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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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02:05:23

Interview with Renee Gelin, founder and president of...

The Adoption Files ·

2022/05/22

Please join me as I speak with Renee Gelin, mom of a son lost to an unnecessary adoption. She is also the founder and president of the organization, Saving our Sisters. Renee and I discuss her experience with the adoption industry, which motivated her to advocate for other women in crisis.Renee is an avid ally of adoptees as well. Renees' organization can be found at savingoursistersadoption.org Saving our Sisters works to assist pregnant women in making informed decisions about their pregnancies,

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01:29:56

Non-Adoptee/Adoptee conversations: a talk with Andrea...

The Adoption Files ·

2022/05/20

Andrea is a licensed clinical social worker. She is also a search angel with the Search Squad. Andrea was one of the first people I interviewed when I began this podcast. A non-adoptee, or Kept person, Andrea has devoted a great deal of energy to an intentional exploration of adoptees lived experience. Through countless hours of reading adoptee memoir, blogs and articles; listening to podcasts and viewing recordings, and via her work as a search angel, Andrea has worked to become informed and to

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00:16:55

Birthdays and Gotcha days

The Adoption Files ·

2022/05/11

The host shares a few thoughts on adoption and birthdays and gotcha days.

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01:30:49

Interview with Laureen Pittman

The Adoption Files ·

2022/05/08

Laureen Pitman is a Baby Scoop Era adoptee, born and raised in the closed state of California. Laureen is the author of the memoir The Lies that Bind. She is active in the adoptee community, writing for her blog adoptionmytruth.com, participating in roundtables like The Red Couch Rebuttal, contributing to the anthology The Adoptee Survival Guide, and in other projects. Mentioned in the podcast: California Adoptee Access laws: adopteerightslaw.com Adoption Records (ca.gov) Please be aware that

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00:08:17

Adoptee Access and the state of Vermont

The Adoption Files ·

2022/05/02

A thank you to those who worked so hard on behalf of Vermont adoptees, and a plea to see other states follow their lead. Vermont is only the eleventh state to allow adoptees access to their original documents.

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00:04:29

Advertising for Babies

The Adoption Files ·

2022/05/02

The host delivers a short rant on the awfulness of advertising for babies. Contact your legislators if you live in a state where independent advertising for children is allowed. Use the convenient map provided by (the enemy), at Our Chosen Baby. Just google States where advertising for babies is allowed.

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00:23:22

In the Market

The Adoption Files ·

2022/04/24

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://theadoptionfilescom.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/in-the-market/. A brief talk about white, grey and black market adoptions, the situation with Ukraine, and a disturbing list of the twenty easiest places to adopt. Disclaimer: the host is jot a lawyer. The hosts opinions are just opinions, even if she did look this shit up and finds it highly offensive. People! People are being taken from their families by opportunistic child “ resourcers” and sold

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00:18:00

Open Adoption: what is Open Adoption?

The Adoption Files ·

2022/04/20

The host of the podcast talks briefly about what Open Adoption is, and is not. Have thoughts on the topic? Please comment on the blog at theadoptionfilescom.Wordpress.com

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01:33:51

Lynn Grubb, the Adopted Genealogist, interviews the...

The Adoption Files ·

2022/04/17

Join the host, Ande Stanley, as they are interviewed by Lynn Grubb. We talk a bit about my experience as a UK adoptee, and a lot about the complexities of pursuing our identities. Lynn Grubb is the editor of the Adoptee Anthology, The Adoptee Survival Guide. She is the author of the memoir Hidden Identity. She is The Adopted Genealogist on Facebook. Her memoir can be found in podcast form at: theadoptedgenealogist.podbean.com Mentioned in the show: UK adoption law: In England, adoptees 18 or over

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01:42:48

Interview with Victoria Bond

The Adoption Files ·

2022/04/10

Victoria Bond was born and adopted in the state of Kentucky. Please join us as we talk about the difficulties of applying for documents in a closed state, and how Victorias experience motivated her to become a Search Angel for other adoptees. Victoria is a small business owner as well. She can be found at Made by Victoria: https://www.facebook.com/madebyvictoriabond Mentioned in the show: Kentucky adoption law: Adoptee search brochure.p65 (ky.gov) Adult Adoptees in Kentucky • Original Birth

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00:13:46

Arguing with Experts

The Adoption Files ·

2022/04/04

The host does a bit of ranting about the many reasons given for denying adoptees access to our documents, including the rationale that adoption is not a trauma, and biology can be transgressed.

