Kate Bornstein

Katherine Vandam "Kate" Bornstein (born March 15, 1948) is an American writer.  She lives in New York City with her partner Barbara Carrellas. 

In 2012 she made a video for Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project. In August 2012 she was diagnosed with lung cancer.

 Life 
Bornstein was born in New Jersey to a Jewish family.A Queer and Pleasant Danger: 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 by Kate Bornstein She joined the Church of Scientology in 1970, and left in 1981.

Bornstein does not feel male or female. She was born male and had sex reassignment surgery in 1986.A Queer and Pleasant Danger: 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 by Kate Bornstein She has written several books about gender; the best-known is Gender Outlaw.

 Media 
In 2013 a documentary about Bornstein called Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger was made.

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