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My Adoptive Parents Hid My Racial Identity from Me for 19 Years

By Melissa Guida-Richards — 2021

My parents successfully passed me off as a dark-skinned Italian for 19 years of my life.

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Adoption-Related Trauma and Moral Injury

Even the most loving, caring adoption begins with separation and loss.

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Mirah Riben
2016
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The Realities of Raising a Kid of a Different Race

As transracial adoption becomes more common, here’s what every parent should know.

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Karen Valby
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The Trauma of Mothers Who Have Lost Children to Adoption

Disgrace for being pregnant outside of marriage is no longer an American issue, yet we lack social supports such as affordable day care to level the playing field, allowing less-than-affluent women and their children to remain together.

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Mirah Riben
2015
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‘Motherhood So White’ Author Finds Race Matters in Adoption

Every year, thousands of Americans choose adoption among the many paths to parenthood.

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Tonya Mosley
2019
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Emotional & Psychological Effects of Adoption on Birth Mother

The psychological effects on a birth parent who places their child for adoption can often be overlooked.

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Adoption Network
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I Am a Mama: Motherhood Through Adoption

Finding motherhood through adoption.

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Tumara Jordan
2021
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How It Feels to Become a Mom By Adoption

To say all mothers are created equal is both true and false. I don’t exactly know the validity of this statement because I’m not a mother by biology. I’m a mom by adoption.

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Carly Levingston
2020
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The New Question Haunting Adoption

At a glance, America’s shortage of adoptable babies may seem like a problem. But is adoption meant to provide babies for families, or families for babies?

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Olga Khazan
2021
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How Can I Find an LGBTQ-Friendly Adoption or Foster Care Agency?

More and more adoption agencies are working to implement the policies and practices necessary to welcome the LGBTQ community.

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The Human Rights Campaign
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In Good Faith? U.S. Legal Battle Over Gay Adoption Intensifies

When Fatma Marouf and her wife Bryn Esplin decided to foster refugee children in their home state of Texas, being rejected because of their sexual orientation never crossed their minds.

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Oscar Lopez
2020
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