My act of resistance today. Openly wearing my trans flag color tie-dye shirt for my pics used in the application to update my citizenship certificate. #transman #protecttranslives #resist #intercountryadoptee #adopteevoices #queer #immigrant #transracialadoptee #IndianAdoptee #FtM #IamACitizen
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My act of resistance today. Openly wearing my trans flag color tie-dye shirt for my pics used in the application to update my citizenship certificate. #transman #protecttranslives #resist #intercountryadoptee #adopteevoices #queer #immigrant #transracialadoptee #IndianAdoptee #FtM #IamACitizen
My bio dad has seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth after I met with him a couple times. It is what it is. 🤷🏿♂️ #TransracialAdoptee #Adoption
January 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My bio dad has seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth after I met with him a couple times. It is what it is. 🤷🏿♂️ #TransracialAdoptee #Adoption
The solitary lament of a closeted transracial adoptee in jazz form.
#transracialadoptee #piano #songwriter
#transracialadoptee #piano #songwriter
July 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The solitary lament of a closeted transracial adoptee in jazz form.
#transracialadoptee #piano #songwriter
#transracialadoptee #piano #songwriter
HAPPY 13TH ADOPTION DAY TO ME!!! THIRTEEN!! Currently sobbing. Done a lot of things differently this whole year. I'm so fucking proud of me.
#keepshowingup #grateful #manifest #peace #adoptionday2024 #unapologetic #adoption #transracialadoptee #VoicesOfAdoptionProject
#keepshowingup #grateful #manifest #peace #adoptionday2024 #unapologetic #adoption #transracialadoptee #VoicesOfAdoptionProject
November 23, 2024 at 8:52 AM
HAPPY 13TH ADOPTION DAY TO ME!!! THIRTEEN!! Currently sobbing. Done a lot of things differently this whole year. I'm so fucking proud of me.
#keepshowingup #grateful #manifest #peace #adoptionday2024 #unapologetic #adoption #transracialadoptee #VoicesOfAdoptionProject
#keepshowingup #grateful #manifest #peace #adoptionday2024 #unapologetic #adoption #transracialadoptee #VoicesOfAdoptionProject
Epistemic trauma and transracial adoption: Author(iz)ing folkways of knowledge and healing
#TransracialAdoptee
#Adoption
#epistemicinjustice
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35277292/
#TransracialAdoptee
#Adoption
#epistemicinjustice
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35277292/
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Epistemic trauma and transracial adoption: Author(iz)ing folkways of knowledge and healing
#TransracialAdoptee
#Adoption
#epistemicinjustice
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35277292/
#TransracialAdoptee
#Adoption
#epistemicinjustice
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35277292/
🗞️"What I mean to say is, you cannot take a small dark child into your home, remove them from their blood, then expect them to naturally thrive. Expect them to forget. This shit is deep."
✨Read more @ justroots.substack.com
#adoptionstories #transracialadoptee #adoptee
✨Read more @ justroots.substack.com
#adoptionstories #transracialadoptee #adoptee
March 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
🗞️"What I mean to say is, you cannot take a small dark child into your home, remove them from their blood, then expect them to naturally thrive. Expect them to forget. This shit is deep."
✨Read more @ justroots.substack.com
#adoptionstories #transracialadoptee #adoptee
✨Read more @ justroots.substack.com
#adoptionstories #transracialadoptee #adoptee
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sorry, i *have to share this post.*
“I feel like the Confederacy might have lasted longer if they had just called it #adoption”
www.instagram.com/reel/DUWCvGF...
“I feel like the Confederacy might have lasted longer if they had just called it #adoption”
www.instagram.com/reel/DUWCvGF...
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠... on Instagram: "We laugh because it’s so damn true! 😂😂😂😂
@skylerhigley
#adoptee #adoption #transracialadoption #transracialadoptee #interracialadoptee"
152 likes, 17 comments - youngadoptee on February 4, 2026: "We laugh because it’s so damn true! 😂😂😂😂
@skylerhigley
#adoptee #adoption #transracialadoption #transracialadoptee #interracialadoptee".
www.instagram.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Sorry, i *have to share this post.*
“I feel like the Confederacy might have lasted longer if they had just called it #adoption”
www.instagram.com/reel/DUWCvGF...
