The inspiring true story of a nice Jewish boy who left the Church of Scientology to become the lovely lady she is today
In the early 1970s, a boy from a Conservative Jewish family joined the Church of Scientology. In 1981, that boy officially left the movement and ultimately transitioned into a woman. A few years later, she stopped calling herself a woman-and became a famous gender outlaw.
Gender theorist, performance artist, and author Kate Bornstein is set to change lives with her stunningly original memoir. Wickedly funny and disarmingly honest, this is Bornstein's most intimate book yet, encompassing her early childhood and adolescence, college at Brown, a life in the theater, three marriages and fatherhood, the Scientology hierarchy, transsexual life, LGBTQ politics, and life on the road as a sought-after speaker.
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Kate Bornstein is an author, playwright, and performance artist whose work is in service to sex positivity, gender anarchy, and building a coalition of those who live on cultural margins. Her work recently earned an award from the Stonewall Democrats of New York City and two citations from New York City Council members. She is the author of four award-winning books.
Inhalt
Prologue: The Kiss of Death Part 1 Chapter 1. Go Chapter 2. The He-Man Woman-Hater's Club Chapter 3. What Sex Had to Do with It Chapter 4. Size Matters Chapter 5. A SciFi Writer, an Actor, and God Walk into a Bar Part 2 Chapter 6. There's Nothing Funny about Any of This Chapter 7. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Chapter 8. Love Was Never Free Chapter 9. Beached Chapter 10. Family Man Chapter 11. All Good Things Part 3 Chapter 12. The Lost Boys Chapter 13. Over the Borderline Chapter 14. Stages of Life Chapter 15. OK, Kid, This Is Where It Gets Complicated Chapter 16. Girl Epilogue: Hello, Sweetie Some Notes on My Scientology Sources Acknowledgments