![]() Her previous work, Stone Butch Blues (Firebrand Books, 1994), received that year's American Library Association Award for Gay & Lesbian Literature and a LAMBDA Literary Award. From Joon of Are to the Two-Spirit traditions in American cultures, to RuPaul. A journalist and typesetter by trade, the discrimination that she endured because of her cross dressing and androgynous features, along with her subsequent writings about it, have made her one of the best known activists in the United States' nascent transgender movement.įeinberg's lavishly illustrated new book, Transgender Warriors (Beacon Press, 1996), chronicles the important roles played by transgender people as spiritual and political leaders throughout history. ![]() Leslie Feinberg came of age as a young butch lesbian in the factories and gay bars of Buffalo, NY in the 1960s. Feinberg's lecture, "Transgender Warriors, " will offer a sweeping look at the history and oppression of transgender people and discusses what "trans liberation" means for the women's, people of color, and lesbian gaybisexual struggles. 2, at the William Monroe Trotter House in Ann Arbor. 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. ![]()
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