About the Author
JULIA SERANO is an Oakland, California-based writer, spoken word performer, trans activist, and biologist. Her writings have appeared in queer, feminist, and pop culture magazines and anthologies, been excerpted on National Public Radio and in The Believer and the San Francisco Chronicle, and been used as teaching materials in college-level gender studies courses across the United States. She has presented and performed her work at numerous conferences and universities, and at high-profile events such as the National Queer Arts Festival, San Francisco LGBT Pride’s Dyke March and Trans March stages, Ladyfest, and the UC Berkeley production of the play The Vagina Monologues. As a scientist, Julia has a PhD in Biochemistry from Columbia University and is currently a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, in the field of evolutionary and developmental biology. For more information about all of her creative endeavors, check out www.juliaserano.com. 