Gender outlaw : on men, women, and the rest of us / Kate Bornstein

Includes the text of the play, Hidden: a gender

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-299).

pt. 1. 1. pt. 2. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. pt. 3. 7. 8. 9. 10. pt. 4. 11. 12. pt. 5. 12. 14. pt. 6. 15. pt. 7. 16. First things first -- Transgender style : some fashion tips -- Sorting seeds -- The hard part -- Interlude : Nuts and bolts -- Naming all the parts -- Interlude : The lesbian thing -- Abandon your tedious search! The rulebook has been found! -- Claiming power -- Which outlaws? or, Who was that masked man? -- Gender terror, gender rage -- Send in the clowns -- First you die, and then you get their attention -- A gender interrogatory -- The first question, or, They have those funny, staring eyes -- The other questions -- Creating a third space -- Transsexual lesbian playwright tells all! -- Queer life/queer theater -- Hidden : a gender, a play in two acts -- Hidden : a gender -- The punchline -- The seven year itch (what goes around, comes around) -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography

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.