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LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/transgender

Queer People Deserve Nuanced, Dynamic Conversations About Our Bodies

July 31, 2017August 12, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch2 Comments

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

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?

LGBTQIA/non-binary

Being Non-Binary and a Trans Guy Isn’t a Contradiction

May 13, 2016August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch20 Comments

I embrace all the queer, femme, glittery, tender, and alien parts of my gender.

Mental Health/transgender

To Be Transgender, Mentally Ill, And Still Alive

February 20, 2016August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch18 Comments

There has never been a moment when I’ve forgotten that I am both. I’m not allowed to forget.

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.

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/transgender

When your violin is supposed to be a cello.

December 14, 2015August 25, 2018 Sam Dylan Finch64 Comments

"I can tell you the exact moment I realized, without a doubt, that I was not a woman."

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.

#TransLooksLike

Transphobia, Instagram, and Why I’m Done Hiding

October 30, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch9 Comments

I am trans enough. This is what #TransLooksLike.

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.

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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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