Ron brought this Guardian article about Late Discovery Adoptees to my attention. Interviews with LDAs and this secretive side of adoption rarely gets the attention such deserve. Adopted – but we didn’t know Here’s a brief  segment: “I was at my uncle’s funeral when my cousin’s husband wandered up to me and said, ‘I’ve been wanting […]

More in the ongoing saga of the C.A.R.E. (or “California Adoption Reform Effort”) clusterfuck. *** Read ’em and weep. Then work to kill AB 372. Bastardette– CARE’S BRIDGE TO NOWHERE: NEW AB 372 AMENDMENTS RELEASED–DROPS ADOPTEES IN THE RIVER BASTARDETTE POLL: WILL CARE PULL AB 372? B.B. Church– Bad, Worse, Worst: AB 372 limps into […]

Yup, been busy, perhaps I’ll blog some of it at a later date. Meanwhile, here’s a brief note that we can add to the growing pile of C.A.R.E. abominations. *** Just go read B.B. Church’s latest piece-  C.A.R.E. Pays for Play? Also be sure to note, (particularly in light of in-kind donations and potentially jeopardizing […]

I suppose this could be considered another post following on the heels of my earlier, Being C.A.R.E.-less about adopted people’s access in CA and Bastard Access- either we all go together or we don’t go at all- “Nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten.” about the “California Adoption Reform Effort‘s botched from the get go attempt […]

If you believe the California Adoption Reform Effort, (or C.A.R.E.”) is going to gain full Bastard access to records in CA I’ve got a bridge to sell ya… . In C.A.R.E.’s case, apparently the Brooklyn Bridge, as they for a time, could not be bothered to even find a picture of a California landmark bridge, […]

(This does not purport to be THE history by any means, but it does serve as a backgrounder on some of its roots. I’ll warn readers in advance, this is long, very long, even by my standards, but I’ve been at it awhile. The material and the history demands it.) Consider this babystep towards writing […]

Since certain people are running around falsely insisting BN ‘pulled out’ of the Adoptee Rights Demonstration BEFORE the fundraising done by Abrazo Adoption Associates came to light, a micro-timeline appears to be in order to set the record straight. In the following, I am basing this timeline on events from the organizer’s list, no doubt […]

Today is a sad day for those who care about Bastard access to our unaltered Original Birth Certificates. Ron has his statement up. He too, is no longer involved in the Day for Adoptee Rights (/Adoptee Rights Demonstration.) Again, I advise people go read it in full. Sadly, the fight for open records itself has […]

Well, I see ARD has finally gotten around to updating their page and acknowledging BN’s withdrawal publicly- (sort of, but not, see below.) Other than that, to read the ARD page, you’d never know a thing happened. We continue to await Ron’s/BB Church’s statement, which he said he’d try to get out later this week. […]

After Gershom attacked me on Bastardette’s comment thread, I replied with the following: Baby Love Child said… GershomLet’s be clear, Ron asked me to “be our volunteer trainer and head monitor at the protest” on March 9th ’08. After several e-mails back and forth I accepted on March 14th ’08. So I’ve been working on […]