Stories
The Many Identities of Me: Coming to Terms with My Identity as a Transracial Adoptee
“To the world I am a 5-foot Chinese girl, but the world does not see the many identities swirling around in my head as a transracial adoptee.” Guest writer Marisa shares how diversity in college gave her the space to comfortably explore her Chinese identity at her own pace — a liberating experience.
Read MoreLearning How to Raise a Child of Another Race – My Journey As an Adoptive Parent
Two and a half years ago I met my son, who is black, and just having him in my life has enlightened me to so much. Since then, as an adoptive parent, I have become more and more thirsty to educate myself about race, white privilege and what it means to be in a healthy transracial family.
Read MoreLearning to Be Different – My Transracial Adoption Story
“People often ask me how old I was when I knew I was adopted, and I laugh as I spell out that it’s not really something you can hide in transracial adoption.” This adoption story by guest writer Alex Romero explores steps her parents took to support her heritage.
Read MoreAdoptee Voices Heard at “Voices Unheard!”
BPAR’s first Voices Unheard event for sharing adult adoptee voices took place on November 12, 2019. The event, which helped raise awareness of post adoption thoughts and emotions, gave deeper understanding and insight to the friends and families of those who are adopted or who had grown up or spent parts of their lives in foster care.
Read MoreNational Adoption Awareness Month
Adoption is a lifelong journey and we are on our own individual path. In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, our founder tells her own post adoption story and encourages other adult adoptees to say: “This is really hard but I want to come through this. I want to make sense of this journey and I want to heal from its impact. I want to live in a better way. I want to move forward.”
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