A trans Scientologist’s memoir

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A trans Scientologist's memoir

By Terri Schlichenmeyer on May 3, 2012

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/05/03/a-trans-scientologists-memoir/

At four-and-a-half years old, most kids are just learning their ABCs, but Albert Bornstein knew at that age that he wasn't a boy, so he must be a girl. He also knew that wasn't what people wanted to hear, so he never spilled his secret; instead, he grew up wanting to be Audrey Hepburn — and if not Hepburn, there were other choices.

He always loved women. There were so many he could imagine being.

It was mid-1970 when Bornstein – twenty-something, anorexic, altruistic, and seeking spiritual meaning – started a cross-country pilgrimage that landed him in Colorado. There, while looking for new boots, he found a Scientology center.

He entered... and stayed.