Adoption Identity Race Exploration (AIRE)
AIRE was created out of the need for an inclusive space for BIPOC adoptees (of all genders, identities, and experiences) to build and collaborate. AIRE…
Resource Tag: Parents
Asian Girls Ignite
This nonprofit organization provides educational programs for AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) youth who want to celebrate their individual and collective power.
Child Mind Institute: “Trauma & Grief”
This webpage features countless articles about the basics of recognizing and addressing trauma in children. It includes topics like the effects, causes, and treatments of…
CNN: “How to talk to your children about protests and racism”
This article explains how to discuss racism and protests with children. The article breaks down how to lead discussions by age group (toddler, tweens, teens).
EmbraceRace: “‘I [STILL] Can’t Breathe!’: Supporting Kids of Color Amid Racialized Violence”
This conversation and Q&A led by child psychologist Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith explores policing, violence, safety, justice, and race. She also considers how to approach conversations…
Today: “What Black adoptees want white parents to know about transracial adoption”
This article features the voices of Black adults who were adopted by white families. The adoptees share their perspectives on identity, culture, and their sense…
RESilience: Books About Race and Ethnicity
This is a directory of books about race, organized by age. It features books for young children, elementary school-age children, teens, and adults, as well…
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC): “I Am a Parent or Caregiver”
The NMAAHC’s purpose is to help children understand what race is, how it operates in society, and why it’s important (particularly in the US). This…
“Daddy Why Am I Brown?”: A healthy conversation about skin color and family
This is a children’s book meant to start a conversation about how kids can learn to talk about skin color in a way that’s kind,…
Resilience – “Reading and RES: Parent Tip Tool: Choosing and Using Books to Discuss Race and Ethnicity”
This brief article explains how reading books with your child is a key way to start and continue conversations about race and ethnicity. It also…
Beynd the Golden Rule
This illustrated book serves as a parent’s guide to preventing and responding to prejudice. This book explores how to discuss racism and tolerance depending on…
American Academy of Pediatrics: “Talking to Children About Racial Bias”
This article explains how children learn racial bias, strategies to help children deal with these biases, and how parents can confront their own racial biases.…
RESilience – Engaging My Child: “Parent Tip Tool: Uplifting Families Through Healthy Communication About Race”
This is a brief parent tip tool that explains what RES (racial and ethnic socialization)is, who participates in RES, and suggestions for engaging in RES.
ChildTrends: “Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma”
This article discusses how to talk to children about racism, racial violence, and trauma. It also features books and other resource compilations for parents and…
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
This institute is dedicated to improving the quality of life for Black children and families. NBDCI engages in public discourse for local, state, and federal…
American Psychological Association RESilience – “Resources for Parents: Uplifting Youth Through Healthy Communication About Race”
This website features tip tools, books, blogs, and other resources about creating healthy and safe conversations about race between children and parents. This initiative focuses…
Online MSW Programs with edX: “How to Teach Kids About Race”
This article discusses how to teach children about the concepts of race, privilege, and racial and ethnic socialization (RES). Though this resource is primarily for…
CNN – “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism”
CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill partnered with Sesame Street to produce this town hall for kids and families. This short video explains racism and…
Gladney University – reFRAMED Bonus: “Continuing the Conversation with Ebony Mack, MSW”
This conversation is a continuation of the discussion “Bridging the Gap: Strengthening Competencies of Transracial Adoptive Parents” led by Ebony Mack. This training considers many…
Gladney University – Bridging the Gap: “Competencies of Transracial Adoptive Parents”
A presentation led by Ebony Mack (MSW, adoptee, adoptive parent, and more) about white parents who have adopted transracially. Mack discusses how they (parents) often…
Psychology Today
Psychology Today is a media outlet that publicizes literature and resources about behavioral science and mental health. This directory in particular offers detailed listings for…
Beyond Words Psychological Services
This LLC, established by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, offers a directory of professional (medical and mental health) resources in the Denver Metro Area. Dr. Wirta-Leiker specializes…
Cerebral Palsy Guide
This resource provides educational materials, financial resources, and support options for families affected by cerebral palsy and other birth injuries. This page discusses therapies, medications,…
Mesothelioma Hope
Mesothelioma Hope has long provided free mesothelioma resources about cancer treatments, specialists, financial assistance, and more. This page particularly focuses on helping families discuss cancer…
CCI Birth Parent Searching and Reunion Group
This private Facebook group provides information, resources, and encouragement for adult Chinese adoptees who are seeking their birth family or are already in reunion. They…
Find Birth Parents, Siblings, Adoptees and Family
This is a private Facebook group that helps domestic adoptees find and reunite with lost relatives, adoptees, birth parents, and siblings.
