Leslie feinberg biography

American transgender activist and author (1949–2014)

Leslie Feinberg (September 1, 1949 – November 15, 2014) was an American butch lesbian, transgender activist, communist,^[1] and author.^[2][3][4][5] Feinberg authored Stone Butch Blues in 1993.^[6][7][8] Her^[a] writing, notably Stone Butch Blues and her pioneering non-fiction 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.^{[3][4][9][10]}

Early life

Feinberg was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Buffalo, New York in a working-class, Jewish family.

At fourteen years old, she began work at a display sign shop at a local department store. Feinberg eventually dropped out of Bennett High School, though she officially received a