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Leslie Feinberg
Feinberg in 1997, in a photograph by Ulrike Anhamm
Feinberg in 1997, in a photograph by Ulrike Anhamm
Born(1949-09-01)September 1, 1949
Kansas City, Missouri
DiedNovember 15, 2014(2014-11-15) (aged 65)
Syracuse, New York
OccupationAuthor, activist
NationalityAmerican
PartnerMinnie Bruce Pratt
Website
transgenderwarrior.org

Leslie Feinberg (September 1, 1949 – November 15, 2014) was a transgender activist and author. Feinberg authored Stone Butch Blues in 1993.[1][2][3]

Career

Feinberg's 1993 first novel, Stone Butch Blues, won the Lambda Literary Award and the 1994 American Library Association Gay & Lesbian Book Award. The work is not an autobiography.[1][2][3]

Feinberg authored two nonfiction books, Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue and Transgender Warriors: Making History, the novel Drag King Dreams, and Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba, a compilation of 25 journalistic articles.

Feinberg was a member of the Workers World Party and a managing editor of Workers World newspaper.[4][5]

Feinberg's writings on LGBT history, "Lavender & Red," frequently appear in the Workers World newspaper. Feinberg was also involved in Camp Trans and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Starr King School for the Ministry for transgender and social justice work.[6]

Personal life

Feinberg described hirself as a "white, working class, secular Jewish, transgender lesbian." Feinberg preferred the use of "ze/hir" pronouns.[7] Hir last words were reported to be "Remember me as a revolutionary communist."[8]

Feinberg's life partner is Minnie Bruce Pratt, a professor at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.[9][10] Feinberg and Pratt married in New York and Massachusetts in 2011.[11]

Feinberg died on November 15, 2014, of complications due to tick-borne infections, including chronic Lyme disease, which ze suffered from since the 1970s.[12][8]

Books by Leslie Feinberg

  • Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come, World View Forum, 1992. ISBN 0-89567-105-0
  • Stone Butch Blues, San Francisco: Firebrand Books, 1993. ISBN 1-55583-853-7
  • Transgender Warriors: Making History Boston: Beacon Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8070-7941-3
  • Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue. Beacon Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8070-7951-0
  • Drag King Dreams. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006. ISBN 0-7867-1763-7
  • Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba. New York: World View Forum, 2009. ISBN 0-89567-150-6

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b Violence and the body: race, gender, and the state Arturo J. Aldama; Indiana University Press, 2003; ISBN 978-0-253-34171-6.
  2. ^ a b Omnigender: A trans-religious approach Virginia R. Mollenkott, Pilgrim Press, 2001; ISBN 978-0-8298-1422-4.
  3. ^ a b Gay & lesbian literature, Volume 2 Sharon Malinowski, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast; St. James Press, 1998; ISBN 978-1-55862-350-7.
  4. ^ Leslie Feinberg: New book, birthday celebrated LeiLani Dowell, September 9, 2009.
  5. ^ Leftist transgender activist defies university censorship Larry Hales, LeiLani Dowell; Ft. Collins, Colo.; April 27, 2005.
  6. ^ "News and Events". Sksm.edu. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  7. ^ Tyroler, Jamie (July 28, 2006). "Transmissions - Interview with Leslie Feinberg". Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Transgender Pioneer and Stone Butch Blues Author Leslie Feinberg Has Died". Advocate. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  9. ^ "Annual Philip J. Traci Memorial Reading Feb. 6". February 3, 2005.
  10. ^ Winterton, Bradley (December 16, 2003). "A transgender warrior spreads the word to Taiwan". Taipei Times.
  11. ^ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/17/leslie-feinberg-author-transgender-campaigner-dies-65
  12. ^ "Transgender Warrior" (Leslie Feinberg Official Website). Retrieved December 13, 2010.

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