Kate Bornstein
American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist
- Born
- 15 March 1948, Neptune City
- Age
- 78
Katherine Vandam Bornstein (born 15 March 1948) is an American author, playwright, performance artist, actor, and gender studies theorist. As a transgender pioneer since the 1980s, Bornstein's reflections on sex and gender nonconformity have influenced various spheres of queer culture. She has stated "I don't call myself a woman, and I know I'm not a man". Bornstein now identifies as non-binary, and has also written personal accounts of having anorexia, surviving PTSD, and being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
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