Judge lets Matt Bevin's adopted son seek child support, denies request to seal divorce A court hearing should be held to determine what relief the adopted son of Matt and Glenna Bevin could be entitled to, a judge has ruled.

A Louisville judge says Jonah Bevin, adopted son of ex-Gov. Matt Bevin, can intervene in his parents' divorce. He cites abuse in teen homes and an invalid degree. Bevin, who pushed adoption reform as governor, adopted Jonah from Ethiopia in 2012. 🥚

This is alarming.

"Beginning about a month ago, USCIS started to withhold and redact large portions of my clients’ A Files, sometimes withholding more than 80 percent of all pages in the file...."

#immigration #adoption #adoptees #citizenship

She grew up believing she was a U.S. citizen. Then she applied for a passport Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.

Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.

I am Gemma. Podcast Episode · Bless Yer Lil’ Ol’ Heart · 03/26/2025 · Bonus · 11m

Rosita Gonzales did a podcast episode about it podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

True. That's how Gloria Anzdaldúa describes herself. From my reading of her work I don't think she identifies as xian but I could be wrong

Also - We used forgiveness based on a queer Chicana feminist scholar so not inspired by wyt xian philosophy

I am part of it and we know some adoptees don't like that part. We have actually adapted that last touchstone - in the process of presenting this adapted model soon based on our research and feedback.

Adoptee Consciousness Model Supporting adoptees process of critical consciousness

For more about the Adoptee Consciousness Model: adopteeconsciousness.com

MN adoptees respond to fraud reports in South Korean adoption programs Following a nearly three-year investigation, a South Korean commission in late March shared that the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program with widespread frau…

Thank you, Imani Cruzen for talking with me about the Adoptee Consciousness Model 🥚 and the investigation into fraud in Korean adoptions. Great to see adoptee scholar Kim Park Nelson and Korean American scholar Richard Lee also quoted.
www.twincities.com/2025/04/05/m...

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office over ill-fated declaration of martial law South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, four months after he threw South Korean politics into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an ill-fated effort to break through legislative gridlock.

BREAKING: South Korea’s Constitutional Court removes impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office. The unanimous decision comes four months after Yoon threw South Korean politics into turmoil by declaring martial law in an ill-fated effort to break through legislative gridlock.

Dialogues with Adoptees: Let's make adoptees' rights mainstream - The Korea Times gettyimagesbankThis article is the 30th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Apparently, many Koreans never expected that the children they had sent away through adoption would return as adults w...

They never thought we would come back. 🥚

www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/2022...

You've been voting, you've been protesting. What else can you do to make your community a better place? Check out this handy doc listing all kinds of actions you can take - mutual aid, libraries and schools, political education, advocacy, and more!

I feel this so much.

The Violence of Love by Kit Myers - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

Did you know that Kit Myers' book, The Violence of Love, is available for FREE/open access?? 🥚You can read it now!! www.ucpress.edu/books/the-vi...

JD Vance’s relative, 12, refused heart transplant over vaccine status Adaline Deal’s mom says she decided her daughter wouldn’t need a Covid-19 and flu jab because ‘the Holy Spirit put it on our hearts’

she is an intercountry #adoptee from China; she has two heart conditions and she requires a transplant; her hospital will not approve the transplant until her adopters agree to her receiving flu and COVID vaccines, which they adamantly refuse to do.

She is in heart failure.

Those of us who work in gender medicine are not going anywhere What’s more, we’re expanding.

“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.”

Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.

NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans The NAACP wants Black Americans to steer their buying power toward corporations that haven’t pulled back from diversity programs under conservative pressure.

The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI.

apnews.com/article/blac...

Black People Who Were Adopted By White Parents Are Sharing Their Experiences, And It's A Tough Read "It’s rough growing up when people keep telling you 'you don’t act Black' yet you don’t look white. It could be awkward going to extended family gatherings with people looking at you like you don’t fi...

www.buzzfeed.com/ajanibazile/... #adopteesky

This is what I think about as well. You might feel there is little you can do, but you can document, record, write; we can share what we are seeing, reading, hearing. We are history, not just gov data.

Researchers Study Native Women Whose Children Were Adopted Researchers are documenting the experiences of American Indian and Alaska Native women whose children were adopted.

Researchers are documenting the experiences of American Indian and Alaska Native women whose children were adopted or placed in foster care.

The only immigrant trying to destroy the country.

Thank you! Sari Nordland's Melpomene from her book!

These are great ideas! I have to admit I wasn't into the ESC but now I want to make one!

two drafts

My feet in a pair of blue lace hand-knit socks.

“In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment.” Maxine Hong Kingston

What are you creating? For me it's hand-knit socks 🧶 and submitting an article about adoptee consciousness 🥚

Open Discussion. Immigration and Citizenship for Transnational Adoptees. Save the Date February 12th 2025 4pm PT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET

Join AU for an open discussion on immigration and citizenship issues affecting Transnational Adoptees. Stay informed about issues impacting our community and get updates on registration by subscribing to the AU newsletter: https://buff.ly/3WCiARO

A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physicians’ Approaches to Caring for Adult Adopted Patients PURPOSE Adoption has lifelong health implications for 7.8 million adopted people and their families in the United States. The majority of adoptees have limited family medical history (LFMH). Primary c...

New published study about primary care physician's approach to treating adult adoptees. 🥚 (as well as others with limited family medical history)

www.annfammed.org/content/23/1...