Artwork by Dilsah, adopted from Sri Lanka to Switzerland. She explores the duality of the adoptee experience.
Tag: transracial adoptees
From Tokenism to Social Justice
Marie Gardom shares how we can move from Tokenism to Social Justice in adoption. Inclusion of adoptees needs to recognise adoptees as the experts of our experience.
Grief for Mother Lasts Forever
by Melanie Kleintz adopted from Peru to Germany. Between 24 December 2020 and 1 January 2021, a total of 6 adoptees from Europe took their own lives, a Black Week in Europe for adoptees. The number of unreported cases is definitely higher. All could not clarify their origins, their pain was too strong, and they …
Broken
by Yolanda, a transracial adoptee (of Jamaican, black mixed with Chipawaue Indian origins) raised in the USA into a black American adoptive family. Artwork by Yolanda I was adopted at seven months old and my adoptee story isn't a good one. Basically I grew up in a religious family full of mental, physical, emotional and …
You Can’t Counsel Yourself into Belonging
Juliette shares her thoughts after watching Red Table Talk episode featuring Angela Tucker, transracial adoptee.
Coming Out of the Adoptee Fog
Mark Hagland shares about awakening our awareness to the impacts of being adopted.
Adoptee Activism in America
Lynelle shares about the importance of including adoptee lived experience at the Adoption Symposium for the US Department of State in 2020.
Adoption: Neat & Tidy? Not So Much!
Jessica Davis shares the complexities of intercountry adoption gone wrong.
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Intercountry adoptee shares the struggles.
The Cycle of Harm in Celebrity Adoptions
Adoption is not heroism. It does not fight poverty, disease nor the root causes of inequality. Adoption doesn't even raise awareness about the real causes of poverty, inequality, parent-child separations, disease or social immobility. Instead it creates idolatry of those who look to adoption in a world which stigmatises infertility, disease, poverty and poor access …
Embracing our Origins
We explore the intercountry adoptee journey to embrace our ancestry.
Why I’m Not Going Back: One Intercountry Adoptee’s Perspective
Intercountry adoptee shares about racism and xenophobia.
Not My Adopted Child!
If my mum read my posts about adoption, she'd think, "Not Juliette, not my daughter!" I've done the emotional work because I know my parents haven't and never will. Brexit tore my family apart when my parents voted and arguments revealed just how little they understood they had an Asian immigrant daughter. I struggled and …
Thoughts on being a part of The Hague Illicit Practices Working Group
ICAV invited to be an Observer at the Hague Working Group.
The Importance of Racial Mirrors
The importance of Racial Mirrors in intercountry adoption.
Exceptions to the Rule
A post from an adopter on my Facebook page got me thinking about an issue. Is there an exception to the rule where intercountry adoptions should be allowed? The woman stated that, “All 13 of my children from China have special needs. Some pretty severe. One thing for sure ... no-one in-country stepped up to …
Crane Mimicry
Can a famous example of conservation teach us anything about adoption? Most people can’t see a correlation but I do! Less than a hundred years ago, there were just 16 whooping cranes left in North America. These beautiful majestic birds were near the brink of extinction. Men who over hunted and destroyed the bird’s habitat …
Adoptee Citizenship
Rachel Kim Tschida share her special essay on the topic of American Citizenship for intercountry adoptees.
Turning Negativity into Positivity with Buddhism
Desiree shares her experience of trying Vipassana meditation at a Buddhist retreat, a way to expel her negative energies and a way to deal with adoptee anger.
Four Murdered Chinese Adoptees
Joey shares after the death of 4 chinese adoptees.
Being Alone
I get up in the morning and I try. That's basically what it's like every morning as an adult adoptee. Whenever I look back in my mind, my past stretches past a million acres of difficult terrain that's emotionally challenging and left psychological imprints on me. An adoptive family I never got that close with. …
The Rights of the Child
UK transracial adoptee shares her thoughts on being adopted.
Self Care and Healing
Last week, I was fortunate and privileged enough to attend a 3-day Adoptee Self Care Retreat funded by the Australian Government for adoptees from the Forced Adoption era and for people who have been in State care. I want to share my thoughts of what I gained from attending as I found it to be such …
The Truth of Intercountry Adoption
These past weeks have been frustrating to say the least! I received an official letter from the Australian Government - Minister Tehan's office, Minister for Social Services, one of the Federal departments responsible for intercountry adoption. Our stakeholder community has been actively writing and contacting the Minister to request a review of the decision to …