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Kate Bornstein

American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1948 · age 78

Katherine Vandam Bornstein is an American author, playwright, performance artist, actor, and gender theorist. As a transgender pioneer since the 1980s, Bornstein's reflections on sex and gender nonconformity have influenced various spheres of queer culture.

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Awards

Lambda Literary Award

About this person

She has stated "I don't call myself a woman, and I know I'm not a man". Bornstein now identifies as non-binary, and has also written personal accounts of having anorexia, surviving PTSD, and being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78

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