JanitaJava @JanitaJava
Adoptee out of the fog. Cat Lover, Londoner, bundle of anxiety. London, England Joined August 2018-
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So far... it seems neither of my two mothers, not the one in whose house I grew up, nor the one who gave birth to me, can be bothered to even ask how I am... #beingadoptedmeans
Time for change!
They’ve got my file! They’ve got my file! They’ve got my file.... roll on 3pm intermediary call...
Watching #GraysonPerry's amazing #RitesofPassage about Birth (tinyurl.com/yxghhfdq), in Bali, babies are held continuously for the first 105 days by family, friends, loved ones as they aren't considered ready to be fully part of the Human World...and yet... #Adoption
You're Awesome xxx
Pondering where the less tangible bits of me come from...planning on reading Robert Plomin's Blueprint, but is there any research or reading on #Adoptees inherently having very different 'values' from A-family and other obvious influences from an extremely young age? I know I do!

Susan Kiyo Ito @thesusanito
9K Followers 4K Following She/her. adoptee. Memoir I WOULD MEET YOU ANYWHERE from @ohiostatepres, finalist for @bookcritics. Member of @sfgrotto. Represented by @inkwellmgmt
Baby Girl is tired… @themouthyoufeed
2K Followers 3K Following Warning to those with delicate sensibilities: my filter is weakest on Twitter. Not sorry for my views. I miss David Bowie. ✨#fuckadoption
Saturday O’Brien�... @saturdayobrien
4K Followers 3K Following #Adoptee🧸 #adoptionistrauma😞 #Adopteevoices🗣 Equality, decency and fairness❤️ Science/reality🤦🏻♂️ Any pronoun🤷🏻♂️
Russell Hutchins Dome... @vexashun
2K Followers 2K Following Adoption begins with a lie - a revised birth certificate that says the adopters created & birthed the child. Why?
Domestic Supply (he/h... @ddgulledge
2K Followers 2K Following Adoptee. I do other stuff too. If we follow each other and you need to reach me elsewhere, send a DM.
Adoptee Rights Law @adopteelaw
4K Followers 2K Following Attorney, law firm, and advocate for adopted people. Tweets by adoptee @gregoryluce. Donuts occasionally, toast more often.
Bonnie Norman @bonnienorman
11K Followers 3K Following 🚫 abolish plenary adoption 🚫 @NASAsocial #EV⚡️Space 🚀 @StackCare #AdopteeVoices #AdopteeTwitter ( 🪂 x 586)
maeve kelly @MaeveKelly11
1K Followers 565 Following Lawyer, adoptee, soccer mom & all about #familypreservation & #adopteevoices @maevekelly11.bsky.social
akaAlison {A.1189/74}... @akaalison1
1K Followers 997 Following Maggie originally Alison, Irish bastard, Adoptee, rights advocate, adoption reform campaigner, artist. Equality for All🤝Human Rights for All🤝Equity for All🤝
Haley Radke @haleyradke
2K Followers 766 Following 🙋🏻♀️A Leading Adoptee Advocate🎙Podcast Host & 🎧Aficionado 🌻Community Builder 🚫Gluten #celiac
Domestic Infant Suppl... @M_Nikki_dUrso
2K Followers 2K Following former adoptee/now vacated no religion/no political party cosmopolitanist 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 🍉🌻✊🏿 #Prochoice #ClimateCrisis #FreeLuigi
Annette 🛋️ @theverbsblog
962 Followers 617 Following Struggling optimist. Feminist. Untethered. Adoptee. I am my own. I choose to #lookup ☀️☁️🍃☔️⛈️🌈
ユメ@IT(ses)営... @eight888_yume
133 Followers 2K Following #IT #ses #sesgirl @ai_enger 都内渋谷にあるIT会社で働くユメです。エンジニアの方と情報交換できたらいいなと考えています。
Sariya C-C @Sariya_CC
1K Followers 955 Following Professor in the Sociology of Islam | @CPS_Coventry | Chair MBRN| Edits RSSR Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny
s a y i t w i t h p i... @sayitwithpixels
262 Followers 2K Following Designer. Storyteller. Adoptee memoir campaign. Based on a true story.
Adult Adoptee Movemen... @AdultAdopteeMov
1K Followers 839 Following Community and advocacy for adult adoptees in the UK. #AdopteeVoices #AdopteeRights email: [email protected]
Jonathan @uberschnurrbart
202 Followers 2K Following He/Him IT/Privacy, Adoptee, bunch of other stuff https://t.co/Dl4G6745J7 Wear a respirator. Covidisairborne https://t.co/4rSnQsbSZB
EndFamilyPolicing @PolicingFamily
2K Followers 5K Following PHONE: 215 919 7711 —- AVA CALL ME! Abolitionist; #AbolishFamilyCourt #AbolishCPS #AbolishFamilyPolicing #AbolishAdoption promoting #AdopteeVoices not adopted
Educadership7 @educadership7
1K Followers 3K Following Be the change. Educational leader and learner. INFJ. Adoptee/Domestically Supplied Infant. #Resist. Listen to #adopteevoices 🌊🌊🌊Views are my own.
