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The Adoption Files

The Adoption files seeks to provide a place for adoptees and allies to discuss the laws preventing adoptees from accessing their identities, and the emotional and physical challenges adoptees face in the process of dealing with the obstacles we face. We recognize the need to expose the problematic aspects of the adoption industry and the narrative they perpetuate.

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01:43:50

Interview with co-host Lynn Grubb and guest Lorraine...

The Adoption Files ·

2023/05/07

Please join us as we talk with Lorraine Dusky, author of Hole in My Heart: Love and Loss in the Fault Lines of Adoption, as well as the book Birthmark and many other books and articles. Lorraine was the first mother to come forward and publicly talk about her experience with loss to adoption during the height of the baby scoop era. Lorraine has been a vocal advocate of adoptee rights and unrestricted access to birth certificates for over fifty years. Her books can be found at bookstores and can also

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01:12:02

The Cult-Like Aspects of Adoption Episode 6 with...

The Adoption Files ·

2023/03/30

Please join us as we talk with Becca Dragon about her blog article The Cult of Adoption and the cultural adherence to the adoption narrative. Becca is an adoptee rights advocate, a writer and the creator of a series of Tiktok videos. She can be found at: @GuaranteedHappy AdopteeTM @mythsmisgivings on FB and IG www.mythsmisgivingsmadness.wordpress.com Lynn is The Adopted Genealogist on FB and IG Mentioned in the show: https://youtu.be/POVRCjgv0Io Adopted People Have Two Birth

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00:03:33

AB 1302, a California bill that would further...

The Adoption Files ·

2023/03/19

A new bill from Republican representative Lackey would make adoptee access to original birth certificates in California even more difficult- something that seems almost impossible to imagine. Please contact state legislators and the governor to voice your opposition. Below are links to find the legislators and the governor, as well as links to Adoptees United and Bastard Nation. These last two track adoptee rights related legislation on the state and federal levels.

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00:05:20

Insufficient and deficient; a comment on adoption...

The Adoption Files ·

2023/03/13

Part of the BITE model of cult like behaviors is the teaching that the family is deficient. I realize in the recording I use the word insufficient. I considered deleting the original version, re-recording and moving on from this embarrassing word substitution. Then I thought about the definitions of each word. Insufficient means not enough, inadequate. Deficient means not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient. Both have at their root the word facets; to do or to make. Both seem relevant

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01:18:53

The Cult-Like Aspects of Adoption Episode 5 Andrea...

The Adoption Files ·

2023/03/13

Please join us as we speak with non-adoptee and Licensed Clinical Social Worker Andrea Coates, who is also a DNA search angel and adoptee advocate. Andrea is a therapist withGreenhouse Counseling. Adoption Therapy | Counseling at The Green House | Indianapolis Indiana Kentucky Texas Massachusetts Wisconsin (greenhouseindy.com) Lynn Grubb can be found on social media as The Adopted Genealogist. The Adoption Experience | a podcast by Lynn Grubb (podbean.com) Mentioned in the podcast: Cult Expert

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01:04:33

Lynn and Ande interview Emma Stevens for episode 4 of...

The Adoption Files ·

2023/03/03

Emma Stevens is a U.S. domestic adoptee from birth and has survived layers of trauma that have put her on multiple journeys. She developed the inner strength and courage to surmount the many struggles she faced. Her traumas were born from first being relinquished and then becoming an adoptee who struggled with being forced to wear an impossible mask playing the part of the "good adopted child." Emma is the author of two memoirs. Her work can be found at: Amazon.com: The Gathering Place: An

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00:08:29

Realid

The Adoption Files ·

2023/03/02

The ongoing saga of one adoptee with a foreign birth certificate, issued more than a year after their birth, attempting to obtain a Realid. Tune in for more of this ridiculous tale!

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01:06:55

The cult-like Aspects of Adoption Episode 2 pt 2 with...

The Adoption Files ·

2023/02/28

Part 2 of Lynn and Ande's conversation with Greg Gentry. Mentioned in the show: Roe v. Wade: Decision, Summary & Background - HISTORY Read Justice Alito's initial draft abortion opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade - POLITICO Judaism and abortion: like any other topic, abortion is one argued about in Judaism. Some hold that it is prohibited, but not until a certain stage of pregnancy. In some cases abortion is allowed only to preserve the life of the mother. The guiding rule is that abortion

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00:52:00

The Cult-Like Aspects of Adoption with Lynn Grubb and...

The Adoption Files ·

2023/02/19

Please join the hosts as they have a conversation with Greg Gentry about the beliefs and attitudes that inform the adoption narrative, and the almost cult-like belief that people have in that narrative. In this episode and in part 2, we discuss with Greg the (absence of) scriptural support for adoption. Greg Gentry is a domestic adoptee. He has a Masters in Theological Studies Lynn Grubb works in the legal field and as a volunteer with CASA. She is known as The Adopted Genealogist on FB and IG and

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00:52:52

Intro to The Cultlike Aspects of Adoption with Lynn...

