2, at the William Monroe Trotter House in Ann Arbor. Hir last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.Introduction: The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Programs Office of the University of Michigan will open its Silver Anniversary Distinguished Lecturer Series with a presentation by transgender author and activist, Leslie Feinberg, on Saturday, Nov. She died at home in Syracuse, NY, with hir partner and spouse of 22 years, Minnie Bruce Pratt, at hir side. Zie passed away in November 15, 2014, from multiple tick-borne co-infections, including Lyme disease, babeisiosis, and protomyxzoa rheumatica. Feinberg, being the national leader of the Workers World Party - also a managing editor of Workers World newpaper - was well-known as a person who helped with forming a strong connection between the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other LGBT+ communities, and also worked to build strong bonds of unity between minorities acknowledging the struggles they (these minorities - of race, sexuality, ability, class, nationalities, etc) face, yet also at the same time in defense of them.
This book also contained speeches and/or memoirs by other transgender activists.ĭrag King Dreams, Feinberg's second published novel, was released by Carroll & Graf (Avalon) in March 2006. It was the first "analysis of the historical roots of transgender oppression (Leslie Feinberg)." The book won the 1996 Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Non-Fiction, and in 1996, the paperback edition was released under "Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman". Zie also wrote multiple books, starting with Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul. The novel won the prestigious American Library Association Award for Gay and Lesbian Literature and a LAMBDA Literary Award (Leslie Feinberg). Feinberg's novel, Stone Butch Blues, published on Maby Firebrand Books, has received a wildly popular response in the United States and has been translated into Chinese, German, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Slovenian and Hebrew.
A video about Leslie Feinberg entitled Outlaw has been distributed by Women Make Movies nationally and internationally. She used zie/hir and she/her pronouns.įeinberg was the opening speaker at the historic rally on the 25th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall rally in New York City-a rally that drew one million people from across the country and around the world. Leslie Feinberg (Septem– November 15, 2014) was a revolutionary transgender activist who identified as an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist.
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