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"It’s why I am a writer – I don’t say “decided” to be, or “became”. It was not an act of will or even a conscious choice. To avoid the narrow mesh of [my adoptive mother’s] story I had to be able to tell my own."

— Jeanette Winterson, All About My Mother (via @sexgeekAZ)

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January 05, 2012
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fuckyeahtrannies: pansexualpride: Leslie Feinberg Political organizer, grassroots historian, and writer Leslie Feinberg is a pioneer of transgender activism and culture. Long a part of the struggle for queer liberation, Feinberg openly identifies as transgendered and has been outspoken about “hir” experiences living outside of the gender binary. (“Ze” has expressed the need for our language to incorporate alternate pronouns such as “hir” rather than “her” or “his,” and “ze” or “sie” as opposed to “he” or “she.”) Feinberg is perhaps best known as the author of the widely acclaimed novel Stone Butch Blues (Firebrand Books, 1993). In response to the common assumption that the novel is semi-autobiographical, ze has stated that the book is a work of fiction. Ze has gone on to explain that ze chose to write from a first-person point of view in light of the limitations using third-person pronouns would have imposed upon the narrative. The deeply moving novel is already regarded as a classic, and rightly so. It has won both an American Library Association Award for Gay and Lesbian Literature and a 1994 Lambda Literary Award. In addition to Stone Butch Blues, Feinberg has published two nonfiction books: Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul (Beacon Press, 1996), which won a Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Nonfiction in 1996, and Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue (Beacon, 1998). Feinberg has been especially vigilant in hir writings about documenting the otherwise ignored contributions to history various oppressed groups have made. Hir nonfiction works explore not only transgender issues, but the crucial relationships and parallels among the women’s, people of color’s, and queer rights movements. In addition to hir writing career, Feinberg is also a leader of the Workers World Party, an independent Marxist organization, and a managing editor of its newspaper. Ze co-founded Rainbow Flags for Mumia—a coalition of GLBTQ people calling for a new trial for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal—and organizes with the International Action Center, an activist group that resists war, corporate greed, and oppression. Feinberg has spoken publicly about a serious illness ze survived in the 1990s, during which ze nearly died due to the discriminatory treatment ze received from doctors. Feinberg has shared the experience to illustrate the dire need for better understanding of trans health issues and needs among the medical establishment. Feinberg is currently at work on another novel, as well as a nonfiction book on trans health issues and an essay collection. Ze lectures widely at colleges and universities, speaks at Pride marches, and has given numerous keynote speeches at various transgender events. Feinberg and hir wife, poet Minnie Bruce Pratt, live outside of New York City. http://www.glbtq.com/literature/feinberg_l.html

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pansexualpride:

Leslie Feinberg

Political organizer, grassroots historian, and writer Leslie Feinberg is a pioneer of transgender activism and culture. Long a part of the struggle for queer liberation, Feinberg openly identifies as transgendered and has been outspoken about “hir” experiences living outside of the gender binary. (“Ze” has expressed the need for our language to incorporate alternate pronouns such as “hir” rather than “her” or “his,” and “ze” or “sie” as opposed to “he” or “she.”)

Feinberg is perhaps best known as the author of the widely acclaimed novel Stone Butch Blues (Firebrand Books, 1993). In response to the common assumption that the novel is semi-autobiographical, ze has stated that the book is a work of fiction. Ze has gone on to explain that ze chose to write from a first-person point of view in light of the limitations using third-person pronouns would have imposed upon the narrative.

The deeply moving novel is already regarded as a classic, and rightly so. It has won both an American Library Association Award for Gay and Lesbian Literature and a 1994 Lambda Literary Award.

In addition to Stone Butch Blues, Feinberg has published two nonfiction books: Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul (Beacon Press, 1996), which won a Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Nonfiction in 1996, and Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue (Beacon, 1998).

Feinberg has been especially vigilant in hir writings about documenting the otherwise ignored contributions to history various oppressed groups have made. Hir nonfiction works explore not only transgender issues, but the crucial relationships and parallels among the women’s, people of color’s, and queer rights movements.

In addition to hir writing career, Feinberg is also a leader of the Workers World Party, an independent Marxist organization, and a managing editor of its newspaper. Ze co-founded Rainbow Flags for Mumia—a coalition of GLBTQ people calling for a new trial for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal—and organizes with the International Action Center, an activist group that resists war, corporate greed, and oppression.

Feinberg has spoken publicly about a serious illness ze survived in the 1990s, during which ze nearly died due to the discriminatory treatment ze received from doctors. Feinberg has shared the experience to illustrate the dire need for better understanding of trans health issues and needs among the medical establishment.

Feinberg is currently at work on another novel, as well as a nonfiction book on trans health issues and an essay collection. Ze lectures widely at colleges and universities, speaks at Pride marches, and has given numerous keynote speeches at various transgender events.

Feinberg and hir wife, poet Minnie Bruce Pratt, live outside of New York City.

http://www.glbtq.com/literature/feinberg_l.html

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February 25, 2010
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