80zKidz @80zkidz3
1K Followers 4K Following |80zKidz| Kip Walker and Windy City Jimmy. Let’s fuck Lol
CarCrashPrincess - Ad... @Sam_Fi82
807 Followers 3K Following @scottishaam #AdopteeRights #RighttoKnow #RightToAutonomy #RightToBeKnown #UK #Scotland #CarCrashPrincess I talk about Adoption Care System Abuse & Rights
Severed Origins @SeveredOrigins
810 Followers 251 Following Adoptee fighting for the end of adoption. From the 1986 crop of the “domestic supply of infants” ABOLISH ADOPTION The kept can keep their opinions to themselves
April @AprilSheWill
229 Followers 443 Following Adopted person advocating for adopted peoples’ human rights. Any conversation about adoption *must* centre #adoptees, #adopteevoices. Lurkers unwelcome.
sateena @mimwil4ever
323 Followers 5K Following #latediscoveryadoptee #adoptee #transracialadoptee#angryadoptee#polyglot
Larissinha @larissinhasoueu
171 Followers 1K Following
Diem Lafortune Cree T... @DMLafortune
2K Followers 3K Following Poet Creator of 🎭 ✍🏼 🎶 Award-winning singer-songwriter 🎤🎸🎹 Recovering lawyer. Occasionally a political candidate. Always thinking. 🐈🐕❤️. No DMs.
Louise Browne (Gonzal... @LouiseBrowne_LA
1K Followers 2K Following Podcaster @themakingofmepodcast/Adoptee/Writer/EA to Leadership team:digital banking/Dog Lover/Hiker/ Kayaker/ Former Ice Cream Truck Owner/Find me on Substack!
The Adopted Chameleon @adptdchameleon
481 Followers 795 Following #adoptee telling my story of healing from the pain of #adoption Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok #adoptedchameleon
themakingofmepodcast @makingofmepdcst
804 Followers 759 Following Two adult adoptees, Louise Browne & Sarah Reinhardt discuss the complexities of adoption with other adoptees
leah cathline @CathlineLeah
173 Followers 1K Following
Carol Barbieri @carolbarbieri
925 Followers 3K Following Carol Barbieri is a Singer/Songwriter, Adoptee and Adoption Reform Activist.
Katy 🐈 @k41y17
256 Followers 1K Following puzzles, processes, and puppies. informatics pharmacist. neurodivergent adoptee. all opinions my own
HannahAndrews @ByHannahAndrews
612 Followers 704 Following Writer, Adoptee, Advocate for Open Records
David Benjamin @DavidBenjamin89
321 Followers 566 Following Adoptee and therapist, living in Teesside. Speaker, writer, storyteller.... Coffee snob. #adopteevoices
Kelli Deux @Kelli_Deux
376 Followers 406 Following Wife, mother and adoptee.. I support your right to be whoever you are, some us need your support to find out who we are!
risewithlisa @LisaSpr68547461
6 Followers 100 Following I am a nurse and a yoga teacher. I calm anxiety it is my gift , I am happy being a yoga teacher. Love yoga and dogs. love helping adoptees and body image yoga
jacquelyn @jacquel74978582
1K Followers 3K Following Kinship adoptee. mother of 3 wonderful conscientious adults. Bio family names Beatty & Perrin, Melton & King looking for family of origin distant relatives!
Jeff Hancock @sabres4jeff
933 Followers 2K Following INFJ Late-Discovery-Adoptee Adoptee Rights Activist. Humanitarian. Liberal Democrat. anti-trump & anti-GOP Former K-8 Art Teacher DVT and Cauda Equina Survivor
Efo Bbc @EfoBbc
468 Followers 1K Following
Barbara Attwood @BarbaraAttwoo15
2K Followers 2K Following Debut author. #memoir #historical #feminist #adopteevoices #IAN1 Support Movement for an Adoption Apology. Enjoy #hiking, #yoga & #family
Pedalling Solo @PedallingSolo
1K Followers 2K Following Feminist, leftie, trade-unionist, vege. Parent, friend. Bookworm. Exists on bread, coffee & chocolate.
