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Kate Bornstein

January 01, 1970

Katherine Vandam Bornstein[1] (born March 15, 1948)[2] is an American author, playwright, performance artist, actor, and gender theorist. In 1986, Bornstein started identifying as gender non-conforming and has stated "I don't call myself a woman, and I know I'm not a man" after having been assigned male at birth and receiving sex reassignment surgery.[3]: x  Bornstein now identifies as non-binary and uses the pronouns they/them and she/her.[4] Bornstein has also written about having anorexia, being a survivor of PTSD and being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.[3]: xi 

Kate Bornstein
Bornstein (2018)
Born (1948-03-15) March 15, 1948 (age 76)
Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationBrown University (BA)
Occupations
  • Performance artist
  • author
Websitekatebornstein.com

Biography edit

Early life edit

Bornstein grew up just outside of Asbury Park, New Jersey, in an upper middle-class Conservative Jewish family of Russian and Dutch descent.[5] Bornstein studied Theater Arts with John Emigh and Jim Barnhill at Brown University (Class of '69). Bornstein joined the Church of Scientology, becoming a high-ranking lieutenant in the Sea Org,[6][7][8] but later became disillusioned and formally left the movement in 1981. Bornstein's antagonism toward Scientology and public split from the church have had personal consequences; Bornstein's daughter, herself a Scientologist, no longer has any contact per Scientology's policy of disconnection.[9]

Transition and post-op edit

Bornstein never felt comfortable with the belief of the day that all trans women are "women trapped in men's bodies."[10] Bornstein did not identify as a man, but the only other option was to be a woman, a reflection of the gender binary, which required people to identify according to only two available genders. Another obstacle was the fact that Bornstein was attracted to women. She had sex reassignment surgery in 1986.

Bornstein settled into the lesbian community in San Francisco, and wrote art reviews for the gay and lesbian paper The Bay Area Reporter.[11] Over the next few years, they began to identify as neither a man nor a woman.[12] This catapulted Bornstein back to performing, creating several performance pieces, some of them one-person shows. It was the only way that she knew how to communicate life's paradoxes.

Bornstein also teaches workshops and has published several gender theory books and a novel. Hello Cruel World was written to keep "teens, freaks, and other outlaws" from dying by suicide. "Do whatever it takes to make your life more worth living," Bornstein writes, "just don't be mean."[13] In a May 2018 interview with the LGBTQ&A podcast, they said that they no longer have thoughts of suicide since writing the book.[14]

Bornstein's partner is Barbara Carrellas. They live in New York City with three cats, two dogs, and a turtle.[15]

Cancer diagnosis edit

In August 2012, Bornstein was diagnosed with lung cancer. Doctors thought Kate was cancer-free after surgery, but it emerged in February 2013 that the disease had returned. Laura Vogel, a friend of Kate's, launched a GoFundMe campaign on March 20 to help fund the cancer treatment.[16] In December 2015, Bornstein announced that they had been cancer-free for two years.[17]

Later years edit

Bornstein made their Broadway debut in July 2018 in the play Straight White Men.[18]

Speaking to the LGBTQ&A podcast in July 2021, Bornstein talked about how her view of gender evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic, "Gender became inconsequential to me while I was in quarantine and grappling with old age...This is where you really need to be letting go of shit. I'm letting go of the ability to be cute, in certain ways. I'm too old for that. My face is sagging, my boobs are sagging. Boy, oh boy. They're down to my waist and you let go of that as being necessary to your gender."[19]

Works edit

In 1989, Bornstein created a theatre production in collaboration with Noreen Barnes, Hidden: A Gender, based on parallels between their own life and that of the intersex person Herculine Barbin,[20] starring Bornstein and Justin Vivian Bond. In 2009, Bornstein's Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist for LGBT Nonfiction and Honorbook for the Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature.[21] Bornstein edited Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation in collaboration with S. Bear Bergman.[22] The anthology won Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle Awards in 2011.[23][24] Bornstein's autobiography, titled A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir, was released May 2012, and in April 2013, they released My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity. Recently, Bornstein has taken part in a theatrical tour in England. She also took part in being a cast member in the reality TV show of I Am Cait.[25]

