Kate Bornstein

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Kate Bornstein (2010)

Kate Bornstein (born Albert Bornstein on March 1, 1948 in Asbury Park , New Jersey ) is of American nationality and works as an actress , performance artist and author . Bornstein lives as a non-binary person in New York City and uses both feminine pronouns and the gender-neutral singular pronoun they (untranslatable in German).

Life

Bornstein writes books on gender studies and queer theory and has appeared in several roles in various plays. In 1986 Bornstein underwent gender reassignment surgery and lived as a woman for several years .

Works (selection)

  • Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us. Routledge, New York / London 1994, ISBN 0-415-90897-3 (English; excerpt in the Google book search).
  • together with Caitlin Sullivan: Nearly Roadkill: An Infobahn Erotic Adventure. 1996, ISBN 1-85242-418-4 (English).
  • My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely. 1997, ISBN 0-415-91673-9 (English).
  • Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws. 2006, ISBN 1-58322-720-2 (English).
  • together with S. Bear Bergman : Gender Outlaw: The Next Generation. Seal Press, Berkeley CA 2010, ISBN 978-1-5800-5308-2 (English; excerpt from Google book search).

Plays (as an actress)

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

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b self-portrait: Kate Bornstein. In: katebornstein.com. 2019, accessed on November 18, 2019; Quote: “Today, Kate identifies as nonbinary: not a man, and not a woman […] Kate was born Albert Bornstein in 1948, in Asbury Park, New Jersey. [...] in 1986 - she was a woman! "
  2. ↑ Kate Bornstein: Reflections on life after stonewall - Kate Bornstein: My Gender? Oh, it's nothing. In: NYtimes.com . June 19, 2019, accessed November 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Emine Saner: Caitlyn Jenner's got company: meet Kate Bornstein, the one-woman whirlwind who's lived many lives. In: TheGuardian.com . February 21, 2016, accessed November 18, 2019; Quote: "[...] despite identifying as non-binary, she favors she, her, they and their".
  4. ↑ James Michael Nichols: Queer Icon Kate Bornstein Reflects On Queer And Trans Identity In 2015. In: TheHuffingtonPost.com . October 10, 2015, accessed November 18, 2019; Quote: " Editor's Note: Kate Bornstein uses the pronouns" she / her "and" they / their "interchangeably and, therefore, the interview below does as well."
  5. ↑ Overview: 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists and Winners. In: lambdaliterary.org . March 15, 2012, accessed November 18, 2019.
    Book review by G. Stein-Bodenheimer: “Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation”, edited by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman. In: LambdaLiterary.org . September 20, 2010, accessed November 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Bornstein, Kate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author, actress, and artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Asbury Park , New Jersey