Unpopular opinion, probably: a lot of the same people protesting forced birth and handmaids are perfectly happy promoting family severance through plenary adoption- so long as they can call it building families. #adoption #prochoice #prochoiceadoptee #adoptionabolition #familypreservation
Sitting at the intersection of adoptee, adoption abolition and the LGBTQ + communities is challenging. If this is your experience also, how do you navigate the situation? #adoption #adoptionabolition #lgbtq #adopteerights #commodification #lgbtqrights #intersection
A kept journalist writing for a kept audience. "I discovered... mistakes happened – with unimaginable consequences. "
That child-loss is accepted as every parent's worst nightmare contradicts the premise of adoption. Unimaginable consequences are my day-to-day lived experience. 🥚 #AdoptionAbolition
Fellow adoptees with adoptive-siblings (different bio-family, raised as "siblings" by adopters) do you have a positive relationship with your sibling(s) as adults??
#adoptees #adopteesky #AdoptionAbolition 🥚 #AdoptionIsTrauma
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When considering sharing my feelings or thoughts with my adopter, I usually don't. The emotional labor required & the potential for further loss outweigh potential benefits (neg. cost-benefit ratio). So I remain invisible. 🫥 🥚 #adoptees #adopteesky #AdoptionAbolition
No. There isn't. Adoption is human trafficking.
#adopteesky #AdoptionAbolition 🥚
The first step is to stop perpetuating the "not all adoption is human trafficking" myth. Because it is. Adoption is a violation of human rights. Systematic expliotation of poor and BIPOC peoples. #adopteesky #AdoptionAbolition 🥚
And yes, all adoption is problematic/unethical/human trafficking. Court filings can not replace, undo, or negate biology.
#adopteesky #AdoptionAbolition 🥚
