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I read Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein (the version published back in 1994, not the updated 2010 one) this week – 249 pages. I felt like it might add some breadth to my queer bookshelf, especially given that since I came out I’ve read more lesbian authors than anything else. And of course Kate Bornstein is a lesbian in her own right, but she’s also trans* and this is largely the focus of her book. It was challenging to me, particularly as someone who latches on to gender as a way to define myself as a queer. But the most valuable element of this book was Bornstein’s point that most people are dissatisfied with their gender ROLES and THESE are absurd and old-fashioned and fun to fuck with.