Julia Serano

In trans women's eyes, I see a wisdom that can only come from having to fight for your right to be recognized…

— Julia Serano

“Male pride is not really about pride. It's about fear - the fear of being seen as feminine. And that's why "girl…

— Julia Serano

“See, we live in a phallus obsessed culture, where we're all brought up to believe that everything having to do with gender…

— Julia Serano

Many of us reject all of the inferior meanings and connotations that others project onto femininity - that it is weak, artificial,…

— Julia Serano

I am rather disturbed by the fact that so many people—who are neither medical professionals nor trans themselves—would want to hear all…

— Julia Serano

“Sexism occurs when we assume that some people are less valid or natural than others because of their sex, gender, or sexuality;…

— Julia Serano

“Alliance-based activism begins with the recognition that we are all individuals, each with a limited history and experiencing a largely unique set…

— Julia Serano

My parents were exclude from rights as farm workers, though that has to change.

— Julia Serano

The hardest part has been learning how to take myself seriously when the entire world is constantly telling me that femininity is…

— Julia Serano

Be happy when you don't notice that you're getting old, it means you have had a great life so far.

— Julia Serano

Fetishes are literally viewed as fake forms of attraction. The fetish concept is used to delegitimatize attraction to any and all bodies…

— Julia Serano

Life has taught you many things, and the people close to you want you to have a good future, but it isn't…

— Julia Serano

“No form of gender equity can ever truly be achieved until we first work to empower femininity itself.”

— Julia Serano

“The thing that always impresses me about human beings is our diversity. Even when we are brought up in similar environments, we…

— Julia Serano

“It is offensive that so many people feel that it is okay to publicly refer to transsexuals as being “pre-op” or “post-op”…

— Julia Serano

“While some male "admirers" of trans women tend to fetishize us for our femininity or our imagined sexual submissiveness, I find trans…

— Julia Serano

“Hey girls, did you hear the news? It's just been scientifically proven that barrettes are dangerous! So are bracelets and bric-a-brac. It's…

— Julia Serano

“But true equality won't come until boys learn to embrace girl stuff as well.”

— Julia Serano

Sometimes we do that to ourselves -- we pit our desires against one another. We insist unnecessarily on seeing one aspect of…

— Julia Serano

All that you ever need to know about genitals is that they are made up of flesh, blood, and millions of tiny,…

— Julia Serano

“Once I accepted my own transexuality, then it became obvious to me that the question "Why do transsexuals exist?" is not a…

— Julia Serano

“My friend, still seemingly perplexed, asked me "So if it's not about genitals, what is it about trans women's bodies that you…

— Julia Serano

Life is like a roller coaster- it has its ups and downs but in the end you have smiles and giggles because…

— Julia Serano

“They [heterosexual cis women] are accepted in the straight mainstream way more readily than I [trans woman] will ever be. But they…

— Julia Serano

“So long as we refuse to accept that "woman" is a holistic concept, one that includes all people who experience themselves as…

— Julia Serano