Roxas-Chua shares their artwork and writings to help us understand the complexities of being adopted, the ongoing journey to come to terms with who we are
Tag: transracial adoption
What’s In a Name?
Stephanie shares on what her names mean and how she's integrated them into her sense of identity.
Gabby Malpas on Racism
Gabby shares with adoptive parents about racism as part of ICAVs submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission's National Anti-Racism Framework consult.
Adoption Can Be a Psychological Prison
Desiree shares about the complexities of breaking away from toxic ties if an adoption hasn't served our best interests.
If the Moon Could Be My Birthmother Now
Roxas-Chua shares their artwork and thoughts when contemplating their birthmother, giving tenderness to self and coming to terms with being an adopted person.
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.
India Abandoned Me
Kris shares as an Indian adoptee after listening to a podcast on why India's orphans are abandoned twice -- but for international adoptees, its three times.
Poetry Reflects My Inner World
Kev Minh Allen shares poetry that reflects his inner world as an intercountry adoptee, born in Vietnam and raised in the USA.
Participating in The Colour of Difference: Long Term Outcomes
Lynelle shares how participating in PARCs book project to produce The Colour of Difference changed her life and began the adoptee network InterCountry Adoptee Voices.
Painting My Infant Self
JS Lee creates an art piece of her infant self and the transformation of the beginnings of her life into a nurturing moment of self love and acceptance.
Ethiopian Adoptee Anthology
Aselefech shares her thoughts on the upcoming Ethiopian Adoptee Anthology that she has co-administered, coming soon but first, here is the cover of the book.
Finding Strength in the Darkest Hour
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
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.
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.
JD shares about Adoptee Anger
JD shares as a Filipino adoptee about anger: anger for the abuse, the lies, the rejection, the impacts and lack of supports.
25 Years in the Netherlands
Jowan shares writings about being in the Netherlands for 25 years, the connections with homeland in South Korea and the adjusting to a new life and identity.
A Vigil for Christian Hall, 1 Year On
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.
Adoption: Not a Default Setting
Mary Cardaras, Greek intercountry adoptee in the USA, critically examines Amy Conley Barrett's assumption that adoption is a default to abortion.
A Journey in Re-defining My Identity
Maya Fleischmann shares her complex journey to find her identity as a person born in Hong Kong but adopted transracially into a Jewish Russian family.
To Know Your Origins is a Privilege!
Lynelle shares the life experience of intercountry adoptees who don't know anything about their origins.
Lifelong Impacts of Identity Loss
Lynelle shares about the impact of identity loss in intercountry adoption, including the views of other adoptees to help build a more in-depth understanding.
Dualities
Artwork by Dilsah, adopted from Sri Lanka to Switzerland. She explores the duality of the adoptee experience.
In Memory of Seid Visin
Mark Hagland talks about the direct connection between the racism experienced for Seid and his mental health which ended up in suicide.
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.