Why I Write Letters to People Who Usually Don’t Respond By Gregory D. Luce on September 22, 2016 — 8 mins read It's really about wonder. And about the secrets surrounding a mother, her child, and the relinquishment and adoption that followed More
But, Hey, At Least We Got Some Statistics By Gregory D. Luce on September 18, 2016 — 7 mins read The lesson from the court's opinion is clear. And it is a lesson adoptees have to learn and relearn all the time, whether implicitly or explicitly: seek reunion and you shall lose. More
The Name of the Adoptee Shall Henceforth Be Fixed By Gregory D. Luce on May 11, 2016 — 15 mins read More than fifty years ago, a court order created me as adoptee and made adoptive parents out of a suburban Maryland couple. It did other things as well. More
From Clean to Dirty to Dead By Gregory D. Luce on April 18, 2016 — 1 min read It's time to kill the Missouri 'adoptee rights' bill. It's time to talk candidly with the sponsor, who is an adoptee, to figure out how to fight a different fight another day. More
Will Secrecy See Its Demise? By Gregory D. Luce on April 9, 2016 — 5 mins read If all goes well, we may soon see one of the first hearings ever in Washington DC on the issue of whether alleged birth parent secrecy trumps an adoptee's right to vital records. More
The Second Step Toward Denial By Gregory D. Luce on April 6, 2016 — 4 mins read If you think you are entitled to your own vital birth records, then let us construct a byzantine system that disabuses you of such a sentiment. More
Our Own Book of Questions By Gregory D. Luce on March 27, 2016 — 1 min read In our family's Book of Questions, we pose and write down questions but leave them permanently unanswered. Why? Simple curiosity. More
Yeah, That ‘Hit Piece’ I Did on Bastard Nation By Gregory D. Luce on March 25, 2016 — 6 mins read I wanted to touch on a few things that I found wanting among some adoption activist groups, and even (gasp) voice disagreement. The blowback was intense. More
So, What Happens to Adoptees “Left Behind?” By Gregory D. Luce on March 23, 2016 — 5 mins read What exactly is a full-blown strategy that includes the reality of adoptees left behind? More
Minnesota’s Bill: Good, Bad, or Just Different? By Gregory D. Luce on March 21, 2016 — 3 mins read Does the current Minnesota adoptee rights bill make the really unfair, well, slightly less unfair? Or maybe it's "just different." More
