Kate Bornstein
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"Katherine Vandam "Kate" Bornstein" is an American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theory/gender theorist. Having been assigned male at birth and then receiving sex reassignment surgery in 1986, Bornstein identifies as gender non-conforming, saying "I don't call myself a woman, and I know I'm not a man", and prefers the gender neutral pronouns "ze/hir" in place of "she/her" or "he/him".

Bornstein has also written about having anorexia nervosa/anorexia, being a survivor of PTSD and being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Bornstein has B-cell CLL/chronic lymphocytic leukemia and in September 2012 was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Bornstein and partner Barbara Carrellas live in New York City with three cats, two dogs and a turtle.

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