Kate Bornstein
Katherine Vandam "Kate" Bornstein (born March 15, 1948) is an American writer. She lives in New York City with her partner Barbara Carrellas.
In 2012 she made a video for Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project. In August 2012 she was diagnosed with lung cancer.[1]
Life
[change | change source]Bornstein was born in New Jersey to a Jewish family.[2] She joined the Church of Scientology in 1970, and left in 1981.[3]
Bornstein does not feel male or female. She was born male and had sex reassignment surgery in 1986.[4] She has written several books about gender; the best-known is Gender Outlaw.
Media
[change | change source]In 2013 a documentary about Bornstein called Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger was made.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Morgan, Glennisha (22 March 2013). "Kate Bornstein, Transgender Activist And Theorist, Receives Support For Cancer Fundraiser" – via Huff Post.
- ↑ A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today by Kate Bornstein
- ↑ "My Scientology excommunication". Salon. 5 May 2012.
- ↑ A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology, and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today by Kate Bornstein
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