Birth Parents Only: Our Journey to Heal
This is a private Facebook group that was formed by and for birth parents. It’s a place to freely share thoughts and feelings about adoption…
Parents of Boys Adopted From China
This is a private Facebook group for adoptive parents of boys adopted from China. It’s a place of support and connection for adoptive and waiting…
GLADNEY Center for Adoption: “What Do Adoptees Wish People Knew about Them?”
This is a brief article that explains some things that adoptees would like others to know about them. It describes how adoptees are similar to…
American Adoptions: “Your Adoption Relationships”
This is a beginner-friendly resource for adoptees who want to understand how adoption affects their relationships. The webpage features guides about friends, birth family searches,…
FamilyTreeDNA
This is a well-known genetic testing company and is a division of Gene by Gene. It was founded in 2000 and pioneered the field of…
MyHeritage
MyHeritage is another popular genealogy platform. They search for people whose DNA matches users. Their technology reveals the percentage of DNA you share with your…
WeGene
WeGene is a Chinese DNA company. Their Personal Genome Service test generates genetic health risk reports using qualitative genotyping to detect select clinically relevant variants…
GEDmatch
GEDmatch is a free DNA site built for genetic genealogy research. They offer users opportunities to engage in forums, compare DNA files with all testing…
China Family Search
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…
Journey Across Forever – China Birth Parent Search Group
Journey Across Forever is a private Facebook group for adoptive parents with children from China who are searching for birth parents, foster parents, finders, etc.…
Research-China
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…
China DNA
China DNA is a public Facebook group that assists with DNA analysis to help adoptees connect to their Chinese ancestry, genealogy, and heritage.
The Roots of Love
This is a Chinese adoptee family reunion project with multiple professional searchers working in China. They offer free DNA testing for potential birth relatives and…
China – Birthparent search
Birthparent Search is a private Facebook group for Chinese adoptees and adoptive relatives. The goal of this group is to provide support and resources for…
Birth Family Search Russia
The lawyer who heads this organization has undertaken more than 600 birth family searches throughout Russia and former Soviet Republics. This is a great resource…
Family Ties: Chinese Adoptee Birth Family Search
Family Ties is a private Facebook group that offers guidance and support for people searching for birth families in China. While this is not an…
Korea Adoption Services
KAS allows birth families to search for the biological children and adoptees to search for their biological family. They offer post-adoption services, including birth country…
Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Boston
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…
International Child Search Alliance (ICSA)
This organization was founded in 2018 by an all-volunteer international group of adoptees and adoptive parents. They offer reliable information and promote awareness in China…
Chilean Adoptees Worldwide
This organization is a global platform for Chilean Adoptees. It strives to bring awareness about and connect adoptees and birth families in Chile. Birth family…
DNA Testing for Asian Adoptees
This document is a guide on DNA testing. It explains how DNA testing applies to Asian communities, including Asian international adoptees and adoptees of mixed…
The Nanchang Project: “Chinese Adoptee DNA”
This Facebook post features a flow chart about adoptee DNA, genetic databases, and birth family searches. This is a beginner-friendly resource for Chinese adoptees who…
23andMe
23&Me is a popular genetic testing service and using this service is a good start for adoptees on their birth family search journey. Their website…
Ancestry DNA
Ancestry DNA is a popular genealogy company. They offer clear-cut historical insights, rich geographic details, connect you to the places in the world where your…
“2018 I WENT TO CHINA TO SEARCH FOR MY BIRTH FAMILY * 2018年寻找中国亲生父母”
In this short YouTube documentary (link to the full TV documentary is in the description), an adoptee shares her experience of going to China to…
Bao Bei Hui Jia
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…
CCI (China’s Children International): Searching Resources
This resource guide is a compilation of birth family searching resources for thee Chinese adoption community. It offers various tips, precautions, strategies, platforms, etc. for…
Nanchang Project
The Nanchang Project is a program for creating community and sharing resources for Chinese adoptees searching for birth family. Their goal is to provide adoptees…
Creating a Family: “Adopting or Fostering a Child Who Identifies as LGBTQ”
This is a $20 course for adoptive and foster parents about providing a healthy environment to discuss emotional topics with LGBTQ+ youth. The curriculum covers…
Center for American Progress (CAP): “Welcoming All Families”
This is a report that discusses discrimination against LGBTQ+ foster and adoptive parents. It explains how religious exemptions allow agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ+ parents.…
