Notices by Julia Serano (juliaserano@mastodon.social)

...the previous link was for Medium, but the piece is also cross-posted to Substack: https://juliaserano.substack.com/p/should-democrats-throw-trans-people
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As you may know, some Democrats are trying to blame the election loss on trans people. Here's my thorough response: "Should Democrats Throw Trans People Under the Bus? Here’s Why It Would Be Bad Politics." No paywall, 8 minute read, please share widely!
https://juliaserano.medium.com/should-democrats-throw-trans-people-under-the-bus-c4ffd223af8c?sk=aa9b608bc0f43ae717000e26dc0cbb0e
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #election #politics

if you know anyone bombarded by "Trans People & Sports" political ads, please share this with them – it's comprehensive, covering most questions & talking points, plus adds something new to the conversation! no-paywall link:
https://juliaserano.medium.com/trans-people-and-sports-everything-you-need-to-know-46702d21993d?sk=5b45f7edcd6b811bc3d102e9467bbd5a #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #sports #science

this Saturday (Aug 17th @ 2–2:30pm ET), I'm giving a #MediumDay virtual talk – "Making Sense of Debates About Gender-Affirming Care and Trans Youth" – highlighting the unconscious biases, unstated presumptions, & underlying forces driving the moral panic about this issue...🧵
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #lgbtqia #healthcare #science #psychology

since Pamela Paul has written *yet another* anti-trans #NYTimes op-ed, time for me to re-up my uber-critique of this genre of articles – no paywall, please share widely!
https://juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth-is-neither-new-nor-experimental-a-timeline-and-compilation-b4bb8375d797 #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #lgbtqia #health #science

NEW ESSAY (many months in the making): A "Gender Critical" and "TERF" Primer (for readers trying to make sense of "feminists versus transgender activists" debates). no paywall, please give it lots of "claps" & share widely!
https://juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-critical-and-terf-primer-92ba8a1d6a1e?sk=8fc05611444c071d3c65b5b8855afe70
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #feminism #Pride

...FYI most media outlets wouldn't have allowed me to publish this piece as is. so if you appreciate that I make essays like this freely available online, pls consider supporting me on Patreon for as little as $1/month!
https://www.patreon.com/juliaserano
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #health #science #psychology

NEW ESSAY: "The Cass Review, WPATH Files, and the Perpetual Debate over Gender-Affirming Care." it discusses flaws in the Cass report, while also making sense of these debates over trans youth & GAC more generally. no paywall, pls give it lots of "claps"!
https://juliaserano.medium.com/the-cass-review-wpath-files-and-the-perpetual-debate-over-gender-affirming-care-8f56d0c4d0c6?sk=abcc6309cc39e9c61b0583a304ae5368
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #health #science #psychology

...and the day before that, I was on the podcast It Could Happen Here! we talked about the forthcoming 3rd edition of #WhippingGirl and "its wide ranging impact on how we think and talk about trans people"...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whipping-girl-the-book-that-changed-everything-ft-dr/id1449762156?i=1000645951797 #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #feminism

ICYMI yesterday, I was on one of my favorite podcasts, Cancel Me, Daddy! we talked about the #WhippingGirl 3rd edition and how the internet has shaped both the trans and anti-trans movements over the last 2 decades...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/canceling-trans-and-anti-trans-discourses-ft-julia-serano/id1550508625?i=1000646361910 #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #feminism

...more info about the 3rd edition (which has a new Afterword on the current anti-trans moral panic) can be found in this link. & if you're a media outlet/creator interested in writing or interviewing me about it, feel free to reach out!

https://juliaserano.medium.com/whipping-girl-3rd-edition-to-be-released-in-march-2024-2d6fffa258b8
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #feminism #books

I know most ppl outside trans communities aren't paying much attention to anti-trans bans, but you might want to read about this one – it could lead GOP to make "approval from a bioethicist" a requirement for any healthcare (e.g., reproductive) they do not like:
https://truthout.org/articles/dewine-orders-ohio-to-create-new-rules-restricting-gender-affirming-care/
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #healthcare #science

I just learned that my “What Is a Woman (a response)” essay was selected as one of Medium's 32 favorites of 2023: https://blog.medium.com/32-of-our-favorite-medium-stories-of-2023-1fb10ca34cd8

ICYMI, you can read the essay here (5 min read, no paywall):
https://juliaserano.medium.com/what-is-a-woman-a-response-8f91aaf3a971 #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #feminism #sex #gender

conservatives love to reference "2+2=5" & "Newspeak" to imply that marginalized groups are irrational & censoring. but by far, the most relevant part of 1984 for our times is the "Two Minutes Hate," which is all conservatives seem to do any more...
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/10/libs-of-tiktok-is-orwells-two-minutes-hate

lately I've seen stories about how anti-trans activism is increasingly cloaking itself under the guise of "parental rights." but it's also crucial to note the many parallels between this movement & the anti-vaxx parent movement (especially spreading medical disinformation):
https://juliaserano.medium.com/understanding-the-anti-trans-parent-movement-90d126de1fc9?sk=a3ab3891f321dbd49d00774cee6a8a27
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ

in the wake of the Brand news, I'm seeing a new wave of "grooming hypocrisy" charges that typically take the following form:
1) person calls trans or LGBTQ+ ppl "groomers"
2) then they show support for a celebrity or politician who literally grooms minors
3) therefore hypocrisy!

but as I explain here, conservatives & fascist-adjacent ppl (e.g., GC/TERFs) don't use "grooming" to refer to CSA, but rather to the an imagined "corruption" of their ingroup: https://juliaserano.medium.com/anti-trans-grooming-and-social-contagion-claims-explained-a511a93b042f?sk=6bb3c7d13529e52d16f9781f42162a3b

I thankfully haven't seen any "no kink at Pride" posts this year, perhaps because people now see how they are a mere step away from "don't say gay" policies. I discuss the underlying problems with both claims in this #SexedUp book excerpt from last year (no-paywall):
https://juliaserano.medium.com/sexual-dystopias-and-utopias-4bbd8f81d8da?sk=e9371a360758ef774bc5bbf01a1698e6
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #queer #Pride #pridemonth #sex #sexuality