Kate Bornstein is perhaps the country's best known transgendered activist, not to mention an award winning playwright,  author, and performance artist.  Her books include Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us and My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely.  Quite simply, Kate wants everybody to understand that male and female is an outgrown concept, that gender is a rainbow spectrum and everybody is free to explore it at will.

Kate's performances take form as a collage-- an entertaining mix of  of slam poetry, and monologues, interactive lecture designed to take any audience on an explorative journey of gender roles, sexuality, and societal perspectives that shape the individual.  Kate challenges all of us to have the courage to freely be ourselves

Kate will be performing "y2kate: Gender Virus 2000" on April 5th, 8:00 to 9:30pm in the Concert Hall. The Carleton College Bookstore has graciously agreed to sell books before and after the performance. Kate will be available to sign books after her performance

The following people and organizations have made this visit possible: Committee for Study of the Arts, Carleton Student Association, Diane Nemec-Ignashev, Katie Sparling, and the Women's Studies Department

Links for more information about Kate:
Interview on Author's Speak
Interview with Ann On-Line