“I feel like the Confederacy might have lasted longer if they had just called it #adoption”
www.instagram.com/reel/DUWCvGF...
My transracial adoptee story as the only black person in an all white community and schools.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNhC...
#adoption #adoptionisgrief #adoptiontrauma #myadoptionstory #adopteevoices #mentalhealth #adultadoptee #transracialadoptee #RacismStillExists
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNhC...
#adoption #adoptionisgrief #adoptiontrauma #myadoptionstory #adopteevoices #mentalhealth #adultadoptee #transracialadoptee #RacismStillExists
My Adoption Story
YouTube video by Corey Goldwaves Music
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My transracial adoptee story as the only black person in an all white community and schools.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNhC...
#adoption #adoptionisgrief #adoptiontrauma #myadoptionstory #adopteevoices #mentalhealth #adultadoptee #transracialadoptee #RacismStillExists
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNhC...
#adoption #adoptionisgrief #adoptiontrauma #myadoptionstory #adopteevoices #mentalhealth #adultadoptee #transracialadoptee #RacismStillExists
A reflective piano piece about an adopted person meeting his biological siblings after 20 years. (True story) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvKi... #piano #transracialadoptee #adopteevoices #adopted #mentalhealth
Reunion
YouTube video by Corey Goldwaves - Topic
www.youtube.com
August 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A reflective piano piece about an adopted person meeting his biological siblings after 20 years. (True story) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvKi... #piano #transracialadoptee #adopteevoices #adopted #mentalhealth
July 9th, 2022 ~ a doodle I drew of my bio mom back when I saw her for the first time in 7ish years 🩷
#adoptee #myart #transracialadoptee #artist #artwork #digitalart #ibispaintx
#adoptee #myart #transracialadoptee #artist #artwork #digitalart #ibispaintx
October 15, 2025 at 5:25 AM
July 9th, 2022 ~ a doodle I drew of my bio mom back when I saw her for the first time in 7ish years 🩷
#adoptee #myart #transracialadoptee #artist #artwork #digitalart #ibispaintx
#adoptee #myart #transracialadoptee #artist #artwork #digitalart #ibispaintx
Working at a #fatherhoodsupport program as a #Blackwoman, #researcher, #socialworker and #transracialadoptee is… rewriting me.
This job is healing me. Breaking me open. Teaching me things no degree ever did. A thread:
This job is healing me. Breaking me open. Teaching me things no degree ever did. A thread:
March 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Working at a #fatherhoodsupport program as a #Blackwoman, #researcher, #socialworker and #transracialadoptee is… rewriting me.
This job is healing me. Breaking me open. Teaching me things no degree ever did. A thread:
This job is healing me. Breaking me open. Teaching me things no degree ever did. A thread:
Follow me on Substack for my non-music commentary on my life. substack.com/@coreygoldwa... #adoptee #transracialadoptee #substack
Corey Goldwaves | Substack
A talented black musician adoptee, healing the trauma of being raised in an all white community.
substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Follow me on Substack for my non-music commentary on my life. substack.com/@coreygoldwa... #adoptee #transracialadoptee #substack
Any transracial adoptees out there that have gone through reunification and met their birth parents or members of their birth families and wants to chat? #adoptee #transracialadoptee
September 11, 2023 at 10:04 PM
Any transracial adoptees out there that have gone through reunification and met their birth parents or members of their birth families and wants to chat? #adoptee #transracialadoptee
The first thing people see is colour.
I hate that whenever I meet someone new, I have explain that I can perfectly speak in the local dialect despite my brown skin.
And then I have to explain my #adoption to someone's who is essentially a stranger.
#transracial #transracialadoptee #adopteevoices
I hate that whenever I meet someone new, I have explain that I can perfectly speak in the local dialect despite my brown skin.
And then I have to explain my #adoption to someone's who is essentially a stranger.
#transracial #transracialadoptee #adopteevoices
February 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The first thing people see is colour.
I hate that whenever I meet someone new, I have explain that I can perfectly speak in the local dialect despite my brown skin.
And then I have to explain my #adoption to someone's who is essentially a stranger.
#transracial #transracialadoptee #adopteevoices
I hate that whenever I meet someone new, I have explain that I can perfectly speak in the local dialect despite my brown skin.
