Queer and Pleasant Danger The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology, and Lea Ves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She Is Today

Name: Queer and Pleasant Danger The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology, and Lea Ves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She Is Today
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ISBN: 9780807001837

ISBN-10: 080700183X

ISBN-13: 9780807001837

Edition: 2012

Authors: Kate Bornstein

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“I was born male and now I’ve got medical and government documents that say I’m female—but I don’t call myself a woman,andI know I’m not a man. . . .”Scientologist, husband and father, tranny, sailor, slave, playwright, dyke, gender outlaw—these are just a few words which have defined Kate Bornstein during her extraordinary life. For the first time, it all comes together inA Queer and Pleasant Danger, Kate Bornstein’s stunningly original memoir that’s set to change lives and enrapture readers.Wickedly funny and disarmingly honest, this is Bornstein’s most intimate book yet. With wisdom, wit, and an unwavering resolution to tell the truth (“I must not tell lies”), Bornstein shares her story:…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 5/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.01" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

A celebrated pioneer for the LGBTQI community, transexual author and performance artist,Kate Bornstein, offers a pivotal critique of the gender binary that has become a staple in the study of Gender and Sexuality. Kate currently lives with her partner Barbara Carrellas in Spanish Harlem, New York City.



Prologue: The Kiss of Death





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The He-Man Woman-Hater's Club


What Sex Had to Do with It


Size Matters


A SciFi Writer, an Actor, and God Walk into a Bar





There's Nothing Funny about Any of This


Where Have All the Flowers Gone?


Love Was Never Free


Beached


Family Man


All Good Things





The Lost Boys


Over the Borderline


Stages of Life


OK, Kid, This Is Where It Gets Complicated


Girl


Epilogue: Hello, Sweetie


Some Notes on My Scientology Sources


Acknowledgments