Adoptees Are Human Beings, Not Talking Points for the Abortion Debate.

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What I Was Really Avoiding: Jay Barbanel on Adoption, Therapy & Healing

Jay Barbanel, author of *Finding Tico*, unpacks what he spent two decades avoiding, and what it took to finally choose healing over silence.

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Adoptees Are Human Beings, Not Talking Points for the Abortion Debate.

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Adoptees Are Human Beings, Not Talking Points for the Abortion Debate.

Since receiving confirmation of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade- Tweets, memes and TikTok videos challenging anti choicers to “adopt all the unwanted babies” are going more viral than ever.

Dinner in Toronto: My First Traditional Korean Meal

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Dinner in Toronto: My First Traditional Korean Meal

Dates, months, or events rarely hold a “special space” in my life, but May 21st changed that.

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Coming Out of the Fog

The 5 things I learned from coming out of the fog as a college student.

Most non-adopted people oversimplify and invalidate the grief of adoptees because they assume that our families are just like other families.

Adoptee Land by Kristen, Adoptee Contributor

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It’s such a curious thing how being relinquished is never talked about with sorrow; but instead with applaud for the adoptive parents.

Adoption, Shame & Cocktail Parties by Amy, Adoptee Contributor

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I played the role of being a chameleon; not realizing the toxicity of what I was doing in allowing people to mislabel me.

Latina Mislabeled by Martha, Adoptee Contributor

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