About Adoption Truth and Transparency Worldwide Network (ATTWN) is a community of local and global individuals and families separated by adoption. We provide information, activism, education, and peer support, providing a space for those separated by adoption to connect, share their experiences, and stand in solidarity with one another. The Adoption Truth Forum was founded on November 5, 2011, by the co-founders, Vance Twins. What began as a grassroots online forum has grown into a community connecting people worldwide who seek truth, transparency, support, and greater awareness about the hidden side of adoption. We believe lived experiences matter. We amplify voices, share information, and help people connect with others who understand.

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Voices From Domestic, Late-Discovery, Transracial, International Adoptees, Parents, and Family Members Separated by Adoption.

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Adoption Truth & Transparency Worldwide Information Network

Hello! So glad you are here. We are a unique activist organization that uses various mediums to fulfill its mission to find resources, critique adoption policies and procedures, raise awareness, and share diverse adoption experiences. Simply put, our goal is to create a place that gives a well-rounded perspective on the adoption processes and policies.

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Co-Founders

"How and Why We Started a Movement for Social Justice"

"Today, there are more than 8000 members from around the world. For some of us, we don't need to discuss anything. Like twins, we just "know." There is a bond based on shared experience, yet unique and diverse experiences that come with being adopted." - Author, Janine Vance

Vance Twins Co-Founders of Adoption Truth and Transparency Worldwide Information Network

Vance Twins, Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine.

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"What's it like being adopted into a country far away from your birth and into a family that looks very different from you?"

Interview with co-founder and international author Janine Vance, The Conversation on BBC with Beatriz de la Pava

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What are adopted people saying today about adoption?

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What are Adoption Truth members saying?

United States

"We spend our whole lives explaining and justifying. This is a place we don't have to do that and can focus on our own pain and extend our understanding." - Marty Meyers

New Zealand

"I love the spaces where we can speak without hesitancy & without all the opposing voices. The non-adopted will never understand our stance in all its varying degrees & with their personal bias." - Gillian Moynihan

Guatemala

"From my experience, I believe that Adoption Truth & Transparency is essential for my fellow adopted individuals to overcome his or her obstacles and to support one another to seek Truth, Justice, and Peace." - Osmin Tobar