The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Olympic Charter shall be secured without discrimination of any kind, such as race, color, sex, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
—Olympic Charter, Fundamental Principles
of Olympism, #6
Seoul 1988
Olympic stage set
Korea stands on world podium
humiliated
stripped of its gold medal
truth exposed
Korea welcomes Olympic world citizens
quietly ushers out 6,463 of its own
Babies for sale
South Koreans make them
Americans buy them
Let us not forget this human tragedy.
Let us not repeat this history.
Instead, let us uphold all humanity.
Let us honor all families
Single parents
Same gender parents
So that all children
will have equal opportunity
To learn
To grow up healthy, happy
To thrive in society
To serve their country through civic duty.
Let the thirtieth anniversary of the 1988 Seoul Olympics
mark the end of inter-country adoption
from South Korea
Let us usher in a new era
One that supports all unwed mothers
to raise their children
as they choose.
Let us not repeat our infamous history.