The Bastard Nation Executive Committee expresses our solidarity with Black Lives Matter and with those in the US and around the world protesting police violence and systemic racism. We support all peaceful protest. We support free expression and the right to address and demand redress from the government. We support self-determination, self- ownership, and autonomy. We support human dignity and civil and human rights. Bastard Nation condemns racism, the abrogation of free speech, civil rights, police repression, police brutality, state secrets, and state-based violence.
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Bastard Nation advocates for the civil and human rights of adult citizens who were adopted as children. Read our full Mission Statement and join us in our efforts to end a hidden legacy of shame, fear and venality.
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- Virginia: Bastard Nation Letter of Support for HB2093 – House Floor Vote, February 1, 2025
- Utah HB129: Bastard Nation Letter of Support, House Floor Vote on February 4, 2025
- Virginia HB2093: Bastard Nation Testimony/Letter of Support for Senate Education & Health, Health Subcommittee, February 11, 2025
- UTAH: Bastard Nation Letter to Senate Health and Human Services Committee, HB 129 Support. HB129S-1 Oppose, February 11,2025
- Connecticut RB1310–Baby Abandonment Boxes–DO NOT PASS. Bastard Nation/SSHBBN Submitted Testimony to Joint Commitee on Children
- Alaska SB9–Baby Abandonment Boxes–DO NOT PASS. Bastard Nation/SSHBBN Submitted Testimony to Senate HSS Committee
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Bastard Nation will not assist any political organization to pass open records legislation unless their governing board or other leadership passes a written resolution that commits the board to a strategy of no compromise on key provisions and informs its constituents and the sponsoring legislators of this commitment and strategy.
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Visit our refurbished and expanded Bastard Nation Reading Room and become a Well-Read Bastard. Start with The Bastard Chronicles: 20 Years of Adoptee Equality Activism in the U.S.and the Birth of a Bastard Nation, compiled and edited by Marla Paul. The Bastard Chronicles is a primer for adoptee equality. Print edition available in the Bastard Boutique and on Amazon. (also available on Kindle).
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