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Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

Start date: May 1, 2009

Finish date: June 30, 2009

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Why we're reading this: This is the first book to address the "T" and a little bit of the "L" in our group name. Suggested by RDM…more
[close] This is the first book to address the "T" and a little bit of the "L" in our group name. Suggested by RDM.

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Jun 19, 2009 Tom rated it liked it

I learned a lot about transgender life by reading this memoir. Although the narrative bogged down at times, with perhaps too much detail on some of her bar encounters, Feinberg very vividly portrayed the brutality and prejudice she faced in the time and place of her coming out. (Buffalo in the 70s.) I especially liked the chapters about her decision to move to New York City, flat broke but determined to be free. I would like to see a new edition of this book, with an epilogue summing up the last ...more

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