Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us

Synopsis

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. 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. Kate Bornstein. Includes The Text Of The Play, Hidden: A Gender. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 297-299).