Kate Bornstein is an author, playwright, performance artist and
activist. Her books are taught in over 120 colleges and universities
around the world and she has performed her work live on college
campuses, in cinemas and theatres across the USA, Canada and parts of
Britain, Germany and Austria. She is currently touring colleges, youth
conferences and high schools, leading workshops on sex, gender and
alternatives to teen suicide. Christine Burns sat down for a chat with
Kate during a break in proceedings at the 2007 Trans With Pride
conference where she began by asking her how she had started out.