being sold as a baby by a Greek doctor who stole gypsy babies and trafficked them via adoption to foreign countries. The impacts, the ongoing complexities.
I Lost My Mother Twice
by Linzi Ibrahim adopted from Sri Lanka to Australia, founder of Sri Lankan Adoptees. I miss you every day but most of all today. The pain never fades. You were taken from me twice, I have grieved you twice. You lived the hardest life and still managed to be the most incredible human. You were …
Evacuation out of Vietnam on 20 April
My Huong Le reflects on life since leaving Vietnam as a young child 46 years ago.
Letter to President Moon
by Michelle Y. K. Piper adopted from Sth Korea to Australia. President Moon, To you, I may be merely a statistic. A Number. Name: 86c-1335. Born: “bastard” Abandoned by: Bio Mother These are the words inked into the brittle pages “cataloguing” my birth, 4 ½ months before I was separated from my mother, exiled from my motherland, …
어머니 (Mother)
Michelle Piper shares the grief and loss of relinquishment and adoption, the multitude of questions, the lifelong emotional journey.
Good intentions gone wrong
Kristopher Hinz discusses the dark side of voluntourism and adoption.
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 1
Part 1 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
My Mother
My Huong Lé shares both her mother and her thoughts on Mother's Day.
LION Review by ICAV
Lynelle writes her thoughts after watching the film LION, about Saroo adopted from India after being a lost child.