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Discussion of Alice Dreger’s essay concerning JMB’s book “The Man Who Would Be Queen” recently published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior. She wrote this in order to outline the accusations made against Bailey and the events regarding the protests of that book.
http://bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf

Julia Serano and Talia Bettcher both wrote responses to Alice Dreger’s essay:

Julia Serano is a biologist. She has a Ph.D in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from Columbia University and is currently a researcher at UC Berkeley in the field of Evolutionary and Developmental Biology. Julia is the author of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, a collection of personal essays that examines the ways in which misogyny frames many popular stereotypes and assumptions about transsexual women. Her other writings have appeared in queer, feminist, and pop culture magazines such as Bitch, Clamor, Kitchen Sink, LiP, make/shift, and Transgender Tapestry, and excerpts of her work have appeared in The Believer, The San Francisco Chronicle, and on NPR. In recent years, Julia has gained noteriety in transgender, queer, and feminist circles for her unique insights into gender. She has been invited to speak about transgender and trans women’s issues at numerous univerisites, at queer, women's studies, psychology and philosophy-themed conferences, and her writings have been used as teaching materials in college-level gender studies courses across the United States.

http://www.juliaserano.com
http://www.juliaserano.com/av/Serano_DregerCommentary.pdf
http://www.juliaserano.com/TSetiology.html


Talia Mae Bettcher is an Assistant Professor of philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles. She received her PhD at UCLA and her BA at Glendon College, York University. Her research interests include early modern philosophy, philosophy of the self and philosophy of gender and sexuality. A Canadian who resides in the Unites States, Talia is currently active in the Los Angeles trans community and grassroots politics. She is also a community-based performance artist, using her art to explore intersections between narrative, performance, theory, and identity

http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/tbettch/
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/tbettch/BettcherDreger.pdf