Julia Serano

"Once a person acknowledges that they possess some form of privilege, they are more likely to accept the reality that they are not in any way objective about the form of marginalization in question"

"By making a distinction between people and non-transgender people , it is they who are the ones being divisive. Once we acknowledge this causality, it becomes clear that IP is not an expression of nav…"

"The “principal contradiction” refers to the idea that there is some original or primary form of oppression that gives rise to all the others. ... Of course, there is really only one purpose for making…"

"There are numerous forms of marginalization that exist in our society:, classism, sexism,,, and so on. If you happen to be on the wrong side of any of these hierarchies, you will face many inequities …"

"Here is how I describe the concept of privilege to skeptics: Do you believe that marginalized/s face discrimination and are as a result? If the answer is yes, then another equally valid way of describ…"

"I mentioned at the outset that I dislike the term “.” This is because the phrase seems to suggest that our identities is the most salient feature of our activism. Indeed, this is probably why those wh…"

"People usually gravitate toward single-issue activism because they are unconcerned about forms of marginalization that do not personally impact them."

"I would love to live in a world where the word “transgender” serves the same simple purpose — a mere sharing of information about my life experiences — but unfortunately, it doesn’t. On top of being a…"