Movement Advancement Project (MAP): “Child Welfare Nondiscrimination Laws”
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…
National Library of Medicine: “Achieving permanency for LGBTQ youth”
This journal article discusses achieving permanence for youth in out-of-home care and meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ youth. It offers models of permanence and practices…
Taylor & Frances: Online Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services
This online journal publishes empirical knowledge and conceptual information about sexual minorities and their social environment. It has innovative ideas and resources for the design,…
APA PsycNet: “Basic premises, guiding principles and competent practices for a positive youth development approach to working with gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths in out-of-home care”
This academic journal article discusses working with LGBTQ+ youth in out-of-home care. It outlines five core premises to guide youth development. It also models how…
NPR It’s Been a Minute: “Joel Kim Booster on making a queer, Asian American ‘Pride and Prejudice'”
This is a podcast featuring a conversation with gay, Korean adoptee Joel Kim Booster (comedian and actor). This episode explores how the film Fire Island…
CACH-ALL
This is a support group for families and adoptees in the UK who have completed international adoption. They have in-person meetups, social media connection, as…
NPR: “I Found My Birth Mother. It Didn’t Rock My Life — And That’s OK”
This is a short, narrative story about an adoptee’s experience meeting her birth mother. This story will benefit adoptees who are considering conducting a birth…
ReunionEyes
This blog shares an adoptee’s experience about reunion with her birth family. It offers insight about how the experience has impacted her identity and how…
A Family in China
An archive of a podcast that discusses the (birth family) searching journey in multiple perspectives (adoptees, birth parents, & searchers). This is a great resource…
Nikwi Hoogland
In an Instagram page in blog-like format, this resource offers a personal look at an adoptee’s thoughts and experiences about her identity and reunion experience.…
Satrang
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,…
PFLAG NYC: API Parents & Caregivers Group
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…
AsiaPacifiQueer: Rethinking Genders and Sexualities
This is an interdisciplinary essay collection which examines the shaping of local queer cultures in the Asia-Pacific region. The purpose of this book is to…
Creating a Family: “Tips for Raising an LGBTQ Foster or Adopted Child”
This article provides ten tips for raising LGBTQ+ foster or adopted kids. It emphasizes the importance of supporting children by using their preferred pronouns, employing…
Talkspace: “The History of the LGBTQ Community and Mental Health Treatment”
This article is for anybody seeking information about the history of the LGBTQ+ community and mental health treatment. It briefly explains LGBTQ+ history, classification of…
LGBT National Help Center Call Services
The LGBT National Help Center serves LGBTQ+ folks who need free and confidential peer support and local resources. Their page features hotlines, an online peer…
HRC: “How HIV Impacts LGBTQ People”
This article explains how HIV affects the LGBTQ+ community. It provides an overview of what HIV is, how LGBTQ+ discrimination relates to HIV, campaign funding,…
National Coalition for LGBTQ Health
These services are available to everybody in the queer community. This coalition is improves the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ individuals through federal and local…
House of Rainbow
House of Rainbow serves LGBTQ+ people of color and faith. This organization works to combat religious homophobia and validates the belonging of LGBTQ+ in religious…
Asian Pride Project
This organization celebrates LGBTQ+ and API families and communities through artforms (writing, films, photography). They tell the stories of LGBTQ+ triumphs and struggles in the…
Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY)
This all-volunteer community organization was founded in 1990 to empower queer Asian and Pacific Islanders. They provide various programs and collaborate with other organizations to…
National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN)
This organization works to advance healing justice by transforming mental health for queer and transgender people of color. They have lists of community and practitioner…
QMUNITY
This organization offers ten counseling sessions at a reduced cost and free sessions are available to people who cannot afford the fee. Services are available…
Trikone
This is a volunteer-based non-profit organization for LGBTQ+ South Asians. Their mission is to unite people and affirm their South Asian identity and sexual orientation.…
San Francisco State University: Family Acceptance Project
This is a research, intervention, education, and policy initiative to prevent health risks for queer youth. It specifically focuses on their well-being in the context…
Planned Parenthood: “What should I teach my high school-aged teen about identity?”
