Telling an adoptee to be grateful is abuse - dismissing trauma is abuse.
#adopteevoices #adoption #listentoadoptees
@defendsurvivors.bsky.social
@defendsurvivors.bsky.socialTelling an adoptee to be grateful is abuse - dismissing trauma is abuse.
#adopteevoices #adoption #listentoadoptees
@defendsurvivors.bsky.socialEvery time I tell someone I have two birth certificates, they say, “Well, that’s not legal.” It is legal. It’s not just legal but it has been standard practice for decades. How it started is worse.
#adopteevoices #InstitutionalBetrayal #adoption
@astepoffstage.bsky.socialWe need to talk about private adoption.
Check out the full article in the comments.
#SocialJustice #HumanRights #Activism #MutualAid #AdopteeVoices #Memoir #MemoirWriting #CreativeNonfiction #PersonalEssay #LifeStories #WritingCommunity #IAmWriting #Drafting
@thoughtlessdel.bsky.socialWhat if your entire identity was built on a document that replaced the truth? Not updated—replaced. A look into genealogical nullification, institutional erasure, and the reality behind manufactured origins.
thoughtlessdel.substack.com/p/the-child-...
#AdopteeVoices #AdoptionReform #IdentityMatters
@defendsurvivors.bsky.socialWhen I hear adopters say how selfless the ‘birth’ mother was to give her child a better life, I always think - why weren’t you selfless and help her so her child and her could stay together and both have a better life. #adopteevoices #childwelfare
@defendsurvivors.bsky.socialEveryone is born with a birthright to know who they are. Tragedies happen that cause people to search for their identity and family — in adoption, it’s done to them on purpose. You don’t do this to someone on purpose. It’s cruel.
#adopteevoices #adoption #adopteerights
@saltntights.bsky.socialI was packing yesterday and came across my foster care and adoption paperwork. I shouldn't have looked, I didn't have the emotional bandwidth to see it again right now.
I read 2 pieces: the highly redacted report about me just before I was adopted and my AP's home study report 🥚
#adopteevoices
@theadopteecommons.bsky.socialI’ve been putting together an adoptee-only Discord where adoptees can talk to other adoptees without having to explain everything first.
It’s already grown into a small community. Adoption, everyday life, friendship, and more.
@myadoptedlife.bsky.socialTune in to tomorrow at 2:00pm CT to hear my episode!
Watch it live to hear more: www.youtube.com/live/UGS-v69...
Discussing the story behind WONDERLAND: Memoir of a Black-Market Adoption #LiveTalkShow #Adoption #AdopteeVoices
#book #memoir 🥚
@defendsurvivors.bsky.socialOne decision was made for me before I was old enough to have any say in it.
In Part 3 of this 5 part video series on Adoptee Identity Rights, I explore what happens when a decision made about a baby continues to control that person’s rights decades later.
#adopteevoices
youtu.be/Maqz962io8M?...
@theadopteecommons.bsky.socialI’ve started an adoptee-only Discord for adoptees who want somewhere to connect, talk openly about adoption, or just hang out with other adoptees. We’re already a small group and growing steadily.
If that sounds like your kind of space: discord.gg/wSw3fJ4TN
@theadopteecommons.bsky.socialI’ve started an adoptee-only Discord for adoptees who want somewhere to connect, talk openly about adoption, or just hang out with other adoptees. We’re already a small group and slowly growing.
If that sounds like your kind of space: discord.gg/wSw3fJ4TN
@defendsurvivors.bsky.socialA child's need for care can be fully met without hiding and rewriting who that child is. So there was never a reason to put all of us through this and make us search and wonder about basic information that others readily knew - it was a choice. A cruel choice. #adopteevoices
@theadopteecommons.bsky.socialI’ve been putting together an adoptee-only Discord where adoptees can talk to other adoptees without having to explain everything first.
It’s already grown into a small community. Adoption, everyday life, friendship, all of it.
@drsapnaspeaks.bsky.social