I must admit not until COVID-19 hit did I ever consider picking up a book.

But now I am hooked, and the more I read, the more I want to read. Just now my only interest is trans issues, and by far the best book I have read is “Whipping Girl” by Julia Serano.

It brought home to me what is all the trans fuss about?

Trans people are just ordinary people but Julia, expertly, tears apart society concerning all the trans prejudices.

She is not nasty in the way she does it and given I live in the UK it is not exactly a great read all of the time because naturally, Julia concentrates on issues in her native home of California.

But; it is a book I still could not put down!

At the time of writing Amazon reviews (all 147 of them) were giving this book 4.6 stars which I would suggest is an excellent score indeed.

I just learned so much from ‘Whipping Girl’, and I give it five stars!

Hopefully, some of Julia Serano’s teachings will manifest themselves on to this website because this book surely will get a place in history as the trans bible.

 

 

 

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(Pronouns - she/her) - Steph Richards is a 73-year-old 'post-op' trans woman with a Gender Recognition Certificate and works as a human rights activist. She was the elected Women's and LGBT Officer at Portsmouth Labour Party 2021 - 2024, CEO of Translucent.Org.UK, winner of the LGBT Organisation of the Year at the National Diversity Awards in 2022, co-founder of Women's Action Network (Portsmouth) and a volunteer at a Women's health charity. Steph was shortlisted as a "Gender Role Model" at the National Diversity Awards in 2025. Steph has been platformed live on BBC Radio 4 three times, including Women's Hour. She has also appeared on Times Radio, LBC Radio, GB News and Channel 4 News. In 2023, Steph debated trans human rights at an American university event alongside Harvard biologist and author Carole Hooven, PhD. Steph (an intersectional feminist) is passionate about the inclusion and acceptance of trans people in society. She advocates for women in prison, specifically pregnant women and calls out the mounting concern that abortion rights are at risk in the UK. She was the recipient of an Inspirational Women of Portsmouth Award in March, 2023.

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