File under Fcked Up Truths About #Adoption That Ppl Never Discuss (it's a VERY fat file): I could marry any of my bio siblings. Even knowing they exist & having identified them. Excepting those in step-parent adoptions, that's the reality of every #adoptee in this country--bc in order to finalize an adoption, a legal severance from bio family must occur. I'm not legally related to any of my bio siblings. & we could legally marry. #AdopteesOnAdoption #AdopteeVoices #AdoptionIsAHumanRightsIssue

"Adoption also isn't driven by children w/o families; it's driven by the desires & demands of unrelated strangers to add those children to their own families. The orphan discourse (& the resulting confusion about the actual numbers of orphans worldwide) reflects market demand for children, not children's actual need for care." Another Must Read about #adoption by an #adopted person. #adopteevoices #adopteesonadoption #adopteerights #adoptoverse https://adoptionpolitics.substack.com/p/orphans-or-orphans-whats-the-problem