And then I have to explain my #adoption to someone's who is essentially a stranger.
#transracial #transracialadoptee #adopteevoices
My story is stitched with memory.
Each essay in CEKPA is a bead—sharp, beautiful, necessary.
🧵 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS
📚 By Leah Altman
🗓️ Coming November 11, 2025
🌐 Preorder now
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection
Each essay in CEKPA is a bead—sharp, beautiful, necessary.
🧵 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS
📚 By Leah Altman
🗓️ Coming November 11, 2025
🌐 Preorder now
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection
August 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My story is stitched with memory.
Each essay in CEKPA is a bead—sharp, beautiful, necessary.
🧵 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS
📚 By Leah Altman
🗓️ Coming November 11, 2025
🌐 Preorder now
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection
Each essay in CEKPA is a bead—sharp, beautiful, necessary.
🧵 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS
📚 By Leah Altman
🗓️ Coming November 11, 2025
🌐 Preorder now
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection
Hey folks in the DC area- please join me as I celebrate and bear witness to the stories of my Korean American immigrant community- of individuals adopted into American families.
February 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
From buried cekpas to reconnected kinships, join us in celebrating CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS, a lyrical memoir of rediscovery, healing, and motherhood.
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease
October 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From buried cekpas to reconnected kinships, join us in celebrating CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS, a lyrical memoir of rediscovery, healing, and motherhood.
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease
🌿 Adopted. Reclaimed. Rewoven. 🌿
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease
October 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🌿 Adopted. Reclaimed. Rewoven. 🌿
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection #MemoirRelease
🌿 Adopted. Reclaimed. Rewoven. 🌿
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!
This powerful collection of beaded essays releases on November 11, so preorder your copy today!!
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!
This powerful collection of beaded essays releases on November 11, so preorder your copy today!!
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🌿 Adopted. Reclaimed. Rewoven. 🌿
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!
This powerful collection of beaded essays releases on November 11, so preorder your copy today!!
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection
CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS is available for preorders!
This powerful collection of beaded essays releases on November 11, so preorder your copy today!!
#CEKPA #BeadedMemoir #NativeWriters #TransracialAdoptee #LeahAltman #IndigenousLiterature #EssayCollection
This isn’t just a memoir—it’s a reclamation.
🌿 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS weaves together stories of displacement and return, beading memory back together one essay at a time.
#CEKPA #BeadedEssays #IndigenousAuthor #TransracialAdoptee #MemoirRelease #LeahAltmanWrites #OwnVoices
🌿 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS weaves together stories of displacement and return, beading memory back together one essay at a time.
#CEKPA #BeadedEssays #IndigenousAuthor #TransracialAdoptee #MemoirRelease #LeahAltmanWrites #OwnVoices
August 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This isn’t just a memoir—it’s a reclamation.
🌿 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS weaves together stories of displacement and return, beading memory back together one essay at a time.
#CEKPA #BeadedEssays #IndigenousAuthor #TransracialAdoptee #MemoirRelease #LeahAltmanWrites #OwnVoices
🌿 CEKPA: A MEMOIR IN BEADED ESSAYS weaves together stories of displacement and return, beading memory back together one essay at a time.
#CEKPA #BeadedEssays #IndigenousAuthor #TransracialAdoptee #MemoirRelease #LeahAltmanWrites #OwnVoices
"I needed my children to know where we came from—so I wrote it down.”
Leah Altman weaves together the search for family, belonging, and identity, into essays that capture personal and universal struggles.
#ComingSoon #IndigenousMemoir #NativeVoices #Bookstagram #TransracialAdoptee
Leah Altman weaves together the search for family, belonging, and identity, into essays that capture personal and universal struggles.
#ComingSoon #IndigenousMemoir #NativeVoices #Bookstagram #TransracialAdoptee
July 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I needed my children to know where we came from—so I wrote it down.”
Leah Altman weaves together the search for family, belonging, and identity, into essays that capture personal and universal struggles.
#ComingSoon #IndigenousMemoir #NativeVoices #Bookstagram #TransracialAdoptee
Leah Altman weaves together the search for family, belonging, and identity, into essays that capture personal and universal struggles.
#ComingSoon #IndigenousMemoir #NativeVoices #Bookstagram #TransracialAdoptee
