Kate Bornstein - Save the Date
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24 October 7p.m.
Talbot Hall / Luther Bonney Auditorium
USM Portland Campus
FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
FMI: contact Lauren Webster 780 4862
The University of Southern Maine Women’s Studies Department is proud
to present transgender activist, author, playwright, and performance
artist, Kate Bornstein in “Damned Dreams and Dangerous Desires”.
Kate Bornstein is a celebrated pioneer of the LGBT community and
author of such books as Gender Outlaw: on men, women and the rest of
us and Hello Cruel World: 101 alternatives to suicide for teens,
freaks, and other outlaws.
Tenderly intimate and unapologetically edgy, Kate Bornstein ushers
the audience into a world of limitless possibilities by offering a
daring re-visioning of gender and a guide to staying alive outside
the box.
Opening for kate Bornstein on Wednesday night will be local drag
sensation, The Kings of the Hill.
Reviews of Kate Bornstein:
· “Kate celebrates the power of identity without
getting mired in the tarpits of identity politics. A breathe of fresh
air.” (performance artist Holly Hughes)
· “Inspiring and life affirming, Kate Bornstein
empowers us to fight for ourselves and for on another.” (actor Rosie
O’Donnell)
For more information on this evening’s performance please
contact: Women and Gender Studies @ 780- 4289
24 October 7p.m.
Talbot Hall / Luther Bonney Auditorium
USM Portland Campus
FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
FMI: contact Lauren Webster 780 4862
The University of Southern Maine Women’s Studies Department is proud
to present transgender activist, author, playwright, and performance
artist, Kate Bornstein in “Damned Dreams and Dangerous Desires”.
Kate Bornstein is a celebrated pioneer of the LGBT community and
author of such books as Gender Outlaw: on men, women and the rest of
us and Hello Cruel World: 101 alternatives to suicide for teens,
freaks, and other outlaws.
Tenderly intimate and unapologetically edgy, Kate Bornstein ushers
the audience into a world of limitless possibilities by offering a
daring re-visioning of gender and a guide to staying alive outside
the box.
Opening for kate Bornstein on Wednesday night will be local drag
sensation, The Kings of the Hill.
Reviews of Kate Bornstein:
· “Kate celebrates the power of identity without
getting mired in the tarpits of identity politics. A breathe of fresh
air.” (performance artist Holly Hughes)
· “Inspiring and life affirming, Kate Bornstein
empowers us to fight for ourselves and for on another.” (actor Rosie
O’Donnell)
For more information on this evening’s performance please
contact: Women and Gender Studies @ 780- 4289