Gender outlaw : on men, women, and the rest of us / Kate Bornstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bornstein, Kate, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bornstein, Kate, 1948---Psychology.

Bornstein, Kate.

Bornstein, Kate, 1948-.

Trans people--Identity.

Trans people.

Transsexuals--Identity.

Gender identity.

Gender transition.

Gender reassignment surgery.

Gender transition--Hormone therapy.

Sex (Psychology).

Lesbians.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

xx, 299 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016.

Summary:

Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a transsexual woman, Gender Outlaw breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed.

Contents:

pt. 1. First things first

1. Transgender style : some fashion tips

pt. 2. Sorting seeds

2. The hard part

3. Interlude : Nuts and bolts

4. Naming all the parts

5. Interlude : The lesbian thing

6. Abandon your tedious search! The rulebook has been found!

pt. 3. Claiming power

7. Which outlaws? or, Who was that masked man?

8. Gender terror, gender rage

9. Send in the clowns

10. First you die, and then you get their attention

pt. 4. A gender interrogatory

11. The first question, or, They have those funny, staring eyes

12. The other questions

pt. 5. Creating a third space

12. Transsexual lesbian playwright tells all!

14. Queer life/queer theater

pt. 6. Hidden : a gender, a play in two acts

15. Hidden : a gender

pt. 7. The punchline

16. The seven year itch (what goes around, comes around)

Acknowledgments

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes the text of the play, Hidden: a gender.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299).

Contains:

Bornstein, Kate, 1948- Hidden, a gender.

Hidden, a gender.

ISBN:

9781101973240

1101973242

OCLC:

957645634