Julia Serano

Julia Michelle Serano (/səˈrænoʊ/ sə-RAN-o; born 1967)[1] is an American writer, musician, spoken-word performer, transgender and bisexual activist, and biologist.

Serano, who was assigned male at birth, has stated that she first consciously recognized in herself a desire to be female during the late 1970s, when she was 11 years old.

[13] Her work has appeared in queer, feminist, and pop culture magazines, including Bitch, Clamor, Kitchen Sink, LiP, make/shift, and Transgender Tapestry.

[14] Serano has spoken about transgender and trans women's issues at numerous universities, often at queer, feminist, psychology, and philosophy-themed conferences.

[23][16] Serano organizes and hosts GenderEnders, a performance series that features the work of transgender, intersex, and genderqueer artists and allies that has produced 20 shows.

She received a grant to curate "The Penis Issue: Trans and Intersex Women Speak Their Minds," a spoken-word event, as part of the 2007 National Queer Arts Festival.

Julia Serano speaks at the GLBT History Museum in San Francisco for the launch of the second edition of Whipping Girl .
Serano reads from her book Outspoken in 2017