AFTH_org @AFTH_org
2K Followers 768 Following AFTH is a full service private non-profit adoption agency (PA, NJ, DE, VA, NY, CT). Infant Domestic Adoption & Home Study Services https://t.co/DUBfz4GFPS
Black Sheep @BlackSheepsView
698 Followers 1K Following Author-'Black Sheep Sweet Dreams Adoption Journal'& Blog: https://t.co/6BdTohjuU1 Outspoken Vocal Transracial Adoptee Adopter. In reunion both sides
Marcella Marceaux @tellaCellaALL
1K Followers 4K Following St. Monica- Patron st of grieving mothers+DV survivors. St.Felicity, was nursing a 👶🏽 & pregnant herself, when she gave birth to her 👶 just b4 her execution.
Benjamin Smith @Benjamin_KSmith
313 Followers 553 Following Linguistic anthro-ist; adoptee; intersex; assoc prof at Sonoma State. Interested in what "socialization" might mean. Also, NBA, dogs, politics.
Just the Three of Me @JustThe3ofMe
190 Followers 522 Following Mom, Heathen, Geek. | 🏳️🌈Bi/Queer, She/Her. | BLM | ✌️❤️🔥🤟 Expect: #adoptee rights, #intactivism, #ADHD, #Autism, & retweets of random things I like
𝔭𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔩�... @phillyangel13
249 Followers 5K Following Philly Born & Bred Mama of 1 Daughter✧ Spread kindness✧support✧awareness✧stories ✧art✧ #AdopteeVoices #FBLC #TWDfam *+:。.。†。.。:+*🤍*+:。.。†。.。:+*🤍*+:。.。†。.。:+*
Theon @AshaGreyjoy__
2K Followers 5K Following Obama era liberal. Marine Veteran. Adoptee. World Traveler. Dedicated Human Services Professional. Biological reality won….let’s figure out how to move forward.
Cassandra Adams @cassandrajadams
442 Followers 1K Following NJ girl, donor-conceived, full-term breastfeeding. Passionate about mental health, dcp&human rights, gentle parenting, eldercare, food&culture, wellness 😽🇮🇹✡
Simon Benn @_simonbenn
8K Followers 7K Following #Adoptee. Speaker. Podcaster. https://t.co/znqSjsTwL6…
☥ 𝖕𝖎𝖊𝖈�... @piecesovapril
248 Followers 4K Following 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔟𝔬𝔡𝔶 𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔰, 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔞 𝔏𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢. 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔡𝔲𝔩𝔱 𝔞𝔡𝔬𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔢'𝔰 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔳𝔦𝔳𝔞𝔩 𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔡𝔢 #adopteetwitter
thedocumentedadoptee @OBCadoptee
358 Followers 353 Following Adoption Reform Advocate • Refusing explanation for access to my OBC • Entitling adoptees to own their FULL identity • Pandemic Reunion 2020. 🎉👨👩👧
InterCountry Adoptee ... @ICAV16
482 Followers 266 Following Intercountry adoptee voices who advocate and educate from Lived Experience perspective.
Beth Figuls @bethfiguls
439 Followers 1K Following Crème de Meh. Writer. Adoptee. E. Rose Figuls, Stuff Finder. Silverware Detective. Vintage Soap Detective. Beth-Case Scenarios.
Laura Barcella @laurabarcella
3K Followers 3K Following I work w/ kittens and write on occasion. Bylines: @NYTimes, @RollingStone, @WashingtonPost, @PEOPLE, etc. Also books!
Arun Dohle @arundohle
2K Followers 4K Following 23 years #againstchildtrafficking Fighting impunity Promoting children's rights
Ashley Brim @apb_710
642 Followers 3K Following Filmmaker. Fox Directors Lab // @HALF_DIRECTORS // @thegoldfishfilm @anactofterror // she/her
Susan Kiyo Ito @thesusanito
9K Followers 4K Following She/her. adoptee. Memoir I WOULD MEET YOU ANYWHERE from @ohiostatepres, finalist for @bookcritics. Member of @sfgrotto. Represented by @inkwellmgmt
Baby Girl is tired… @themouthyoufeed
2K Followers 3K Following Warning to those with delicate sensibilities: my filter is weakest on Twitter. Not sorry for my views. I miss David Bowie. ✨#fuckadoption
Saturday O’Brien�... @saturdayobrien
4K Followers 3K Following #Adoptee🧸 #adoptionistrauma😞 #Adopteevoices🗣 Equality, decency and fairness❤️ Science/reality🤦🏻♂️ Any pronoun🤷🏻♂️
Domestic Supply (he/h... @ddgulledge
2K Followers 2K Following Adoptee. I do other stuff too. If we follow each other and you need to reach me elsewhere, send a DM.
