{"id":427315,"date":"2026-09-05T17:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427315\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:30:12","slug":"black-market-adoption-memoir-launch-texas-adoptee-rights-panel-at-the-bullock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427315\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Market Adoption Memoir Launch &#038; Texas Adoptee Rights Panel at the Bullock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Wonderland-Save-the-Date_Facebook-JULY.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\tDescription<\/p>\n<p>In Texas, adoptees&#8217; original birth certificates are still sealed. On Friday, November 6 at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, author Patricia Knight Meyer launches her memoir WONDERLAND: Memoir of a Black-Market Adoption, pairing a live stage performance of a scene from the book with a panel discussion, to raise awareness about the fight for Texas adoptees&#8217; right to their own original birth certificates. Performed by Austin actor Brian Coughlin with actors from Austin community theatre. Panel moderated by Emily Ramshaw, co-founder and CEO of The 19th. Free to attend, free livestream. $25 in person with reception, includes the book.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this information. However, you should always call ahead to confirm dates, times, location, and other information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description In Texas, adoptees&#8217; original birth certificates are still sealed. On Friday, November 6 at the Bullock Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-427315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}