This is a private Facebook group that helps domestic adoptees find and reunite with lost relatives, adoptees, birth parents, and siblings.
This organization explains the steps and information necessary for a birth family search. Adoption information disclosures, genetic test consent forms, and more are available to download. They published a flow chart about the birth family search process and additional help and information is available upon request.
This website details the sociopolitical circumstances of China. It examines the causes of the One Child Policy, as well as recent causes and events regarding adoption. This is a great resource for people interested in the politics and history of adoption.
This is a resource page for Chinese adoptees interested in searching for birth family. It offers information and resources for both the adoptive parent and adoptees. This is a beginner-friendly resource for Chinese adoptees interested in searching. They share questions to ask yourself before searching, cultural caveats, technical tools, and stories from adoptees.
Bao Bei Hui Jia is a Chinese birth family searching site where users can post searching posters for free. Users are encouraged to provide information like birthday, missing time, family seeker characterization, possible memories, etc. This is a great resource for Chinese adoptees or adoptive parents searching on behalf of their child.
This is an interactive map of child welfare nondiscrimination laws in the United States. Users can examine laws and equity scores by state. Policies regarding foster care, adoption, second and stepparents, and LGBTQ+ youth in child welfare are all listed. This can be used for anyone in the US considering fostering or adopting a child.
This group meets twice a month for a lunchtime discussion for API parents and caregivers whose children are part of the LGBTQ+ community. They are based in New York City and host events, but hold virtual meetings on Zoom, too. This is a great parent resource for API parents with LGBTQ+ children.
This organization empowers LGBTQ+ API members and is a federation of small, volunteer-run groups across the country. They provide capacity building, advocacy, convenings, and representation pledges. They also have social media accounts to connect with their community (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and are based in New York.
This organization offers a safe space where API LGBTQ+ youth (ages 16-25) can unite to find support and make friends. They have drop-in centers, peer events, resources, and animal-assisted therapy. They collaborate with programs and organizations with similar objectives — school and university resource centers, health centers, and local businesses.
This non-profit organization serves the South Asian LGBTQ+ community by promoting awareness, acceptance and empowerment through social, educational and advocacy-related events. They encourage volunteering for, donating for, and attending their advocacy and social events.
