*Opening keynote speech at KQTcon 2018, the first national LGBTQ Korean conference in the United States, in New York City on 4/7/18. To listen to the live recording from the conference, click here: KQTcon 2018 Keynote. (Thank you to Asia … Continue reading →| Leaving Evidence
Today is November 6th, the day I was brought to the adoption agency to be adopted, the day the adoption agency recorded as my birthday, and the day I celebrated as my birthday for 25 years. It is … Continue reading →| Leaving Evidence
If a non-adoptee thinks not belonging is like dying, then how might an adoptee feel? In my case, I suspected my adoptive family was the only unit I had and could count on. If I lost them, then I ha…| K E Garland
their birth parents their birth culture including food their birth race and/or ethnicity other adoptees of the same race AND ethnicity celebrities and characters that look like them ... you fucked up....| Tumblr
Andrew Lee examines the contradiction & utility of transracial adoption in American families within the context of it's white dominant culture.| Plan A Mag
The story of Korean adoption to the United States therefore involves more than the charity and good-heartedness of American prospective parents, but was borne of the interests of a client state and an imperial power.| Plan A Mag
When we excuse those we love for offenses that aren’t ours to forgive, we enable greater harm.| Plan A Mag