Leslie Feinberg
| Leslie Feinberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 1, 1949 Kansas City, Missouri |
| Occupation | Author, activist |
| Literary movement | transgender liberation |
| Partner(s) | Minnie Bruce Pratt |
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transgenderwarrior.org | |
Leslie Feinberg (born Diane Leslie Feinberg[1][2] on September 1, 1949, in Kansas City, Missouri) is a transgender activist and author known for authoring Stone Butch Blues in 1993.[3][4][5]
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.[3][4][5]
Feinberg has authored two non-fiction books, Transliberation: Beyond Pink or Blue and Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Rupaul, the novel Drag King Dreams, and Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba, a compilation of 25 journalistic articles.
Feinberg is a member of the Workers World Party and a managing editor of Workers World newspaper.[6][7]
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.[8]
Personal life
Feinberg describes hirself as a "white, working class, secular Jewish, transgender lesbian." Feinberg personally uses she or ze to describe her/hirself.[9]
Feinberg's life partner is the lesbian poet-activist Minnie Bruce Pratt.[10][11]
Feinberg has said that ze is battling Chronic Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Bartonella and "co-infections" from a tick bite in the 1970s.[12]
Books by Leslie Feinberg
- Journal of a Transsexual New York: World View, 1980 (as Diane Leslie Feinberg)[13]
- 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 from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman. 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
References
- ↑ Reclaiming Genders - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ↑ "Project MUSE - Words, Words, Words: Talking Transgenders". Muse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Violence and the body: race, gender, and the state Arturo J. Aldama; Indiana University Press, 2003; ISBN 978-0-253-34171-6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Omnigender: A trans-religious approach Virginia R. Mollenkott, Pilgrim Press, 2001; ISBN 978-0-8298-1422-4.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gay & lesbian literature, Volume 2 Sharon Malinowski, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast; St. James Press, 1998; ISBN 978-1-55862-350-7.
- ↑ Leslie Feinberg: New book, birthday celebrated LeiLani Dowell, September 9, 2009.
- ↑ Leftist transgender activist defies university censorship Larry Hales, LeiLani Dowell; Ft. Collins, Colo.; April 27, 2005.
- ↑ "News and Events". Sksm.edu. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ↑ "Challenging Gender Order. Two New Books on the Boundary", Buffalo News, January 22, 1993
- ↑ "Annual Philip J. Traci Memorial Reading Feb. 6". February 3, 2005.
- ↑ Winterton, Bradley (December 16, 2003). "A transgender warrior spreads the word to Taiwan". Taipei Times.
- ↑ "Transgender Warrior" (Leslie Feinberg Official Website). Retrieved December 13, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.transgenderwarrior.org/pdf/primary_works.pdf. Retrieved 2013-11-02. Missing or empty
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External links
- Leslie Feinberg's Official Website
- Lavender & Red, Feinberg's columns in Worker's World
- Partial Academic Bibliography by M.R. Cook
- Partial curriculum vitae
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