The Adoption Files ·

2023/02/15

Join us as we discuss with our guests the attitudes and beliefs that influence the adoption narrative and the almost cultlike belief that people have in that narrative, no matter what adoptees may be saying about the flaws in adoption. Beliefs influence law, and until we can change the beliefs that underpin the practice of adoption, changing laws will be difficult. Some resources mentioned in the show: Podcasts: A Little Bit Culty, Mark Vicente Steven Hassan's BITE Model of Authoritarian Control -

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01:37:20

Interview with Marilyn Huff

The Adoption Files ·

2023/02/13

Marilyn Huff is an ally and advocate for adoptee rights. She is one of the founders of the Facebook group The Search Co-op, and is working on creating a database of the state laws that allow the retention of original birth certificates in adoptions. Mentioned in the episode: Debunking Reasons for Birth Certificate Revision: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yAmvXE48P-fL3hz3ZZsWsNhkuCgjx65pDcKDz9YI5ws/edit?usp=sharing State Code Birth Certificate Revision

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01:27:19

Interview with Beth Figuls

The Adoption Files ·

2022/12/01

Beth Figuls is a Baby Scoop Era California adoptee. California is nortoriously difficult to obtain original documents from. Please join us as we talk about how Beth obtained her identifying information. California adoption laws: Adoption Records (ca.gov) ICWA:Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) | Indian Affairs (bia.gov) Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA): Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) | Indian Affairs ALMA: As far as I can ascertain, this organization no longer exists. Perhaps it does under another name

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01:44:36

Interview with Daphne Keys

The Adoption Files ·

2022/11/18

Daphne Keys is a Baby Scoop Era Maryland adoptee. Please join us as we discuss Daphnes attempts to obtain her identifying documents, the recent efforts by Maryland adoptees to pass legislation guaranteeing access, and how taking up quilting has been a source of therapy. Mentioned in the show: Baby Scoop Era: a period from 1945 to 1973 where a high rate of adoptions took place in the United States. Shame and coercion were common characteristics of this period. Similar practices occurred in other

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01:48:57

A Talk about the Different Types of Adoption, with...

The Adoption Files ·

2022/11/05

Please join the host as they talk with domestic adoptee and author, Paige Adams Strickland and Renee Gelin, mother and one of the founders of Saving Our Sisters, about the different types of adoption common in the United States( and a lot of other places). Paige is the author of two adoption memoirs and has contributed to several anthologies. Her books can be found at: Amazon.com: Paige Adams Strickland: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle. She blogs at: Akin to the Truth: A Memoir of

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01:07:55

Interview with Rich Clark

The Adoption Files ·

2022/10/28

Richard Clark is a screenwriter and film music composer. He was born and adopted in the state of Hawaii. Rich can be found on Twitter at @RCSoundworks Mentioned in the interview: Hawaii Adoption Law: Hawaii Original Birth Certificates | Adoptee Rights Law Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE): Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) | VitalSigns | CDC The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM): Psychiatry.org - DSM Department of Defense(DOD): U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Birth:

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01:23:47

Interview with Mary Ellen Gambutti

The Adoption Files ·

2022/10/21

Mary Ellen Gambutti is a South Carolina, Baby-Scoop Era adoptee. She is the author of numerous pieces in literary magazines, and the author of several books, including:I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter Recalls, Stroke Story, My Journey There and Back and Coming to Terms: My Journey Continues. Her new memoir, I must have wandered, can be found at: https://books2read.com/ap/ngkMkl/Mary-Ellen-Gambutti She can be found at : https://megam-author.com,

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01:28:57

interview with Annie Oxborough

The Adoption Files ·

2022/09/30

Annie Oxborough is a New Zealand Baby Scoop Era adoptee. She is the author of the newly released book Where the Fuck is my Mother, illustrated by her brother Sparrow Phillips, a New Zealand artist. Annie can be found at: annieo.co.nz https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083122489253 and insta handle https://www.instagram.com/the_adopted_girl/.

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01:21:02

Interview with David Lang

The Adoption Files ·

2022/08/07

Please join me as I speak with David Lang, an adoptee from the state of Connecticut. We talk about pursuing identity prior to the changes in Connecticut law in July of 2021, family surprises, and transporting cremains across an international border. David can be found on Twitter at: @Revintheair Mentioned on the episode: Connecticut Adoption law: Adoptions and Foreign Births (ct.gov) Catholic Charities: The Catholic church has been very active in facilitating adoption. If you were adopted through a

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01:29:02

Non Adoptee/ Adoptee Conversations: You were adopted...

The Adoption Files ·

2022/06/25

Please join me as i speak with: Lynne Miller, Late Discovery Adoptee and writer at the blog adopteerevelations.com Laureen Pittman: adoptee, author of the Lies that Bind Andrea Coates: adoptee ally, search angel and LCSW Lynn Grubb: adoptee, adoptee advocate, author of Hidden Identity Plenary Adoption: plenary adoption, as practiced in many places including the United States, is a form of adoption that terminates the relationship between an adoptees family and the adoptee. Records are usually sealed

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01:31:34

Interview with Dr. Kristy Howell

The Adoption Files ·

2022/06/18

Dr. Kristy Howell is an adult adoptee in reunion. She was born and adopted in the sealed state of Mississippi. She is a Sustainability expert and trained historian. Kristy can be found at @kwittman on twitter and on instagram. Mentioned in the show: Mississippi adoption laws: adopteerightslaw.com ISRR: International Soundex Reunion Registry: International Soundex Reunion Registry - ISRR This used to be one of the few resources available to adoptees hoping to find family. Today, DNA testing has

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