Dr. Tony Hynes shares groundbreaking research exploring how young, adult, Black interracial adoptees experience connection, identity, and belonging. Drawing from in-depth interviews across the U.S., this session examines the lived realities of adopted people and how race, family, and community sh...

For Black and queer adoptees, identity is often layered, complex and negotiated in spaces that were not built with them in mind. When you grow up adopted into a society shaped by racism while also navigating queerness, the questions “Who am I?”, “Where do I belong?” and “Am I safe to be fully see...

Dr. Atamhi Cawayu was born in Bolivia and adopted to Belgium. In 2023, he earned his PhD in Gender and Diversity Studies from Ghent University. Dr. Cawayu’s academic work centers on childhood and child protection, with specific interests in transnational adoption and the right to live in a family...

Kirsta Bowman, an adopted person well-known on social media for her thoughtful and nuanced videos discussing the adoption landscape, joins us to discuss her research into unethical rehoming practices on social media. Unregulated custody transfer, often referred to as “rehoming,” is the practice o...