Gender Outlaw was decades ahead of its time when it was first published in Now, some twenty-odd years later, this book stands as both a classic and a still-revolutionary work-one that continues to push us gently but profoundly to the furthest borders of the gender frontier. On one level, Gender Outlaw details Bornsteins transformation from heterosexual male to lesbian woman, from a one-time IBM salesperson to a playwright and.

But this particular coming-of-age story is also a provocative investigation into our notions of male and ouhlaw, from a self-described nonbinary transfeminine diesel femme dyke who never stops questioning our cultural assumptions. Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein | : Books Kate Bornstein is a performance artist and playwright whose latest book was released May 1, 2012-a memoir, A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER, with the subtitle, 'The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today. female, and now that my lover is going through his gender change, it turns out I’m. A former heterosexual male and now a lesbian woman, Bay Area Reporter writer, and actor who has appeared on talk shows, she has completed the transsexual process, including surgery. Gender Outlaw men, women and the rest of us. Bornstein considers herself a gender outlaw because she breaks the laws of nature. But this particular coming-of-age story is also a provocative investigation into our notions of male and female, from a self-described nonbinary transfeminine diesel. Gender Outlaw is the work of a woman who has been through some In her book, Bornstein covers the “mechanics” of her surgery, everything you’ve always. On one level, Gender Outlaw details Bornstein’s transformation from heterosexual male to lesbian woman, from a one-time IBM salesperson to a playwright and performance artist.

In, Bornstein identified as gender non-conforming and has stated “I Bornstein edited Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation in collaboration with S. Katherine Vandam “Kate” Bornstein (born March 15, ) is an American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist.