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A Message from Ron Morgan: Our future is in our hands; support James Lane
The recent news stories, documenting adoptee abuse in great detail, is an opportunity for us to strike for our rights. While I’m writing up Bastard Nation response I’m posting a very important message from Ron Morgan. …
Continue readingAdopted in America: A Study of Stigma; popular research download
Congratulations! Adopted in America: A Study of Stigma, a paper by long-time adoptee rights advocate Joanne Wolf Small, was recently listed on Social Science Research Network’s Top Ten download list for Anthropology and Archaeology Research …
Continue readingDemons of Adoption 2014: nominations now open!
It’s that time again! Pound Pup Legacy has sent out the call for nominations for its prestigious Demons of Adoption Award 2014. This is the seventh year the award has been issued. Acknowledging the large …
Continue readingDemons of Adoption 2014: Nominations Now Open!
It’s that time again! Pound Pup Legacy has sent out the call for nominations for its prestigious Demons of Adoption Award 2014. This is the seventh year the award has been issued. Acknowledging the large …
Continue readingJean Paton: Biography of the mother of the adoption reform movement to be published this fall!
I’m embarrassed to admit this, but when in the mid-1990s when I first got seriously involved in adoptee rights, I had never heard of Jean Paton. My ignorance was disabused at the Seattle AAC conference …
Continue readingBreaking News: SB623 signed by Kitz. Oregon continues to stand for adoptee rights
Oregon continues to lead the way. This just in from Ron Morgan: SB 623 is now Measure 623- it was signed by Governor Kitzhaber on Thursday, June 6, 2013 and will be effective January 1, …
Continue readingBreaking News: Oregon leads the way again. SB623 passes. Will open adoption files, not just OBC!
Good news from Oregon! While Washington state lawmakers continue to sweep its state’s bastards under the rug like pesky little dust bunnies dirting up the Statehouse. the Oregon House today unanimously passed SB623. Enacted in the spirit …
Continue readingOhio: Bastard Bard Mary Gauthier to perform in Columbus May 18!
Save the date! Distribute Freely! The great bastard bard Mary Gauthier will be performing here in Columbus on May 18. I first ran into Mary over 10 years ago on WCBE. I’d never heard of her. I …
Continue readingUpdate on Ohio SB23: Passes out of committee with amendments
This morning SB23–now Sub(stitute) Bill 23, sailed through the Ohio Senate Medicaid, Health, and Human Services Committee, 8-0. No substantive changes to the bill were made, but several amendments were added to clarify procedures in the original …
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