Bornstein’s books are taught in over 150 colleges and universities around the world; and the artist has performed live on college campuses and in theaters and performance spaces across the United States, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria.
Kate Bornstein, author, performance artist, and advocate for teens, freaks, and other outlaws, continues Wright State University’s 2010-11 Presidential Lecture Series on Monday, April 18, at the Student Union, Apollo Room at 7 p.m.
Bornstein’s work to date has been in service to sex positivity, gender anarchy, and to building a coalition of those who live on cultural margins.
Bornstein’s work recently earned the author an award from the Stonewall Democrats of New York City, and two citations from New York City Council members.
Bornstein’s latest book is Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws. Other published works include the books Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us; My Gender Workbook; and the cyber-romance-action novel Nearly Roadkill, with co-author Caitlin Sullivan.
Bornstein’s plays and performance pieces include Strangers in Paradox; Hidden: A Gender; The Opposite Sex Is Neither; Virtually Yours; and y2kate: gender virus 2000. Bornstein’s memoir, Kate Bornstein Is a Queer and Pleasant Danger, is due out in 2011.
Bornstein’s books are taught in over 150 colleges and universities around the world; and the artist has performed live on college campuses and in theaters and performance spaces across the United States, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria.
Bornstein is currently touring colleges, youth conferences, and high schools, speaking and leading workshops on the subjects of sex, gender, and alternatives to teen suicide. According to daily email and Twitter updates, the book is still helping people stay alive.
The Wright State University Presidential Lecture Series was created to advance human justice and promote the university’s commitment to creating a diverse university community and learning environment. The university invites engaging speakers who are international or national leaders or scholars in cultural and human justice issues to provide the campus and the community an opportunity to hear new perspectives. Past speakers include Danny Glover, Maya Angelou, Oliver Sacks, Edward James Olmos and Richard Florida.
Wright State University’s 2010-11 Presidential Lecture Series has featured Ishmael Beah, author and former child soldier from Sierra Leone; Andy Imparato, president and chief executive officer of the American Association of People with Disabilities; Robin Guenther, architect and sustainability expert; Charlayne Hunter-Gault, award-winning journalist and author; and Alison Gannett, extreme skier and founder of the Save Our Snow Foundation.
Bornstein’s lecture is presented jointly by Wright State’s president’s office, and the Rainbow Alliance.
HOW TO GO:
WHO: Kate Bornstein, author and performance artist
WHAT: WSU’s 2010-11 Presidential Lecture Series
WHEN: Monday, April 18, at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Student Union Apollo Room
COST: Free, open to the Public
No Tickets Required
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