@WAIReally

Podcast about #adoptee attempts to connect w/ their #biologicalfamily #Adoption https://xitter.cf/t.co/v1OaC5Tw0K

 Silver Spring, MD
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Joined February 2017
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Fascinating read about the heated battle over #adoption #adopteevoices, #birthmom trauma, supporting families’ social services needs and the desperate need for adoption regulation wired.com/story/adoption-mov…

Adoption Moved to Facebook and a War Began

As the adoption industry migrates to social media, regretful adoptees and birth mothers are confronting prospective parents with their personal pain—and anger.

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@WAIReally guest David, (Ep 107) released a documentary about his #adoption & reunion, "From A Place Of Love: My Adoption Journey" Check out his story as told by those who supported his quest to find answers. fromaplaceoflovefilm.com/
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DNA Day 2021 Celebrating Our Shared Connectivity: Genetic Ancestry Testing, Identity & the #Adoptee Perspective|This panel brings together adoptees w/ unique perspectives related to democratized #DNA science. 5/4/21 @travelhymn1217 bit.ly/3s0DesU_DNADay21
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After @NPRinskeep wrote a moving piece revealing his #adoption journey for @nytimes #adoptees wrote letters to the editor with their own stories. ow.ly/raAI50EfVrn
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Replying to @NPRinskeep @nytopinion
Thanks for this. Funny how people fear our existence. I’ve known exactly how to reach my bio dad for over 3 years and have never reached out to him. We aren’t wanting to invade lives, we are trying to find our roots. Adoption has too many hurtful secrets. Time to change that.
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Claas Ehlers@ClaasEhlers3 Apr 2021
Replying to @NPRinskeep @nytopinion
Your piece was beautiful; these letters are rich and profound. I caution that one cannot unfind parents who may be deeply flawed and troubled so people should proceed prepared for the chance of disappointing and prosaic reunions and the burdens they will inherit as a result.
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Steve Inskeep
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Stunning: People had many responses to last week’s essay on adoption birth records, and @nytopinion publishes twelve letters here, along with pictures from the adoption stories of some of them. nytimes.com/2021/04/02/opini…

Opinion | For Adoptees, a Deep Yearning ‘to Know Where You Come From’ (Published 2021)

Should adoption records be open? Several adoptees, birth parents and others offer their personal, often moving stories.

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"American Baby" is a "hawk's eye version (of #adoption), then down... really into the granular detail of Margaret's life" -@GabrielleGlaser . Writing about her friend David's life was an honor of a lifetime, and even she came out of the fog as the author. bit.ly/2OYec0a_142
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Honored to have this discussion about #adoption, identity, and the story behind “American Baby” with the ⁦@damonldavis⁩, who shares his own voice as an #adoptee — and those of many others — on the thoughtful podcast ⁦@WAIReally⁩ open.spotify.com/episode/03C…

142 - "American Baby", Gabrielle Glaser

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“Two percent African?! I thought, Well, who am I then? ... I was embarrassed... I was afraid people would think I was a fraud. I was so disappointed, and in my heart..., I didn’t believe it... how could I not be black? I’d lived black. I was black.” nytimes.com/2018/11/19/magaz…
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Adoptee Rights Law@adopteelaw16 Feb 2021
If you haven't read @GabrielleGlaser's new book, you must. My thoughts on American Baby particularly in the context of adoptee rights adopteerightslaw.com/america…

American Baby and the Punishing Secrecy of Adoption | Adoptee Rights Law Center

Gabrielle Glaser's American Baby portrays the human toll that punishing secrecy in adoption has extracted from birthmothers and the children they relinquished.

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jenni alpert@jennialpert19 Feb 2021
Prelude: THE OCTAGON IS ME - Everybody has a valuable story. I was never too focused on mine being much more valuable than anyone else’s; When I chose to look for my biological father ... jennialpert.com/blogs/lineag…
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Speaking w/ the author tomorrow: She had no idea that the Klan had such a powerful hold in Colorado until she found confirmation about her grandfather. huffpost.com/entry/black-dau… # via @HuffPost #adoption

As A Young Black Girl, I Loved My Grandfather. Then I Found Out He'd Been A KKK Member.

"I had no idea the Klan had such a powerful hold in Colorado until I found confirmation about my grandfather and began researching."

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Season 8 of @WAIReally is on the way! Recently I interviewed @GabrielleGlaser author of "American Baby". The book goes in depth on the life of #adoptee David Rosenberg and the #adoption machine. Thx @SusannahFox for bringing us together! ow.ly/OSF650DtReo
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“...the interview you did with me impacted a lot of people in my family. There were things I’d never shared with them and it really opened their eyes to the adoptee experience. So thank you! It was much easier to share the podcast link than to have that initial conversation!!”
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In quest to find birth family, woman makes 'life-altering' discovery: She's a princess: The life of Sarah Culberson, a Sierra Leone princess, changed forever when she learned of her royal status. But her story isn’t exactly a fairy tale. ow.ly/CLyX50COTG3
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Ep 137: When she was young #adoptee Sara thought her grey market #adoption sounded mysterious and interesting. In reunion she learned her natural mother was coerced out of keeping her by an Ob/gyn known for ’handling’ unwed mothers. bit.ly/37ifyYy_137
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