maeve kelly @MaeveKelly11
1K Followers 565 Following Lawyer, adoptee, soccer mom & all about #familypreservation & #adopteevoices @maevekelly11.bsky.social
akaAlison {A.1189/74}... @akaalison1
1K Followers 997 Following Maggie originally Alison, Irish bastard, Adoptee, rights advocate, adoption reform campaigner, artist. Equality for All🤝Human Rights for All🤝Equity for All🤝
Treese @treeseadoptee
602 Followers 335 Following Adoptee and Foster Care Advocate - Join Black Adoptee Support Group on IG/FB!
Haley Radke @haleyradke
2K Followers 766 Following 🙋🏻♀️A Leading Adoptee Advocate🎙Podcast Host & 🎧Aficionado 🌻Community Builder 🚫Gluten #celiac
Annette 🛋️ @theverbsblog
962 Followers 617 Following Struggling optimist. Feminist. Untethered. Adoptee. I am my own. I choose to #lookup ☀️☁️🍃☔️⛈️🌈
CMF @CompMindFound
4K Followers 342 Following UK based charity dedicated to the scientific understanding of compassion.
RoastFace Killah @Toxiclace23
53 Followers 303 Following
Pam Hodgkins @PamonGabriola
353 Followers 85 Following Founded NORCAP, adoptee, Nana of Eliza and Joshua Clara and Amelia, mother of 3 great people, long term wife, retired social worker, Left leaning & right!
Judith Grandi @987jude
338 Followers 309 Following Ally of @ATDFourthWorld supporting the fight to overcome poverty & social exclusion. #StopPoverty #SocialJustice #adoptee
B Rishworth (she/her) @DrRishworth
585 Followers 1K Following Passionate about justice & social change | particularly in child protection, how we see neurodivergence & education | @re_frame_ retweets not endorsements
Jacquelin H Taybron @flewdacooptoo
655 Followers 854 Following #InternationalAdoptee #FamilyPreservationAdvocate
MaryJo Barney Ramseye... @murphthejo
161 Followers 346 Following Mom, grandma in northern Indiana. Reunited adoptee since '94. Former president of Adoption Identity Movement in Traverse City, MI. #adoptee #adopteevoices
The Adoption Squad @squad_adoption
392 Followers 806 Following A podcast hosted by two friends with unique adoption stories. Listen for laughs, our adoption search stories & listener mail. https://t.co/czFFd6Bqkk
Angela Tucker @theadoptedlife
2K Followers 1K Following Author of YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL (@Beaconpressbks) #TransracialAdoption
Adoption Phoenix 🔥 @adoptee1970
837 Followers 292 Following Co-host of Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast Launching November 4th #adopteevoices
Elena Suglia @ElenaSuglia
508 Followers 1K Following Plant ecology PhD Candidate @UCDavis. Advisor to @ucdavisbiology Dean for #DEI. #DisabilityJustice #MentalHealth #scipol #scicomm. #Adoptee. Bookworm. she/they
Julia R @JudiRich4
364 Followers 537 Following Northern girl. Peace lover. Wife. Mum.Adoptee in reunion. Queer. Yogi. Author. Artist. Retiree in recovery. Social Worker. Trainer. Counsellor. She/Her
Jamie Harrison @jamiehar
14 Followers 137 Following Rare exotic species of the human race,natural habitat can be found frequenting local pubs,hibernates during the winter, Scientific classification :Poker Adictus
Philippa_Perry @Philippa_Perry
119K Followers 2K Following Psychotherapist, writer, broadcaster, find me on substack. email: [email protected]
Grayson Perry @Alan_Measles
192K Followers 614 Following artist, broadcaster, transvestite, lecturer, worshipper of teddy bears, telly addict, likes being on two wheels
Irish mermaid 🧜�... @superparentx4
12K Followers 9K Following 🐾Lady from house of Snark, reality show survivor full throttle on opinions, 🏴☠️love my 🇨🇦 family, animal protection is life! resisting 4U 🌊🌊🌈 🐶🐱🐒🦋🌮
Emma @daxieSW
355 Followers 1K Following Social Worker. Adoption. Passion for supporting first families and helping lesser voices be heard . Views are my own
the writer formerly k... @salesses
21K Followers 1K Following Korean adoptee author of The Sense of Wonder, Craft in the Real World, Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear, The Hundred-Year Flood, etc. All queries: @agent_ayesha
Libby King @libbyking
2K Followers 6K Following essay book club | neoliberal narrative form | form and genre | white colonial culture | flinders uni | her | essays in Meanjin and Life Writing and elsewhere
LaRhonda Palazzolo @RebeccaDaughtr4
232 Followers 507 Following Domestic infant supply class of 1960. Outdoor adventurer, yogini, grandmother, adoptee, but really not this or that.
