My own take on the word "transgender" is that it's an umbrella term for anyone who breaks any rules, laws, guidelines or… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“It doesn't really matter what a person decides to do, or how radically a person plays with gender. What matters, I think,… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
The transgender movement even divides itself up by gender, as many folks stick with their same trans-genders (female-to-male or male-to-female). Additionally, the… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudices,… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Gender is used as a control mechanism that's just wrong. Gender is never anything to struggle with; gender is something to play… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
…gender is not sane. It's not sane to call a rainbow black and white. — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Both bisexuality and transgender are fluid notions of identity, while lesbian and gay are fixed identities. Some people believe that means there… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Growing up we were secular Jews, but what I got out of Judaism at that time in my life was questions. Everything… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
I honor anybody who wants to be a man and do the work of becoming a man. I honor anyone who mindfully… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
You can support trans-positive legislation, tranny artists, and the inclusion of trannies in your neighborhood, schools, place of worship, whatever. For the… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
The first question we usually ask new parents is : “Is it a boy or a girl ?”. There is a great… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Drag queen is a gender like no other, and with practice I'd learned to rise to it. — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
I was a lonely, frightened little fat kid who felt there was something deeply wrong with me because I didn't feel like… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“Instead of saying that all gender is this or all gender is that, let's recognize that the word gender has scores of… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“While railing against the manufactured prerequisites of womanhood or manhood, we need to avoid manufacturing our own prerequisites. The non-operative journey and… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Just across the ocean in, say Kenya or Tanzania, a two-gender system is vital for the survival of most of the folks… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“Let's stop pretending that we have all the answers, because when it comes to gender, none of us is fucking omniscient.” — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
There's a simple way to look at gender: Once upon a time, someone drew a line in the sans of culture and… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“We can't ignore right-wing demagogues who insist that the word of the doctor who proclaims a child's sex at birth somehow holds… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“Safe gender is being who and what we want to be when we want to be that, with no threat of censure… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
My own take on the word "transgender" is that it's an umbrella term for anyone who breaks any rules, laws, guidelines or protocol of… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Is it a boy or a girl ?”. There is a great answer to that one going around : “We don’t know ; it… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“It doesn't really matter what a person decides to do, or how radically a person plays with gender. What matters, I think, is how… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
We grew up creating this whole world view for ourselves because it's not there in the culture. What am I? And I have to… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
The transgender movement even divides itself up by gender, as many folks stick with their same trans-genders (female-to-male or male-to-female). Additionally, the movement gets… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudices, and presumptions… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“You can have great autonomy in the things you choose to learn and pursue on your own time. When you're learning things that interest… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Gender is used as a control mechanism that's just wrong. Gender is never anything to struggle with; gender is something to play with. Once… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“We are entitled to our anger in response to this oppression: our anger is a message to ourselves that we need to get active… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
I know and know of more than a few MTF's (male-to-female trannies) who've developed strange cancers. Myself, I've got a nice little case of… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
“There are more and more visibly weird and freaky people in the world these days, and it’s high time we stop carrying forward the… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
