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

Bornstein, Kate, 1948- (author.). Bornstein, Kate, 1948- Container of (work): Hidden, a gender. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781101973240
ISBN: 1101973242
Physical Description: xx, 299 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: Revised and updated [edition].
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes the text of the play, Hidden: a gender.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299).
Formatted Contents Note:	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.