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5 Things I Learned When I Blogged Every Week For An Entire Year

July 21, 2015August 12, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch11 Comments

My blog turned one year old and I have SO MANY FEELINGS.

non-binary/transgender

I Am Queer, I Am Non-Binary, and I Don’t Know What it Means to Feel Safe

February 28, 2015March 2, 2015 Sam Dylan Finch19 Comments

From the moment I stepped onto the bus, there was something about me that didn’t sit right with you. You…

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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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10 Things That “Hella” Surprised Me About the SF Bay

July 27, 2014August 12, 2017 Sam Dylan FinchLeave a comment

Having been born and raised in a quiet, Midwestern suburb, I should have known that the Bay would be a…

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Mental Health

Shit I Wish I Had Known Before Moving Across the Country

July 22, 2014August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch2 Comments

If you didn't already know, I recently moved from the good ol' Midwest all the way to California. In this…

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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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