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LGBTQ/LGBTQIA

I’m queer and asexual. If that’s a problem, by all means, revoke my membership.

June 10, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch10 Comments

If asexual people can’t identify as queer, where should they go when they feel broken?

Mental Health

Walk, Don’t Run: 4 Things that Mental Illness Recovery Taught Me

October 10, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch12 Comments

Working through bipolar disorder was not what I expected - but I'm grateful for what I learned.

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.

Mental Health

9 Affirmations You Deserve to Receive If You Have a Mental Illness

August 29, 2015January 1, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch2 Comments

I am so, so proud of you for the work that you do, day in and day out, to keep going.

Writing

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.

Mental Health

You Are Not a Burden, and 4 Other Things I Wish I’d Known About Mental Illness

May 17, 2015January 1, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch11 Comments

Illustration by Jessica Krcmarik. This might as well be part two, because quite a while back, I wrote a pretty…

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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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non-binary

8 Things Non-Binary People Need to Know

March 15, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch34 Comments

Coming out as genderqueer and non-binary was this big, beautiful, scary thing for me. I didn’t know what exactly I…

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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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Mental Health

A Guide to Self-Care for People with Anxiety

February 13, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch10 Comments

[The image features a metal case, presumably a first aid kit, with the words "SELF CARE" on top.]   Holy…

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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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