Kate Bornstein: The Future of Gender

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The third dimension of gender is imagination. Legendary writer, actor, and gender theorist, Kate Bornstein talks about the future of gender: where we're at and where we're (hopefully) going. Kate has been writing about being nonbinary for over 30 years and talks about she's evolved to be more forgiving of people that don't agree with her stance on gender. She also talks about her desire for sex diminishing after undergoing chemo and what a shift it is to now embrace an asexual identity in life. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and is part of The Advocate Magazine. You can recommend a guest or let us know what you think about the show on Twitter or by emailing [email protected] Stay up-to-date on all episodes and live shows at: www.LGBTQpodcast.com

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0:00.0	From The Advocate magazine, this is LGBTQ and A.
0:06.8	I'm Jeffrey Masters, and today I'm talking to Kate Bornstein.
0:11.2	We talk mainly about gender.
0:13.3	Where we're at, where we're going, the future of gender.
0:16.3	This is from somebody who's been studying and writing about it for over 30 years.
0:20.7	Kate is one of the most prominent non-binary voices in the world.
0:24.8	And on a personal note, somebody whose work has been transformative in terms of my own life,
0:30.5	how I perceive and experience my own gender.
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0:51.5	All right, without further ado, here's Kate.
1:00.7	Thank you. after show discussions. All right, without further ado, here's Kate. So you've been writing about being non-binary for almost 30 years.
1:04.4	And rereading your work recently, I'd forgotten that you were not always embraced by the
1:08.8	trans and larger LGBTQ community. I'm still not embraced by the trans and larger LGBTQ community?
1:11.3	I'm still not embraced by the larger LGBT and trans community.
1:17.2	I think I'm celebrated by the larger community, and that's great, because I'm celebrated as an elder.
1:25.8	And I feel very warmly about even people who are upset
1:31.2	with me. Because you go, aw, isn't that sweet? They're working as hard as they can, and they do not
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