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Stone Butch Blues
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Brittany
Jun 19, 2012 rated it really liked it
It’s hard to say books that make you feel painfully lonely are really good, but such is Stone Butch Blues. The rape, abuse, outcasting, ignorance, confusion, ay yi yi. The book was simple, following the fictional life (possibly loosely based on author Leslie Feinberg’s life?) of a trans person, who started first as a butch lesbian, then as a passing man on T, then as a person who disregards labels.

I was 1000% intrigued in the growth of the protagonist. As a butch lesbian, Jess perpetuated the ‘
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chelsea
Oct 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
Good, heart-wrenching story. Feinberg's writing style didn't sit as well with me as other me memoirs I've read though. ...more
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Amazing. Lost for words.
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