“Our spirits are full of possibilities, yet we tie ourselves down to socially-prescribed names and categories so we're acceptable to more people. We take on identities that no one has to think about, and that's probably how we become and… — 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
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
“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
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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
The current transgender movement is composed of a great number of factions, divided by those old favorites of class, race, age, language, region, and… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share
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… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share
