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bastard moment

March 15, 2012

Bastard Moments I Have Known by B. G. Blackburn In her book, Journey of the Adopted Self, Betty Jean Lifton coins the term “bastard moments.” I think of a bastard moment as a kind of Calgon Moment …

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Bastard Nation Action Alert: Louisiana HB 450. Senate Judiciary A. Vote Do Pass!

May 17, 2022

Louisiana adoptee rights activists need our help again. HB 450 passed the Louisiana House 76-21 on March 28, 2022, This is a clean bill. The bill is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee  A on May 24. Below is the action alert Louisianas folks sent out today. At this point, they are asking for calls and emails from everyone –not just those with Louisiana connections to request DO PASS with no restrictive amendments added. If you have a Louisiana connection–Louisiana-born adoptee, resident, family, etc.–please include that information.

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Bastard Verse

March 15, 2012

BASTARD VERSE Bastard Cheers, Gavirela Person B is for the Birthparents who Brought Us Forth.A is for A-Parents, who Give Their Part. S is for our Siblinghood, our Fam-ily Torch. T is for the Terror …

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BB: What Is Bastard Nation?

March 9, 2012

What is Bastard Nation? Bastard Nation was born in early 1996 on the Internet Usenet newsgroup alt.adoption (a.a.). Our founder, Marley Greiner, coined the term “Bastard Nation” and started signing her posts with it, with …

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Minnesota Becomes 15th State to Acknowledge Adoptee Birth Record Equality

May 25, 2023

Minnesota’s long history of sealed records and complicated, confusing, convoluted “rules,” including an incomprehensible intermediary system that made it nearly impossible for adoptees to obtain their Original Birth Certificates, ended Wednesday when Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz signed  SF2995 an omnibus health bill that contained OBC access provisions. Those provisions came from the earlier stand-alone SF279 stuck in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee for carryover to the next session. The Minnesota Coalition for Adoption Reform (MCAR)  and the Adoptee Rights Law Center directed by Minneapolis attorney Gregory Luce, negotiated with legislative leaders to get the provisions added and onto the floor of both Houses which passed the bill on May 22, 2023, the last day of the session. (Senate: 34-32; House 69-64) 

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