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by Lynelle Long, Founder of InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV), Hague Observer
I write this from lived experience, not theory!
In the past month alone, I’ve spoken with four adoptees impacted by suicide. Two had recently attempted, and two are grieving devastating loss. These are not isolated experiences, they reflect patterns I s...
I feel the impact deeply every time a legal case involving a fellow intercountry adoptee is decided. My heart breaks knowing the immense courage and persisitence it takes to try to hold systems and States accountable. I first felt this with my friend Patrick Noordoven, and just last week again, with Dilani Butink. In both cases, despite courts acknowledging that wrongdoing oc...
by Lynelle Long, born in Vietnam and taken to Australia, Founder of InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV)
For many adoptees, especially those of us adopted across countries, cultures, and languages — adoption begins with loss.
Before the new family, before the new country, before the new life, there is a separation. A rupture. A brea...