My reading at Riffraff Books in Providence, Oct 4 Sad to say I had to cancel my reading at Riffraff Books this evening. My partner Barbara had to go to the ER. She’s fine now! I’m in touch with Riffraff Books and I’ll be rescheduling, they’ve been great about it. I’m so sorry for any inconvenience.

Hey Providence friends and family, I’ll be reading from and talking about the 30th anniversary reboot of my novel, Nearly Roadkill: Queer Love On The Run at Riffraff Books, Saturday October 4 at 6PM. Hope to see you there ❤️ riffraffevents.eventcalendarapp.com/kate-bornste...

Kate Bornstein & Caitlin Sullivan with Casey McQuiston 'Nearly Roadkill: Queer Love on the Run' Wednesday Sep 10th 6:00 PM-7:00 PM Pacific VIRTUAL EVENT RSVP to attend FOR FREE! Event link will be sent the day of the event. Seattle locals can also attend our in-person watch party at the store.

So excited. I love Diane DiMassa. Hothead Paisan was a lifesaver for me as a baby trans dyke

Hope to see New York area fam here!

Wow! The deadline for getting yourself a free e-book copy of Hello, Cruel World has been extended to June 30th. Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your whole extended family! (yes I know the website still says the 25th. That should be sorted soon) www.sevenstories.com/blogs/381-fr...

I’m thrilled that Seven Stories Press is giving you a Pride gift: an absolutely free e-book of my shiny new edition of Hello Cruel World. Hurry, cuz the offer is only good thru June 25th. Click here, and it’s yours. www.sevenstories.com/blogs/381-fr...

Gender Outlaw came out May 12, 1994, it’s still making people laugh, cry, and gasp out loud in recognition. Thanks for your trust in me and support all these years. Oh, and fuck you very much, Donald Trump—I’ve sold more books than you have.

Okie dokie, brand new essay by me on Substack:

Just got my advance hardcover copy of MARSHA, by Tourmaline. At long, long last Miss Marsha P. Johnson has a for-real and lovingly written biography. Cannot wait to dig in!

Happy Transgender Day Of Visibility, my darlings. And fuck you very much, Donald Trump.

Shiny new essay by me on Substack. The essay appears in the new edition of Hello, Cruel World, which hits shelves on April 29th. I hope it helps you out when you’re thinking about gender.

New post by me on Substack: “Hello Again, Cruel World,” in which I break good news about a shiny new second edition. open.substack.com/pub/kateborn...

“#Woke just means you give a damn about other people.” Jane Fonda, at 2025 SAGAwards

New post by me on Substack: An Open Letter To Queer Artists—we did it before, we can do it again. Please read and share ♥️ open.substack.com/pub/kateborn...

New essay by me on Substack: The Real Gender Binary

feels like a good time to remind my fellow freaks of @katebornstein.bsky.social 's "get out of hell free" card also "Hello, Cruel World Lite: Beta 1.0.1": katebornstein.typepad.com/files/hcw_li... gotta stick around and stick together to get through this. we keep us safe. xo (1/2)

My first post on Substack, in response to Trump’s damned executive order on sex and gender.

On the other hand, the surest way to get Elon ejected from Trump’s orbit would be for everyone to start calling him President Musk.

“To smile is not to smile only for yourself; the world will change because of your smile.” Thích Nhất Hạnh #stayalive

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

#Zoroastrian thought for the day: Make good thoughts Give good words Do good deeds #dontbemean

A warm hello and welcome to all of you who’ve been migrating from Casa Elon to our new place here on Bluesky. Thank you for following. Please, if you’ve got any questions I can speak to, do ask away — kiss kiss, Auntie

“I’m not a boy, not a girl, not a faggot, not a drag queen, not a transsexual—I’m just me, Jackie.” ~ Jackie Curtis, 1969

“The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.” ~ Madeleine L'Engle

@dulciearnold.bsky.social Why, hello! ❤️

I’m begging people to turn on the ability to switch on captions when you make a zoom+ meeting. Some of us have sensory processing disorders. Some of us are deaf or hard of hearing. It’s so easy to consider us. You don’t even have to transcribe anything. Just allow us to turn on captions! Fuck!!

Happy Star Trek Day to you. Live long, and prosper 🖖❤️

“Story is our only boat for sailing on the river of time.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin

“Your 'downs' turn out to be more interesting than your highs after a while because it's showing you where you're aren't.” ~ Ram Dass

Hey @gwenners is there anything today that has spaces like the rooms and private rooms on AOL back in the Stone Age ?

gender is a timeline thoughts? feelings? jokes?

Greetings from the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival. @urbantantrika.bsky.social and I have been going for 25 years, she many more years before that. Such an uplifting day!

If a wild raptor calmly lets you approach and pick it up, something is definitely wrong. Contact a local rehabilitator for help & guidance. Multiple juvenile Cooper's hawks (likely suffering from West Nile virus) came in the past few weeks, each grounded & easily approachable.  🪶

Trans people reskeet with a nice photo of yourself ❤️🖖

Some truly awesome writers in this anthology take gender apart and those who bother to put it together again do so in some fun configurations

Zen pretty much comes down to three things - - everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention. ~ Jane Hirshfield

@andyeyeballs.bsky.social Dear thing, hello ❤️

Dear freak, please #stayalive

Me waking up in the morning

This sounds like a fun thing to not do for a day! Well I sure won’t be tweeting. Join me?

@theradr.bsky.social Rabbi! What a pleasure to see you here. Love always, Auntie

“I have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art for you.” Paul Reubens Aw damn. He’s passed, age 70. He was our queer Mister Rogers. I know death and dying are supposed to happen but in some cases I sure wish they didn’t.

The transistor & I were born in 1948. I take homophonic joy in the word transistor. And I just plain giggle at the word homophone—or I wanna pick one up and make a call. Anyway, watch this great old doco on transistors. https://osxdaily.com/2023/07/30/watch-this-1953-documentary-on-the-transistor/

I hope we can mention happy things in our lives here on bsky without people getting weirdly jealous/making worst possible assumptions like on twitter. Because I miss sharing positivity.

“What was I? Glamour, glory, golden girl, admired, idolized . . . dreamt about, fantasized, blown up out of proportion on plastic screens . . . stared at, whistled at, yelled at . . . What was I? What was I?” ~ Jackie Curtis, 1967 Glamor, Glory, and Gold #stayalive

I dunno what you guys are complaining about, I for one look forward to the brilliant cinema that AI will craft for us without human writers and artists

Spent the day on the RI shore with dear friend @sbearbergman.bsky.social He and I go back decades to the earliest days of AOL identity surfing

New Transmissions: casa Susanna and the mists of time. Unearthing and exploring our history. https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=News&sc=Commentary&id=326804