Kev Minh Allen shares poetry that reflects his inner world as an intercountry adoptee, born in Vietnam and raised in the USA.
Tag: transracial adoption
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.
Coping with Loss from Adoption Suicide
Lina Vanegas shares about how she coped with suicide loss in adoption.
From Thailand without an Identity
Lisa Kininger shares her lifelong quest to find her Thai identity. Along the way she discovers it's the journey that matters, not the end result.
The Aloneness of Motherloss
Mila Konomos articulates the aloneness of mother loss, the grief and loss an adoptee lives due to being separated at birth.
Little Question
by Pradeep adopted from Sri Lanka to Belgium, Founder of Empreintes Vivantes. Have you already made an appointment with yourself? I remember having to forge myself, like many adoptees! Forge my own personality without any stable benchmarks and this mainly due to the absence of biological parents. Indeed, children who live with their biological parents …
What Would it Take to Choose to Parent Me?
by Cam Lee Small, adopted from South Korea to the USA, therapist at TherapyRedeemed. Not all children get to ask this question before they become adoptees. And not all expectant mothers get a chance to answer. I know there are so many kinds of circumstances represented in our community, even as you’re reading this and …
Just Because ..
Joon Ae shares her thoughts about intercountry adoption.
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 …