Join the Lavender Book Club to discuss Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues on Thursday, October 23rd, 6:30-8:30pm at the Pittsburgh Equality Center at FMUC — 5401 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA.

About the Book

Woman or man? 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.

Dear Reader:
I want to let you know that Stone Butch Blues is an anti-oppression/s novel.
As a result, it contains scenes of rape and other violence.
None of this violence is gratuitous or salacious.
Leslie

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About the Author

Leslie Feinberg [was] an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist….

Hir last words were:

“Remember me as a revolutionary communist.”

Read the full author biography on LeslieFeinberg.net.

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See you at the book discussion!