Voices Against Illegal Adoptions Speak at the United Nations

On March 28, 2022February 2, 2024 By lynellelongIn 1993 Hague Convention, Adoptee Activism, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Agencies, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, adoption reform, Adoptive Country, Birth Country, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Family Preservation, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Illicit Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Multiple Identities, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Politics of Adoption, Racism in Adoption, Reparation in Adoption, Rights in Adoption, Sense of Belonging, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, UN Joint Statement Illegal Adoption, What is an Illegal and Illicit Adoption?Leave a comment

Lynelle represents Voices Against Illegal Adoption (VAIA) to the United Nations Committees who drafted a joint statement about illegal intercountry adoptions.

Finding Strength in the Darkest Hour

On March 25, 2022July 25, 2022 By Desiree MaruIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Stephanie shares about losing her adoptive brother, homeless and mentally ill; the long term outcomes for some adoptees and how it impacts her moving forward.

A Tribute and Legacy to My Sri Lankan Mother

On March 22, 2022March 15, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Nimal shares about his incredible work in Sri Lanka to help the women who remind him of his mother, who was given no support and died before he could meet her.

Caught in the Middle

On March 19, 2022March 18, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Katya shares her complex feelings about the current crisis in the Ukraine and Russia as an intercountry adoptee with connections to both countries.

What Would My Utopia in Intercountry Adoption Be?

On March 13, 2022February 2, 2024 By lynellelongIn 1993 Hague Convention, Adjustment and Transition, Adoptee Activism, Adoptees Educate, Adoption Agencies, Adoption Education for Adoptive Parents, Adoption Education for Professionals, adoption reform, Adoptive Country, Adoptive parents silence on illegal adoptions, Alternatives to Adoption, Birth Country, colourblindness in adoption, Compensation to Victims in Adoption, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Family Preservation, Illegal Adoption, Impacts to Biological Families, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Politics of Adoption, Racism in Adoption, Reparation in Adoption, Return to Birth Country, Rights in Adoption, Sense of Belonging, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in AdoptionLeave a comment

Lynelle shares at the CHIP webinar Feb 2022 on what her utopia of intercountry adoption would be, if anything were possible, listing the changes necessary.

My Adoption Day Is An Anniversary of Loss

On March 7, 2022June 1, 2024 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee vulnerability, Adoption Attachment, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Forced separation, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Is adoption the best option, Korea, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Not Knowing in Adoption, Origins Search, Sense of Belonging, South Korea, Therapy, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Mary shares how Adoption Day anniversary can trigger feelings of grief and loss that pervade her life; coming to terms with it, making the most of life now.

Kris shares about Adoptee Anger

On March 3, 2022February 21, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Kris shares about the experience as a Late Discovery Adoptee and feelings of anger, exploring this emotion and how it can be harnessed to push for change.

Anonymous shares about Adoptee Anger

On March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Anonymous shares as a Chinese adoptee about anger, her journey of coming to terms with what has created her life and what has helped her deal with her anger.

Kyleigh shares about Adoptee Anger

On February 27, 2022February 21, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Kyleigh shares as a Colombian about Adoptee Anger, feeling different, the pain of not being understood, the structures that promote adoption as a solution.

JD shares about Adoptee Anger

On February 25, 2022February 18, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

JD shares as a Filipino adoptee about anger: anger for the abuse, the lies, the rejection, the impacts and lack of supports.

Ofir shares about Adoptee Anger

On February 23, 2022February 21, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Ofir shares as a Colombian adoptee about her anger, feeling displaced, misunderstood, having no-one to connect with or speak to in the same language.

Gypsy shares about Adoptee Anger

On February 21, 2022February 18, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Gypsy shares about her adoptee anger which comes from the billion dollar private infant adoption industry that sells adoptees to the highest bidder.

Ande shares about Adoptee Anger

On February 19, 2022February 18, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Ande shares about Adoptee Anger as a Late Discovery Adoptee thru' the ICAV series that explores what this emotion is about from a lived experience perspective.

What Happens After Reunion?

On January 30, 2022January 17, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn Uncategorized2 Comments

Matthew Pellegrino shares some realities of life after reunion for an intercountry adoptee, hoping to challenge the "happily ever after" myth of adoption.

A Vigil for Christian Hall, 1 Year On

On December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 By lynellelongIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

An online vigil, 30 Dec 2021, in honour of Christian Hall, adopted from China to the USA, shot to death by police during a mental health episode.

Adoptees and Suicide at Xmas and New Year

On December 29, 2021June 1, 2024 By lynellelongIn Critical Thinking in Adoption, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Suicide, Trauma in Adoption2 Comments

Lynelle shares about this time of the year where some adoptees can struggle because it can amplify feelings of aloneness and isolation. Reach out to adoptees.

Adoption: Not a Default Setting

On December 25, 2021July 20, 2025 By Guest BloggerIn Adoptee Activism, Adoptee vulnerability, Adoptees Educate, adoption reform, Birth family trauma, Birth mother choices, Birth Parents Searching, Complexities in Adoption, Critical Thinking in Adoption, Greece, Grief and Loss, Impacts to Biological Families, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Politics of Adoption, Religion and Adoption, Rights in Adoption, Survival mechanisms, Trauma in Adoption, USALeave a comment

Mary Cardaras, Greek intercountry adoptee in the USA, critically examines Amy Conley Barrett's assumption that adoption is a default to abortion.

Grieving for the Child of the Past

On December 13, 2021June 1, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Artists, Adoptee vulnerability, Grief and Loss, Importance of Connections to Origins, Lifelong Impacts of Adoption, Philippines, Transracial Adoption, Trauma in Adoption, USA1 Comment

Dan R Moen, Filipino adoptee and talented artist shares a 3 part series of paintings depicting the internal struggles an intercountry adoptee traverses.

Spending Thanksgiving on My Own

On November 25, 2021July 29, 2022 By Desiree MaruIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Desiree shares the ups and downs of being single as an adoptee, being alone especially in those key holiday times like Thanksgiving or Xmas.

I Am Here

On September 24, 2021September 8, 2021 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

by Naomi Mackay, adopted from India to Sweden, residing as a documentary film maker in Scotland; currently producing her memoir and film. You can follow Naomi at Linktree, Facebook, Instagram. I AM HERE! I pass you in the hall.I pass you on the streets.I pass you in the shops.I pass you on the beach.I stand …

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