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Category: LGBTQIA

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/transgender

When your violin is supposed to be a cello.

December 14, 2015August 25, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch64 Comments

"I can tell you the exact moment I realized, without a doubt, that I was not a woman."

LGBTQIA

Planned Parenthood Stood With Us. Now Queer Folks Need to #StandWithPP.

September 19, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch5 Comments

These are the resources that queer folks rely on each and every day.

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/transgender

Starbucks, Please Don’t ‘Out’ Your Transgender Patrons

August 15, 2015September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch9 Comments

Respecting and affirming the identities of transgender people begins with calling us by our actual names.

Justin Hubbell/LGBTQIA

You Don’t Have to Show Pride to Have Pride!

July 28, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch10 Comments

We hope to wave that banner with you some day, just not yet.

LGBTQIA

The Absent I: Marriage Equality and the Continued Erasure of Intersex People

July 6, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch2 Comments

Why is the "I" not a "next step" in mainstream conversations?

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/Mental Health

Why I’m “Out” as a Person with Mental Illness

May 24, 2015September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch1 Comment

Content notice: suicide. This piece was originally published at The Body Is Not An Apology. Far and away, the most…

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LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/Race

No Justice, No Peace: Why Civil Rights Doesn’t End With Baltimore

May 3, 2015September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch3 Comments

Let's Queer Things Up! is proud to present its very first guest post, written by Melissa Monier. -- Black, White,…

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Illustration by Jessica Krcmarik (http://www.jessicakrcmarik.com)
LGBTQ/LGBTQIA

How Did You Know You Were Non-Binary?

April 18, 2015September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch15 Comments

Header illustration by Jessica Krcmarik. I was watching an episode of Bones, oddly enough, when I first realized that I…

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Illustration by Jessica Krcmarik.
LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/Mental Health

Coming Out Again: Why More Queer Folks with Mental Illnesses Need to Speak Out

February 6, 2015September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch10 Comments

Illustration by Jessica Krcmarik. Many of us in the LGBTQIA+ community know all too well what it’s like to be…

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LGBTQ/LGBTQIA

Until Michigan Gives LGBTQ Residents Their Dignity, My Partner and I Will Never Go Back

November 6, 2014September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch1 Comment

When I received my acceptance letter for a master’s program in California, my partner and I already knew that we…

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Sam Dylan Finch

Sam Dylan Finch. I’m a writer and positive psychology practitioner that’s passionate about queer joy — with none of the self-helpy bullsh*t. I wrote that thing about people-pleasing that you showed your therapist. I’m much weirder in real life.  ✨ He/they. More?

 

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Every so often, I’ll stumble upon a pro-ana account engaging with my content — I imagine because they’re conflicted, pulled back and forth between the part of them that wants to recover, and the part of them that is engulfed by their eating disorder.
Hi! For those of you who don't know me, my name is Sam Dylan Finch. I have recently partnered with @bezzycommunity and am excited to announce that I'm the newest guide for the @BezzyDepression community. On the platform, there are several conversation forums where folks living with depression can connect with others who get it. I also host live chats twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:00pm PST in the Live Discussions forum. Come say hey!
Sometimes my depression feels like “my fault.” If I just got up early enough, followed the right routine, did all my therapy homework, did some yoga… I always find a way to blame myself when a depressive episode creeps in.
I’d really like my brain to cooperate just this once. 😫 Do you relate?

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