Books edit

  • Bornstein, Kate (1995). Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us. New York City: Routledge. ISBN 978-0679757016.
  • Sullivan, Caitlin; Bornstein, Kate (1996). Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn Erotic Adventure. New York City: High Risk Books. ISBN 978-1852424183.
  • Bornstein, Kate (1998). My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely. Illustrations by Diane DiMassa. New York City: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415916721.
  • Bornstein, Kate (2006). Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 9781583227206.
  • Bornstein, Kate; Bergman, S. Bear, eds. (2010). Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. Berkeley, California: Seal Press. ISBN 9781580053082.
  • Bornstein, Kate (2012). A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807001653. OL 25139467M.
  • Bornstein, Kate (2013). My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415538657.
  • Bornstein, Kate (2016). Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us (Revised and Updated). New York: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. ISBN 978-1-101-97461-2.

Performance pieces edit

  • "Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger". 2014. Documentary, directed by Sam Feder.
  • The Opposite Sex Is Neither
  • Virtually Yours
  • Hidden: A Gender
  • Strangers in Paradox
  • y2kate: gender virus 2000
  • Hard Candy

References edit

  1. ^ Bornstein, Kate (May 5, 2012). "My Scientology excommunication". Salon. from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies". Library of Congress. from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Bornstein, Kate (2012). A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807001653. OL 25139467M.
  4. ^ Czyzselska, Jane (February 2016). "CALL ME Kate". Diva: 54.
  5. ^ (PDF). LGBT Jewish Heroes. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  6. ^ ""A Queer and Pleasant Danger": Kate Bornstein, Trans Scientology Survivor". Mother Jones. from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  7. ^ "No Longer At Sea: Kate Bornstein Talks Scientology". Religion Dispatches. June 27, 2012. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  8. ^ "A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein – Powell's Books". from the original on August 10, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  9. ^ Moore, David. . Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  10. ^ Bornstein, Kate (1994). Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us. Routledge. p. 66. ISBN 978-0415908979. from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  11. ^ Piechota, Jim (August 9, 2012). "Surviving Scientology". Bay Area Reporter. from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  12. ^ Lavelle, Ciara (September 2, 2016). "Eileen Myles, the Property Brothers, and Others Coming to Miami Book Fair 2016". Miami New Times. from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  13. ^ Kate Bornstein (October 6, 2010). "Don't Be Mean? Really?". Kate Bornstein Is A Queer and Pleasant Danger—this is her blog. from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  14. ^ "LGBTQ&A: Kate Bornstein: Gender Is A Playground (5/2/18) on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  15. ^ Piechota, Jim (August 9, 2012). "Surviving Scientology". Bay Area Reporter. from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  16. ^ Morgan, Glennisha (March 22, 2013). "Kate Bornstein, Transgender Activist And Theorist, Receives Support For Cancer Fundraiser". Huffington Post. from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  17. ^ "Blame it all on this guy: new scan says I'm cancer-free—that makes it 2 years, no cancer". Twitter. from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  18. ^ "Trans performer Kate Bornstein has shut down a Broadway heckler in a moving Facebook post". PinkNews. August 10, 2018. from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  19. ^ "Still A Gender Outlaw: Catching Up With Trans Elder Kate Bornstein". www.advocate.com. July 27, 2021. from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  20. ^ (PDF). LGBT Jewish Heroes. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  21. ^ "Kate Bornstein". Seven Stories Press. from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  22. ^ "Interview with S. Bear Bergman". Genderfork. October 29, 2009. from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2009.
  23. ^ . Out FM. May 6, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  24. ^ "Glam Meets Identity Politics at Lammys: Literary awards fête Edward Albee, Val McDermid; feature Stefanie Powers". Gay City News. June 10, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  25. ^ M. B. (October 2016). "Kate Bornstein". Out. 25: 57. from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via LGBT Life with Full Text.

