I knew something was up. I think being trans myself, some of the things she said over the years stuck in my mind. I remember she said she never liked wearing dresses and competed with her brother a lot in sports. I think she actually played a girl who disguises herself as a boy in a film called Sylvia Scarlett (1935). In fact, checking the internet, this film is on tomorrow at 8am on TCM (Turner Classic Movies). Is it a coincidence that tomorrow is my birthday? Hmmmmmm.....

Can we add that I find her/him attractive to the clues?

I know, Bruce. When I saw the picture Jerame posted with this, I thought "He's cute! Who's he?" *grins*

I feel the need to add that *I'm* attracted to Hepburn as well. Have been for at least 20 years...

The writer's not very credible, unfortunately. He gets quite a few things wrong, and one of his main 'witnesses', Scotty, has admitted lying to biographers before. Interesting read, but take it with a grain of salt.

I just watched a biography of Katherine a few minutes ago. Without any mention of her "personalities" or preferences, I recalled seeing her previously in films and thinking she was "boyish" and that she didn't appear to be particulary feminine. That being said, it's no reason for an indictment or slander. My greatest disappoint regarding Hepburn is her claiming to be an atheist.

Her claim to atheism makes me adore her more. I also don't think it's slanderous or an indictment to say that Hepburn was transgender. Indeed, I think it's admirable that she was open to non-normative sexualities and I applaud her for it.

just because she thought of herself as having a few genders doesn't mean she was trans, just interesting.

the idea of hepburn as a boy is bs but an interesting theory, where is the proof. if she was then it would explain a whole lot about the choices of the movies that she chose to make. i still love her no matter what she was or was not, she is still a role model for any girl who wants to stand up for her self, she and her films are timeless. people in 100 years will know who kate hepburn was.

I agree with "John" when he said that his greatest disappointment with Hepburn was her staunch atheism. It's the same kind of let down that I felt when Arthur Rubinstein that legendary pianist declared he did not believe in God, and really started when a great friend declared he was, too. It created a sort of wall between us that I could not tear down. Oh, well...this is way off topic, sorry.

Just because somebody is boyish doesn't mean that they're a boy at heart. Throughout history there were lots of women who were boyish (mannish) and ahead of their time when it came to their behavior or appearance. There were lots of women who didn't like wearing skirts or dresses when it was the norm (think George Sand or Joan of Arc).
I think somebody just wanted to make money by peddling yet another Hollywood pseudo-sensational story...