Julia Serano

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Julia Serano

Residence	Oakland, California
Nationality	American
Education	Ph.D in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from Columbia University
Occupation	Evolutionary and Developmental Biology researcher
Employers	UC Berkeley
Known for	writer, spoken word performer, trans activist, and biologist
Website www.JuliaSerano.com

Julia Serano is an 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 such as: Bitch, Clamor, Kitchen Sink, LiP, make/shift, and Transgender Tapestry. Excerpts of her work have appeared in The Believer, The San Francisco Chronicle, and on NPR.^[1]

She has gained notoriety for her unique insights into gender. Serano has been invited to speak about transgender and trans women’s issues at numerous universities, often at queer, women's studies, 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 performed spoken word features 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 noisy pop trio Bitesize.^[2]

Serano, a "transsexual lesbian 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]

Serano is also a biologist who works as a researcher at UC Berkeley in the field of Evolutionary and Developmental Biology. Her Ph.D in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics is from Columbia University. ^[2]