Nicol Bergou @nicol_bergou
188 Followers 556 Following @KCL_MRCDTP PhD student at @KingsCollegeLon. Host of @PhDeets_podcast.
胡杏 April 🐼 @bbypandaapril
852 Followers 424 Following Not your average stereotype 🐼 • 🇨🇳✈️🇺🇸 • Suns 🏀 • I tweet a lot of pics of my dog 🐕
Jessenia Adriana Parm... @iamadopted
5K Followers 2K Following Founder of I Am Adopted | Adoption| Mental health | Family Preservation | Need advice? DM for Consulting Request.
Kathryn Palmer-Skilli... @Kayskill
343 Followers 1K Following #Feminist, cat-lady, wobbly-woman, Humanist, L&D professional, Volunteer Manager, compulsive volunteer and bus nerd... ‘She/her’ #SKOL!
eleighdo @eleighdo
264 Followers 406 Following Nerd, opinionator, bleeding heart, knitter, erstwhile copy editor, adoptee, dog-lover, Minnesotan at 💙 / 🏳️🌈 / TERFs/transphobes/racists blocked | she/her
Daughter @projdaughter
136 Followers 416 Following Short film 🎬 Belonging is Complex. When adoptee Amee turns up at her birth mother’s house, she comes face to face with what it means to belong.
Adoption: Beyond Myth... @MythsMisgivings
650 Followers 382 Following Creatively exploring adoptee thought and experience. Encouraging adoptee autonomy and wholeness. Created by @JuniaDragon and *name redacted*. @Adoptees4Choice
Manic Dissonance @manicdissonance
223 Followers 1K Following Adoptee (1 star, would not recommend). Long time Twitter lurker, sporadic Tweeter.
Lorna Stabler @lorna_stabler
2K Followers 2K Following Researcher @CASCADEresearch. @ESRC PhD exploring sibling kinship care. Fellow @churchillfship. Care experienced. Feminist. Beer drinker. Geordie. She/her.
Elaine Strachan 🦉 @strackers74
4K Followers 5K Following Single mum to 13 year old J. Rangers FC🏴Liverpool FC🇬🇧; TV/Films;Adoptee;Cats. Still a stunner at hauf a hunner (51 now!) 😆
The A & F Podcast @TheAandFPodcast
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Reckless Abandon🇮�... @GraceKincaid10
21 Followers 21 Following Adopted Irish woman with an agenda! No Trump, No religion, No trolls, No flat earthers, No sexism, No racism, No vapid vanity! #adoption Play nicely please!
AFFCNY @AFFCNY
1K Followers 2K Following Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York. Support, info and advocacy for foster,kinship and adoptive families.
Lynne 🌱 @Lynne_ReeRoo
509 Followers 295 Following Proud mum to the most amazing girl 🥰 Work in the advice sector supporting care leavers to access benefits & housing. Love dogs, nature & psychology ❤️
Shania @ShaniaSophiaa
1K Followers 795 Following CEO @ProjectDunbar || Incoming Trainee Integrative Psychotherapist || She/Her🏳️🌈 Views my own.
April Dinwoodie @juneinapril
1K Followers 759 Following transracially adopted person, host of Born in June, Raised in April podcast, creator of foster care mentoring program #Adoptment, keynote speaker
Nicole Chung | @nicol... @nicolesjchung
72K Followers 4K Following A LIVING REMEDY, a @nytimes Notable Book • ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW, a national bestseller + @bookcritics finalist • Bluesky: nicolechung • https://t.co/8k1IYAjvHz
Victoria Steffes @VeeSteff
154 Followers 395 Following STEM PhD. Professional advice-giver (#researchdevelopment). Actual (née Aspiring) cat guardian. #adoptee Pronouns: she/her
Sand (they/them) @hestiashands
943 Followers 3K Following knitflixing indigenous neurodivergent nonbinary dyke adoptee who is wondering what’s for dinner. they/them.
wendy @wendykfabulous
511 Followers 777 Following gen X • secret baby • pretend gardner • happily married • question everything
Adoptioncurriculum @Adoptioncurric1
216 Followers 622 Following #Adoptees are overrepresented in #mentalhealthcare & institutions don't #educate #helpingprofessionals about the realities of #adoption It's time that changes!
Carrie Cahill Mulliga... @CCMFeltHats
2K Followers 5K Following Park ranger turned fiber artist, out to change the world, one felt hat at a time.