| Leslie Feinberg | |
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| Born | September 1, 1949 Buffalo, N.Y. |
| Occupation | activist, speaker, and author |
| Literary movement | transgender liberation |
| www.TransgenderWarrior.org Official website |
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Leslie Feinberg (b. September 1, 1949, in Buffalo, NY) is a transgender activist, speaker, and author. Feinberg's novel Stone Butch Blues is widely considered a groundbreaking work about gender.[1][2][3] Feinberg also authored two non-fiction books, "Transliberation: Beyond Pink or Blue," and "Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman," as well as the fictional novel, "Drag King Dreams." Feinberg is also a high-ranking member of the Workers World Party and a managing editor of Workers World newspaper.[4][5][6]
Feinberg's partner is the prominent lesbian poet-activist Minnie Bruce Pratt.
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Feinberg's 1993 novel Stone Butch Blues, which won the Stonewall Book Award, is a novel based around Jess Goldberg, a transgendered individual growing up in an unaccepting setting. Despite popular belief, the fictional work is not autobiographical[7]. This book is frequently taught at colleges and universities.[8][9][10]
Feinberg's writings on LGBT history, "Lavender & Red," frequently appear in the Workers World newspaper. Feinberg has also been involved in Camp Trans and has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Starr King School for the Ministry for transgender and social justice work.[11]
Leslie Feinberg is Jewish, and was born female[12]. Feinberg explains: "I was born in Kansas City, Missouri--not Buffalo, N.Y.--into a blue-collar, factory-working family." Feinberg prefers the gender-neutral pronouns "hir" and "ze". For more about Feinberg and pronouns, read "We are all works in progress" in Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue.
Feinberg began taking photographs in late 2008 after illness and resulting disability made writing difficult. Read ["When and why I took these photographs"][1] in Feinberg's flickr profile.
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