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Auntie Kate

@katebornstein.bsky.social

I’m an author, actor, and performance artist. Most any pronoun works so long as you use it with love

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I’m also glad you’re alive to experience it ❤️

26.10.2025 13:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My reading at Riffraff Books in Providence, Oct 4

Sad to say I had to cancel my reading at Riffraff Books this evening. My partner Barbara had to go to the ER. She’s fine now! I’m in touch with Riffraff Books and I’ll be rescheduling, they’ve been great about it. I’m so sorry for any inconvenience.

04.10.2025 20:13 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

😘💕🩷

03.10.2025 00:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hey Providence friends and family, I’ll be reading from and talking about the 30th anniversary reboot of my novel, Nearly Roadkill: Queer Love On The Run at Riffraff Books, Saturday October 4 at 6PM. Hope to see you there ❤️

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16.09.2025 21:50 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Kate Bornstein & Caitlin Sullivan with Casey McQuiston 'Nearly Roadkill: Queer Love on the Run' | Charlie's Queer Books Seattle's home for queer books

Kate Bornstein & Caitlin Sullivan with Casey McQuiston 'Nearly Roadkill: Queer Love on the Run'
Wednesday Sep 10th
6:00 PM-7:00 PM Pacific
VIRTUAL EVENT

RSVP to attend FOR FREE!

Event link will be sent the day of the event. Seattle locals can also attend our in-person watch party at the store.

08.09.2025 00:27 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1
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So excited. I love Diane DiMassa. Hothead Paisan was a lifesaver for me as a baby trans dyke

02.09.2025 20:08 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No worries. Fair assumption , darn it. But surprisingly few places have actually banned many of my books.

01.09.2025 20:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Not tht I know of 🙁

01.09.2025 20:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sad to say deadline for free ebook was end of June

01.09.2025 20:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh wow. Really wow. I look forward to hugs if hugs is something you do ❤️

01.09.2025 20:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hope to see New York area fam here!

30.08.2025 18:54 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Wow. Seriously, it’s gone?

30.08.2025 18:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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#ReleaseTheCuomoList

12.08.2025 17:46 — 👍 34799    🔁 8846    💬 1062    📌 2135
Free eBook: Hello, Cruel World (2nd Edition) On June 18, 2025, the United States Supreme Court voted to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapies, effectively shielding...

Wow! The deadline for getting yourself a free e-book copy of Hello, Cruel World has been extended to June 30th. Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your whole extended family! (yes I know the website still says the 25th. That should be sorted soon) www.sevenstories.com/blogs/381-fr...

24.06.2025 18:17 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 3

🙏❤️🖖

23.06.2025 23:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😘💕💖

23.06.2025 23:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Free eBook: Hello, Cruel World (2nd Edition) On June 18, 2025, the United States Supreme Court voted to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapies, effectively shielding...

I’m thrilled that Seven Stories Press is giving you a Pride gift: an absolutely free e-book of my shiny new edition of Hello Cruel World. Hurry, cuz the offer is only good thru June 25th. Click here, and it’s yours. www.sevenstories.com/blogs/381-fr...

23.06.2025 14:58 — 👍 16    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 2

Awwww, it’s been my great joy. You and all your loved ones be well and safe ❤️

21.06.2025 15:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ah good—hope it’s a fun listen. They did a great job with the audio book. And guess what! The whole book has been updated and expanded into a new edition. It’s not in audio yet, but it’s an eye opening read. xoxo Auntie

21.06.2025 15:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Gender Outlaw came out May 12, 1994, it’s still making people laugh, cry, and gasp out loud in recognition. Thanks for your trust in me and support all these years. Oh, and fuck you very much, Donald Trump—I’ve sold more books than you have.

12.05.2025 18:42 — 👍 121    🔁 20    💬 6    📌 4
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What Is A Binary Anyway? what I've found out so far, from living my life in—and outside of—a whole lot of binaries

Okie dokie, brand new essay by me on Substack:

27.04.2025 19:44 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Just got my advance hardcover copy of MARSHA, by Tourmaline. At long, long last Miss Marsha P. Johnson has a for-real and lovingly written biography. Cannot wait to dig in!

25.04.2025 15:11 — 👍 27    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Love right back to you ❤️

31.03.2025 23:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Transgender Day Of Visibility, my darlings. And fuck you very much, Donald Trump.

31.03.2025 17:29 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Loved it! Helped explain why I enjoy some genres, yawn at others, and slam my computer shut on a few. So yeah, thanks. Xoxo Auntie

30.03.2025 20:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gender In Four Dimensions a new way to think about gender that'll make you feel better

Shiny new essay by me on Substack. The essay appears in the new edition of Hello, Cruel World, which hits shelves on April 29th. I hope it helps you out when you’re thinking about gender.

26.03.2025 16:06 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

New post by me on Substack: “Hello Again, Cruel World,” in which I break good news about a shiny new second edition.

open.substack.com/pub/kateborn...

02.03.2025 03:35 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

“#Woke just means you give a damn about other people.”

Jane Fonda,
at 2025 SAGAwards

24.02.2025 02:21 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Inbox | Substack

New post by me on Substack: An Open Letter To Queer Artists—we did it before, we can do it again. Please read and share ♥️

open.substack.com/pub/kateborn...

14.02.2025 18:04 — 👍 13    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Ah thanks!

01.02.2025 14:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0