Stone Butch Blues
By Leslie Feinberg
Lavender Lit Book Club: April 2022
The Lavender Lit Book Club is a monthly literature series hosted by Women’s Program Curator Suyane Oliveira. Each month, we’ll be reading a new book by a queer woman or non-male author to celebrate queer women and non-men in literature. Click here to learn more.
Book Discussion
April 8, 2022 | 6:30p (EST)
About the Book
“This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Goldberg, a masculine girl growing up in the ‘Ozzie and Harriet’ McCarthy era and coming out as a young butch lesbian in the pre-Stonewall gay drag bars of a blue-collar town. Stone Butch Blues traces a propulsive journey, powerfully evoking history and politics while portraying an extraordinary protagonist full of longing, vulnerability, and working-class grit. This once-underground classic takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of gender transformation and exploration and ultimately speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever suffered or gloried in being different.” -Goodreads
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About the Author
Leslie Feinberg (ze/hir)
Leslie Feinberg was a transgender activist, speaker, and author. Feinberg was a high ranking member of the Workers World Party and a managing editor of Workers World newspaper. Feinberg’s writings on LGBT history, “Lavender & Red,” frequently appeared in the Workers World newspaper. Feinberg’s partner was the prominent lesbian poet-activist Minnie Bruce Pratt. Feinberg was also involved in Camp Trans and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Starr King School for the Ministry for transgender and social justice work.