Kate Bornstein

In 1997, Kate Bornstein performed her play “Cut ‘n’ Paste” for the Whitman community. The play is a mix of monologues, slam poetry, and lecture that is meant to question audience assumptions about gender. Bornstein—though having undergone surgery to transition in 1985—described herself as neither a man nor a woman: “I know I am not a man and most of the time I feel like I am not a woman. I keep one foot in the place called woman because otherwise sometimes you can blow away into madness.” Bornstein’s play highlighted the budding conversation about gender on campus.

1997-10-02