Julia Serano
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| Julia Serano | |
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| Residence | Oakland, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from Columbia University |
| Occupation | Evolutionary and Developmental Biology researcher |
| Employer | UC Berkeley |
| Known for | writer, spoken word performer, trans activist, and biologist |
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Julia Serano is a transsexual American writer, spoken-word performer, trans activist, and biologist. Serano currently lives in Oakland, California and is the author of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Her work has appeared in queer, feminist, and pop-culture magazines, including Bitch, Clamor, Kitchen Sink, LiP, make/shift, and Transgender Tapestry. Excerpts of her work have appeared in The Believer and The San Francisco Chronicle, and on NPR.[1]
Based on her insights into gender, Serano has been invited to speak about transgender and trans women’s issues at numerous universities, often at queer-, feminist-, psychology-, and philosophy-themed conferences. Her writings have also been used in teaching materials in gender studies courses across the United States.[2]
[edit] Other endeavors
Serano is a poetry slam champion and has given spoken-word performances at universities as well as at events such as the National Queer Arts Festival, San Francisco Pride Dyke March and Trans March stages, Ladyfest, outCRY!, Femme 2006 and in The Vagina Monologues. Serano is also the lyricist-guitarist-vocalist for the pop trio Bitesize.[2]
Serano, a transsexual bisexual feminist,[3] organizes and hosts GenderEnders, a performance series that features the work of transgender, intersex, and genderqueer artists and allies. It has produced 20 shows. Serano 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.[2]
Dr. Serano is also a biologist who works as a researcher at UC Berkeley in the field of evolutionary and developmental biology. She received her doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from Columbia University.[2] Among her discoveries is K10 transport/localisation element (TLS) in Drosophila.
[edit] References
- ^ "Serano, Julia". Litquake. Archived from the original on 2007-11-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20071121123743/http://www.litquake.org/authors/serano-julia/. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
- ^ a b c d "Julia Serano Renaissance Woman!". http://www.juliaserano.com/about.html. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ "Bisexuality does not reinforce the gender binary". Curve. http://www.thescavenger.net/glb/bisexuality-does-not-reinforce-the-gender-binary-39675-467.html.
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