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 Type: Organization
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.
The Racial Empowerment Collaborative (REC) at Penn GSE
REC is a research, program development, and training center that brings people together to promote racial literacy and health in schools and neighborhoods. They offer…
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…
The Association of Black Psychologists, Inc.
This association was formed in 1968 by Black psychologists hoping to serve the Black-American community. Their goal was to support the mental health of the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Adoptiepedia
This interest group provides support for international adoptees. They discuss racism, identity, and birth family searches. It’s based in the Netherlands and is for all…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
Massachusetts Asian + Pacific Islanders for Health (MAP)
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…
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
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…
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…
LGBT National Help Center: LGBT National Youth Talkline
The LGBT National Youth Talkline is for LGBT youth (age 25 and younger) who need free and confidential peer support. Their webpage features their Talkline,…
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…
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…
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
This organization serves LGBTQ+ youth in learning institutions. GLSEN works to activate supportive educators, uplift student-led movements, conduct extensive research, provide resources for educators, and…
GSA Network
The Genders & Sexualities Alliances (GSAs)serves LGBTQ+ youth in their local communities. GSAs clubs are student-run organizations that unite LGBTQ+ youth and allies to fight…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Asians Do Therapy
This is a website for anyone in the AAPI community who needs to motivate and destigmatize their journey with therapy. The site is packed with…
NYU Langone Health: NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health
The NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH) is based in NYU Langone’s Section for Health Equity. Its services research and evaluate…
Asian American Health Initiative (AAHI)
This organization was established to address the unique and neglected health needs of Asian Americans in Maryland. AAHI assists with many programs, projects, and activities…
Asian & Pacific Island American Health Forum (APIAHF)
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s services benefit the health of the AAPI community. The APIAHF supports the health of the community by…
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
NAPAFASA serves and works with AAPI communities on initiatives addressing behavioral health within each community. It’s a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to mental…
Project Lotus
Project Lotus focuses on Asian American mental health advocacy. Their mission is to destigmatize mental health in Asian-American communities by “tackling the model minority stereotype…
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBT youth. On their website, users can find support through 24/7…
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. They offer several programs…
It Gets Better Project
This is a nonprofit organization with a mission to “uplift, empower, and connect” the LGBTQ+ youth. Through sharing articles, education, and events, they’re making a…
Stonewall
This organization fights for freedom, equity, and potential for the LGBTQ+ community. Their campaigns drive positive change in public attitudes and public policy. Their website…
Outfest
Outfest is the world’s largest LGBTQ+ film and media organization. They hold several programs, projects, and events for LGBTQ+ artists. While they offer various programs,…
Asexual Outreach: Ace Week
From Asexual Outreach, Inc, this webpage educates people about what asexuality is. The organization raises awareness for asexuality through promoting education tool resources, projects, and…
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World)
ILGA is a resource for everybody in the queer community. The organization supports LGBTI civil society worldwide through “advocacy and research projects, and gives grassroots…
Asian Health Services
AHS is a healthcare provider that offers a complete range of medical, dental, and mental health services. Asian Health Service (AHS)’s mission is to serve…
Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Centers (APCTC)
APCTC was established to meet the unique needs of AAPI immigrants and refugees. Their services are available to all ages of the AAPI community in…
Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS)
ACRS promotes social justice and the well-being and empowerment of the AAPI and other underserved communities – including immigrants and refugees. They develop, provide, and…
Asian Pacific Community Counseling
Asian Pacific Community Counseling serves Asian Americans who live in California. They offer the Transcultural Wellness Center (TWC), the Supporting Community Connections (SCC), and the…
Korean American Wellness Association (KAWA)
KAWA offers services for Korean Americans. Users can search in directories for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and psychotherapists. Within each directory, users can search by keywords…
HealthRIGHT 360
This organization offers primary medical care, mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, dental services, and more. They have an Asian American specific program in…
Asian American Psychological Association: AAPA Fellows
The AAPA advocates on behalf of Asian Americans to advance Asian American psychology. The AAPA has 8 divisions, including one for multiracial and adopted Asian…
Wayfinder Family Services
This organization provides individualized support and services to children, youth and, adults who have special needs or have been in foster care. They strive to…
