Leslie Feinberg (b. September 1, 1949, in Buffalo, NY) is a transgender activist, speaker, and author. Feinberg's novel Stone Butch Blues is widely considered a groundbreaking work about gender.[1][2][3] Feinberg also authored two non-fiction books, "Transliberation: Beyond Pink or Blue," and "Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman," as well as the fictional novel, "Drag King Dreams." Feinberg is also a high-ranking member of the Workers World Party and a managing editor of Workers World newspaper.[4][5][6]
Feinberg's partner is the prominent lesbian poet-activist Minnie Bruce Pratt.
