Useless Products You Never Knew You Needed Part One of our endless series of products that are so nonfunctional and expensive as to be practically and entirely useless. More
Things Are Gonna Change The DC Court of Appeals holds that birthparents have "no absolute right of privacy" in relation to releasing OBCs or court adoption records to adoptees. More
When the Feds Did Adoptions I have not yet heard about my long-running fight for my own original birth certificate and records. I expect to get something from the court soon, and I check every day right after I hear the typical clunk of envelopes and catalogs when they land at the bottom of our mail slot. During my wait... More
Do You Have Any Supporting Documents? The irony of such a question is not lost on any adoptee who has thought about what relationships mean while also being forced to prove them. More
The Missing ** of Adoptee Rights Truth and accuracy must be acknowledged at all times in adoptee rights legislation. It's a fundamental expectation. More
Parenthood Is Just a Swipe Away? Adoptly, the Tinder for adoption, is a hoax. But if it isn't, it obviously should be. More
Petitioning the D.C. Court for Your Adoption Records This goes out to D.C. adoptees who are considering whether or not to petition the court to release your sealed adoption records. More
The More Things Kinda Be the Same In 1979, Judge Joyce Hens Green issued a landmark D.C. opinion that gave an adult adoptee the identities of her birth parents. It's time, again. More
The Flawed Rhetoric of a Sandy Musser Pardon It's galling to me that Sandra Musser is held up by some as heroic, the equivalent of a Rosa Parks, a Susan B. Anthony, or a Martin Luther King, Jr. More
A Research Offer for Adoptees Providing fellow adoptees, at least for a limited time, access to archival resources without having to travel halfway across the country. More