Adoption STAR: “Scholarship Opportunities”
Adoption STAR offers four unique scholarship opportunities for the adoption community. Scholarships are for academics, LGBTQ+ prospective parents, and special needs children. All of the…
Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption: “FRUA’s Annual Scholarship Program for HS Seniors, College & Vocational Students”
FRUA offers four scholarships for Russian and Ukrainian students who have experienced hardship and demonstrated resiliency. In order to access required qualifications and submit your…
Family Resource Center on Disabilities
This center is dedicated to providing parents of children with disabilities with information, training, and assistance. Their resource page features many websites and tools for…
Gladney Center for Adoption: Adoption Forums
This is an online forum containing numerous threads about adoption. Categories include adoptive parents, foster care, special needs, adult adoptees, and more. Each category contains…
Capital Adoptive Families Alliance (CAFA): Support Groups
This alliance explains the importance of support groups and provides information about their own support group. CAFA’s support group offers general support to parents and…
Adoption Family Support Network (AFSN): Post Adoption Support
This network gives adoptive parents a community of people to share experiences and answers about adoption. They have a list of support groups for parents…
Love Without Boundaries: “Adopting a Child With Special Needs”
This organization provides reference information for common special needs, including craniofacial conditions, digestive system conditions, infectious diseases, and more. There’s also a family stories page,…
No Hands But Ours
This organization focuses on waiting children in China with medical needs. They have resources for prospective adoptive parents, adoptive parents, and about special needs. It…
Utah’s Adoption Connection: Children with Special Needs
This digital lending library allows prospective adoptive families, foster parents, and adoptive parents to rent books for free. Users can check out up to three…
RainbowKids: “Special Needs in Children”
This adoption advocacy website is a resource for families considering special needs adoption. It has information about special needs, adoption agencies and professionals, hosting, and…
Adoptees for Justice
An intercountry, adoptee-led organization whose mission is to educate, empower, and organize transracial and international adoptee communities to achieve just and humane adoption, immigration, and…
International Child Search Alliance (ICSA)
An international, all-volunteer group of adoptees and adoptive parents offering sources of information to help Chinese adoptees search for their birth families. There are guides…
African Diaspora Mental Health Association (ADMH)
This association is an outpatient mental health clinic in Massachusetts. They offer many different mental health services, including individual therapy, family therapy, bilingual services, couples…
Safe Space Africa
Mental health educational products and therapy services for Africans on the continent, as well as the African diaspora.
Black Mental Wellness
An organization that provides access to evidence-based information and resources about mental health and behavioral health topics from a Black perspective. It highlights and increases…
Adoption Mosaic
This organization’s vision is to connect with adoption communities for progressive dialogue about adoption-related topics. They also offer support and education to people new to…
AdoptUSKids: “Florida post-adoption support”
A landing page for post-adoption support services and parent support groups available to families in Florida.
NACAC: “Transracial Adoption: Love is Just the Beginning”
An article by Deb Reisner, mother to a family with African-American, Native-American, Latino, and European-American children. She details the importance of listening to her children…
Adoptee Mentoring Society
An online mentorship community that values adoptee power, intersectionality, and a healing community. They offer online group meetings between adoptees, and 1:1 mentorship with affordable…
Sisters of China
A community organization dedicated to uniting female-identifying Chinese adoptees of all ages across the world by providing them a safe space to share their stories,…
Adoptees of South America + Extended Latin Americas (ASA)
A peer-centered group for adult adoptees from South America and the Extended Latin Americas. They provide adoptees with community, support, and encouragement through monthly virtual…
Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington (AAAW)
An organization dedicated to providing support to Asian adult adoptees in the state of Washington. They have community events, youth mentorship programming, educational opportunities, advocacy…
Adoptees Connect
This is a peer-led connect group for adult adoptees — a safe space for adoptees to gather and share their experiences about their journeys with…
Holt International Camp
Holt International hosts an adoptee summer camp (among other adoption and post-adoption services) for establishing community and having fun. The camp has activities for and…
Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families
This organization’s Chinese Heritage Camp connects adoptive families with the cultural community, adoption experts, and families with shared experiences. They have camps for many other…
Meggin Nam Holtz (LMSW)
Meggin focuses on child and adolescent trauma in a clinical setting. She provides therapy to youth, adolescents, families, and adults utilizing a strengths-based, trauma-informed, attachment,…
Dear Adoption
An online forum dedicated to amplifying the voices of adoptees. Users can publish and explore blogs, poems, films, and art about their own and others’…
Adoptee Hub
This organization is dedicated to connecting, collaborating, and preserving adoption legacies through community, culture, and post-adoption services.
