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Leslie Feinberg

Leslie Feinberg (September 1, 1949 – November 15, 2014) was an American, butch lesbian and transgender activist, communist, and author. Feinberg authored Stone Butch Blues in 1993. Her writing, notably Stone Butch Blues and her pioneering non-fiction book, 1996's 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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We have not always been forced to pass, to go underground, in order to work and live. We have a right to live openly and proudly. . . when our lives are suppressed, everyone is denied an understanding of the rich diversity of sex and gender expression and experience that exist in human society.

Denied, Diversity, Expression, Openly, Order, Sex

Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.

Gender, Language, Lgbt, Taught

I live proudly in a body of my own design. I defend my right to be complex

Body, Complexes, Defend, Design, Proudly, Right

I began to feel the pleasure of the weightless state between here and there

Here And There, Pleasure, State, States, Weightless

I reserve my right to be complex.

Complex, Complexes, Identity, Reserve, Reserves, Right

You're more than just neither, honey. There's other ways to be than either-or. It's not so simple. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many people who don't fit.

Fit, Honey, People, Simple, Ways

Are you with women who only bleed monthly on their cycles?

Bleed, Cycles, Monthly, Women

strength, like height, is measured by who you're standin next to!

Height, Like, Next, Standin, Strength

I didn't want to be different. I longed to be everything grownups wanted, so they would love me. I followed all their rules, tried my best to please. But there was something about me that made them knit their eyebrows and frown. No one ever offered a name for what was wrong with me. That's what made me afraid it was really bad. I only came to recognize its melody through this constant refrain: 'Is that a boy or a girl?'

Boys, Different, Eyebrows, Girl, Rules

It’s a beauty one isn’t born with, but must fight to construct at great sacrifice.

Beauty, Born, Construct, Fighting, Sacrifice

surrenderin is unimaginably more dangerous than struggling for survival!

Dangerous, Struggle, Surrenderin, Survival

I think girls and boys should be able to be any way they want to be without getting picked on.

Boys, Girl, Think, Thinking, Way

everybody's scared, but if you don't let your fears stop you, that's bravery!

Bravery, Ifs, Let, Scared, Stop

If I'm not with a butch everyone just assumes I'm straight. It's like I'm passing too, against my will. I'm sick of the world thinking I'm straight. I've worked hard to be discriminated against as a lesbian

Lesbian, Sick, Thinking, World

People of all sexes have the right to explore femininity, masculinity-and the infinite variations between-without criticism or ridicule.

Criticism, Infinite, People, Ridicule, Right, Sex

More exists among human beings than can be answered by the simplistic question I'm hit with every day of my life: "Are you a man or a woman?

Human, Human Beings, Humans, Men, Simplistic, Woman

My right to be me is tied with a thousand threads to your right to be you.

Be You, Thousand, Thread, Threads, Tied