Growing up we were secular Jews, but what I got out of Judaism at that time in my life was questions. Everything was a question. "Dad, is there a heaven? Is there a hell?" You never could get an answer.… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
To see cartoon-me positioned (alphabetically) amongst so many of my women heroes and role models ... well, I just broke down and cried. Happy tears. I surely hope that this one-of-a-kind collection of radical American women reaches the hands of… — 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
