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.
Bornstein was born in New Jersey to a Jewish family.
In 1970 Bornstein joined the Church of Scientology. She left in 1981.
Bornstein does not feel male or female. She was born male. In 1986 she had sex reassignment surgery. She has written books about gender. The most well-known one is "Gender Outlaw".
In 2013 a documentary about Bornstein called "Kate Bornstein is a Queer &amp; Pleasant Danger" was made.