Popping up from a break to share this article in @womanandhome, who interviewed me some months back. "Family Secrets" outlines the lifelong impact & effects of (forced) adoption. I speak from my personal experience, but many of these issues are sadly common among adoptees -
Identity, loss, rejection, grief, trauma, invalidation, reunion & its complexities, mental health, estrangement...). On the back of recent media interest in Forced Adoption and a renewed call to UK government to issue an official apology, not only to birth mothers, but to
@lizzieharvie @womanandhome Hi Liz, I am a journalist currently producing an audio series on adoption, with a highlight of forced adoption in one episode. It would be great to connect. Feel free to drop me a message, or email [email protected]. Thankyou