Leslie Feinberg was an American butch lesbian, transgender activist, communist, and author.
12 Facts About Leslie Feinberg
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Leslie Feinberg's writing, notably Stone Butch Blues and her pioneering non-fiction book Transgender Warriors, 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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Leslie Feinberg eventually dropped out of Bennett High School, though she officially received a diploma.
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Leslie Feinberg began frequenting gay bars in Buffalo and primarily worked in low-wage and temporary jobs, including washing dishes, cleaning cargo ships, working as an ASL interpreter, inputting medical data, and working at a PVC pipe factory and a book bindery.
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When Leslie Feinberg was in her twenties, she met members of the Workers World Party at a demonstration for the land rights and self-determination of Palestinians and joined the Buffalo branch of the party.
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Also in 1996, Leslie Feinberg appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's documentary, Transexual Menace.
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Leslie Feinberg was awarded an honorary doctorate from Starr King School for the Ministry for transgender and social justice work.
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In June 2019 Leslie Feinberg was one of the inaugural fifty American "pioneers, trailblazers, and heroes" inducted on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor within the Stonewall National Monument in New York City's Stonewall Inn.
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Leslie Feinberg wrote that the infection first came about in the 1970s, when there was limited knowledge related to such diseases and that she felt hesitant to deal with medical professionals for many years due to her transgender identity.
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Leslie Feinberg stated in a 2006 interview that her pronouns varied depending on context:.
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Leslie Feinberg's spouse, Minnie Bruce Pratt, is a professor at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.
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Leslie Feinberg died on November 15,2014, of complications due to multiple tick-borne infections, including "Lyme disease, babeisiosis, and protomyxzoa rheumatica", which she had suffered from since the 1970s.