Howdy... Kate Bornstein here.
Could you please (1) respond to this thang as you can, and then (2) post or publish or otherwise forward and/or pass on the following call for submissions? I really would like this to go as far and as wide as possible.
So, if you have access to any lesbian, gay, bisexual, transwhatever, SM, sex worker, feminist, radical faerie, new male, or queer or radical anything mailing lists, mailstrings, websites, zines, newsletters, newsgroups, conferences, comix, whatevah... I'd BIG time appreciate it! Thanks! (post follows)
My name is Kate Bornstein, and this is a call for submissions for an upcoming book I'm working on, called "My Gender Workbook." It's a follow-up to my first book, "Gender Outlaw." It should be out from Routledge some time in the fall of 1996, with illustrations by Diane DiMassa, creator of "Hothead Paison: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist." Lookin' to make it a fun piece of work.
The book will contain a section which, hopefully, will weave through the entire book. This section will be called "1001 Ways To Live Without Gender, By People Who Do."
So, I'm looking for a *lot* of outlaws and in-laws to respond to the following questions:
1) Do you consider that you break any rules or laws or conventions of gender? If so, which ones? How do you do that?
2) Have you ever had to, or do you now have to overcome any fear regarding breaking gender conventions? Which fear(s)? How do you overcome that?
3) Do you consider that you live, or have lived either all or part of your life without gender? Could you describe how that works for you?
Please feel free to write as many responses as you like, to one, two, or all three of these questions. Answers can be humorous, serious, or in any vein whatesover. They can be poetry, cartoons, slogans, or they can be more questions. The only thing I'm asking is that they be *short.* because I want to include as many people's voices as possible.
Sadly, there's no payment available for these, but I'll be *very* glad to credit your words as you like. Please do include your name and a way to contact you (email, fax or snailmail addresses, please) to get permission in writing from you to publish your words. Deadline for submission is October 31st (Halloween), 1995.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please do *not* email submissions to my OutlawGal address. I've got a whole system set up to receive submissions as follows. Thanks!
You can get your responses to me in any number of ways:
1) e-mail them to: 1001ways@eor.com
2) fax them to 206-860-5030
3) snail mail them to:
1001 Ways
1202 East Pike Street, #991
Seattle, WA 98122, USA
Finally, if you have any contact with any lesbian, gay, bisexual, transwhatever, SM, sex worker, feminist, radical faerie, new male, queer or radical zines or newsletters, bulletin boards, BBSes, newsgroups, mailstrings, phonetrees, websites, comix, whatever: please pass this request along!
Thanks *very* much.
Sincerely,
Kate Bornstein