Gender Outlaw
by Kate Bornstein · Kate Bornstein
Kate Bornstein's memoir and critique of the binary gender system, first published in 1994, mixing personal narrative, theory, and performance text to question how gender is assigned and enforced; a foundational text in transgender studies and queer theory.
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