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For The Mentally Ill Folks Who Didn’t Think They’d Make It This Year

November 30, 2017December 2, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 19 Comments

I'm hoping the person who needs this will read it.

transgender

Maybe being transgender wasn’t a mistake.

November 30, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 4 Comments

Maybe the pain of being transgender is not random chaos in the universe, but the pangs of a deeper awareness.

transgender

No, Cis People, Being Trans Is Not a Self-Esteem Issue

November 9, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 5 Comments

“I get it! Sometimes I hate my body too."

LGBTQIA/non-binary/transgender

4 Things the Queer Folks in My Life Taught Me About Resisting Toxic Masculinity

September 30, 2017September 30, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 6 Comments

This community taught me not only what toxic masculinity demands of men and masculine people, but also the possibilities that exist outside of it.

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Trans People Too Often Harm Their Own. So Can We Talk About How to Do Better?

September 23, 2017September 23, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 2 Comments

How many opportunities have we missed to make this community safer and more affirming because we were unwilling to make ourselves uncomfortable?

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/transgender

I Thought I Was Ugly. I Didn’t Realize It Was Gender Dysphoria.

September 2, 2017September 15, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 17 Comments

"Ugly" was the only word I had to describe my dysphoria, which meant it flew under the radar for a long time.

transgender

8 Things Transgender People Do Not Owe You

August 30, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 9 Comments

It gets tiresome to have to explain our lives and trauma repeatedly just so cisgender people can 'get an education.'

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/transgender

5 Reasons Why We Need to Stop Saying That ‘Women Are Half the World’s Population’

August 17, 2017August 18, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 2 Comments

There are better ways for women to advocate for their rights – ways that do not further oppress people outside of the gender binary.

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5 Totally Normal Questions Transgender People May Be Afraid to Ask, Answered

August 13, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 22 Comments

When society tells us that being cis is the only option, it can take years before we feel secure in ourselves as trans.

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/transgender

Queer People Deserve Nuanced, Dynamic Conversations About Our Bodies

July 31, 2017August 12, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 2 Comments

The very real work of queer liberation begins with our bodies and extends to one another.

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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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The ways in which many trauma survivors try to rationalize what happened to us is by blaming ourselves. It’s the best way we know how to take back our agency and control after something so devastating: “At least if it’s my fault, I could do something to prevent it next time.”
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Answering one of my most frequently-asked questions: What is a body double, and why do people with #ADHD need them?
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