- Leslie Feinberg
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name = Leslie Feinberg
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birthdate = Birth date and age|1949|9|1|mf=y
birthplace =St. Louis
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occupation = activist, speaker, andauthor
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movement = transgender liberation
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website = http://www.transgenderwarrior.org/Leslie Feinberg (born
September 1 ,1949 ) is atransgender activist, speaker, andauthor . Feinberg is a high ranking member of theWorkers World Party and a managing editor ofWorkers World newspaper .Feinberg's writings on
LGBT history, "Lavender & Red," frequently appear in the "Workers World" newspaper. Feinberg's partner is the prominent lesbianpoet -activistMinnie Bruce Pratt . Feinberg has also been involved inCamp Trans and has been awarded an honorary doctorate fromStarr King School for the Ministry for transgender and social justice work. [ [http://www.sksm.edu/info/news_and_events.php News and Events ] ]Feinberg's novel "
Stone Butch Blues ," which won theStonewall 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 [ [http://www.curvemag.com/Detailed/6.html Curve: Leslie Feinberg ] ] . This book is frequently taught at colleges and universities and is widely considered a groundbreaking work aboutgender .Leslie Feinberg is
Jewish , and was born female ["Challenging Gender Order. Two New Books on the Boundary", "Buffalo News, 22 January 1993] . Feinberg prefers the gender-neutral pronouns "hir " and "ze". Feinberg writes: "I have shaped myself surgically and hormonally twice in my life, and I reserve the right to do it again." [Traversing Boundaries of Gender. Two Books Challenge Conventional Notions." "St. Louis Post - Dispatch", 18 August 1996.]Books by Leslie Feinberg
* "Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come". 1992, World View Forum. ISBN 0-89567-105-0
* "Stone Butch Blues ". 1993, San Francisco: Firebrand Books. ISBN 1-55583-853-7
* "Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman". 1996, Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-7941-3
* "Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue". 1999, Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-7951-0
* "Drag King Dreams". 2006, New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-1763-7References
External links
* [http://www.transgenderwarrior.org/ Leslie Feinberg's homepage]
* [http://www.workers.org/lavender-red/ Lavender & Red] , Feinberg's columns in Worker's World
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