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Adoptees Crossing Lines
In this podcast I deconstruct the romanticism holding up the family policing industry and expose the lies, abuse, and pain that gets silenced. I'm here to unwrap the shiny bow around adoption and speak my truths as an adoptee. In doing so, I explain what it means and what it feels like to “come out of the fog”. This isn't your feel good podcast, I am an angry, healing and honest adoptee.
Adoptees Crossing Lines
Challenging Adoption Norms and Embracing Queer Parenting: A Conversation with Yomi
Adoptee Origin Story: Ayomide Bee
Is Adoption Human Trafficking? With Ayomide Bee
Selling children is human trafficking, so why isn’t adoption considered human trafficking? It’s state-sanctioned trafficking with a paper trail.
Ayomide Bee shares her adoption story as a queer transracial adoptee.
Her take is not only that same-sex couples shouldn’t adopt - but that adoption should be abolished.
Listen to her origin story & views.
“Just because it's legal doesn't mean that it's not trafficking. Slavery was legal. The residential homes were legal. Legality doesn't mean a goddamn thing.” - Ayomide Bee
What We Discussed
(00:31) Story of Ayomide Bee
(02:32) Always being the topic of conversation OR Knowing yourself by how people talk about you OR Our story = other people’s stories of us?
(04:23) Coming out of the fog OR Finding wonky stuff in the adoption paperwork
(05:22) Being forced into adoption
(08:07) Decision to go no contact
(12:13) How she wants her adoptive parents to take accountability
(14:15) Should same-sex couples adopt?
(19:58) Is adoption human trafficking?
(25:24) Adoption alternatives
(28:48) Relationship w/bio grandma (who suggested adoption) OR Anger toward grandma
(37:19) What does abolishing adoption look like?
(40:30) Connecting with Ayomide
Links
Connect With Ayomide: Instagram | Substack
Follow us on social media: Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok
Credits
Special thanks to Samuel Oyedele for editing our podcast, support his work on Instagram or e-mail him at Drumaboyiglobal@gmail.com