- Identity Returned, Dignity Restored Being told you only have months to live due to terminal lung cancer that has spread to other parts of your body is confronting. It focuses attention. Raises expectations. Opens questions. What’s important to do before my life passes on? For an adopted person finding them self in this challenging, irreversible position exposes unfinished business, […]
- Removing Anonymity Does Not Reduce Donor Numbers Sperm donation in Australia was once shrouded in secrecy and donors were forced to be anonymous, even if they did not want to. After learning some of the lessons from adoption, as well as listening to the voices of the donor conceived, practice and policy regarding donor conception began to change. No longer would donors […]
- A Conversation with Gary Coles about Forgotten Fathers Gary, you are the father of a son who was relinquished for adoption shortly after his birth in 1967. During your life you have written extensively about the invisibility of fathers in adoption. You are also a campaigner for fathers’ rights. On Tuesday 28 June 2016 SBS ONE TV will go to air with an […]