Finally gave in to the “dark side” (and the requests) and have set up a BLC twitter stream. (Note the new “follow me” button in the left hand column.) I’ll be using it to announce new BLC posts and provide links to articles, webpages, and other blog posts of note. Some will likely be well […]

As the Haitian child exports are receiving a great deal of attention at the moment I’d like to welcome new readers and recommend a visit to my about page and my WTF page. They answer many basic questions and lay out my comments policy. I am an adult adoptee, writing from an explicitly Bastard perspective […]

Adopted & Fostered Adults of the African Diaspora has added the Haiti Statement by Adoptees of Color Roundtable (see my previous post) to their site as well, adding two important bits at the top and bottom: Please read and share this Statement on Haiti released by the Adoptees of Color Roundtable of which AFAAD is […]

The Adoptees of Color Roundtable‘s Statement on Haiti has come out, culminating in: All adoptions from Haiti must be stopped and all efforts to help children be refocused on giving aid to organizations working toward family reunification and caring for children in their own communities. I absolutely support and personally endorse their statement. It must be […]

I am publishing part 7 out of chronological order so as to be timely (this piece was published on Monday the 25th.) We’ll come back for parts 5 and 6 soon enough. At the European Union foreign ministers meeting January 25th, a decision was made concerning whether or not additional EU countries will be “fast-tracking” […]

As the Haitian child exports are receiving a great deal of attention at the moment I’d like to welcome new readers and recommend a visit to my about page and my WTF page. They answer many basic questions and lay out my comments policy. If you are new to this series please backtrack and read […]

New readers can find the rest of my Haiti adoption content linked off this page, Introduction to the Haiti series- “It is madness. It is insane…” Bribes, Bullies, and Traffickers extract kids *** Not surprisingly, events are unfolding more rapidly than I can blog. I’m breaking from my series to bring readers this potentially massive […]

As the Haitian child exports are receiving a great deal of attention at the moment I’d like to welcome new readers and recommend a visit to my about page and my WTF page. They answer many basic questions and lay out my comments policy. If you are new to this series please backtrack and read the previous articles […]

As the Haitian child exports are receiving a great deal of attention at the moment I’d like to welcome new readers and recommend a visit to my about page and my WTF page. They answer many basic questions and lay out my comments policy. Prior to reading through this series, first look at the earlier articles on […]

There’s so much important reading on the Haitian situation, but I wanted to spotlight this post in particular from “Outlandish Remarks: a queer korean adoptee talks back,” Whites Make Pact with God, Expedite Haitian Adoptions I’d end up quoting the whole post, so just go read it instead. … Nope, on second thought, here’s just […]