Finn Schubert
Even the Cemeteries Have Space Here
Collected Essays by Finn Schubert
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About the book
A trans man, devastated by infertility, moves to a small town to start over and immediately gets his period back.
In this lyrical collection, Finn Schubert explores the liminal spaces between urban and rural, past and present, maleness and menstrual blood, erasures and taking up space. An invitation to consider what about each of us is essential, and what is culturally imposed. A near-perfect gem from an exciting new voice in trans literature.Read it and keep it in your heart.—Ariel Gore, author of We Were WitchesPublished in 2022 by Literary Kitchen.
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There Are No Rules for a Pregnant Trans Body
Collected Essays by Finn Schubert
Now available to read for free online.
About the book
What could the story of a pregnancy be, if we reject the stories we are given and choose our own?More than a trans pregnancy memoir, this essay collection is the story of a writer trying to puzzle out, in real time, just what the narrative of a pregnancy is or could become.Reworking, rethinking, and reweaving existing narratives, There Are No Rules offers both a window into one trans man’s pregnancy experience and a powerful example of reshaping conventional stories as a means of liberation.Published in 2024 by Literary Kitchen.91 pages.
The Right to Care for Those We Love
The 2024 Trans and Gender Nonconforming Families Think Tank Report
Now available to read or download from the Transgender Strategy Center.
About the report
I was the lead facilitator and writer for this report.This report is the first of its kind created for, by, and about TGNC families.The Transgender Strategy Center convened a Think Tank to discuss the needs, desires, and strengths of TGNC families. All Think Tank members identified as members of TGNC families and the majority identified as TGNC. In addition to expertise based on lived experience, Think Tank members brought
a diversity of professional expertise to the table. Think Tank members are community organizers and advocates, birth workers, political strategists, physicians and health professionals, consultants, educators, influencers, and more.With an expansive definition of family, the Think Tank investigated the current state of TGNC families and the ways our communities can be supported. We identified the importance of solidarity within and among many different kinds of families, the key role of strengthening intergenerational resourcing, the need to raise the bar on allyship, and, most importantly, the right to care for those we love.TGNC families in all of their forms are pillars of the TGNC community and beacons of safety for TGNC people.
A Spreadsheet for You!
Just for fun, a website celebrating spreadsheets as a means for self-discovery!
About this project
I think we should all make more websites. I had the spreadsheets already, and it was a lot of fun to organize them and make a fun little site to share them with you.Plus, the URL! It's at spreadsheets.boo!
Every Visionary Needs a Strategy
This means you!
This project is a work in progress!
About this project
How does strategy actually work? How can we be more discerning and strategic about how we take action toward that which we want to see? We are all visionaries in one way or another, so we must all be strategists.I am still learning and distilling my insights about this topic. Join my newsletter for updates as I make new materials for this project.
Here's a slide summary of a helpful book on strategy I read!
And my book notes on Influence is Your Superpower by Zoe Chance!
A Post-Election Incantation for Trans Folks and Others
Nov 2024
let us relish the richness of our stories
let us root in our own ease
let us water our imaginations
let us dance with our ancestors
let us demand more of our allies
let us turn toward that which we long to create
let us grow trust, intimacy, and fluency in our expressions of power
let us never cease to rejoice in ourselves
Dream, Define, Decide, Act, Reflect
Getting Your Ideas Seen, Heard, and Implemented
This project is a work in progress!
About this project
Most of us want something at work. Maybe we want a raise, maybe we want to advocate for a more equitable policy, or a way that things could run more smoothly.Dream, define, decide, act, reflect is a framework I created to help people get their ideas seen, heard, and implemented. I've taught this framework in multiple venues, including at Google.I'm working on creating materials to teach these ideas asynchronously Join my newsletter for updates as I make new materials for this project.
This Is Not Writing Advice
How do we create containers for creative practice that work for us?
This project is a work in progress!
About this project
Writing advice is everywhere. We're inundated with information about what worked for other people, whether that's their quirky writing rituals, their system for organizing plots, or their favorite pen.But what if we had tools and systems to help us better discern what uniquely works for us?This Is Not Writing Advice takes learnings about systems design, feedback loops, and the creative process, to create tools and exercises to help us break free from trying to do whatever worked for some other person and focus on systematically discerning what's going to work for us, at this moment in our creative lives.I'm working on creating materials to teach these ideas. Join my newsletter for updates as I make new materials for this project.
Trust Trans Experts
That's it. That's the brief.
Trans communities need resources, not saviors.Please donate to the Transgender Strategy Center.
👋 Send me a message!
About
Hi, I'm Finn! Welcome to my website.
About this website
I'm discovering what it means to have a personal website in this age of platforms and algorithms, but I feel strongly that each of us gets to decide what our website is. This website is adamantly not a brochure. I'm still deciding on a metaphor for what it is.
About Finn
Here's a professional bio while I think of something else to put here!
Finn Schubert, MPH (he/him) has over 15 years of experience working in LGBTQ+ health, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV care and prevention.Most recently, Finn has overseen the expansion of LGBTQ+ health services for the largest hospital and licensed nursing home in New Jersey. Finn also works as a consultant with an emphasis on building accountable services and partnerships between healthcare facilities and the LGBTQ+ community and as a capacity coach with the Transgender Strategy Center.In previous roles, Finn managed multimillion dollar initiatives in HIV care and prevention and rolled out national funding and capacity development initiatives aimed at improving access to reproductive health services in rural community health centers. He has over a dozen peer-reviewed publications in medical and public health journals, and has lectured on trans health at many major medical centers.Finn is passionate about writing and storytelling as a means of liberation. His second essay collection, There Are No Rules for a Pregnant Trans Body, came out in 2024.