religion news service - adoptee remembrance day

religion news service published a story about adoptee remembrance day (oct 30). it lands right before adoption awareness month, when feeds fill with happy adoption posts, often from churches or faith-adjacent groups. the piece makes room for grief, context, and risk, and asks why those parts are still hard to say out loud.

i talk about how religious language can tidy a life into a redemption arc that doesn’t fit, how my adoption story was used, and what it takes to take that narrative back.

i speak about how religious language can tidy a life into a redemption arc that doesn’t fit and how important it is to take that narrative back.

this lives here because it explains why i make music the way i do and why i build tools that protect agency. it’s context for where i’ve been, and why this site is explicitly queer-safe and non-coercive. it’s also why i keep naming trauma, boundaries, and consent in my work.

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Before a month celebrating adoption, a day to recognize adoptees’ trauma

(RNS) — For many adoptees, the day is a chance to reclaim their adoption narrative from religious groups that often portray it as a spiritual win-win.

RNSKathryn Post