--- title: "2 Gender identity Quotes By Kate Bornstein" description: "2 Gender identity quotes by Kate Bornstein. Plus more from Kate Bornstein and more Gender identity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/kate-bornstein-11426_gender_instead-of-saying-that-all-gender-is-thi_1977704.jpg" --- > [“Instead of saying that all gender is this or all gender is that, let's recognize that the word gender has scores of meaning built into it. It's an amalgamation of bodies, identities, and life experiences, subconscious urges, sensations, and behaviors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/instead-of-saying-that-all-gender-is-this-or-all-gender-is-that-let-s/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/kate-bornstein-11426_gender_instead-of-saying-that-all-gender-is-thi_1977704.jpg) > [“Let's stop pretending that we have all the answers, because when it comes to gender, none of us is fucking omniscient.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/let-s-stop-pretending-that-we-have-all-the-answers-because-when-it/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/kate-bornstein-11426_gender_let-s-stop-pretending-that-we-have-all-t_2699515.jpg) ## Other authors on Gender identity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-identity/abhijit-naskar/) - [Asia Kate Dillon 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-identity/asia-kate-dillon/) - [Sarah McBride 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-identity/sarah-mcbride/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-judith-butler-53997.jpg) Judith Butler 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-identity/judith-butler/) ## More by Kate Bornstein > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/my-own-take-on-the-word-transgender-is-that-it-s-an-umbrella-term-for/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [Is it a boy or a girl ?”. There is a great answer to that one going around : “We don’t know ; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/is-it-a-boy-or-a-girl-there-is-a-great-answer-to-that-one-going/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/it-doesn-t-really-matter-what-a-person-decides-to-do-or-how-radically/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/we-grew-up-creating-this-whole-world-view-for-ourselves-because-it-s/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [Sex is f-king, everything else is gender.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/sex-is-f-king-everything-else-is-gender/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/the-transgender-movement-even-divides-itself-up-by-gender-as-many/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [“When we talk about my gender as though it were a performance, we let the audience - with all their expectations, prejudices, and presumptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/when-we-talk-about-my-gender-as-though-it-were-a-performance-we-let/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/you-can-have-great-autonomy-in-the-things-you-choose-to-learn-and/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/gender-is-used-as-a-control-mechanism-that-s-just-wrong-gender-is/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [“We are entitled to our anger in response to this oppression: our anger is a message to ourselves that we need to get active…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/we-are-entitled-to-our-anger-in-response-to-this-oppression-our-anger/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/i-know-and-know-of-more-than-a-few-mtf-s-male-to-female-trannies-who/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/there-are-more-and-more-visibly-weird-and-freaky-people-in-the-world/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [The current transgender movement is composed of a great number of factions, divided by those old favorites of class, race, age, language, region, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/the-current-transgender-movement-is-composed-of-a-great-number-of/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > […gender is not sane. It's not sane to call a rainbow black and white.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/gender-is-not-sane-it-s-not-sane-to-call-a-rainbow-black-and-white/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) > [When you're a Scientologist it's like the movie Goodfellas, where the gangsters hang out with only other gangsters. We only hung out with each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bornstein/when-you-re-a-scientologist-it-s-like-the-movie-goodfellas-where-the/) [Kate Bornstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bornstein/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-identity/kate-bornstein/#itemlist", "name": "2 Gender identity Quotes By Kate Bornstein", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Instead of saying that all gender is this or all gender is that, let's recognize that the word gender has scores of meaning built into it. It's an amalgamation of bodies, identities, and life experiences, subconscious urges, sensations, and behaviors, some of which develop organically, and others which are shaped by language and culture. 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