Kate Bornstein Quotes About Identity

Quotes about: Identity

• I see fashion as a proclamation or manifestation of identity, so, as long as identities are important, fashion will continue to be important. The link between fashion and identity begins to get real interesting, however, in the case of people who don't fall clearly into a culturally-recognized identity.

  Kate Bornstein

  Fashion, Real, Fall

  Kate Bornstein (2013). “Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us”, p.13, Routledge

• I love the idea of being without an identity, it gives me a lot of room to play around; but it makes me dizzy, having nowhere to hang my hat.

  Kate Bornstein

  Play, Ideas, Giving

  Kate Bornstein (2013). “Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us”, p.49, Routledge

• It doesn't really matter what a person decides to do, or how radically a person plays with gender. What matters, I think, is how aware a person is of the options. How sad for a person to be missing out on some expression of identity, just for not knowing there are options

  Kate Bornstein

  Thinking, What Matters, Expression

  Kate Bornstein (2013). “Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us”, p.61, Routledge

• Both bisexuality and transgender are fluid notions of identity, while lesbian and gay are fixed identities. Some people believe that means there should be two movements: LG and BT. But then what're ya gonna do about SM players? And intersexed folks who want their own I in the alphabet soup of sex and gender related politics?

  Kate Bornstein

  Sex, Believe, Mean

  "Interview with Kate". TV Series "P.O.V." ("Georgie Girl"), www.pbs.org. June 20, 2003.

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