When LGBTQ+ people tell me they want to adopt, I always start with the same response: “Tell me what you mean by that.” Not to challenge them, but to make it clear that adoption isn’t one path. There ...

Adoption. Let’s talk about it. Specifically, domestic, private infant adoptions in the United States. As author and research scholar Gretchen Sisson writes, Americans “see adoption as a way of ...

Entertainer and speaker Willie Moore Jr., who was adopted and later found his birth family, poses with his birth mother, Katrina Walton, left, and his ‘forever mom,’ Flora Moore. Photo courtesy of ...

My morning routine? It’s not what you might expect. It often starts at my brother’s home, with a cup of coffee in hand and my niece Clara, who is adopted, on my knee. She is a blessing, and the type ...

While adoption is a deeply meaningful step for many people, it isn’t always a clean handover. Family-based adoptions in ...