Further reading edit

  • Ford, Dave (October 2013). . Gendercentre.org.au. The Gender Centre Inc. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013.
  • Gentleman, Rye (2022). "Kate Bornstein" in Noriega and Schildcrout (eds.) 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, Routledge, pp. 26-29. ISBN 978-1032067964.
  • van Deven, Mandy (2011). "Gender Outlaws". Herizons. An Interview with Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman.

External links edit

  • katebornstein.com
  • Interview: "Kate Bornstein, not a man, not a woman, former Scientologist now non-binary". YouTube. June 28, 2023.
  • Interview: "The Second Dynamic: Scientology's Pride & Prejudice - LGBTQ+ Documentary". YouTube. July 11, 2023.
  • . March 1, 2007. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2023. Lecture by Kate Bornstein

January 01, 1970
kate, bornstein, katherine, vandam, bornstein, born, march, 1948, american, author, playwright, performance, artist, actor, gender, theorist, 1986, bornstein, started, identifying, gender, conforming, stated, call, myself, woman, know, after, having, been, ass. Katherine Vandam Bornstein 1 born March 15 1948 2 is an American author playwright performance artist actor and gender theorist In 1986 Bornstein started identifying as gender non conforming and has stated I don t call myself a woman and I know I m not a man after having been assigned male at birth and receiving sex reassignment surgery 3 x Bornstein now identifies as non binary and uses the pronouns they them and she her 4 Bornstein has also written about having anorexia being a survivor of PTSD and being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder 3 xi Kate BornsteinBornstein 2018 Born 1948 03 15 March 15 1948 age 76 Neptune City New Jersey U S EducationBrown University BA OccupationsPerformance artistauthorWebsitekatebornstein wbr com Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Transition and post op 1 3 Cancer diagnosis 1 4 Later years 2 Works 2 1 Books 2 2 Performance pieces 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksBiography editEarly life edit Bornstein grew up just outside of Asbury Park New Jersey in an upper middle class Conservative Jewish family of Russian and Dutch descent 5 Bornstein studied Theater Arts with John Emigh and Jim Barnhill at Brown University Class of 69 Bornstein joined the Church of Scientology becoming a high ranking lieutenant in the Sea Org 6 7 8 but later became disillusioned and formally left the movement in 1981 Bornstein s antagonism toward Scientology and public split from the church have had personal consequences Bornstein s daughter herself a Scientologist no longer has any contact per Scientology s policy of disconnection 9 Transition and post op edit Bornstein never felt comfortable with the belief of the day that all trans women are women trapped in men s bodies 10 Bornstein did not identify as a man but the only other option was to be a woman a reflection of the gender binary which required people to identify according to only two available genders Another obstacle was the fact that Bornstein was attracted to women She had sex reassignment surgery in 1986 Bornstein settled into the lesbian community in San Francisco and wrote art reviews for the gay and lesbian paper The Bay Area Reporter 11 Over the next few years they began to identify as neither a man nor a woman 12 This catapulted Bornstein back to performing creating several performance pieces some of them one person shows It was the only way that she knew how to communicate life s paradoxes Bornstein also teaches workshops and has published several gender theory books and a novel Hello Cruel World was written to keep teens freaks and other outlaws from dying by suicide Do whatever it takes to make your life more worth living Bornstein writes just don t be mean 13 In a May 2018 interview with the LGBTQ amp A podcast they said that they no longer have thoughts of suicide since writing the book 14 Bornstein s partner is Barbara Carrellas They live in New York City with three