Kate Bornstein
Kate Bornstein | |
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Bornstein (2018) by Morgan Gwenwald | |
| Born | March 15, 1948 Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University (BA) |
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| Website | katebornstein |
Katherine Vandam Bornstein (born March 15, 1948) 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.: x Bornstein now identifies as non-binary and uses the pronouns they/them and she/her. Bornstein has also written about having anorexia, being a survivor of PTSD, and being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.: xi