This article is a great resource for parents and guardians who want to teach their teenage children about identity. It provides detailed explanations for questions…
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
The Human Rights Campaign serves the queer community and their allies. The mission of the organization is to “end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and realize…
Rise Magazine: “Resources for LGBTQ Parents and Parents of LGBTQ Children and Youth”
This magazine article benefits LGBTQ+ parents and parents with LGBTQ+ children. It article explains the importance of acceptance and provides a list of resources about…
American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU serves the queer community and their allies. This organization advocates for equality and has a long history of providing legal defense for the…
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Tips for Parents of LGBTQ Youth”
This article is a resource for parents who have LGBTQ+ children. In the article, Johns Hopkins’ pediatric and adolescent medicine specialists share their tips on…
Stand with Trans
Stand With Trans supports youth (who are transitioning) and their families. This organization serves the transgender community by empowering trans youth through LGBTQ+ affirming therapy,…
The Trevor Project: “Behaviors of Supportive Parents and Caregivers for LGBTQ Youth”
This is a resource for parents of LGBTQ+ children about how best to support queer youth. The importance of supporting gender expression, understanding LGBTQ+ issues,…
Gender Spectrum
This is a source for the queer community and people who want to understand more about gender. The organization works to create gender-sensitive and inclusive…
Talkspace: “6 Ways to Support the Mental Health of Your LGBTQ Loved Ones”
This is a brief article about how to support the mental health of your LGBTQ+ loved ones. It goes over 6 important tips for support,…
John Hopkins Medicine: Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
This office specializes in serving patients and families who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. The webpage offers medical resources for patients, families, students, staff,…
Bi.org
Bi.org is sponsored by the American Institute of Bisexuality and serves the bisexual community and its allies. Its mission is to, “connect bi people around…
APA: “Understanding transgender people, gender identity and gender expression”
From the American Psychological Association, this article will benefit people who would like to educate themselves about the transgender identity. This article is available in…
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
PFLAG is an organization that serves the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. It’s the “first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for…
Free Mom Hugs
Free Mom Hugs is an organization that encourages education, visibility, and conversation about the LGBTQ+ community. Their webpage offers education opportunities for everyone through speaking…
The Real Mama Bears
The Real Mama Bears is a resource that serves the LGBTQ+ community. The organization supports, educates, and empowers families with LGBTQ+ members. They offer private…
University of Michigan Center for Sexuality & Health Disparities: “All About Gender”
This guide will benefit parents who have transgender, questioning, gender expansive, gender nonconforming, or non-binary child. The guide explains gender terms, answers FAQs, explains transitioning,…
PA Parent an Family Alliance
This LGBTQ+ Tip Sheet is a great resource for parents who have an LGBTQ+ child. The guide goes over tips on what to do immediately…
healthychildren.org: “Coming Out: Information for Parents of LGBTQ Teens”
This article is a great resource for parents who have LGBTQ+ teenagers. The article gives explanations of and tips for how to answer common questions.…
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): “Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents”
This academic journal article explains how pediatric providers are ensuring comprehensive care for LGBTQ+ patients. It reviews the ways to improve health care access and…
