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Finn Schubert

A black and white drawing of 12 male nudes in different postures

Being Trans at Naked Night Taught Me About Belonging

I went to the naked party to see people’s dicks, not hear people’s stories. But sometimes things don’t turn out the way you’d expect. I can’t say what I was expecting when I saw that a gay bar I’d been to a few times

Old photograph of a man standing alone on top of a large rock formation.

There Are No Rules for a Pregnant Trans Body

On learning to be a pregnant man in public.

In an old photo, a man shown upside-down on a bicycle as he rides through a loop-the-loop stunt course.

Against the Linear Narrative of Pregnancy

The shapes we give our stories matter.

The book Even the Cemeteries Have Space Here, nestled on a sunny shelf between two plants.

What I Learned From Self-Publishing My Essay Collection

On knowing what you—and your work—truly desire

The Book I Never Published

In 2019, things were falling apart, so I decided to write a novel about a trans man who tries to get pregnant and then things fall apart for him. His name was James. I signed up for Ariel Gore’s manuscript writing workshop and worked on it all summer. On

Work to be Done

Today is my last day in Valatie. I’ll miss this mug, I thought. It’s been good to me. In Valatie, when I get up, I heat water in the electric kettle to make pour-over coffee. I always drink the coffee out of the same mug: a white mug

Someone in Some Future Time Will Think of Us

You may forget but Let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us. — Sappho I found this quote today in Paul Monette’s essay collection, Last Watch of the Night, after asking him what I should write about and opening to a random page. He