Julia Serano: Transgender Dyke

[Natasha]

Julia Serano: Transgender Dyke

http://getyourqueeron.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/julia-serano-transgender-dyke/
12/2/2008

Do you ever get fed up with having the word "transsexual" attached to your art?

Not really, but I think that's mostly because I have been focused almost exclusively on writing about gender and trans issues. It would be silly for me to complain about the label "transsexual" when it does apply to the content of most of my work.  I suppose that if I began to write mostly about other topics, it could become frustrating. While I'm proud to be transsexual, I also know that sometimes identity labels like that can be used to put minority artists' work into its own separate box. I know a lot of queer writers and musicians who feel like that label holds them back from reaching the same audiences that non-queer artists have access to.