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Kate Bornstein is a transgender author, playwright, performance artist and gender theorist.

Bornstein, born Albert Bornstein on March 15, 1948, underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1986. She jokingly refers to her SRS as her 'pussycat surgery'.

"I know I'm not a man...and I've come to the conclusion that I'm probably not a woman, either...The trouble is, we're living in a world that insists we be one or the other." — Kate Bornstein in Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us

Bornstein is currently (2006) writing an autobiography^[1] and resides with her partner, Barbara Carrellas, in New York City^[2]. Bornstein was raised a Modern Orthodox Jew. She still considers herself Jewish but does not practice any form of Judaism. In her book 'Hello Cruel World', Bornstein admits to cutting herself with a knife to express her moods. When she is happy she cuts herself. Sorrow makes her cut herself. Some psychologists question Bornstein being a good source to write a book for teens when she advocates such destructive behavior using knives.

Books

Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws, 2006, ISBN 1-58322-720-2 (note: titled Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Teen Suicide in the UK)
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us 1997, ISBN 0-415-91673-9 (paperback) ISBN 0-415-91672-0 (hardcover)
My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely 1994, ISBN 0-679-75701-5
Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn Erotic Adventure (Novel, co-authored with Caitlin Sullivan), 1996, ISBN 1-85242-418-4

Plays

The Opposite Sex Is Neither
Virtually Yours
Hidden: A Gender
Strangers in Paradox
y2kate: gender virus 2000

References

^ Activist Bornstein visits 'Deis - The Hoot
^ http://katebornstein.com/KatePages/indexkb.htm

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[1] Activist Bornstein visits 'Deis - The Hoot

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 : "I know I'm not a man...and I've come to the conclusion that I'm probably not a woman, either...The trouble is, we're living in a world that insists we be one or the other." &mdash; Kate Bornstein in ''Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us''
-Bornstein is currently (2006) writing an [[autobiography]]<ref>[http://www.thehoot.net/?module=displaystory&story_id=1542&format=html Activist Bornstein visits 'Deis] - The Hoot</ref> and resides with her partner, [[Barbara Carrellas]], in [[New York City]]<ref>http://katebornstein.com/KatePages/indexkb.htm</ref>. Bornstein was raised a [[Modern Orthodox]] Jew. She still considers herself Jewish but does not practice any form of [[Judaism]].
+Bornstein is currently (2006) writing an [[autobiography]]<ref>[http://www.thehoot.net/?module=displaystory&story_id=1542&format=html Activist Bornstein visits 'Deis] - The Hoot</ref> and resides with her partner, [[Barbara Carrellas]], in [[New York City]]<ref>http://katebornstein.com/KatePages/indexkb.htm</ref>. Bornstein was raised a [[Modern Orthodox]] Jew. She still considers herself Jewish but does not practice any form of [[Judaism]]. In her book 'Hello Cruel World', Bornstein admits to cutting herself with a knife to express her moods. When she is happy she cuts herself. Sorrow makes her cut herself. Some psychologists question Bornstein being a good source to write a book for teens when she advocates such destructive behavior using knives.
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