73adoptee: perspectives on adoption

Identity is a basic human right. ALL people deserve equal access to their original birth certificates.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

A Letter To Washington State: Why Are Some Adoptees More Deserving Than Others?

When I found out my adoptee peeps in Washington State are facing disclosure veto legislation, my heart sank. Several years ago when a simil...

Friday, November 9, 2012

Secondary Rejection In Reunion: An Adoptee Perspective

Claudia D'Arcy has written an excellent post on her Musings Of The Lame blog: Secondary Adoptee Rejection In Reunion: Hearing The Rej...

Monday, October 8, 2012

Who Controls Adoptee Narratives?

I have been thinking a lot about Amanda's recent posts at Declassified Adoptee . Through her experiences as an adult adoptee and her ...

Saturday, September 29, 2012

How Conditional Birth Certificate Access Rewards "Good Adoptees" And Punishes Bad Ones

In her classic book Lost And Found: The Adoption Experience , renowned adoption expert and adoptee BJ Lifton describes how adoptees are c...

Friday, July 20, 2012

I'm Not Going To Day For Adoptee Rights Chicago 2012 - But I'm Still An Angry Adoptee

I'm not going to Day For Adoptee Rights in Chicago this year. That may strike some as strange. I've been a voice for Illinois adopt...

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