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01:26:51

Interview with Mary Constance

The Adoption Files ·

2022/04/03

Mary Constance is an adoptee from Ohio. Mary is preparing to walk across America to bring attention to the inequity faced by adoptees in seeking access to our original birth certificates. Mentioned in the show: Ohio adoptee access to records:https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/know-our-programs/vital-statistics/Adoption-File-Information/Adoption-File-Information The Chosen Baby: a pro-adoption childrens books by Valentina P Wasson, designed to help adoptive parents explain adoption to adopted

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00:15:15

Kidnapping is not morally ambiguous

The Adoption Files ·

2022/03/30

The host talks about her adoptive parents plans to run away with her, if her family had attempted to reclaim her.

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01:17:13

Interview with Margaret Theriault

The Adoption Files ·

2022/03/27

Margaret is an adoptee from Ontario, Canada. Margaret is a kinship adoptee, who did not discover until she was older that her adoptive family is her family. She is the author of two books: Adoption: The Truth Comes Out, and Overwhelmed by God's Grace, Uncovering the Truth about Adoption. Margaret has a podcast: Maggie Closet Chats, on Spotify Mentioned in the podcast: Ontario, Canada adoptee access to records: www.ontario.ca/page/search-adoption-records#section-0 Origins Canada:

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00:10:59

A note on mental health

The Adoption Files ·

2022/03/21

What can we do when we listen to a podcast and feel triggered by what we encounter?

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00:53:02

Interview with GAAR, the Georgia Alliance for Adoptee...

The Adoption Files ·

2022/03/20

The Georgia Alliance for Adoptee Rights was founded by Jamie Weiss and Courtney Humbaugh to advocate for the rights of all Georgia adoptees to unrestricted access to their original birth documents. Georgia Alliance for Adoptee Rights can be found at: Gaallianceforadopteerights.org* Info@gaallianceforadopteerights.org FB.com/gaadopteerights Instagram.com/gaadopteerights Mentioned in the show Georgia adoption law: Dfcs.georgia.gov/services/adoption, also Georgia Code 31-10-14 and Georgia Code

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01:27:49

Interview with Jamie Weiss

The Adoption Files ·

2022/03/13

Please join me as I speak with Jamie Weiss; professional photographer, writer and adoptee rights activist. She is one of the co-founders of the Georgia Alliance for Adoptee Rights. Jamie Weiss was born in Virginia, but adopted in the state of Georgia. Jamie can be found at: signedsealedadopted.com signedsealedadopted@gmail.com fb.com/signedsealedadopted instagram.com/signedsealedadopted Mentioned in the podcast: Georgia Adoption Law: Georgia is a closed state. Adoptees are not allowed unrestricted

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01:38:18

Interview with Emma Stevens

The Adoption Files ·

2022/03/06

Please join me as I speak with Emma Stevens, domestic adoptee and author of the newly released memoir, The Gathering Place. Emma's book can be found on Amazon, including on Audible, where Emma narrates her book. Emma is a U.S. domestic adoptee from birth. She 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. Emma is dedicated to helping redefine the narrative of adoption to include the entire

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01:27:20

Interview with Daryn Watson

The Adoption Files ·

2022/02/27

Daryn Watson was born and adopted in Alberta, Canada. Daryn is an Adoption Reunion Coach and also writes a blog, The Adoptee Mind. He has been a guest on Jennifer Dyan Ghostons podcast Once Upon a Time in Adopteeland, and onJulie Jackson and Richard Castles podcast Cut-off Genes. Daryn can be found at Adoption Reunion Coaching on Facebook, and on his blog, The Adoptee Mind (also on FB) Mentioned on the show: Once upon a time in adopteeland: www.onceuponatimeinadopteeland.com, episode 43 Cut-off

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01:24:42

Interview with Ann Rehfuss Mikeska

The Adoption Files ·

2022/02/20

Anne is an adoptee from Nebraska. She is currently at work writing a fiction-ish novel that treats adoptees from an adoption-informed perspective. She is also participating in an anthology related to her membership in the group Flourish, headed by Pam Cordano and Anne Heffron. Mentioned in the show: Adoptee Chameleon: adoptees are sometimes described as chameleons, given we often learn to conceal ourselves in order to fit into our environment Kansas laws regarding adoptee access to documents:

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