 |  | | | Transracial adoption | 14 Feb 2006 | | |
Lemn Sissay and Clare Gorham on their experiences
Today Woman's Hour considers the controversial issue of transracial adoption. What is it like to be adopted or fostered by parents who aren't the same colour as you? Poet Lemn Sissay and the cultural commentator and presenter Clare Gorham talk about their different experiences and John Simmonds, head of research for the British Association for Adoption and Fostering joins Martha to look at how transracial adoption works nowadays.
Futher information: BBC Actionline 0800 044 044
Lemn Sissay's one-man autobiographical show "Something Dark" runs at the Battersea Arts Centre, London between 21 Feb and 12 March
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