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Trans People Too Often Harm Their Own. So Can We Talk About How to Do Better?

September 23, 2017September 23, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch2 Comments

How many opportunities have we missed to make this community safer and more affirming because we were unwilling to make ourselves uncomfortable?

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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You Are Not an “Aspiring Writer.” You’re Already a Writer.

April 11, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch3 Comments

This week, I’m serving up some real talk and I might swear a lot. But I say all of this…

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Justice for Mike Brown

LQTU! Stands in Solidarity With the Brave Protesters in Ferguson and Beyond

November 24, 2014August 12, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch6 Comments

I will say this upfront: As someone who will never know the heavy weight of institutionalized racism, the fear and…

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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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For those not following the story, Missouri's Attorney General enacted an "emergency" rule, banning gender affirming care for most trans people in the state.

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