cats two dogs and a turtle 15 Cancer diagnosis edit In August 2012 Bornstein was diagnosed with lung cancer Doctors thought Kate was cancer free after surgery but it emerged in February 2013 that the disease had returned Laura Vogel a friend of Kate s launched a GoFundMe campaign on March 20 to help fund the cancer treatment 16 In December 2015 Bornstein announced that they had been cancer free for two years 17 Later years edit Bornstein made their Broadway debut in July 2018 in the play Straight White Men 18 Speaking to the LGBTQ amp A podcast in July 2021 Bornstein talked about how her view of gender evolved during the COVID 19 pandemic Gender became inconsequential to me while I was in quarantine and grappling with old age This is where you really need to be letting go of shit I m letting go of the ability to be cute in certain ways I m too old for that My face is sagging my boobs are sagging Boy oh boy They re down to my waist and you let go of that as being necessary to your gender 19 Works editIn 1989 Bornstein created a theatre production in collaboration with Noreen Barnes Hidden A Gender based on parallels between their own life and that of the intersex person Herculine Barbin 20 starring Bornstein and Justin Vivian Bond In 2009 Bornstein s Hello Cruel World 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens Freaks and Other Outlaws was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist for LGBT Nonfiction and Honorbook for the Stonewall Children s and Young Adult Literature 21 Bornstein edited Gender Outlaws The Next Generation in collaboration with S Bear Bergman 22 The anthology won Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle Awards in 2011 23 24 Bornstein s autobiography titled A Queer and Pleasant Danger A Memoir was released May 2012 and in April 2013 they released My New Gender Workbook A Step by Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity Recently Bornstein has taken part in a theatrical tour in England She also took part in being a cast member in the reality TV show of I Am Cait 25 Books edit Bornstein Kate 1995 Gender Outlaw On Men Women and the Rest of Us New York City Routledge ISBN 978 0679757016 Sullivan Caitlin Bornstein Kate 1996 Nearly Roadkill An Infobahn Erotic Adventure New York City High Risk Books ISBN 978 1852424183 Bornstein Kate 1998 My Gender Workbook How to Become a Real Man a Real Woman the Real You or Something Else Entirely Illustrations by Diane DiMassa New York City Routledge ISBN 978 0415916721 Bornstein Kate 2006 Hello Cruel World 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens Freaks and Other Outlaws New York Seven Stories Press ISBN 9781583227206 Bornstein Kate Bergman S Bear eds 2010 Gender Outlaws The Next Generation Berkeley California Seal Press ISBN 9781580053082 Bornstein Kate 2012 A Queer and Pleasant Danger A Memoir Beacon Press ISBN 9780807001653 OL 25139467M Bornstein Kate 2013 My New Gender Workbook A Step by Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity New York Routledge ISBN 978 0415538657 Bornstein Kate 2016 Gender Outlaw On Men Women and the Rest of Us Revised and Updated New York Vintage Books a division of Penguin Random House LLC ISBN 978 1 101 97461 2 Performance pieces edit Kate Bornstein is a Queer amp Pleasant Danger 2014 Documentary directed by Sam Feder The Opposite Sex Is Neither Virtually Yours Hidden A Gender Strangers in Paradox y2kate gender virus 2000 Hard CandyReferences edit Bornstein Kate May 5 2012 My Scientology excommunication Salon Archived from the original on April 16 2013 Retrieved May 6 2012 LC Linked Data Service Authorities and Vocabularies Library of Congress Archived from the original on April 14 2019 Retrieved March 5 2018 a b Bornstein Kate 2012 A Queer and Pleasant Danger A Memoir Beacon Press ISBN 9780807001653 OL 25139467M Czyzselska Jane February 2016 CALL ME Kate Diva 54 Kate Bornstein s Gender and Genre Bending PDF LGBT Jewish Heroes Archived from the original PDF on August 12 2011 Retrieved November 4 2012 A Queer and Pleasant Danger Kate Bornstein Trans