Author Julia Serano on those who are still ‘Excluded’

Julia Serano occupies a rarified place in the world of trans woman authors. Her first book, “Whipping Girl: a Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity,” laid bare the bigotry and misogyny behind the marginalization of transgender women in our culture.

Released in 2007, and written in language both academic and fiery, the book felt foundational on arrival and has only grown in stature. I’m not alone among trans women I know in feeling it changed how I view my identity.

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Paula Overby, Minnesota Transgender Woman, Will Run For Congress

Paula Overby, a 59-year-old transgender woman, announced her candidacy today, Aug. 12, for Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District in the 2014 election.

A quality-assurance analyst, Overby will run against Thomas Craft, who is also new to the political arena, as well as Mike Obermueller, who has run for office previously but lost.

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California: Rights Guaranteed for Transgender Students

Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Monday that guarantees transgender students access to interscholastic sports, gym classes, locker rooms and bathrooms based on their gender identity, irrespective of their biological sex.

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Transgender teen stabbed, shot and run over by Jamaican mob

Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he grew up.

By age 16, the teenager was dead — beaten, stabbed, shot and run over by a car when he showed up at a street party dressed as a woman. His mistake: confiding to a friend that he was attending a "straight" party as a girl for the first time in his life.

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