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November 18, 2014

Transgender Activist Leslie Feinberg, Author of "Stone Butch Blues," Dies at 65 
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The pioneering transgender activist Leslie Feinberg, author of the
groundbreaking novel "Stone Butch Blues," has died at the age of 65.
According to an obituary by her partner and spouse, Minnie Bruce Pratt,
Feinberg died at home in Syracuse, New York, after a decades-long battle
with tick-borne infections, including Lyme disease. Her last words were:
"Remember me as a revolutionary communist."

 

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