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Also, her current middle name is on her website, on her academic CV, listing herself as Julia Michelle Serano. Reference for all of the above: <ref>http://www.juliaserano.com/biologist.html</ref> <small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 04:23, 18 April 2016 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Also, her current middle name is on her website, on her academic CV, listing herself as Julia Michelle Serano. Reference for all of the above: <ref>http://www.juliaserano.com/biologist.html</ref> <small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 04:23, 18 April 2016 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:I have no objection to listing her current middle name, but unless she was notable enough to merit a Misplaced Pages page under her pre-transition name, I don't see why it should be included here. Deadnaming causes significant harm to trans people, and even if Julia herself is OK with her previous name being known, we should not encourage the use of pre-transition names here unless there significant potential for confusion (i.e., people searching for someone who was well-known under a different name). ] (]) 04:51, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
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She is Bisexual, not Lesbian
It's apparently a misconception in the media that Julia Serano is lesbian, which has carried over to this article.
She does, however, identify herself as bisexual. I'm changing it in the article, and linking to an article she wrote herself, wherein she explicitly mentions that she is bisexual. --Akuen (talk) 16:03, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
I decided to add a section about Julia Serano called "Early Life." I wasn't able to find certain biographical information, such as the location and date of her birth, but there's information about certain aspects of her earlier life in her book Whipping Girl (which I own, but I don't believe is available on the internet) and also on a subsection of her website called "Switch Hitter." I decided to include the most important seeming available details of her life up until 2001, when she came out as a transsexual woman. Rebecca 02:35, 10 December 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Picture of a Sunny Day (talk • contribs)
Was Julia "famous enough" or "known" enough under her old name?
By the time she transitioned, Julia already had her PhD and numerous publications under the name Thomas L. Serano. She also mentions the name several times both on her website, and other articles about her. Some of her own quoted include "I was a tomboy, pardon the pun" and to "those who knew me as Tom..."
Serano has always been her last name, per her older and newer publications. I'm mentioning this because another edit to the article questioned her last name always being Serano.
Also, her current middle name is on her website, on her academic CV, listing herself as Julia Michelle Serano. Reference for all of the above: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.248.159.105 (talk) 04:23, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
I have no objection to listing her current middle name, but unless she was notable enough to merit a Misplaced Pages page under her pre-transition name, I don't see why it should be included here. Deadnaming causes significant harm to trans people, and even if Julia herself is OK with her previous name being known, we should not encourage the use of pre-transition names here unless there significant potential for confusion (i.e., people searching for someone who was well-known under a different name). Funcrunch (talk) 04:51, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
