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Leslie Feinberg

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American transgender activist and writer (1949-2014)

United StatesWritersLived 1949 to 2014 · aged 65
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Leslie Feinberg was an American butch lesbian, transgender activist, communist, and author. Feinberg authored Stone Butch Blues in 1993.

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1994Lambda Literary Award

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Leslie Feinberg was an American butch lesbian, transgender activist, communist, and author. Feinberg authored Stone Butch Blues in 1993. Her writing, notably Stone Butch Blues and her pioneering popular history book Transgender Warriors (1996), laid the groundwork for much of the terminology and awareness around gender studies and was instrumental in bringing these issues to a more mainstream audience.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1949 to 2014 · aged 65
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