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If I’m a Stranger Now, I Will Be a Stranger Forever (Reflections on Testosterone)

May 9, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch9 Comments

I was at a poetry reading when an older butch woman sat down next to me and started to talk…

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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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Why the Trans Community Needs to Ban the Word “Transtrender” for Good

March 28, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch30 Comments

The other day, I was called a “transtrender” by a trans woman who refused to acknowledge my gender identity because…

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Mental Health/transgender

5 Ways to Support a Trans Person Experiencing Body Dysphoria

March 23, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch5 Comments

Cross-posted via Everyday Feminism --- My partner is pounding on the door, begging me to unlock it. I’m sitting in…

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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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