Scientology Survivor Mother Jones Archived from the original on August 18 2012 Retrieved August 27 2012 No Longer At Sea Kate Bornstein Talks Scientology Religion Dispatches June 27 2012 Archived from the original on April 15 2013 Retrieved August 27 2012 A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein Powell s Books Archived from the original on August 10 2012 Retrieved August 27 2012 Moore David Kate Bornstein to perform at UNC Charlotte Archived from the original on October 24 2007 Retrieved June 12 2009 Bornstein Kate 1994 Gender Outlaw On Men Women and the Rest of Us Routledge p 66 ISBN 978 0415908979 Archived from the original on May 7 2022 Retrieved April 27 2021 Piechota Jim August 9 2012 Surviving Scientology Bay Area Reporter Archived from the original on December 3 2013 Retrieved February 13 2013 Lavelle Ciara September 2 2016 Eileen Myles the Property Brothers and Others Coming to Miami Book Fair 2016 Miami New Times Archived from the original on March 14 2018 Retrieved March 13 2018 Kate Bornstein October 6 2010 Don t Be Mean Really Kate Bornstein Is A Queer and Pleasant Danger this is her blog Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved September 13 2015 LGBTQ amp A Kate Bornstein Gender Is A Playground 5 2 18 on Apple Podcasts Apple Podcasts Archived from the original on December 22 2021 Retrieved December 22 2021 Piechota Jim August 9 2012 Surviving Scientology Bay Area Reporter Archived from the original on December 3 2013 Retrieved February 13 2013 Morgan Glennisha March 22 2013 Kate Bornstein Transgender Activist And Theorist Receives Support For Cancer Fundraiser Huffington Post Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved February 21 2020 Blame it all on this guy new scan says I m cancer free that makes it 2 years no cancer Twitter Archived from the original on December 22 2021 Retrieved December 22 2021 Trans performer Kate Bornstein has shut down a Broadway heckler in a moving Facebook post PinkNews August 10 2018 Archived from the original on December 22 2021 Retrieved December 22 2021 Still A Gender Outlaw Catching Up With Trans Elder Kate Bornstein www advocate com July 27 2021 Archived from the original on December 22 2021 Retrieved December 22 2021 Kate Bornstein s Gender and Genre Bending PDF LGBT Jewish Heroes Archived from the original PDF on August 12 2011 Retrieved November 4 2012 Kate Bornstein Seven Stories Press Archived from the original on April 18 2018 Retrieved April 17 2018 Interview with S Bear Bergman Genderfork October 29 2009 Archived from the original on May 7 2022 Retrieved November 13 2009 Triangle Awards Kate Bornstein Out FM May 6 2011 Archived from the original on February 22 2015 Retrieved July 19 2013 Glam Meets Identity Politics at Lammys Literary awards fete Edward Albee Val McDermid feature Stefanie Powers Gay City News June 10 2011 Retrieved February 23 2012 permanent dead link M B October 2016 Kate Bornstein Out 25 57 Archived from the original on May 7 2022 Retrieved May 7 2022 via LGBT Life with Full Text Further reading editFord Dave October 2013 Gender Outlaw Moves Into New Territory Tangling with Self Destruction Gendercentre org au The Gender Centre Inc Archived from the original on October 4 2013 Gentleman Rye 2022 Kate Bornstein in Noriega and Schildcrout eds 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre Routledge pp 26 29 ISBN 978 1032067964 van Deven Mandy 2011 Gender Outlaws Herizons An Interview with Kate Bornstein and S Bear Bergman External links editkatebornstein com Interview Kate Bornstein not a man not a woman former Scientologist now non binary YouTube June 28 2023 Interview The Second Dynamic Scientology s Pride amp Prejudice LGBTQ Documentary YouTube July 11 2023 Dangerous Dreams and Damned Desires March 1 2007 Archived from the original on May 13 2007 Retrieved July 21 2023 Lecture by Kate Bornstein Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kate Bornstein amp oldid 1222291812, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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