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When they misgendered you at your memorial.

October 15, 2018October 16, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch98 Comments

"You never lived to see the day when your life didn’t require a disclaimer — instead, your death now required one, too."

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/Mental Health/transgender

My parents and I survived my ‘Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria.’ This is our story.

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch12 Comments

I wish I had the Perfect Transgender Narrative™ to convince you of my validity. But I don’t.

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?

LGBTQIA/transgender

Cis ‘Allies,’ You Probably Think This Work is About You

June 22, 2017August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch11 Comments

Cis people, you're breaking my heart. But that's what I get for putting it on loan, right?

Mental Health/transgender

Trauma and Transness: Why I Didn’t ‘Always Know’ I Was Transgender

January 16, 2016August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch29 Comments

It’s impossible to talk about my trans identity without talking about my struggles with mental illness.

non-binary/Uncategorized

How Can We Include Non-Binary People in Gendered Spaces?

December 6, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch22 Comments

Not everyone is interested in holding space for non-binary people.

transgender

I Didn’t Want to be Transgender

November 10, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch13 Comments

I tried to forget my body the way we try to forget bad dreams.

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.

Justin Hubbell

It’s Not a Race!

September 2, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch12 Comments

As transgender, I began to draw strength from what I realized was a feminine side that was exclusive to me.

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.

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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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