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| date_birth=March 15, 1948 | |||
| place_birth=Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA<ref name="Welcome">{{Cite web |title=Welcome! |author= |work=Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger |date= |access-date=16 May 2020 |url= http://katebornstein.com/}}</ref> | |||
| nationality=American | |||
| pronouns=Any<ref>{{cite tweet|user=katebornstein|number=1149734426890424320|date=July 12, 2019|title=Over 71 years, I’ve at one time or another insisted on every pronoun in the book. Finally settled in to it doesn't matter to me what pronouns people use for me—it tells me more about them than it could ever say about me. So thanks for asking, it’s up to you.}}</ref><ref name="Raymond">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Kate Bornstein on Their Broadway Debut in Straight White Men |last=Raymond |first=Gerard |work=Slant Magazine |date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=May 16, 2020 |url= https://www.slantmagazine.com/interviews/pretty-damn-bowie-kate-bornstein-on-their-broadway-debut-in-straight-white-men/}}</ref> | |||
| gender=[[nonbinary]] [[femme]] [[trans]] person<ref name="Raymond" /> | |||
| occupation=author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist | |||
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'''Kate Bornstein''' is an author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist. Ze is "a non-binary [[femme]]-identified trans person".<ref name="Raymond" /> Ze is known for hir work in gender theory. | |||
In 2012 ze was diagnosed with lung cancer.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kate-bornstein-cancer-fundraiser_n_2926015</ref> | In August 2012 ze was diagnosed with lung cancer.<ref name="Morgan">{{Cite web |title=Iconic Gender Theorist With Cancer Overwhelmed By Incredible Response To Fundraiser |last=Morgan |first=Glennisha |work=HuffPost |date=March 22, 2013 |access-date=May 16, 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kate-bornstein-cancer-fundraiser_n_2926015}}</ref> | ||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
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| Date of birth | March 15, 1948 |
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| Place of birth | Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Pronouns | Any[2][3] |
| Gender identity | nonbinary femme trans person[3] |
| Occupation | author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist |
Kate Bornstein is an author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist. Ze is "a non-binary femme-identified trans person".[3] Ze is known for hir work in gender theory.
In August 2012 ze was diagnosed with lung cancer.[4]
Books
- Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us (1994)
- Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn Erotic Adventure (1996); co-authored with Caitlin Sullivan
- My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely (1997)
- Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws (2006); published as Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Teen Suicide in the UK
- Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (2010); co-edited with S. Bear Bergman
- A Queer and Present Danger: A Memoir (2012)
External links
- Kate Bornstein's Blog for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws
- Kate Bornstein's Myspace page
- Kate Bornstein on Twitter
- Kate Bornstein's Youtube channel
References
- ↑ "Welcome!". Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ↑ @katebornstein (July 12, 2019). "Over 71 years, I've at one time or another insisted on every pronoun in the book. Finally settled in to it doesn't matter to me what pronouns people use for me—it tells me more about them than it could ever say about me. So thanks for asking, it's up to you" – via Twitter.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Raymond, Gerard (July 11, 2018). "Interview: Kate Bornstein on Their Broadway Debut in Straight White Men". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ↑ Morgan, Glennisha (March 22, 2013). "Iconic Gender Theorist With Cancer Overwhelmed By Incredible Response To Fundraiser". HuffPost. Retrieved May 16, 2020.